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Falstad, Homesley outline approaches to election security, public trust
EPHRATA — As Election Day approaches, questions about election integrity, ballot security and public trust remain …
Germany's Social Democrats on course to win in Hamburg vote
BERLIN (AP) — The center-left Social Democrats won the most votes in the Hamburg state election Sunday, according to projections, followed by the environmentalist Green party in a vote that was overshadowed by a ra…
TSA halts employees from using TikTok for social media posts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday it has stopped allowing employees to use the China-owned video app TikTok to create social media posts for the agency after the Senate’s top …
Buttigieg questions 3rd place finish in Nevada, cites errors
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has questioned his third-place finish in Nevada’s caucuses and called for the state’s Democratic party to release a more detailed breakdown of votes and address reports of…
Albania opposition backs president’s anti-government protest
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party on Sunday supported a call from the country’s president for an anti-government protest and also asked for a new election.
Moderates hustle to blunt Sanders' momentum after Nevada win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats worried that the nomination of a self-a…
Trump express optimism for US peace deal with Taliban
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he’s ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a
South Carolina bill would ban shackling pregnant prisoners
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban jails and prisons from using leg, waist and ankle restraints on pregnant women while they give birth.
Trump says he was not told that Russia was helping Sanders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has never been briefed about Russian efforts to help Bernie Sanders win the Democratic presidential nomination and he accused the Democratic chairman of …
South Dakota legislators prepare for crunch time on bills
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Legislators are facing possible late nights this week as a major deadline looms for bills to make it out of the chamber where they were first introduced.
Santee Cooper hearings to continue all week at SC Statehouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The complex discussions on whether to sell South Carolina's state-owned utility will continue all next week in Statehouse budget committees.
Nebraska lawmakers pick priorities as time starts to run out
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Crunch time is coming for Nebraska lawmakers now that this year’s session is nearly half over, and they’ve winnowed down their bills to a few top priorities.
US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London courthouse, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of clas…
Who is No. 1? Whoever gets to fill out 2020 Census form
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It's a question spouses, domestic partners and roommates are going to be forced to confront in the next few weeks as they fill out their 2020 Census forms: Who gets to be the primary person in …
Victims of 2 African embassy bombings await US court case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doreen Oport was pulled from the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 covered in blood. Her hair was burned from the bombing. Pieces of metal and glass were embedded in her skin.
'Promises kept' mantra doesn't always match Trump's reality
WASHINGTON (AP) — “It's been three years of promises made and promises kept, but we’re just getting started, (insert state here)."