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Soap Lake moves forward the 2027 preliminary budget draft
SOAP LAKE — During the Oct. 7 Soap Lake City Council meeting, council members had a number of new business items t…
Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a 'PR nightmare'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates in the state were high-risk, but concluded that p…
Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void
SURRY, Va. (AP) — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their home in Virginia. The lone medical clinic in Surry Co…
Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a
'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democrats…
Myanmar cracked down brutally on protests. It may get worse.
TOKYO (AP) — Myanmar's security forces
Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack
BOSTON (AP) — The
Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he manages the kitchen. Maribel Cornejo, who earns …
EXPLAINER: What's happened so far at China's annual congress
BEIJING (AP) — Midway through its annual session, China’s ceremonial parliament is focusing on boosting the economy, building self-reliance in technology and further squeezing room for political opposition in Hong …
Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the
New Mexicans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill
ALBQUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Europe staggers as infectious variants power virus surge
MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested posit…
Oregon lawmakers mull bill to put race on voter registration
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State lawmakers in Oregon are considering a bill that would give residents the option of providing their racial identity, ethnicity and language preference when registering to vote.
Jill Biden sees teachable moment in the depths of a pandemic
WATERFORD, Pa. (AP) — Jill Biden sees a teachable moment in the depths of
Dems draw on civil rights history to push Amazon union vote
BESSEMER, Alabama (AP) — Some Democratic members of Congress and national union leaders on Friday sought to rustle up support for unionizing a massive Amazon facility outside Birmingham, comparing Alabama workers’ …
Claimed value of sleepy NY estate could come to haunt Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s sleepy by Donald Trump’s standards, but the former president's century-old estate in New York's Westchester County could end up being one of his bigger legal nightmares.