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MLSD hiring 7 elementary assistant principals, financially unrelated to classroom staffing
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District is moving to add assistant principals at seven of its largest elementary s…
CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it's last time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rent payments during
Trump targeting GOP impeachment voter at Ohio revenge rally
WELLINGTON, Ohio (AP) —
Vote set on allowing bets on New Jersey college sports teams
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Voters in the November general election will have the opportunity to decide whether to allow bets on New Jersey college teams, or teams from other states playing games in New Jersey.
EU members bordering Russia reject plan to meet with Putin
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries bordering Russia rejected a Franco-German plan to resume official meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with one leader likening the move to an attempt to talk a b…
Security chief named Hong Kong No. 2 official amid clampdown
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Friday promoted Hong Kong’s top security official to the territory’s No. 2 spot as Beijing looks to the government of the Asian financial hub to clamp down on free speech and political opp…
Hungry grasshoppers spurred by US drought threaten rangeland
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.
House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on …
US seeks to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires increase
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting to more full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season and making the jobs more attractive by increasing p…
Congress repeals Trump-era regulations on payday lenders
NEW YORK (AP) — Congress on Thursday overturned a set of regulations enacted in the final days of the Trump administration that effectively allowed payday lenders to avoid state laws capping interest rates.
AP Exclusive: Diplomats say China puts squeeze on Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) — China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for more scrutiny of human rights in China's western region of Xinjiang by threatening to withhold Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines destin…
Officer asks McCarthy to denounce GOP remarks on Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in
Blinken basks in Biden's post-Trump Europe glow
PARIS (AP) — European leaders may have breathed audible sighs of relief when U.S. President Joe Biden visited them last week to proclaim the Trump era over, but they are giving his top diplomat even more effusive w…
Bipartisan senators reach tentative plan on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators reached a tentative framework on a $953 billion infrastructure deal Wednesday ahead of a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.
'Horrible:' 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s military on Thursday said it was responsible for
Nasty Riviera campaign key to hopes of France's far-right
PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and cele…