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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…
Asia Today: Australian state under fire for slow response
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s leading medical group says the New South Wales state government has put the rest of the country at risk by its decision not to go “hard and early” in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak …
Shutdown, impeachment, virus: Chaotic Congress winds down
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ending a chaotic session, a two-year political firestorm that started with the
Chewy sends pet paintings to keep customers from straying
NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Schwartz didn’t ask for an oil painting of her cat. But she loves the portrait of Stinky that hangs in her upstate New York home, a surprise gift from an unlikely place: an online pet store.
The Latest: Ariz. gov. rejects call for online learning
PHOENIX — Arizona’s Gov. Doug Ducey has rejected the state’s top education official’s call for Ducey to order public schools to use only online instruction for the next two weeks unless they have waivers from healt…
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.
5 anchors will no longer work at NY1 after suit settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Five female anchors will no longer work at a New York news channel as part of the settlement of an age and gender discrimination lawsuit alleging they were passed over in favor of younger talent, ac…
Trump vetoes Calif. fishing bill over seafood trade deficit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vetoed a bill Friday that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such leg…
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Coronavirus puts Honduras' coffee harvest in jeopardy
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is threatening Honduras’ coffee harvest by keeping Hondurans who would normally travel for the work at home and preventing foreign harvesters from entering the …
2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor's race in high gear
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An unusually broad field of candidates are vying for the governor's seat in Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing.
India tests vaccine delivery system with nationwide trial
NEW DELHI (AP) — India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday, as it prepares to roll out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Dark days of pandemic: Alabama has bulge of December cases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama notched almost a third of its coronavirus cases in December, an alarming bulge that echoed the warnings of medical experts who said the state would see some dark days before the wide…
Bolsonaro's tough 2021 balance between ideology, pragmatism
BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s pugnacious president, Jair Bolsonaro, survived 2020 in surprisingly good shape personally and politically, with buoyant popularity ratings despite his own bout of COVID-19 and a broader pan…
New York boosting minimum wage, sick leave benefits in 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The minimum wage is going up in New York, and a new sick leave law is also coming into effect for 2021.
New Mexico's Herrell to object to Electoral College results
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell of New Mexico says she'll be among Republican members of Congress who will formally object on Wednesday to the certification of the Electoral College tally of vot…