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Adams County Assessor candidates discuss qualifications, duties
RITZVILLE — Veronica Rodriguez and Curtis Templin are running for the office of Adams County Assessor. Each candid…
Biden, South Korea's Moon 'deeply concerned' about NKorea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday said he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in remain “deeply concerned” about the situation with North Korea, and announced he will deploy a new special envoy to the…
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
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New voter ID rules raise concerns of fraud, ballot rejection
ATLANTA (AP) — When voters in Florida and Georgia want to vote by mail in next year’s races for governor, they will have to make sure they take one more step to ensure they receive a ballot: providing their identif…
US restricting visas, taking other action over Tigray crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve
Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions…
Hour-by-hour: Biden's behind-the-scenes push for cease-fire
The diplomatic flurry was over and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu was on the phone telling President Joe Biden that it appeared the furious fighting between Israel and Hamas was about to end.
Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations have sparked a noise ordinance, it i…
County tells Arizona Senate to keep files, threatens lawsuit
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials on Friday directed the Arizona Senate and the auditors it hired to review the county's 2020 election count to preserve documents for a possible lawsuit.
National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police.
In Virginia, Trump's election lies look like a GOP liability
LANEXA, Va. (AP) — Washington Republicans may be rushing to embrace former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about fraud costing him a second term, but next door in Virginia the GOP candidate in the year's only m…
EXPLAINER: Much about US pullout from Afghanistan is unclear
WASHINGTON (AP) — When he pulled the plug on the
The Latest: Biden says his party 'still supports Israel'
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Friday there has been no shift in his commitment to Israel’s security, but insisted a two-state solution that includes a state for Palestinians remains “the only answer” to th…
US restricting visas, taking other action over Tigray crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying it is time for the international community to take a…
Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions…
National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police.