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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…
Dutch intelligence agency says it has uncovered two Russian spies who targeted high-tech sector
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch intelligence agency says it has uncovered two Russian spies who targeted high-tech sector.
House committee approves nearly $12.8B state budget
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers have approved a nearly $12.8 billion state budget plan for the current fiscal year that is already nearly half over, using federal coronavirus aid to plug a projected …
President-elect Joe Biden taps former Obama adviser and envoy Susan Rice to lead White House Domestic Policy Council
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden taps former Obama adviser and envoy Susan Rice to lead White House Domestic Policy Council.
EU warns Bosnia to help migrants as entire families on move
VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Entire migrant families are on the move in cold winter weather in Bosnia while trying to reach the West as the European Union urged the Balkan country to act to prevent a h…
AP source: Biden picks Denis McDonough, Obama’s White House chief of staff, as secretary of veterans affairs
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Biden picks Denis McDonough, Obama’s White House chief of staff, as secretary of veterans affairs.
Indiana House speaker quarantining with COVID-19 infection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The top lawmaker in the Indiana House has tested positive for COVID-19 and has had mild symptoms of the respiratory disease, his office said Thursday.
Conservationists: Bisons revive, freshwater dolphins dwindle
GENEVA (AP) — A leading conservation group uniting governments and civil society says all four known freshwater dolphin species are now threatened with extinction, after newly discovered information on the tucuxi i…
US B-52H bombers fly to Middle East in mission to deter Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new show of military might, two American bomber aircraft flew from the United States to the Middle East on Thursday, in a round-trip mission that U.S. officials said covered a wide swath of t…
Albania: Officials try to deter protest over police shooting
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities urged respect for a pandemic ban on public gatherings, ahead of a new planned protest Thursday over the fatal police shooting of a man during curfew hours.
Some Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else, to help prevent the sprea…
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EU leaders weigh sanctions over Turkey's Med drilling work
BRUSSELS (AP) — Concerned that their credibility is at stake, European Union leaders are set Thursday to give the green light to the expansion of sanctions against Turkey over its exploration of gas reserves in Med…
Special election planned to fill Louisiana state House seat
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder has set a special election to fill a vacant seat in the state House of Representatives.
China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP) — China is imposing restrictions on travel to Hong Kong by some U.S. officials and others in retaliation for similar measures imposed on Chinese individuals by Washington, the Foreign Ministry said Thu…