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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…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Governor: Kansas officials must 'set example' after DC riot

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly told fellow Kansas residents Tuesday night that her usual yearly call for bipartisanship is not enough in light of last week's mob violence in Washington and said the state's le…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Rural Nevada GOP official's letter draws calls for FBI probe

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s two U.S. senators have joined calls for an investigation of comments by the Republican Party chairman in rural Nye County that they warn could incite violence and insurrection against elec…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Boston Mayor Walsh gives likely final State of City address

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh painted a picture of a city battered by the pandemic, but also resilient and prepared to emerge stronger as he delivered what is likely his last State of the City address Tues…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Nevada lawmaker resigns amid campaign finance investigation

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada lawmaker resigned amid an investigation involving the use of campaign contributions that prompted law enforcement to raid his home in May.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Feds: Man arrested near US Capitol had truckload of weapons

WASHINGTON (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
EXPLAINER: How Trump's 2nd impeachment will unfold

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached tw…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the U.S. Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Wisconsin state superintendent candidate remains on ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A candidate for Wisconsin state superintendent whose candidacy was challenged because she used the title “Dr.” in front of her name on nomination papers will remain on the ballot, the Wisconsin…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Trump's Republican wall eroding ahead of impeachment vote

Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides of a white supremacist rally. They stayed in line when Trump was caught pressuring a foreign lea…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks

PARIS (AP) — For America's allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump's final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to …

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
No. 3 House GOP leader backs Trump impeachment as tide grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Supreme Court clears way for first federal execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court clears way for first federal execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin N…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Man ID'd as speaker's office invader appears before judge

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The man identified as the rioter photographed sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office chair during last week’s Capitol insurrection made his initial federal court appearance Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Virginia's Capitol Square to close on annual lobbying day

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amid reports of possible armed protests at state capitals across the country, Virginia officials plan to close Capitol Square in Richmond to the public Monday, an annual day for constituents to…