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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…
Niners visit Cowboys in disappointing matchup of also-rans
SAN FRANCISCO (5-8) AT DALLAS (4-9)
Titans host Lions in final home game of regular season
DETROIT (5-8) at TENNESSEE (9-4)
Packers seek 4th straight win as they host slumping Panthers
CAROLINA (4-9) at GREEN BAY (10-3)
Video: Deputy runs over fleeing Black man in Kansas field
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The dashcam video captured a horrific scene: a Kansas sheriff's deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a Black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fle…
Family behind OxyContin attests to its role in opioid crisis
Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis but stopped shor…
Russia banned from using its name, flag at next 2 Olympics
GENEVA (AP) — Russia was banned Thursday from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years.
Russian banned from using name, flag, anthem at next 2 Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian banned from using name, flag, anthem at next 2 Olympics.
Snow blankets Northeast, breaking records in some areas
The first major snowstorm of the season left the Northeast blanketed in snow, setting records in some areas.
Air pollution in eastern Europe adds to pandemic health woes
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With the arrival of cold and foggy winter weather amid the pandemic, eastern Europe is facing an extra respiratory health hazard — air pollution.
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Finneas finds his lane in music
NEW YORK (AP) — Onstage, Finneas and Billie Eilish come across like a seasoned, veteran musical duo. With her beautifully aching and raw tone singing relatable and profound lyrics in the starring role, Finneas bril…
Gift to Russian minister triggers diplomatic probe in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia's authorities opened an investigation Thursday into how a possibly stolen 300-year-old gilded icon from Ukraine ended up being given as a gift to Russian Foreign Minister …
Lebanon prosecutor pauses port probe amid legal challenges
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prosecutor investigating last summer’s horrific explosion at the Beirut port has paused the probe for 10 days, following legal challenges to his authority by the same senior officials he acc…
Argentina looks to add more transgenders to labor force
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Angeles Rojas strides down the hall of the Argentine state bank, passed portraits on the walls of past bank presidents who may have been shocked to see a young transgender on its work…
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Dec. 18
The Latest: Giants coordinator Jason Garrett tests positive
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: