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Ephrata residents honor veterans during annual parade
EPHRATA — American flags lined Basin Street Wednesday morning as veterans, community members and local organizatio…
Messi surpasses Pelé milestone, Atlético beats Sociedad
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi broke Pelé's all-time scoring milestone for their clubs by netting his 644th career goal for Barcelona on Tuesday, while Atlético Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 to increase its l…
Union threatens to strike over railroad's virus protections
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — One of Union Pacific's main unions is threatening to strike if the railroad doesn't do more to protect its employees from the coronavirus.
Williams, Hyland carry VCU past James Madison 82-81
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Vince Williams Jr. and Nah'Shon Hyland each scored 15 points as VCU held off James Madison 82-81 on Tuesday.
Hume scores 27 to lift Northern Colorado past Idaho St 69-64
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Bodie Hume had a career-high 27 points as Northern Colorado narrowly defeated Idaho State 69-64 on Tuesday in a Big Sky Conference opener for both teams.
South Carolina pulls out of Gasparilla Bowl, game canceled
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Gasparilla Bowl was canceled Tuesday after South Carolina withdrew because of COVID-19 issues within the program.
AP source: Auburn finalizing deal with Boise State's Harsin
Auburn and Boise State’s Bryan Harsin are finalizing an agreement for him to become the Tigers’ head coach.
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.
NYT's 'Caliphate' podcast withdrawn as Pulitzer finalist
NEW YORK (AP) — A high-profile podcast on terrorism from The New York Times that had been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize was withdrawn as a contest entry in the wake of the newspaper saying the claims of a man cen…
Biden hopes virus deal is glimpse of deal-making to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President-elect Joe Biden, Washington’s year-end burst of deal-making brought renewed hope for a productive, successful first 100 days in office.
US negotiating for millions more vaccine doses from Pfizer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is negotiating with Pfizer to acquire tens of millions of additional vaccine doses in exchange for helping the pharmaceutical giant gain better access to manufacturing supplies.
More than 4K Minnesota health care workers get vaccine
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 4,000 frontline health care workers in Minnesota have already received their first coronavirus vaccinations, and the state expects to have received nearly 250,000 doses from the two app…
2 people injured in shooting at Vancouver medical building
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Two people were injured in a shooting Tuesday at a medical building in Vancouver, Washington, police said.
Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth.
Rush lifts Fairleigh Dickinson past Fairfield 69-65
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Brandon Rush scored a career-high 28 points on 7-of-10 shooting from 3-point range and Fairleigh Dickinson edged Fairfield 69-65 on Tuesday.