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4 Republicans pitch different approaches to growth, spending and agriculture in Grant County Commissioner race
MOSES LAKE — With ballots due Aug. 4, voters in Grant County Commissioner District 3 have four Republican candidat…
Big win for $1T infrastructure bill: Dems, GOP come together
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a
Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions
Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
As Senate debates Dems' $3.5T budget, GOP launches attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their expansive
China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei
DANDONG, China (AP) — A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a spying case linked to Beijing’s effort to push his country to release an executive of tech giant Huawei, prompting an unusual s…
Japan's PM thanks people for safe Olympics during pandemic
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Dems unveil $3.5T budget for social, climate efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats unwrapped a budget resolution Monday envisioning a massive $3.5 trillion, 10-year cascade of federal resources, aiming historic sums at family support, health and education progra…
North Carolina sports gambling bill clears another committee
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation to license and tax sports betting in North Carolina cleared another state Senate committee on Monday.
'We fought a great battle': Greece defends wildfire response
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As the worst of Greece's massive wildfires were being tamed Tuesday, the country's civil protection chief defended the firefighting efforts, saying every resource was thrown into the battle ag…
France’s virus pass now required in restaurants, trains
PARIS (AP) — France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel by plane, tr…
Hundreds in Warsaw protest political repression in Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of people, among them many Belarusians living in exile in Poland, marched Sunday in Warsaw to protest political repression in neighboring Belarus — a demonstration held on the eve of …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations
NEW YORK (AP) —
Belarus leader denies repression a year after disputed vote
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian leader on Monday denied that his government unleashed massive repression of dissent after his re-election a year ago triggered a monthslong wave of mass protests, even as…
High trust in doctors, nurses in US, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans have high trust in doctors, nurses and pharmacists, a new poll finds.
Infrastructure push slowed by Tennessee senator's objection
WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, Democrats and Republicans
Zuckerberg's cash fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules
DENVER (AP) — When Facebook founder