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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…
Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a month after the election, top Republicans finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the next U.S. president, a collapse in GOP resistance to the millions of voters who decisively chose the Dem…
Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden case
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance
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Biden's challenge: Creating a COVID-19-free White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three blocks from the White House, office space for more than 500 Biden transition staffers sits mostly idle. The government is shipping out laptops so staffers can work from home.
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Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine whic…
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Trump voters accept Biden victory 'with reservations'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Reed says he will always believe the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump. The retired police officer-turned-construction worker believes fraud marred the vote, no matter ho…
California virus surge brings field hospitals, body bags
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in cor…