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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, 5 months ago
Senate targets virus restrictions; OKs jobless, water bills

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Senate Republicans voted to limit the length of coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration, unless they were extended by the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Election 2020 Today: Biden's Obama redux; GOP bands together

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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
California's health order falling on many deaf ears

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — In the Southern California oceanside city of Manhattan Beach, one arm of government is urging residents to stay home except for essential needs while another is encouraging them to ge…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Hawaii expects 81,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of month

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is expected to receive enough first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for 81,000 people by the end of the month, officials said Thursday. The first shipments could arrive as early as next week.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Exposure feared after New Hampshire speaker dies of COVID-19

The speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives died of COVID-19, a medical examiner ruled Thursday, a day after the Republican's unexpected death, raising concerns that other members of one of the world'…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
5 bicyclists killed, 3 injured in crash on Nevada highway

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Five bicyclists were killed and three others injured in a crash Thursday involving a box truck on U.S. Highway 95 south of Boulder City, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Lawmakers: California jobless claims still a 'black hole'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A beleaguered California agency's attempt to stem an unemployment benefits scam potentially exceeding $2 billion while reducing a frustrating backlog is failing, two state lawmakers from o…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Baker sends police accountability bill back to lawmakers

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker returned a police accountability bill to state lawmakers Thursday, asking for changes before he can sign the legislation.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Bhutan lawmakers vote to decriminalize same-sex relations

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Bhutan’s Parliament has voted to decriminalize same-sex relations, amending an existing law that penalized what it deemed “unnatural sex.”

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Michigan expects 257,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses initially

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan expects to receive about 257,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines initially if the federal government authorizes them for emergency use this month, enough to immunize roughly 128,000 reside…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Taiwan president launches new domestically made patrol ships

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's president launched a new fleet of domestically made Coast Guard patrol vessels Friday, in a boost to the island's plans to strengthen its defense capabilities as tensions rise with…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
California county urges hospitals to halt elective surgeries

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top health official in California's third-largest county is urging hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and implement plans to prepare for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients, as intensive care…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Bhutan lawmakers vote to decriminalize same-sex relations

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Bhutan’s Parliament has voted to decriminalize same-sex relations, amending an existing law that penalized what it deemed “unnatural sex.”

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
California county urges hospitals to halt elective surgeries

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top health official in California's third-largest county is urging hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and implement plans to prepare for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients, as intensive care…