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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…
Justice Department suing Georgia over state's new voting law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Georgia over
Congress votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legisl…
AP Newsbreak: China pressures Ukraine at UN rights council
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…
'Blindsided' GOP senators put infrastructure deal in doubt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Livid and “blindsided” over President Joe Biden’s refusal to sign a
Biden set to meet Afghan leaders as drawdown moves forward
WASHINGTON (AP) —
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…
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 acts to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legisl…
DeWine criticizes GOP advancing transgender girl sports ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican governor questioned Friday the need for a
The Latest: US officials authorize the use of antibody-drug
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have granted emergency use for another antibody-drug to help hospitalized patients with the most dangerous cases of COVID-19.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here…
GOP Ohio lawmakers move to pass transgender girl sports ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio House Republicans seeking to ban transgender girls from female school sports teams and allow college athletes to be paid for their likeness passed both measures in one bill, jeopardizing …
Jailed Belarus journalist, girlfriend moved to house arrest
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The dissident Belarusian journalist and his Russian girlfriend who were arrested after being pulled off a flight that was diverted to Minsk have been transferred from jail to house arrest — a m…
Pence 'proud' of his role certifying 2020 election results
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has defended
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…