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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…
Highlights of COVID-19 relief bill progressing in House
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic-led effort to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package has passed its latest challenge with House committees advancing measures that will soon be combined into a single bill expec…
COVID-19 bill would scale up ability to spot virus mutations
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. scientists would gain vastly expanded capabilities to identify potentially deadlier
At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he's got game
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent his third week in office
Spain: Protests erupt after rapper's insults lead to prison
LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Tuesday night following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and…
EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV's standards
NEW YORK (AP) — All the words abounded — the ones that you're not supposed to hear on broadcast television or, for that matter, in a lot of other places.
Separatists grow majority in Catalonia despite Socialist win
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The pro-union Socialist Party claimed a narrow win in regional elections in Catalonia late Sunday, but the bloc of parties supporting secession by Spain’s northeastern corner widened their c…
The Latest: Australia receives over 142,000 vaccine doses
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia will begin vaccinating its population against COVID-19 next week after its first shipment of Pfizer vaccine was delivered on Monday.
China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China's leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site called and as…
Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration faces a conundrum as it rethinks the positioning of military forces around the world: How to focus more on China and Russia without retreating from longstanding Mideast th…
Biden reframes goal on reopening of elementary schools
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fi…
COVID-19 bill would scale up ability to spot virus mutations
WASHINGTON (AP) — ATTN DESK: CAN BE ILLUSTRATED WITH FILE ART OF WHITE HOUSE COVID COORDINATOR JEFF ZIENTS.
The Latest: India finds new cases of a coronavirus variant
NEW DELHI — Health officials in India say cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa and Brazil have been found in India.
The Latest: El Salvador getting its first vaccine from India
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s government says the Central American nation will receive its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from India on Wednesday.
The Latest: Mexico passes 2 million confirmed virus cases
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has topped 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 175,000 deaths, though officials concede that the country’s extremely low rate of testing means the real figures are much higher.
New charge filed on Suu Kyi as Myanmar crackdown intensifies
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, as the military authorities who seized power in a coup intensified their crackdown again…