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Huskies baseball season concludes at home
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (22-4) concluded their season after suffering an 8-7 loss to the Selah Vikings in th…
Analysis: Israel, Hamas race to claim victory before truce
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas know that a fourth Gaza war, like the three before, would be as inconclusive as it is devastating for the impoverished territory's 2 million Palestinians. But in the days or weeks …
Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO
LONDON (AP) — British, European and American diplomats and donors have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization handled sex abuse allegations involving its own staff during an outbreak of Ebo…
In devotion to Trump, House GOP taps Stefanik for a top post
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik to a leadership post Friday, highlighting how the party whose lodestar has long been conservative policies increasingly views allegiance to Donald Tr…
'There was no going back': Migrants send kids into US alone
LA JOYA, Texas (AP) — Marely had traveled for 13 days, trekking with her mother from Central America to the busiest corridor for illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings. Then, as the 12-year-old Salvadoran girl got on…
Oregon asks businesses to check COVID-19 vaccine status
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s state health officer said Friday businesses will be asked to either enforce mask policies or check whether customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
US joins global push against violent extremism online
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two years after a white supremacist in New Zealand livestreamed the slaughter of 51 Muslim worshippers on Facebook, French President Emmanuel Macron says the internet continues to be …
Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris
PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
AP’s top editor calls for probe into Israeli airstrike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press’ top editor is calling for an independent investigation into
Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week …
Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney, newly ousted from House Republican leadership for challenging former President Donald Trump, criticized GOP colleagues Sunday for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning Trump’s…
Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the federal investigation into
DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, …
Philadelphia now says MOVE victims' remains weren't cremated
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A day after Philadelphia's health commissioner
In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors
In Alaska, West Virginia and other mostly rural states, census takers relied more on the word of neighbors, landlords and others for information about a home's residents. In New Jersey, New York and other more dens…
The Latest: Israeli jets stage heavy airstrikes in Gaza City
GAZA CITY — Israeli warplanes have unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City.