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Candidates outline priorities at Moses Lake Chamber Forum
MOSES LAKE — Candidates for Grant County auditor, assessor, superior court judge and Public Utility District commi…
NY: Broadband cos paid for 8.5M fake net neutrality comments
The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a
Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer traveled thousands of miles to Homer, Alaska, for an FBI raid on a woman's home, looking for something stolen during the Jan. 6 insurrection and the person who…
Madrid election centers on virus response, rise of far right
MADRID (AP) — Madrid residents voted in droves Tuesday for a new regional assembly in an election that tested the depths of resistance to virus lockdown measures and the divide between left-wing and right-wing part…
2 Catholic bishops at odds over Biden receiving Communion
They share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base. Yet there’s a deep gulf between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in the high-stakes …
Lawmakers reject bill to limit transgender youth in sports
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee Tuesday narrowly refused to advance a proposal to prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams in schools.
AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates how many Americans immunized
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vastly overstated the number of Americans who've been vaccinated against COVID-19. And when addressing the racial gap in vaccinations, he claimed progress that is not…
The Latest: Sri Lanka receives 1st batch of Sputnik V shots
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has received its first batch of the Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.
Talks 'intensify' on bringing US back to Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (AP) — World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signaling a willingness to work out the major stum…
The Latest: India's double whammy: Rising cases, few shots
NEW DELHI — India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping the country, but since then the pace of administering the shots has only dropped, with states s…
NY AG: ISPs behind millions of fake net neutrality comments
The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a
UK to offer under-40s alternative to AstraZeneca shot
LONDON (AP) — People under 40 in Britain will not be given the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link to extremely rare blood clots, the government said Friday. It sai…
Blinken reaffirms US support for Ukraine amid Russia tension
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington’s support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of Kyiv’s heightened tensions with Russia…
US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Monday gave little indication of how it might rule on the constitutionality of the first law in the nation banning transgender women and girls from playing on women’s spo…
House GOP leader says he backs ousting Cheney from No. 3 job
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Netanyahu vows Hamas will pay 'heavy price' for rocket fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Hamas militant group of crossing a “red line” with its rocket attack on Jerusalem and promised a tough response.