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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…
France's Macron rides out virus, fever at Versailles retreat
PARIS (AP) — As French President Emmanuel Macron rides out the coronavirus in a presidential retreat at Versailles, critics on Friday called out slip-ups in his virus-prevention behavior, from a close-quarters hand…
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Illegal winery busted at Alabama town's sewage plant
RAINSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town.
First time in years, chinook salmon spawn in Columbia River
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For the first time in more than a generation, chinook salmon have spawned in the upper Columbia River system.
Slovenia's health minister steps down amid virus pandemic
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s health minister resigned Friday after his party left the country's ruling center-right coalition, a blow to Prime Minister Janez Jansa during the coronavirus pandemic.
Demand is low for COVID-19 antibody drugs but shortages loom
U.S. health officials are seeing an astonishing lack of demand for COVID-19 medicines that may help keep infected people out of the hospital, drugs they rushed out to states over the past few weeks as deaths set ne…
In public housing, a small debt can get poor tenants evicted
CRISFIELD, Md. (AP) — Public housing is supposed to be a solution to homelessness, not a cause of it.
Turkish philanthropist on trial for alleged failed coup ties
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish philanthropist businessman and human rights defender denied accusations of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government in connection with a failed coup four years ago, telling a c…
NBC's Holt adds empathetic commentaries to news anchor role
NEW YORK (AP) — During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough.
EU says EU-UK face weekend 'last attempt' to get trade deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United Kingdom are heading into the weekend on a “last attempt" to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, with EU fishing rights in British waters the most notable remaining obs…
Ex-governor of Mexico's Jalisco state shot to death
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former governor of Mexico’s troubled western state of Jalisco was shot to death early Friday at a restaurant in the Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta.
China's leaders say tech growth top priority amid US tension
BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party called Friday for faster technology development to increase the country's economic independence amid tensions with Washington that have disrupted access to computer chi…
The Latest: Azar: Moderna vaccines ship if FDA gives OK
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says shipments of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine will begin this weekend if the FDA grants emergency use authorization as expected on Friday.
Official: Rickshaw bomb kills 15 kids in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
Parents lose lawsuit over destruction of son's porn stash
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A man who sued his parents for getting rid of his pornography collection has won a lawsuit in western Michigan and can seek compensation.