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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…
House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making
Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years, finding that he violated the terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from n…
Lawyers: Trump didn't incite riot, trial unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyers denied Tuesday that he played a role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and said that the Senate impeachment trial is unconstitutional.
Biden, Yellen to talk with Senate Democrats on virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will join Senate Democrats for a virtual lunch Tuesday to discuss his
Citizens in Myanmar protest coup with noise barrage
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Scores of people in Myanmar's largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans on Tuesday evening in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country's …
Schumer moves ahead on Biden virus aid, GOP talks continue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that senators will vote Tuesday on a first step toward eventually approving President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus recovery package on a fas…
Study: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian scientists say the country's Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to
Washington House allocates $2.2 billion in COVID funding
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state House late Monday passed a bill that would allocate $2.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi detained again — without her old support
BANGKOK (AP) — A day after Myanmar’s military pulled off a well-choreographed coup, the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, finds herself right back where she was just over a decade ago — under house arres…
Dems: Trump aimed 'loaded cannon' of supporters at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detaile…
Correction: Myanmar-Explainer story
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In Feb. 1 coverage of the military coup in Myanmar, The Associated Press erroneously reported that an announcement of the takeover linked the move in part on the government’s decision to a…
Kremlin foe Navalny slams court that may jail him for years
MOSCOW (AP) — Opposition leader Alexei Navalny denounced a Moscow court hearing Tuesday on whether he should be sent to prison for years, calling it a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into …
Correction: Myanmar story
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — In Feb. 1 coverage of the military coup in Myanmar, The Associated Press erroneously reported that an announcement of the takeover linked the move in part on the government’s decision to a…
Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a co…
Future of Holocaust research in Poland hinges on libel case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocau…