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Samaritan projects budget deficit in 2027
MOSES LAKE — While Samaritan Healthcare is projected to make money through its operations in 2027, its bottom line…
Group says it's challenging residency of 364K Georgia voters
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group said Friday that it's challenging the eligibility of more than 364,000 Georgia voters before election officials in each of the state's 159 counties ahead of January runoff …
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US awaits word on 2nd vaccine as COVID-19 outbreak worsens
House passes bill to avert government shutdown; Trump next
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress swiftly passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night to avert a partial government shutdown, trying to buy time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 trillion…
Payton: Saints plan to start Brees against Chiefs
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints record-setting quarterback Drew Brees “looked good” in his first practices since returning from rib fractures and a punctured lung, and is slated to start against the Kansas City Chiefs on…
West preview: LeBron's Lakers load up for a run at a repeat
LeBron James barely had time to put down his latest trophy before having to start defending it.
The Latest: 8 German players test positive at world juniors
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Some San Diego restaurants reopen despite legal uncertainty
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eggs, waffles and burritos flew out of the kitchen Friday at The Old Townhouse, a 45-year-old institution in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood that immediately resumed indoor dining when a judge…
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'
It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespiona…
49ers to finish season playing home games in Arizona
The San Francisco 49ers will finish out the regular season practicing and playing home games in Arizona after a ban on contact sorts in their home county was extended into January.
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Pence, top congressional leaders get vaccines; Trump absent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and the leaders of the House and Senate received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday as they tried to reassure the American public that the shot is safe. …
House approves 2-day funding bill to avert federal shutdown as leaders continue wrangling over COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (AP) — House approves 2-day funding bill to avert federal shutdown as leaders continue wrangling over COVID-19 relief.
Utah to receive 30% fewer coronavirus vaccine doses
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is one of more than a dozen states that have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, the state's health department …
Cornwall scores 21 to carry Gardner-Webb past VMI 88-77
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Jaheam Cornwall had 21 points as Gardner-Webb got past VMI 88-77 on Friday.