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Q&A: Martinez, Thompson outline priorities for 13th District
EPHRATA — As Election Day approaches, voters across Central Washington's sprawling 13th Legislative District will …
Portland Commissioner receives flood of racist messages
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Amid work to address systemic racism under a national spotlight, Portland, Oregon, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty says she has been sent a high volume of racist messages.
Virtual school: Teachers want to improve but training varies
After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she…
Portland protest strives for peace as U.S. forces drawn down
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than a thousand people showed up in downtown Portland early Saturday to peacefully protest, about three days after the announcement that the presence of U.S. agents there would be reduced…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
US officials seek limits on "habitat" for imperiled species
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to restrict what land and water areas can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals — potentially excluding locations that species could use…
Body of Seattle man recovered from trail in Cascades
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — A mountain rescue team has recovered the body of a Seattle man who fell through an ice bridge on the Gothic Basin trail off the Mountain Loop Highway in the North Cascades.
Rent's due, again: Monthly anxieties deepen as aid falls off
Another month passes. The coronavirus pandemic marches on. And Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry as their next rent checks come due Aug. 1.
Activists vow to meet arriving federal agents in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Activists in Albuquerque said Thursday they are preparing to greet federal agents coming to New Mexico’s largest city with civil disobedience and peaceful protests.
Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns.
Supreme Court halts Idaho online signatures for initiative
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an Idaho group must stop collecting online signatures for an education funding initiative for the November ballot.
California governor asks Warren Buffett to back dam removal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appealed directly to investor Warren Buffett to support demolishing four hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border to save salmon populations that hav…
Washington psychiatric hospital has 21 new COVID-19 cases
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's embattled psychiatric hospital has seen a spike of more than 20 new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks.
Judge orders review of protest news images sought by police
SEATTLE (AP) — A King County judge has revised his ruling, ordering Friday that either he or a special master first will conduct a review of five Seattle news outlets’ unpublished protest photos and videos before d…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Keno' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
Men accused in assault of Bend protester charged
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Two men allegedly involved in the assault of a protester at a July 11 racial justice rally in Bend have been charged.