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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…
Kansas proposal against transgender athletes gets traction
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal aimed at keeping transgender students out of girls' and women's sports is attracting enough interest in the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature to worry LGBTQ advocates.
The Latest: Trump legal team opens with attack on Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
Riot video spotlights mob's focus on stopping Biden win
As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?”
Investigating Trump a big early move for Atlanta's new DA
ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney investigating whether former President Donald Trump should face charges for attempting to pressure Georgia's elections chief into changing the results of the presidential race i…
Trump lawyers decry impeachment case as political vengeance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump opened his impeachment defense Friday by strenuously denying he played any role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, blasting the case against him as political…
The Latest: Trump lawyers present defense at trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
Cuomo administration 'froze' over nursing home data requests
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide told Democratic lawmakers that the administration took months to release data revealing how many people living at nursing homes died of COVID-19 because off…
Trump defenders take the impeachment stage to make his case
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a prosecution case rooted in
Fox hosts Dobbs, Bartiromo strike back in voting fraud suit
Three Fox News hosts — Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro — are seeking the dismissal of claims against them and their employer as part of a $2.7 billion libel lawsuit brought by the voting technology com…
AP Interview: French government to tackle child abuse issue
PARIS (AP) — France has a “deeply rooted” societal problem with child sexual abuse, the French official responsible for children and families acknowledged Friday while discussing new government plans to address it …
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.
Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while the…
The Latest: Trump impeachment trial shifts to his defense
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
Some asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico to be allowed in US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while the…