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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 …
Reports detail tense moments with Georgia election monitors
ATLANTA (AP) — As a pair of election workers sat at a table counting ballots during an audit of Georgia's presidential election in November, no fewer than eight Republican monitors swarmed around them, hurling accu…
North Korea's Kim vows to be ready for confrontation with US
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration — but more for confrontation — state media reported …
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (AP) — For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin sun to live in an alternate reality where the former president was…
Migrant family's presence on Greek island hints at pushbacks
VATHY, Greece (AP) — Around dawn one recent spring day, an inflatable dinghy carrying nearly three dozen people reached the Greek island of Samos from the nearby Turkish coast. Within 24 hours, refugee rights group…
Black Americans laud Juneteenth holiday, say more work ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President Joe Biden made
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, and Palestinians responded by sending a series of fire-carrying balloons back across the border for a second straight day — …
White House: Markets showing little worry about inflation
The White House believes it has an ally in the bond markets to make the case that inflation isn't an economic threat.
The Latest: Biden and Putin depart Geneva after summit
GENEVA — Geneva can breathe a sigh of relief after hosting a U.S.-Russia summit.
Catholic foster care agency wins Supreme Court verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday
Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
Dems eye $6T plan on infrastructure, Medicare, immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure investment plan that goes far beyond roads and bridges to include core party priorities, from lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 and addi…
Austin: Al-Qaida could regroup in Afghanistan in 2 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — An extremist group like al-Qaida may be able to regenerate in Afghanistan and pose a threat to the U.S. homeland within two years of the American military's withdrawal from the country, the Pentag…
Biden elevates energetic critic of Big Tech as top regulator
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorn…
Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers — the first time the l…
Federal judge blocks Biden's pause on new oil, gas leases
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that …