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Minor injuries, mobile home destroyed in Moses Lake fire Sunday
MOSES LAKE — One person sustained minor injuries when a mobile home was destroyed by fire in Cascade Valley early …
No snake soup for Hong Kong's young snake catcher
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is home to a variety of snakes — from the venomous king cobra to larger species such as the Burmese python. Whenever one of these reptiles is spotted slithering into a home or coming alar…
After criticism, Bosnia sets up tents for freezing migrants
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Trying to resolve a humanitarian disaster, the Bosnian military set up tents Friday for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck in a burned-out refugee camp that has no facilities …
Biden's pick to lead Treasury made over $7M in speaking fees
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, collected more than $7 million in speaking fees over the past two years from major financial firms and tech gia…
EXPLAINER: Should vaccine volunteers now get the real thing?
Tens of thousands of Americans have volunteered to test COVID-19 vaccines, but only about half of them got the real thing during trials.
Asia Today: Tokyo residents urged to 'stay home' with family
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo is seeing a record surge in coronavirus cases as the governor of the Japanese capital implored people to stay home.
Virus forces changes as Minnesota Legislature opens Tuesday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Legislature convenes for its 2021 regular session Tuesday, it won't look like a normal session. The House will meet entirely via Zoom until further notice because of the pandem…
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 …
Curfew-busting New Year party-goers attack French police
PARIS (AP) — Ravers at an underground, curfew-busting New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France attacked the police sent to shut them down, torching one police vehicle and injuring offi…
Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521M
Hedge fund Alden, Tribune's largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million.
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.
China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine as COVID-19 surges globally
BEIJING (AP) — China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe.
EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control
ATLANTA (AP) — The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress.
Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a
The Latest: Tens of thousands on Vegas strip despite warning
LAS VEGAS — Tens of thousands of people were walking on the casino-lined Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve by early evening despite a plea from Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak that people reconsider their plans to go out…
New Nevada laws include workplace safety, e-prescriptions
Now that Nevada has rung in the new year, residents of the state will pay less for electricity, have more judges in their courts and have their doctors file certain prescriptions electronically. Unlike