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Erickson new ECBID assistant manager of development
OTHELLO — Jon Erickson has been named the assistant manager of development for the East Columbia Basin Irrigation …
DWD adjudicators get last undecided unemployment claims
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development officials said Wednesday that they have assigned the last few thousand undecided unemployment claims to adjudicators.
In Greece, ‘vaccination selfies’ anger unions, opposition
Greece’s center-right government says senior state officials will no longer be given priority for the COVID-19 vaccination after posts on social media by Cabinet ministers receiving the shot triggered a backlash fr…
US home contract signings at record levels in November
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined last month, but was still a record high for November when a seasonal slowdown traditionally seeps into the real estate ma…
Trump, Biden headline final push in Georgia Senate runoff
ATLANTA (AP) — Campaigns and outside groups are making a final push to turn out election-weary Georgians whose votes will determine control of the U.S. Senate, from a crush of text messages and television ads to du…
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Energy and materials companies helped lift stocks modestly higher Wednesday, nudging the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high.
After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.
New director appointed to California unemployment department
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday appointed Rita L. Saenz to oversee the state's unemployment benefits department, which has been overwhelmed by claims during the coronavirus pandemic and als…
Netflix reworks leftovers with food-based reality game show
NEW YORK (AP) — Just in time for anyone facing a heaving, post-holiday refrigerator comes a TV show about what to do with all those dubious dishes — leftovers.
Woman hailed as model for refugee integration slain in Italy
MILAN (AP) — Police in northern Italy on Wednesday arrested an ex-employee of an agricultural business in the slaying of his former boss, an Ethiopian refugee who had been hailed as a model of integration for build…
Missouri senator to contest Biden's Electoral College win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday he will raise objections next week when
N Korea's Kim reviews agenda for congress in early January
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reviewed the agenda for an important ruling party congress set for early next month, state media reported Tuesday, dispelling outside speculation the No…
Pace of vaccine rollout dismays South Carolina lawmakers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are questioning the pace of the state's coronavirus vaccine rollout, even as health officials say they're vaccinating people faster than the rest of the country.
Robots with rhythm: Boston Dynamics' dancing androids a hit
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — These robots have rhythm.
The Latest: Louisiana congressman-elect dies from COVID-19
BATON ROUGE, La. — Luke Letlow, who was to have been Louisiana’s newest Republican member of the U.S. House, has died from complications related to COVID-19 only days before being sworn into office. He was 41.
Pelosi likely speaker again, but might require high-wire act
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's little doubt that