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WASHINGTON (AP) — Idaho voters will nominate candidates for federal, state and local offices in a state primary Tuesday. The contests will set the stage for the November general election, when Republicans will count on big wins in Idaho to help keep control of the U.S. Senate and House. Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch faces three primary challengers in his bid for a fourth term. The incumbent eclipsed challengers Joe […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only three of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will hold binding primaries Tuesday in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted Republicans in a handful of southern states to throw out their congressional maps. Elections in the four remaining Alabama districts were postponed to an Aug. 11 special primary while state officials restore a previous set of Republican-drawn district boundaries that eliminates one of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting concludes in the swing state of Georgia on Tuesday in competitive primaries for governor and a U.S. Senate seat that could decide control of the closely divided chamber. The nomination contests will set the stage for two of November’s marquee races that could have long-lasting political implications far beyond the state’s borders. Georgia voters will also pick nominees for U.S. House, the state Legislature and a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic voters in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary will pick their nominees to flip four seats seen as critical for the party to retake the U.S. House in November. Republicans hold a slim House majority, and just a handful of seats could determine whether they continue to control the chamber next year. Democrats see four competitive Republican-held districts in Pennsylvania as among their top pick-up opportunities. U.S. Reps. Brian […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Protests erupted in Kenya’s capital Nairobi Monday as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off in protest at rising fuel prices. Commuters were stranded in various suburbs and the city center remained deserted. Drivers with private vehicles opted to stay home as protesters burned tires on major roads. The Kenya Association of Private Schools had advised its members to assess the safety of students going to […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary and Ukraine will begin high-level consultations on the rights of Ukraine’s ethnic Hungarian minority, the countries’ foreign ministers said on Monday, an early sign that strained relations between Budapest and Kyiv could improve under Hungary’s new government. Bilateral ties between the neighboring countries had eroded for years under the pro-Russian government of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which refused to provide Ukraine with money […]

ROME (AP) — Italy’s interior minister said Monday that a car-ramming and stabbing attack in the northern city of Modena cannot be dismissed as an isolated act, warning it highlights deeper challenges around integration and social distress. Despite ruling out terrorism, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said investigators must still fully examine the factors behind the attack. Eight people were wounded, four critically, when a 31-year-old man — an Italian citizen […]

NEW YORK (AP) — And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Or … maybe not? More than three weeks after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was thrown into chaos and panic when a man stormed the Washington Hilton lobby and opened fire in what prosecutors say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump, the event has yet to be rescheduled. The association “continues to weigh options for […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three young people were in custody following at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, that left four people injured, city officials said. Driving around the city in stolen vehicles, at least two of the suspects fired at two fire stations, apartment buildings and houses during a string of robberies and shootings from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said Sunday. […]