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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…
Proposed Oregon bill aims to limit bans on homeless camping
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cities and counties in Oregon aiming to ban homeless people from sitting, sleeping and camping on public property may soon face a barrier under a proposed bill introduced by state lawmakers ea…
Trump trial video shows vast scope, danger of Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s
Chilling video footage becomes key exhibit in Trump trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chilling security video of last month's
In Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border
HOUSTON (AP) — The day after she gave birth in a Texas border hospital, Nailet and her newborn son were taken by federal agents to a holding facility that immigrants often refer to as the “icebox.”
Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade
Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, a two-hour conversation in which he pressed the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other hum…
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Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped US water plants
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A hacker’s botched attempt to poison the water supply of a small Florida city is raising alarms about just how vulnerable the nation's water systems may be to attacks by more sophisticat…
Governor: Transgender athletes will 'destroy women's sports'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday that transgender girls should be banned from playing on middle and high school sports teams or they will “destroy women's sports.”
Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he help…
EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major que…
Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A growing number of governments are curbing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and increasing economic pressure on its military over the coup last week that erased the fragile democratic progres…
S Africa seeks new vaccine plan after halting AstraZeneca
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is considering giving a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase to health workers, after suspending the rollout of another shot that preliminary data indicated may be on…
Judge orders anti-tax activist Tim Eyman to pay $2.6 million, bars him from financial control of political committees
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Judge orders anti-tax activist Tim Eyman to pay $2.6 million, bars him from financial control of political committees.
Election of Democratic chair portends change at post office
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, marking the first step in
The Latest: House managers wrap up 1st full day of arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate