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Updated 3 hours, 14 minutes ago

Mavs suffer loss in districts, conclude season

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (16-4) fell 11-1 to the West Valley Rams Saturday, bringing an end to their …

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Putin names Lavrov, Shoigu to United Russia elections list

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said his foreign minister and his defense minister will head the candidates’ list for the dominant United Russia party in September’s parliamentary electio…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off

NEW YORK (AP) — The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to …

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans — but with strict limits

TOKYO (AP) — A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheering has been banned.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
New leaders, new era: US-Israel relations reach crossroads

WASHINGTON (AP) — Their countries at crossroads, the new leaders of the United States and

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
AP FACT CHECK: Putin's twisted tale on rival; Biden GOP jab

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin faulted his imprisoned political rival for leaving Russia without legal permission, omitting the vital detail that the departure was, literally, an unconscious dec…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
'Time to play': Michigan reopens 15 months after pandemic

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan is fully open again.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Voting debate roils Washington but leaves many voters cold

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Brenda Martinez, a 19-year-old community college student, thinks the government should help immigrant students more. Donald Huffman is worried about turning 50 next week with no work available b…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Supreme Court sides with former college athletes in dispute with NCAA over rules limiting certain benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court sides with former college athletes in dispute with NCAA over rules limiting certain benefits.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Supreme Court win for college athletes in compensation case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Iran's election unsettles Biden's hope for a nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are insisting that the election of a hard-liner as Iran’s president won’t affect prospects for reviving the faltering 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. But there are al…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Kim's sister slams US, dismisses chance for talks to resume

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed prospects for early resumption of diplomacy with the United States, saying Tuesday the U.S. expectations for talks would “p…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
GOP ready to block elections bill in Senate showdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Amid clamor to increase prescribed burns, obstacles await

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he was nuts.