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Grant County Republican Party to stage debate in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Grant County voters will have an opportunity this evening to hear directly from candidates seeking two o…
Group wants to prevent ballot harvesting in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday to outlaw in the state the process by which outside groups, typically partisan, help to send or return large numbers o…
Germany: US troop withdrawal could harm NATO security
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister suggested Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported plans to withdraw more than a quarter of American troops out of Germany could weaken not only the NATO alliance …
COVID-19 cases rising in Moldova, seen as 'out of control'
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova registered a record number of new cases of the coronavirus during the first week of June, the government said Monday, as a former health minister described the pandemic situation in…
Poll: Pandemic does little to alter US views on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pushed hospitals to the edge, and millions of workers lost job-based coverage in the economic shutdown to slow the spread, but a new poll suggests Americans have remarkably little …
Vote counting in Baltimore now shows Scott leading for mayor
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott began leading former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon by nearly 400 votes after more ballots were counted in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
2020 Watch: Has Trump hit bottom? Polls show him trailing
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Turkey: 2 journalists detained over 'espionage' probe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police on Monday detained two journalists for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged “political and military espionage,” the state-run Anadolu Agency said.
Public may visit with Eyman in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Tim Eyman, a candidate for Washington governor in this year’s election, is scheduled for an appearance in Moses Lake on Tuesday. Grant County Republican Women sponsors the event and invites the public …
Brazil expunges virus death toll as data befuddles experts
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in La…
Democrats proposing new police procedures, accountability
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures is being proposed by Democrats in response to the
Spain PM: pandemic increased mortality among non-virus ill
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister acknowledged Sunday that the country’s COVID-19 outbreak not only directly killed thousands through fatal infections but also likely increased mortality among those wh…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 2nd Add,400
NORTHEAST Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
A U-turn, an angry president and a fateful walk to a church
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper was three blocks from the FBI's Washington field office. He had planned to confer there at a security command center, but plans changed with an unexpected call to dive…
Watery end for statue of slave trader in UK city of Bristol
LONDON (AP) — For someone who died nearly three centuries ago, Edward Colston has become a symbol for the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain.
Architects earn design awards for New Mexico port of entry
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — The construction of a 30-foot border wall marches on in the southern New Mexico desert — a real and symbolic barrier to entry. But where the U.S.-Mexico border wall ends, a tiny border crossin…