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Minor injuries, mobile home destroyed in Moses Lake fire Sunday
MOSES LAKE — One person sustained minor injuries when a mobile home was destroyed by fire in Cascade Valley early …
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
Buffalo mayoral candidate says hardship prepared her for job
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — If a majority of voters, along with the four-term incumbent, mostly ignored political newcomer India Walton’s campaign for mayor during the Democratic primary, they’re paying attention now.
The Latest: Mask-wearing expected in England beyond July 19
LONDON — Britain’s vaccines minister says that people in England are expected to continue wearing masks indoors from July 19 even though the legal requirement to do so would be dropped.
Yellen: US regulators to assess risk posed by climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says
The Latest: Israel strikes Pfizer deal for new vaccine batch
JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister says the country has struck a deal with Pfizer to receive a fresh batch of coronavirus vaccines in August to help with its drive to vaccinate teenagers.
Avenatti sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for extortion
NEW YORK (AP) — A tearful, repentant Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to …
As frustration mounts, a White House push on voting rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration has unveiled new efforts to protect access to the ballot amid rising complaints from civil rights activists and other Democrats…
G-20 finance ministers back plan to stop use of tax havens
Top finance officials representing most of the world's economy have backed a sweeping revision of international taxation that includes a 15% global minimum corporate levy to deter big companies from resorting to lo…
For Biden, politics are often framed by the personal
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — When grieving with those who lost loved ones in a building collapse, President Joe Biden invoked the car crash that claimed members of his own family decades ago. When explaining his decisio…
South Africa ramps up vaccine drive, too late for this surge
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Some in wheelchairs, others on canes, hundreds of South Africans waited recently on the ramps of an open-air Johannesburg parking garage to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots. Despite the masks, s…
Report: 2 Seattle police officers broke law during DC riots
SEATTLE (AP) — Two Seattle police officers who were in Washington, D.C., during the Jan. 6 insurrection were illegally trespassing on Capitol grounds while rioters stormed the building, but they lied about their ac…
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints from civil rights activists and other De…
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination…
White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push
WASHINGTON (AP) — “A disservice to the country.” “Inaccurate disinformation.” “Literally killing people.”
More competition: Biden signs order targeting big business
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday targeting what he labeled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy, declaring it would fortify an Ameri…