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Wildfire season officially ends in Washington – state Lands Commissioner seeks future funding
The wildfire season in Washington state is officially over.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 3-9
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 3-9:
The Latest: Merkel's aide vaccinates medical workers
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff, a trained emergency room doctor, has helped vaccinate medical personnel against the coronavirus at a hospital in central Germany.
AP Lifestyles Digest
Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Dec. 28.
AP Entertainment Digest for Monday, Dec. 28, 2020
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Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines
Massachusetts’ biggest story of 2020 involved something so tiny it required an electron microscope to view.
British hospitals scramble for space as virus cases soar
LONDON (AP) — British hospitals are canceling non-urgent procedures and scrambling to find space for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases continue to surge despite tough new restrictions imposed to curb a fast-sp…
Protests erupt against new Montenegro govt over religion law
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Several thousand people rallied Monday in Montenegro, accusing the young country's new government of being pro-Serb because of its plans to amend a religious property law that is strong…
Trials begin for 10 charged with fleeing from Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP) — Trials for 10 people accused of attempting to flee Hong Kong by speedboat during a government crackdown on dissent began in China on Monday, a court official said.
Trump relents, signs COVID relief, averts federal shutdown
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to busin…
Darfur clashes kill 15 amid calls for peacekeepers to stay
CAIRO (AP) — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region have killed at least 15 people in recent days, forcing authorities to deploy more troops, the state-run news agency reported.
NATO scrambled around 350 times for Russian jets in 2020
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says that Russian military activity in the alliance's airspace increased slightly this year as its jets across Europe scrambled more than 400 times to escort or shadow unknown aircraft.
The Latest: Finland latest nation to find UK virus variant
HELSINKI — Finland has become the latest European country to report a case of the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain.
Pandemic, hurricanes top Louisiana news for 2020
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana, like the rest of the country, was hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was pummeled by hurricane after hurricane and faced a variety of accusations of racial injustice.
Attacks across Afghanistan kill 4
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least four people were killed in separate attacks across Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, raising further concerns about the fate of peace talks that have been suspended until at …
Moderate 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits Croatia, some damage
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A moderate earthquake hit central Croatia near its capital of Zagreb early Monday, triggering panic and damaging some buildings in towns south of the city. There were no immediate reports of …