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WEATHER: Nov. 12-18
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with areas of dense fog before 11 a.m., calm wind and a high near 55. Mostly cloudy overn…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Lotto' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
Gabriel Bump named 2020 winner of the Ernest Gaines Award
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chicago's South Side comes alive through the writings of Gabriel Bump's debut novel, “Everywhere You Don't Belong," which has earned him recognition as the 2020 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Awa…
Strong, Lee, Taua pace Nevada in Potato Bowl win over Tulane
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nevada coach Jay Norvell had plenty of reasons to be emotional as he challenged his team before it took the field in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. And his players responded.
WA Lottery
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ These Washington lotteries were drawn Tuesday:
Experts issue warning after 3 killed in Colorado avalanches
DENVER (AP) — The deaths of three people in two Colorado avalanches since Friday have experts warning those headed to the mountainous backcountry to be careful and pay attention to forecasts.
Maryland downs La Salle 84-71 behind Ayala's 23 points
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Eric Ayala scored 23 points, Aaron Wiggins scored 15 and Maryland controlled most of the way in an 84-71 win over La Salle Tuesday night.
NFL players take leading role on social justice front
Many NFL players have been leaders on the social justice front, and some of them are being considered for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award. None of them is dedicated to the cause with any such honors i…
Deputy named to lead COVID-19-stressed Kansas labor agency
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named the Kansas Department of Labor's deputy secretary as its top administrator as she works to find another, permanent leader for an agency that
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the waning weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump has issued a slew of pardons and commutations, including former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people charged in the R…
Nov. existing home sales fall 2.5%, following record summer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The market for existing homes cooled slightly in November, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday, after climbing through the late spring, summer and early fall despite the pandemi…
Report: March turbulence shows need for financial reforms
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top government financial oversight panel says that the turbulence in financial markets last spring has exposed problems in the operation of money market funds that will need to be corrected befo…
Indians, reliever Wittgren agree to contract for 2021
CLEVELAND (AP) — Reliever Nick Wittgren avoided salary arbitration with the Cleveland Indians by agreeing Tuesday to a $2 million, one-year contract.
Musk: Apple CEO didn't take meeting about buying Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he once considered selling the electric car maker to Apple, but the iPhone maker’s CEO blew off the meeting.
Via songwriting and freestyling, Jhené Aiko finds her voice
NEW YORK (AP) — Jhené Aiko is rapping on the phone.
Dogs ease pandemic isolation for nursing home residents
Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn't made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to visitors.