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WEATHER: May 4-9
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87 and north winds to 11 miles per hour, gusts near 21 mph. Overnight mostly clear…
Lake Tahoe resort city OK for now, wildfire fight not over
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Better weather on Thursday helped the battle against a huge California wildfire threatening communities around Lake Tahoe, but fire commanders warned firefighters to be prepared for …
GOP-led states see Texas law as model to restrict abortions
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican states that have passed increasingly tough abortion restrictions only to see them blocked by the federal courts have a new template in an unusually written Texas law that represe…
Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women's health that must be challenged. But the reaction from …
Idaho special session for Texas-type abortion law unlikely
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers being called back to the Statehouse to pass a law similar to one in Texas banning most abortions is not likely, top elected officials said Thursday.
New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics
Even before a
With Lake Tahoe spared, better weather helps wildfire fight
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Better weather on Thursday helped the battle against a huge California wildfire threatening communities around Lake Tahoe, but fire commanders warned firefighters to be prepared for …
China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote “revolutionary culture,” broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce offici…
Biden blasts high court failure to block Texas abortion curb
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they can to “insulate…
Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted
Among the families who lost children and other loved ones in the nation's opioid crisis, many had held out hope of someday facing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners in a courtroom.
EXPLAINER: Resistance leader’s death deepens Kashmir strife
NEW DELHI (AP) — The
Democrats promote Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of
EXPLAINER: Congress asks tech companies for Jan. 6 records
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating
Merkel prepares to step down with legacy of tackling crises
BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel will leave office as one of modern Germany's longest-serving leaders and a global diplomatic heavyweight, with a legacy defined by her management of a succession of crises that shook a f…
Opening doors: Frontier Middle School uses lessons learned last year
MOSES LAKE — Frontier Middle School Principal Guinevere Joyce was at the door as students arrived Wednesday morning.
George principal welcomes children back to school
GEORGE — As she arrives for the first day of school, a girl wearing a sparkly pink backpack more than half her size looks up and quietly says one of her mask s…