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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…
Bipartisan policing deal unlikely this week in blow to talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional bargainers are likely to miss their latest deadline for completing a bipartisan deal on overhauling police practices, lawmakers and aides said Thursday, 13 months after George Floyd’…
The Latest: US to send Afghanistan 3 million vaccine doses
WASHINGTON — The White House says it will provide Afghanistan with 3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to help with a coronavirus outbreak fueled by the delta variant.
The Latest: Thousands of vaccines set to expire in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s national vaccination committee chief announced tens of thousands of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are set to expire and will likely have to be destroyed.
'We have a deal': Biden announces infrastructure agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on
Washington governor extends eviction moratorium to Sept. 30
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he was extending the state's eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, with some modifications, to ensure that federal COVID-19 relief funds intended for r…
'Horrible:' 64 dead in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s military on Thursday said it was responsible for
Cold water released from N. Idaho dam to help salmon
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have started releasing cold water from a northern Idaho dam to keep Snake River water temperatures cool to help migrating salmon and steelhead.
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract 100 million barrels of crude annually from a reservation shared by three Nativ…
'We have deal': Biden, bipartisan senators on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that “we have a deal,” signaling a bipartisan agreement on a $953 billion infrastructure plan that would achieve
Senators meet Biden on infrastructure, raising hope for deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators sat down with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday, seeking his support for a $953 billion infrastructure plan and raising hopes for a breakthrough agr…
New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court suspended
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.
The Latest: Delta variant puts Africa at risk of third wave
NAIROBI, Kenya — The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least 20 countries across the continent of 1.3 billion people are in the grip of a “very devastating” third wave of COV…
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
EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Republicans in the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning any requirement for teachers to be trained in it. And several Republican-c…