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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…
Dems challenge to Arizona redistricting panel list rejected
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Democratic leaders of the Arizona Legislature who sought to disqualify two of five independents chosen as potential chairs of a commission that will redraw th…
The Latest: Biden plans to announce defense secretary Friday
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EPA overrides scientists' calls for tougher pollutant limit
The Trump administration on Monday made final its decision to leave limits for a deadly kind of air pollutant unchanged, overriding scientific findings that tougher standards could save tens of thousands of lives y…
Nevada virus hospitalizations up 230% over past month
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The number of people hospitalized in Nevada with COVID-19 has more than doubled over the last month, officials said Monday, increasing to 1,617 hospitalized patients statewide and up from 692.
Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was “doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giuliani visited…
Foxx, Budd return to Washington after positive COVID tests
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two Republican members of North Carolina's congressional delegation have returned to work in Washington after both tested positive recently for COVID-19.
Trump adviser broke law with Biden criticism, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog agency on Monday reported that one of President Donald Trump’s economic advisers repeatedly violated the law during the campaign season with his criticisms of Joe Biden, now the…
High court hears Nazi-era cases from Germany, Hungary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday struggled with whether to allow two lawsuits stemming from claims of property taken from Jews in Germany and Hungary during the Nazi era to continue in U.S. courts.
Kansas governor faces conservatives as legislative leaders
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly could have a tough time with the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature during the last two years of her four-year term after lawmakers' selection of leaders Monday…
Arizona Legislature closes due to COVID-19 exposures
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature is closing for a week because of recent potential exposure to COVID-19, including from Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's attorney who was maskless when he met with sever…
UN health agency's advice for the holidays: Don't hug
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don't hug.
North Carolina gets $14M from record telemarketing penalty
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public schools will receive $14 million for the state’s share of a record settlement with a satellite television company that federal courts have determined participated in unl…
3rd commissioner resigns from Lee's administration
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee's office announced Monday that the head of Tennessee's Department of Veterans Services has resigned, as well as the agency's top deputy.
Whitmer administration extends partial shutdown by 12 days
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday extended a partial shutdown of businesses and schools through Dec. 20, rejecting desperate appeals to lift a ban on indoor restaurant dining while the state tri…
UK's Johnson to head to Brussels amid Brexit talks deadlock
BRUSSELS (AP) — More than four years after helping set Britain’s course out of the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is headed to EU headquarters to try to finish the job.