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Soap Lake looking to seat salary commission
SOAP LAKE — The City of Soap Lake is seeking residents to serve on its newly reactivated Salary Commission, a citi…
Seattle Fire employee arrested after Councilmember threats
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police on Friday arrested a city fire department employee in connection with threats made to a City Councilmember.
Authorities identify 2 people killed in Alaska plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers have identified two people killed in last week's crash of a small plane in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
In Nevada desert, a technology firm aims to be a government
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In the Nevada desert, a cryptocurrency magnate hopes to turn dreams of a futuristic “smart city” into reality. To do that, he’s asking the state to let companies like his form local governm…
2 brothers from Kansas, Idaho arrested in Capitol riots
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two brothers from Kansas and Idaho were arrested Friday on federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the FBI said.
Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations
NEW YORK (AP) — The Lincoln Project, one of the best-known and best-funded organizations in the so-called Never Trump movement, announced plans late Thursday to launch an external investigation to review the tenure…
Nursing home disclosures taint Cuomo's pandemic performance
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, a…
7 Republicans vote to convict Trump in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Republicans voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump in his Senate trial, easily the largest number of lawmakers to ever vote to find a president of their own party guilty at …
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in …
Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Biden administration's plan to open 100 vaccination sites by the end of the month was initially embraced by governors and health officials, who considered it a much needed lifeline to get m…
CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely
The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite f…
GOP's McConnell: Trump morally responsible for Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his speech Saturday from the Senate floor, Sen. Mitch McConnell delivered a scalding denunciation of Donald Trump, calling him “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S.…
A fight or a 'fight'? In impeachment, a clash about context
Was he calling for a fight, or was he calling for a “fight”?
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed.
Democratic prosecutors ask Senate to subpoena a House Republican for 'corroborating evidence' about Trump's actions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic prosecutors ask Senate to subpoena a House Republican for 'corroborating evidence' about Trump's actions.