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Updated 3 days, 15 hours ago

Adams County ballot features competitive federal, state and local races

RITZVILLE — Filing week has closed in Adams County, and voters will see a crowded and competitive ballot in the 20…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
HHS nominee says pandemic comes first but agenda is broader

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Biden heads to Pfizer plant as weather causes vaccine delays

WASHINGTON (AP) — Extreme winter weather has dealt the first major setback to the Biden administration's planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines, delaying shipment of three days worth of shots, or about 6 mil…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
North Dakota committee endorses sports betting resolution

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A House committee on Wednesday endorsed a resolution that would allow North Dakotans to decide if sports gambling should be allowed in the state.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Europe applauds Biden's approach, stresses cooperation

BERLIN (AP) — Collective sighs of relief could be heard from many European capitals Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden made clear in his first major foreign policy address since taking office that he rejected …

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Guns in capitol buildings divide states after armed protests

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In the past year, insurrectionists have breached the U.S. Capitol and armed protesters have forced their way into statehouses around the country. But the question of whether guns should be allo…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Biden to visit Mich. vaccine plant as winter throws a curve

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…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Interior nominee Haaland questioned on drilling, pipelines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

MADRID (AP) — Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open and found a…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Things to Know: US COVID-19 death toll at brink of 500,000

Here’s what’s happening Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Takeaways from Congress' first hearing on Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Security officials testifying at Congress' first hearing on the

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Garland vows sharp focus on Capitol riot as attorney general

WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Garland to focus on civil rights, political independence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland,

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Biden tours Pfizer vaccine plant as weather delays 6M shots

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden toured a state-of-the art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday as extreme winter weather across broad swaths of the U.S. handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida was a model citizen when it came to elections in 2020. The state showed off its years of voting reforms. Even as Donald Trump railed against voting systems elsewhere, he praised Flo…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Collins says she'll vote against Biden budget nominee Tanden

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's