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His Helping Hands opens for winter season with new commercial kitchen
EPHRATA — What started as a one-day Christmas coat giveaway for 35 people has grown into a community effort servin…
Puyallup tribe suing Electron Dam citing fish kills
SEATTLE (AP) — The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is suing the owners and operators of the Electron Dam, alleging ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act.
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.
Swedish women’s champion Göteborg is back for 2021
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Just two days after announcing its dissolution, Swedish women’s champion Göteborg is back.
Amazon gets into the podcast business
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is jumping into the podcast business.
Police investigate deliberate spoiling of 500 vaccine doses
GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
Minneapolis to release bodycam video in fatal shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis said they would release body camera video on Thursday from a traffic stop that ended with a man shot dead, the city's first police-involved death since George Floyd died whi…
Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue workers in Norway on Thursday continued searching for 10 people, including children, who are missing a day after a massive landslide struck a residential area near the capital.
Work begins to turn SC racist store into racial harmony site
LAURENS. S.C. (AP) — Regan Freeman had spent more than a year organizing a project to tell the story of a Black South Carolina pastor who reached out to Ku Klux Klan members who wanted him dead because of his race.
EU reviews BioNTech request for 'extra dose' of virus shot
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union medicines watchdog said Thursday that German company BioNTech has applied for clearance in the 27-nation bloc to administer up to six doses of its COVID-19 vaccine f…
Broadcaster: Boris Johnson's father seeks French citizenship
LONDON (AP) — As Britain prepares to split from the European Union, the father of Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be seeking closer ties with the bloc by applying for French citizenship.
Xi hails China's economic growth despite pandemic setback
BEIJING (AP) — China has made major progress in developing its economy and eradicating rural poverty over the past year despite the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a New Year address Thur…
They were experts in viruses, and now in pitfalls of fame
BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Ashish Jha started 2020 thousands of miles from home, taking a sabbatical in Europe from his academic post at Harvard. Then the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S.
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
NEW YORK (AP) — Gone were the revelry and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds that typify Times Square on New Year's Eve, replaced by empty streets and an eerie quiet as the final moments of 2020 ticked away.
New laws: Tougher rules for Louisiana car accident lawsuits
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state's business lobby that takes effect Friday and that…
Back pain causes pope to skip Vatican New Year's ceremonies
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A back condition has forced Pope Francis to skip New Year’s ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica, a Vatican spokesman said Thursday.