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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…
'I couldn't be silent': UN whistleblower on WHO Italy report
ROME (AP) — The U.N. epidemiologist who denounced the World Health Organization’s withdrawal of a report on Italy’s coronavirus response says he is suffering retaliation for having spoken out and is calling for the…
NKorea vows to redevelop mountain tour site despite pandemic
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top North Korea official has visited a mountain resort that had been jointly run with rival South Korea during past rapprochement and discussed efforts to unilaterally rebuild it into “a…
The holidays could make or break struggling stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases …
Vaccinations grow in Pennsylvania; 2nd vaccine arriving soon
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 17,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to health care workers at Pennsylvania hospitals, the state health secretary said Monday, as hospitals remain stressed by c…
Exxon Mobil, Intel down; JPMorgan Chase, Nike rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Monday:
The Latest: Germany puts more curbs on travel from UK
Germany has expanded its ban on passenger flights from the U.K. to forbid passenger transport by rail, bus and ship.
No. 1 Gonzaga faces stiff test against No. 16 Virginia
Gonzaga has consistently scheduled difficult games under coach Mark Few to test itself early in the season.
UC San Diego's Division I debut halted by virus concerns
LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — UC San Diego women's basketball team will have to wait before it can play its first game as a Division I program.
Kendall Hinton's QB moment marked in Canton, across the NFL
DENVER (AP) — Wide receiver Kendall Hinton’s start at quarterback for Denver may have been forgettable, but it's memorialized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and on practice fields across the NFL.
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Afghan police say bomb tears through car, killing 5
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle in the Afghan capital of Kabul Tuesday, killing at least five people, four of them doctors, police said.
The Latest: Turkey has quarantined 4,600 arriving from UK
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has identified and quarantined 4,603 airline passengers who arrived from the United Kingdom on and after Dec. 14, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Tuesday.
Israel on cusp of fourth national elections in two years
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel appeared headed to its fourth election in two years on Tuesday after a last-ditch effort to keep the government afloat and push off the automatic dissolution of parliament failed.
Australian regulator delays decision on Google-Fitbit merger
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s competition regulator on Tuesday delayed for three months its decision on Google’s plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion despite the European Union giving c…
US public school enrollment dips as virus disrupts education
Fearful of sending her two children back to school as the coronavirus pandemic raged in Mississippi, Angela Atkins decided to give virtual learning a chance this fall.