News
For more information regarding today's news, check out our latest news articles below.
Flapper follies
OTHELLO — The play opening Thursday at Othello High School promises to be the bee’s knees. Perhaps even the cat’s …
Tottenham's Bale ruled out 'a few weeks' with calf injury
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has been ruled out for a “few weeks” with a calf injury.
Albania prime minister reshuffles cabinet ahead of elections
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s left-wing prime minister on Tuesday reshuffled some main posts ahead of parliamentary elections next year.
Ambulance company settles lawsuit with pregnant employee
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Ambulance company American Medical Response will settle a discrimination lawsuit after it refused to provide a pregnant Spokane, Washington employee a temporary reprieve from heavy-duty work, …
Hiker killed in fall at Bridal Veil Falls Trail
INDEX, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a hiker on a Snohomish County trail was killed after he apparently fell from a peak along the route.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia; 1 death reported
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. A girl was killed in the quake and a man and a boy we…
Turkey seeks arrest of businessman linked to US fraud scheme
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued a detention warrant against Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman with links to Utah-based business executives who have pleaded guilty to a $511 mil…
France’s Academy of Fine Arts says famed fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at 98
PARIS (AP) — France’s Academy of Fine Arts says famed fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at 98.
Russia's updated stats on virus-linked deaths show increase
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's updated statistics on coronavirus-linked deaths show that well over 100,000 people with COVID-19 had died in the pandemic by December, a number much higher than previously reported by governm…
Dutch government under fire for late start with vaccinations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former senior health official has called the Netherlands' coronavirus vaccination strategy “embarrassing,” as the nation waits until Jan. 8 to begin administering shots while
Famed French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
PARIS (AP) — Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed myriad consumer products after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the 1960s, has died, the French Academ…
Yakima County deputies investigate double fatal shooting
NACHES, Wash. (AP) — Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the Monday shooting deaths of a man and woman in Naches.
Premier League reports highest weekly number of virus cases
The Premier League has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single week as Britain grapples with a sharp rise in infections amid the spread of a more contagious variant of COVID-19.
Wiser resolutions? Lessons from COVID's unfulfilled ones
She’d wanted to frame and hang them — just three printed pictures that had been sitting in Lucy O’Donoghue’s suburban Atlanta house since the year began. That’s all. Yet with a full-time job and two small kids, she…
AP Interview: Laporta believes he can convince Messi to stay
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former Barcelona club president Joan Laporta has a simple pitch in his attempt to get reelected to the post. According to Laporta, he is the best chance Barcelona has of convincing Lionel Me…
Iranian women's group empowers amid pandemic by making masks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes to empower its members by helping them make and sell face masks.