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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…
Law enforcement on alert after plot warning at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement was on high alert Thursday around the U.S. Capitol after authorities said intelligence had uncovered a “possible plot” by a militia group to storm the iconic building again. The al…
Brutal crackdown widely filmed but Myanmar protests carry on
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Footage of Myanmar security forces chasing down demonstrators protesting a coup, shooting a civilian at point-blank range and savagely beating others have revealed the extent of a brutal crac…
Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency, an unapologetically partisan approach based on the calculation that it’s better to advance t…
EU regulator starts a review of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first approved for use in Russia and after dozens of countries around the…
UK, 4 nations fast-track review of modified COVID vaccines
LONDON (AP) — Regulators in the U.K. and four other countries have announced new rules to fast-track the development of modified COVID-19 vaccines to ensure drugmakers can move swiftly to target emerging variants o…
Jeep-ers! Birthday parade honors sight-impaired teen
It’s become a thing in the last year: birthday drive-by parades.
Setting fire for frogs: Prescribed burn makes way for endangered amphibian
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s prescribed burn team met Tuesday morning, west of Moses Lake and south of Interstate 90, to burn 266 acres of …
Senate passes bills to raise fertilizer fees, reset pollinator task force
The Washington Senate passed bills Wednesday, including two measures affecting agriculture and supported by Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake.
Cuomo avoids public amid outcry over harassment allegations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has avoided public appearances for days as some members of his own party call for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations.
Sheriff’s captain suspended for post about Black teens
SEATTLE (AP) — A member of King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht’s command staff was suspended for a day without pay after Capt. Todd Miller made a “very offensive and racist” Facebook post.
French court weighs action over nursing home virus deaths
PARIS (AP) — One plaintiff lost her father in a nursing home last spring as the virus pandemic swept France. Another has fought for a year to keep her mother, isolated in another nursing home, out of depression.
Video: Myanmar police hold AP journalist in chokehold
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A video of the arrest of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw as he was photographing Myanmar security forces charging at anti-coup protesters shows him being quickly surrounded and held in …
Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America’s relations with the rest of the world, but one major nation has yet to see any U.S. effort to improve ties:…
UK and 4 nations to fast-track modified COVID-19 vaccines
LONDON (AP) — Regulators in the U.K. and four other countries plan to fast-track the development of modified COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that drugmakers are able to move swiftly in targeting emerging variants of th…
GOP takes aim at Biden's health care pick on abortion rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s