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Adams County ballot features competitive federal, state and local races
RITZVILLE — Filing week has closed in Adams County, and voters will see a crowded and competitive ballot in the 20…
London police under pressure over clashes at women's protest
LONDON (AP) — London’s Metropolitan Police force was under heavy pressure Sunday to explain the way officers treated some protesters during a vigil for a woman whom one of the force's own officers is accused of mur…
Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Shortly before a utility lawyer and lobbyist was appointed Ohio’s top regulator of electric and power generating companies, he received $4.3 million from top executives at one of the companies…
China, North Korea loom as Blinken, Austin head to Asia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about Americ…
The Latest: Paris may face new lockdown as ICUs fill up
PARIS — Officials say the Paris region may be headed toward a new lockdown as new variants of the virus fill up intensive care units and limited vaccine supplies drag down inoculation efforts.
Watching the watchers: Who's at helm of EU's border agency?
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its frontiers and anyone who might try to enter without authorization, is…
With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As a chorus of
Democrats bank on relief aid to win back wary working class
JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — When Joe Biden visited this corner of southwestern Pennsylvania in the final weeks before the election, his goal wasn't to win it so much as to show the area's overwhelmingly white working-cla…
The Latest: Extra flights to Mallorca laid on from Germany
BERLIN — A German airline says it is laying on extra flights to Mallorca over the Easter period after the lifting of a German travel warning for the Spanish island prompted a big increase in bookings.
German election year opens with tough test for Merkel party
BERLIN (AP) — Elections in two German states on Sunday pose a difficult test for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country's longtime leader.
Watching the watchers: who's at the helm of EU's Frontex?
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its frontiers and anyone who might try to enter without authorization, is…
Call me? US-Turkey reset faces long list of hurdles
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky relationship with his NATO allies, but so far he's been met…
The Latest: Pakistan imposes partial lockdown in some areas
ISLAMABAD — Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country, Pakistani health and administrative authorities have imposed a partial lo…
Governments delay access to public records during pandemic
As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health official…
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest fr…
Democratic push to revive earmarks divides Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Can lawmakers bring home the bacon without it being pork?