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His Helping Hands opens for winter season with new commercial kitchen
EPHRATA — What started as a one-day Christmas coat giveaway for 35 people has grown into a community effort servin…
Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges
Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief surrendered early Thursday to New York authorities for arraignment in the first criminal indictment arising from a two-year investigation into the former president’s company.
Xi warns China won't be bullied at Communist Party centenary
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday that anyone who tries to bully China “will face broken heads and bloodshed," in a defiant speech hailing the country's rise that elicited loud cheers from…
Key voting rights decision expected from Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wrapping up its first all-virtual term, with decisions expected in a key case on voting rights and another involving information that California requires charities to provide …
GOP candidate's private equity resume draws scrutiny in Va.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Newly retired, Judy Pavlick was among hundreds of seniors who enjoyed the low cost-of-living and friendly atmosphere at Plaza Del Rey, a sprawling mobile home park in Sunnyvale, California. The…
Not so fast: Heat dampens reopening for businesses
MOSES LAKE — It was the first day in nearly a year-and-a-half area restaurants could operate at full capacity.
Moses Lake reviews water rates, seeks public input
In the name of conservation, the city of Moses Lake is taking a more individualized approach to water and sewer rates.
‘Organized chaos’: Boys & Girls Clubs try to restore comfort to anxious kids
MOSES LAKE — It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns have made things difficult for the country’s kids. So Kim Pope at the Boys & Girls Clu…
Rev. Klockers: Oddly enough, Jesus had a ‘come-to-Jesus’ moment, or two or three
Matthew 26:36-46, from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, says: “Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane...
GTA reduces service due to heat
Grant Transit Authority reduced transportation service Wednesday due to the extremely hot weather.
Buttigieg doles out transport grants with eye toward climate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg doled out $905 million in infrastructure grants Wednesday, including to repair a cracking bridge in Seattle during a crippling heat wave and to expand ports in Iowa and Georg…
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behin…
Fearing COVID, struggling Malawian women forgo prenatal care
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Prenatal services at the health clinic were free, but the motorcycle taxi fare cost more than Monica Maxwell could afford. Just four weeks before delivering her baby, she cobbled together 1,…
Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment
New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment Thursday in a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business practices, accusing his namesake company and its longtime finance chief …
Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Washington, to resume rolling blackouts …
Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans' records 'routine'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology com…