News
For more information regarding today's news, check out our latest news articles below.
Spokane County court rules in favor of AG's office in ACSO lawsuit
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Sheriff's Office said it will appeal a decision announced Friday in a lawsuit brought…
China prepares for return of lunar probe with moon samples
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 45 years.
48-year-old Manny Ramirez is back in baseball Down Under
SYDNEY (AP) — Manny Ramirez — yes, that Manny Ramirez — is back in baseball Down Under.
A pandemic atlas: South Africa acts quickly, dodges disaster
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At a popular cafe in Johannesburg's Soweto area, owner Benedict Somi Vilakazi liked to tell foreign visitors how nearby Vilakazi Street was named after his grandfather, who defied racial discrim…
A pandemic atlas: Early success, growing concern in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — For a time, Germany seemed to have solved the puzzle of how to quell COVID-19.
A pandemic atlas: Spanish system fails, and the elderly die
MADRID (AP) — Patiently lining up, distanced, to buy bread. Watching grandchildren grow via screens. Cheering for a soccer team miles away from the stadium. Gathering for dinner, in reduced groups, at 7 p.m. — earl…
A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying
Month after dismal month, Americans have been inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Tens of million unemployed.
A pandemic atlas: Nations ran the gamut in their response
The nations of the world ran the gamut in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic — sometimes veering from strict to lax measures in the course of just a few months, and vice versa. A look at the state of the pand…
A pandemic atlas: Brazil's leader scoffs, and toll rises
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The story of COVID-19 in Brazil is the story of a president who insists the pandemic is no big deal.
A pandemic atlas: Kenya's youth suffer collateral damage
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The accepted wisdom was that young people had less to fear from COVID-19. But in Kenya, youth suffered from the pandemic in other ways.
A pandemic atlas: A virus widens Israel's religious rifts
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — When Israel went into its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown in September, most of the country quickly complied. But in some ultra-Orthodox areas, synagogues were packed, mourners thron…
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory
A pandemic atlas: Peru's death toll leaves a grieving nation
Each day at the height of the pandemic in Peru, Ronald Marín visited a crowded, dusty cemetery to offer final prayers for dozens of victims of COVID-19, their coffins wrapped in plastic like suitcases preparing for…
A pandemic atlas: Italy becomes Europe's viral epicenter
ROME (AP) — On the morning of Feb. 20, Dr. Annalisa Malara went to work at the public hospital in tiny Codogno, Italy, and broke protocol by ordering up a coronavirus test for a patient.
Vrankic carries Santa Clara past Fresno Pacific 88-65
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Josip Vrankic had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead six Santa Clara players in double figures as the Broncos routed Fresno Pacific 88-65 on Tuesday night.
Alabama dodges upset-minded Furman with 83-80 win
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Herbert Jones scored 18 points with 12 rebounds and Alabama rallied to beat Furman 83-80 on Tuesday night.