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Port of Coulee City receives grant for new library, clinic upgrades
COULEE CITY — The Port of Coulee City has received a $200,000 Strategic Infrastructure Grant to start design work …
French hospitals boost Easter staff to battle virus resurge
PARIS (AP) — French hospitals brought in extra staff for the Easter holiday weekend to cope with growing numbers of virus patients, while travelers converged on train stations and highways to flee big cities before…
Hundreds of French sports figures accused of sexual violence
PARIS (AP) — A year-long, nationwide French effort to uncover and combat sexual violence in sports has identified more than 400 coaches, teachers and others suspected of abuse or covering it up.
The Latest: Kenya suspends private vaccine imports
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has ordered a suspension on private importations of vaccines.
Deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measure…
The Latest: Germany faces 'crisis of trust' amid pandemic
FRANKFURT, Germany — President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Germany is enduring a “crisis of trust” and urged the country to “pull together” as it weathers a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissat…
Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills
ATLANTA (AP) — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to cozy political relationships now find themselve…
Deadly breach could delay decisions on Capitol fencing
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol’s perimeter could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures fo…
Spring is here, and that means cleaning time
MOSES LAKE — It’s officially spring, and one of the season’s rituals is spring cleaning.
Few in GOP rush to defend Gaetz amid sex trafficking probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The political peril for conservative Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz deepened Friday as the often outlandish, Trump-styled provocateur appeared politically isolated amid a federal sex-trafficking inves…
Gaetz staying on Judiciary panel, despite investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent, outspoken conservative and a close ally of former President Donald Trump who has been under federal investigation for a former relationship, would lose his…
Kansas sports betting push stalls; odds of passage uncertain
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An effort to legalize sports betting in Kansas has stalled, and it's not clear that state lawmakers can agree on how many places should offer wagering while also navigating other gambling issues…
UK bans travel from 4 more nations over virus; 39 in all
LONDON (AP) — The British government is gearing up to ban international arrivals from four more countries — Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines — amid concerns over new virus variants but opted against …
WHO: Europe's vaccination program is 'unacceptably slow'
LONDON (AP) — European nations' immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are “unacceptably slow” and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday.
Putin critic Navalny loses weight, blames harsh prison
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost a substantial amount of weight in custody, his organization said Thursday, a day after the well-known government critic called a hunger str…
Biden admin lauds talks on readmitting US to Iran nuke deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday welcomed a European Union announcement that the participants in the