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City and Ephrata Police Department officers reach agreement on new contract
EPHRATA — The union representing Ephrata Police Department officers has come to an agreement with city officials o…
Stock exchange delisting 3 China companies under Trump order
NEW YORK (AP) — Three Chinese companies will be booted off the New York Stock Exchange this month under an executive order signed in November by President Donald Trump.
The Latest: Curfew-defying ravers in France attack police
PARIS — Ravers at an underground, curfew-violating New Year’s Eve party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France attacked police units sent to shut them down, torching a vehicle and injuring officers with …
Gunmen kill prominent journalist in western Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan journalist and human rights activist was shot and killed on Friday by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan, the fifth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged country in …
NC State seething in underdog role vs Kentucky in Gator Bowl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It’s one of the oddest betting lines of the bowl season.
AP PHOTOS: Then-and-now images show New Year's Eve contrast
There were countdowns and live performances, but New Year's Eve celebrations across the globe looked radically different this year as large crowds stayed away from traditional party spots like New York City's Times…
8 die in New Year's Eve carbon monoxide poisoning in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year's Eve celebration, police said Friday.
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…
Warm Springs hopeful after Haaland tapped to head Interior
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Since the historic appointment of Deb Haaland to head the U.S. Department of the Interior, hopes have been high among members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs that better times are ahead.
Police arrest 2 protesters on New Year's Eve in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Police made two arrests and at least one business was vandalized as marchers took to the streets through Capitol Hill on New Year’s Eve.
New Year's Eve celebratory gunfire kills 1 in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Celebratory gunfire to ring in the New Year killed a Syrian woman living as a refugee in eastern Lebanon and struck an airplane parked at Beirut's airport in two separate incidents, Lebanon’s official…
Andre Hill's loved ones mourn loss of 'a chess-playing mind'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In late May, Andre Hill and his roommate Donyell Bryant watched in shock, along with the nation, the video of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck for minutes,…
Iraq explosives experts working to defuse mine on oil tanker
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi explosives experts were working to defuse a large mine discovered on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and evacuate its crew, authorities said Friday.
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 …
Kansas governor promises another push for Medicaid expansion
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly will push again this year to expand Medicaid in Kansas even though top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature are less receptive to the idea than they were las…
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