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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…
The Latest: NBA star Antetokounmpo appears in safety ad
ATHENS, Greece — NBA basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo has appeared in a commercial in his native Greece, released ahead of Christmas to urge people to observe public safety measures during the pandemic.
Oregon to receive fewer vaccines than expected next week
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will receive fewer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine than expected next week, state health officials said.
NFL rushing leader not worried about workload for Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry sees his job as being very simple. Take care of his body through the week so he can play on Sundays.
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'Shocking': King Henrik to miss season with heart condition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist looked straight into the camera and spoke haltingly, the out-of-nowhere news as difficult for him to comprehend as it must have been for fans of the Washington Capitals, his new c…
Police release video of botched raid on Chicago woman's home
CHICAGO (AP) — Videos released Thursday by Chicago police depict disturbing scenes of officers wrongfully raiding the home of a Black woman who was not allowed to put on clothes before being handcuffed.
Bears visit Vikings, at playoff race pace for once
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Vikings finished their debut 2016 season at U.S. Bank Stadium, the game against the Chicago Bears between two eliminated teams was so perfunctory that oil pipeline protesters m…
Nigerian official says over 300 abducted schoolboys freed
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said Thursday.
No. 13 USC faces daunting Oregon Ducks in Pac-12 title game
LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 13 Southern California's reward for being the only unbeaten team in the Pac-12 is a championship game that's just as weird as the rest of this college football season.
Michigan regulators OK $100M rate hike for Consumers Energy
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan regulators on Thursday approved a $100 million electric rate hike for Consumers Energy, authorizing the state's second-largest utility to bill the average residential customer about $…
Lawyer: Federal inmate set to be executed days before Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyer: Federal inmate set to be executed days before Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus.
Vaccines reach COVID-ravaged Indigenous communities
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are being administered in Native American communities from the desert highlands of New Mexico to a coastal fishing tribe outside Seattle as the feder…
US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday.
Ex-WVa justice Allen Loughry released from federal prison
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice who was at the center of a 2018 impeachment scandal has been released from federal prison.
Rivers' revival has Colts surging as Texans rematch looms
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Philip Rivers has settled nicely into his new home.