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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…
EXPLAINER: No ransomware silver bullet, crooks out of reach
BOSTON (AP) — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s
Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down
BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the heart of New York City's suburbs that opponents have ca…
Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday another diverse group of candidates for his second round of judicial nominations, a day after some in
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s pa…
Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administrat…
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, state election officials said Monday, likely triggering ju…
Immigration groups launch $50 million effort for citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is launching a $50 million effort aimed at defending President Joe Biden on
Judge won't block Arizona Senate's 2020 election recount
PHOENIX (AP) — An unprecedented audit of ballots from November’s presidential election will continue in Arizona. But the private company hired by the Republican-led state Senate must make public its procedures for …
The Hamburglar? How a story about meat limits fell apart
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the “Hamburglar” in the conservative media world.
In new Electoral College map, shifting battleground dynamics
ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 census is shifting states' clout in presidential politics. And while the changes won't upend the parties' basic strategies for securing the votes needed to win the White House, they do hint …
Supreme Court affirms block of key PolyMet mine permit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a
GOP's Sen. Scott suggests Dems use race as political weapon
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott accused Democrats on Wednesday of dividing the country and suggested they're wielding race as “a political weapon," using the official Republican response to
Lawsuit filed to block new Washington capital gains tax
SEATTLE (AP) — A lawsuit was filed Wednesday that seeks to block the new capital gains tax on high-profit stocks, bonds and other assets that the Washington Legislature approved this week.
Outdoor mask guidance echoes what many Americans already do
In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly straight-forward decision: Cases were down dramatically, and it didn't bother local officials that …
Harris tells UN body it's time to prepare for next pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told United Nations members on Monday that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting the serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic.