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Going rogue
MOSES LAKE — The new salon on East Broadway is called Rogue Collective for a reason. “We had this dream to do i…
UK to ramp up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON (AP) — Britain on Monday was taking another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving shots from the vaccine created by Oxford University and pharmaceutical gian…
Virus, elections, budget top Wisconsin legislative agenda
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Pandemic response measures and changing election procedures will take center stage when the Wisconsin Legislature opens its 2021-22 session on Monday, eclipsing even state budget deliberations …
Virginia state Sen. Chafin dies after catching coronavirus
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Ben Chafin has died after contracting the coronavirus, Senate Republicans said Friday.
Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult two years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislat…
UK abolishes 'sexist' tax on women's sanitary products
LONDON (AP) — Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called "tampon tax,” eliminating sales taxes on women's sanitary products.
Airport in Yemen receives 1st flight since deadly attack
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A plane landed Sunday at the airport in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, officials said, the first commercial flight to arrive since the deadly missile attack last week on the facility that k…
Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a
The Latest: Japan's prime minister weighs state of emergency
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday vaccine approval was being speeded up and border controls beefed up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of…
Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
LONDON (AP) — A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on both sides of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year’s Day after a seismic overnight shift in relations between the European Union …
Glenn Adams, retired AP correspondent in Maine, dies at 70
Glenn Adams, a reporter who chronicled Maine government, politics and breaking news for The Associated Press for over three decades, has died. He was 70.
Asia Today: Australian states reimpose travel restrictions
SYDNEY (AP) — More Australian states and territories are reimposing travel restrictions to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus from new outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria states.
Nancy Pelosi reelected as House speaker, taking reins of narrow Democratic majority entering Biden era.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi reelected as House speaker, taking reins of narrow Democratic majority entering Biden era.
Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races
President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine party control in the critical early years of his administration, a widespread effort that not long a…
Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' him votes
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of…
Indiana lawmakers face virus actions debate, budget struggle
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic will loom large over the Indiana Legislature’s new session that starts Monday as lawmakers face the fallout from the disease that led to more than 7,000 deaths and economic…