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Ybarra announces run for Washington Senate
QUINCY — State Representative Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, has announced his candidacy for the Washington Senate. If he…
Merkel's likely heir favors her centrist path for Germany
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — As a child of the Cold War in West Germany, Armin Laschet remembers when then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan came to Berlin in 1987, stood at the barrier separating East from West, and sai…
Key voting rights decision expected from Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wrapping up its first all-virtual term, with decisions expected in a key case on voting rights and another involving information that California requires charities to provide …
Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers' role in slavery
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital's former governors in the global slave trade, saying the moment had come for the city to confront its g…
Maine law restricts facial recognition technology statewide
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill touted as the country's strictest statewide regulation on the use of facial recognition technology has become law in Maine.
Northwest lawmakers seek progress on Columbia River Treaty
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A bipartisan group of 21 Northwest lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to prioritize a long-running effort to renegotiate a 60-year-old treaty that governs how the United States and Canada…
Biden to host Dodgers, World Series champs, at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Friday to mark the team's World Series victory last October over the Tampa Bay Rays.
EXPLAINER: How could the indictment hurt Trump's company?
NEW YORK (AP) — The criminal tax fraud charges
Latest reopenings mark return to business in mainland US
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon and Washington on Wednesday lifted most of their COVID-19 restrictions to become two of the last states to broadly ease virus orders put in place in the very first days of the pandemic.
Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he might, at the pinnacle of his career as defe…
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task…
EXPLAINER: When is the US war in Afghanistan really over?
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the last U.S. combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, the question arises: When is the war really over?
A look at 8 lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is acting swiftly to launch a new investigation of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, choosing a diverse slate of eight lawmakers — one from the opposing par…
Newsom's gamble: Recall win could hinge on jobs, virus cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats gambled by accelerating the date for the state's Sept. 14 recall election that could cost Gov. Gavin Newsom his job. Their hope is that during a relatively brief stret…
‘Nobody’s winning’ as drought upends life in US West basin
TULELAKE, Calif. (AP) — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon border and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust devils whirled around him and birds flitted between empty irrigation pipe…
Children of Native American man shot by Poulsbo police sue
SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) — The children of a Native American man killed by police in Washington state two years ago are suing, saying his death was unnecessary.