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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…
The Latest: Russia sets daily death record, OKs booster shot
MOSCOW — Russian health officials have approved booster shots for those vaccinated against COVID-19 six months after their first dose.
Congressional leaders urge FCC to perform equity audit
Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black Americans and other communities of color,…
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behin…
Rolling blackouts for parts of US Northwest amid heat wave
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Washington to warn that people will face…
The Latest: Red Cross: Indonesia faces virus catastrophe
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Red Cross says Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of infections has left it “on the edge of a COVID-19 catastrophe.”
Supreme Court says no right to hearing for some immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if they are deported to their native countries.
The Latest: India to import Moderna vaccine to offset surge
NEW DELHI — Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has been granted emergency use authorization from the country’s drugs regulator to import the Moderna vaccine.
Diana legacy lingers as fans mark late royal’s 60th birthday
LONDON (AP) — Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice.
The Latest: Russia records highest daily virus death toll
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have reported 652 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday — the highest daily tally in the pandemic. The new record comes as Russia struggles to cope with a surge in infections and deaths and…
EXPLAINER: Why are Palestinians protesting against Abbas?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets in recent days to protest against President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, whose security forces and supporters have violently disp…
Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers
ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although…
UK government accused of hypocrisy as health minister quits
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has resigned after a tabloid splashed photos and videos of him kissing an aide in his office — breaking the same coronavirus social distancing rules he imposed on the nation.
States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification
Customers wanting to wine, dine and unwind to live music at the City Winery's flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to get in. But that's not required at most other dining establ…
Cesar Chavez's legacy lives on in Biden's staff, Oval Office
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate
US troops in Syria attacked after airstrikes on militias
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. troops in eastern Syria came under rocket attack Monday, with no reported casualties, one day after U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border against what the Pe…