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Veterans Resource Fair connects veterans with services, support
MOSES LAKE — Veterans from across Grant County gathered at the Grant County Fairgrounds Saturday for the annual Ve…
The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit ends
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Biden's
World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and p…
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed…
Russia orders troop pullback but keeps weapons near Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills amid tensions with Ukraine, but said they should leave their weapons behind in western Russi…
Czechs expel more Russians in dispute over 2014 depot blast
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic on Thursday ordered 63 more Russian diplomats to leave the country, further escalating a dispute between the two nations over the alleged involvement of Russian spies in a massive a…
UK apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead
LONDON (AP) — British authorities apologized Thursday after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly African and Indian military service personnel who died during World War I weren’t properly honored due…
Restoring service central to Biden's postal board nominees
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Legislature: Elected officials must OK tear gas use by cops
SEATTLE (AP) — Mayors, county executives or even the governor would have to give their approval before police could use tear gas to quell riots under a compromise reached Thursday in the Washington Legislature.
FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused
The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadl…
Montana transgender bill advances, other measures vetoed
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Legislature voted Thursday to advance a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and university sports according to the gender with which they identify.
US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least o…
Floyd killing has prompted state reforms, but not everywhere
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers…
Sen. Johnson on others getting shots: 'What do you care?'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview “what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?”
UK lawmakers pass motion saying China committing genocide
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Thursday approved a parliamentary motion declaring that China's policies against its Uyghur minority population in the far western Xinjiang region amounted to genocide and crimes …
LGBT activists not excited by Jenner's campaign for governor
Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in America, the announcement of her