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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…
Arizona averages of COVID-19 deaths, cases double in 2 weeks
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Tuesday reported more than 60 new known deaths as the current coronavirus surge set another record for hospitalizations and saw the rolling seven-day averages of additional cases and death…
Report: UW System schools are falling behind their peers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin without adding more state funding to offset the loss has contributed to the system falling behind its peers and hurting its competitiveness, acco…
Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell acknowledges Biden is president-elect, says Electoral College 'has spoken'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell acknowledges Biden is president-elect, says Electoral College 'has spoken.'
McConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday, calling him the president-elect and saying the Electoral College “has spoken.”
Tunisian PM cancels Italy trip after minister gets virus
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi canceled a planned visit Tuesday to Italy at the last minute, after one of his ministers accompanying him on a visit to France tested positive for the c…
Congress authorizes new Arctic icebreakers for Coast Guard
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Congress has passed a bill authorizing the addition of Coast Guard Polar Security Cutters for use as icebreakers, and an Alaska senator said the Trump administration is considering leasing …
EU regulators move up Pfizer vaccine assessment to Dec. 21
BERLIN (AP) — Facing strong pressure from Germany and other European Union nations, the bloc's medicines agency on Tuesday moved up a meeting to assess the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. 21, likely bri…
Pandemic doesn't break first lady holiday hospital tradition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump isn't letting
Democrats resigned to dropping local aid in COVID-19 bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — As top Washington negotiators reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief, rank-and-file Democrats appear increasingly resigned to having to drop, for now, a scaled-back demand for fisca…
EXPLAINER: Why is the EU taking so long to OK vaccine?
AMSTERDAM (AP) — As Canadians, Britons and Americans begin getting immunized with a German-developed vaccine against coronavirus, pressure is building on the European Medicines Agency to approve the shot made by Pf…
Election 2020 Today: Democracy challenged, GOP reckoning
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Russia's Putin congratulates Biden on winning U.S. election
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out.
In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat
Minnesota Legislature OKs virus aid for businesses, workers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature voted Monday night to pass a $216 million relief package aimed at businesses and workers who took the biggest hit from a four-week “pause” ordered by Gov. Tim Walz as in…
Under attack from Trump, institutions bend but don't break
WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, President Donald Trump has put America's democratic institutions under unprecedented strain as he fights to hold power despite losing his bid for reelection. But the institutions so far…