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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 …
AP-NORC poll: Majority in US back easier voter registration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’
France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up pressure on hospitals.
Another Washington man accused of storming U.S. Capitol
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Federal agents on Tuesday arrested a Washington state man accused of breaching the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, pushing past police and entering the Senate gallery.
Former California cop leads GOP dream of Newsom recall
FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — Orrin Heatlie was recovering from a back procedure and browsing social media in 2019 when he found a video of California Gov. Gavin Newsom instructing immigrants in the country illegally not t…
Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to 'win the future'
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan Wednesday to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure in what he billed as “a once-in-a-generation investment in America” that would undo his p…
EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency a…
Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty deat…
Advocates sue to protect monarchs, Northern spotted owls
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates sued federal officials Thursday in a bid for greater protections for monarch butterflies, northern spotted owls and eight other species inching toward possible extinction.
Justices uphold FCC's easing of local media ownership limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld federal regulators' decision to ease ownership limits on local media, rejecting a claim that the change would hurt minority and female ownership.
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
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California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump.
Colorado is latest to weigh ban on Native American mascots
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal that would ban Native American mascots in public schools and colleges amid a nationwide push for racial justice that gained new momentum last year followi…
Justice Department working with tribes on missing persons
HELENA, Mont. (AP) —
Biden plan would spend $16B to clean up old mines, oil wells
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's
Dutch temporarily halt AstraZeneca shots for under-60s
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government said Friday it is temporarily halting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations for people under 60 following reports of very small number of people suffering unusual b…