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Four hurt in SR 17 crash
MOSES LAKE — A suspected DUI collision injured four people and closed state Route 17 near Big Bend Community Colle…
Oregon lawmakers return for 3rd special session in pandemic
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are gathering in Salem to consider measures that would provide $800 million in relief to people struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic and this summer's massive wildfires.
Stocks slump worldwide on worries about new virus strain
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling Monday as a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus has countries around the world
Loeffler's wealth, Trump loyalty face scrutiny in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — In the fight to retain her U.S. Senate seat, Republican Kelly Loeffler has boasted she is “more conservative than Attila the Hun” and has a “100% Trump voting record.” She has backed the president's …
Navalny releases recording of call to his alleged poisoner
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday released a recording of a phone call he said he made to an alleged state security operative, who revealed some details of how the politician was supp…
Explosion in gunpowder factory in Italy kills 3 people
ROME (AP) — An explosion in a gunpowder processing factory in a town in south-central Italy on Monday killed three people, Italian media said.
Barr says he sees no reason to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden; says he won't appoint one
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barr says he sees no reason to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden; says he won't appoint one.
Ski great Northug to be jailed for traffic and drug offenses
HELSINKI (AP) — A court in Norway has found two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug guilty of serious traffic offenses and possession of narcotics and sentenced him to seven months in prison a…
AP Lifestyles Digest
Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Dec. 21.
Ezra Vogel, renowned Asia scholar and biographer, dies at 90
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A leading U.S. scholar on East Asia whose biography of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping won acclaim and awards has died. Ezra F. Vogel was 90.
Barr, breaking with Trump, says hack of US government agencies 'certainly appears to be the Russians'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barr, breaking with Trump, says hack of US government agencies 'certainly appears to be the Russians.'
AG: No reason for special counsel on election, Biden's son
WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking with President Donald Trump, outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims of election fraud or the …
The Latest: Israel restricts travel due to new virus strain
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country has further tightened restrictions on incoming air travel in response to the new strain of the coronavirus.
Afghan officials: Local journalist killed in Ghazni province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A prominent local journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province on Monday — the fourth to be killed in the war-ravaged nation in just two months. …
EU agency OKs COVID-19 vaccine, 1st shots expected in days
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union drug regulator recommended the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for use Monday, raising hopes that the 27 nations in the bloc can begin administering the first shots to their …
NJ lawmakers to vote on multiyear $14B tax break bill
New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote Monday on legislation authorizing more than $14 billion in tax breaks for businesses.