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Fifth Congressional District candidates discuss their qualifications
SPOKANE — Six of the 12 candidates running for the Fifth Congressional District seat detailed some of their qualif…
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
CHICAGO (AP) — Executioners who
Collins, Romney say they oppose Biden budget nominee Tanden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's
Democrats consider piecemeal approach to immigration reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of failed attempts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation, congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden are signaling openness to a piece-by-piece approach.
Court blocks release of records about cops in DC on Jan. 6
SEATTLE (AP) — A court commissioner granted an emergency order Wednesday temporarily stopping the City of Seattle from disclosing records that would have identified six Seattle police officers who attended the pro-…
Biden to see Pfizer plant as weather delays shipping vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Extreme winter weather is dealing the first major setback to the Biden administration's planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines just as the national vaccination campaign was hitting its stri…
The Latest: WHO urges actions for 'long COVID' sufferers
GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 people who contracted COVID-19 continue to show “persistent ill health” 12 weeks after infection.
Cyprus activists: Hunters' lead pellets threaten flamingos
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Conservationists in Cyprus are urging authorities to expand a hunting ban throughout a coastal salt lake network amid concerns that migrating flamingos could potentially swallow lethal quanti…
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time
Former aide says Cuomo kissed her, suggested strip poker
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A former member of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who previously
The Latest: Variants prompt Finland's return to emergency
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Finland plans to reintroduce a state of emergency that would allow the Nordic country to close restaurants for a three-week period starting March 8 as it fights the variant first discovered in…
Top board leaders resign after deadly Texas power outages
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing electricity last week during a deadly winter …
South Carolina House passes bill banning most abortions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, following the lead of other states with similar measures that would go into effect if the U.S. …
Conviction in landmark case over Syrian government torture
BERLIN (AP) — A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hop…
Senate OKs bill making police intervene to stop undue force
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure requiring police to intervene if they see a fellow officer using excessive force — one of several measures in the Legislature prompted by the…
UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair vaccine access
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of al…