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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…
Stith named to lead North Carolina community college system
RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — Thomas Stith III, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration in North Carolina and a former top aide to then-Gov. Pat McCrory, was hired Monday to lead the state's community college sys…
GOP leaders to act as electors, cast Kansas votes for Trump
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican party officials picked to serve as Kansas members of the Electoral College were set to meet Monday to cast the state’s six electoral votes for President Donald Trump.
US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent
AP-NORC poll: America's virus concerns stable as cases spike
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Legislative offices closed due to threats as electors meet
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan legislative offices were closed Monday because of threats of violence as presidential electors prepared to gather in the state Capitol to cast their votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
EU clinches deal on first-ever defense fund
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced Monday that an agreement has been reached on setting up the 27-nation bloc’s first ever fund to support defense research and development.
Missouri presidential electors meeting to vote for Trump
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Missouri's presidential electors are gathering at the state Capitol to officially cast their votes for Republican President Donald Trump.
Biden electors to convene for vote in Pennsylvania's capital
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's 20 members of the Electoral College will convene in a Harrisburg auditorium on Monday to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, whose win in the state last month helped propel him to vic…
The Latest: Family doctors start offering vaccine in England
LONDON — Family doctors in England are set to start COVID-19 inoculations this week, in the latest stage of the U.K.’s mass vaccination program.
Germany's heath chief urges EU to approve vaccine faster
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister expressed impatience Monday that the European Union was still waiting for its regulatory agency to approve a coronavirus vaccine, while other officials urged Germans to forgo…
US Embassy says Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Monday that President Donald Trump's administration has removed Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could help the African country get…
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a…
Biden's Homeland Security pick faces questions on 2015 probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Alejandro Mayorkas faced Senate confirmation, not a single Republican voted for him because there was an open investigation into his management of the U.S. immigration agency under P…
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Saturday executed an exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, a little more than a year after authorities tricked h…