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Connell woman killed in Booker Road crash
CONNELL — Charges are pending against a Kennewick man following a collision about 12 miles south of Othello that k…
The Latest: 2 Manchester City players positive for COVID-19
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British army helps clear backlog of virus-stranded drivers
LONDON (AP) — Around 1,000 British soldiers were spending Christmas Day trying to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stuck in southeast England after France briefly closed its border to the U.K., then demanded c…
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A pandemic Christmas: Churches shut, borders complicated
Afghan army: 2 officers killed by roadside bomb in north
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least two Afghan army officers including a battalion commander were killed Friday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Balkh province, the military said.
A pandemic Christmas: Churches shut, borders complicated
ROME (AP) — Curfews, quarantines and even border closings complicated Christmas celebrations Friday for countless people around the globe, but ingenuity, determination and imagination helped keep the day special fo…
EU nations start assessing post-Brexit trade deal with UK
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ambassadors were convening on Christmas Day to start assessing the massive free-trade deal the bloc struck with Britain that should kick off next next week when the acrimonious Brexit…
Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050
TOKYO (AP) — Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and gener…
Modi makes outreach effort to placate angry Indian farmers
NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi held virtual talks with Indian farmers Friday and asked them to explain how the government’s agricultural policies have benefited them, a month into massive farmer prot…
Explosion hits gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai, no casualties
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An explosion at a key natural gas pipeline in Egypt's restive northern Sinai Peninsula caused a fire but no human casualties, a senior official said.
Virus changes work, not goal, of Kosovo's NATO peacekeepers
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped the holiday celebrations of NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo but left its role of more than two decades untouched.
Kentucky tries to snap pre-SEC skid against Louisville
A look at the upcoming week around the Southeastern Conference:
No. 16 Virginia's vs No. 1 Gonzaga highlights ACC week ahead
A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:
Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
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DEC. 18 - 24, 2020
Saints try to clinch NFC South vs. Vikings on Christmas Day
MINNESOTA (6-8) at NEW ORLEANS (10-4)