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Fourth Congressional District candidates share immigration policy opinions
MOSES LAKE — Eleven candidates are running in the primary election for Washington’s 4th Congressional District. Al…
US takes steps to protect electric system from cyberattacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to protect
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten the very existence of the tiny Pacific island natio…
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
CHICAGO (AP) — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley.
Arizona governor set to OK or veto strict sex ed legislation
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey faces a deadline Tuesday to sign or veto legislation revamping the state’s sex education laws that would make them some of the strictest in the nation when it comes to teachin…
Montana transgender athletes bill amended amid funding worry
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers amended Tuesday a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in school and college sports according to the gender with which they identify. Under the amendment, t…
Despite growing chorus, DOJ limited in police probes
CHICAGO (AP) — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley.
Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a fall, her former husband said.
Biden praying for 'the right verdict' in Chauvin trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. He said he believed the case, which had gone to …
Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry
A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass of bureaucracy deeper than any Louisiana bayou, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed b…
Biden praying for 'right verdict' in Chauvin trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believed the case, which has gone…
Feds consider how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden…
Pandemic puts tulips, bluebells, cherry blossoms in hiding
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — There is no stopping flowers when they bloom, blossoms when they burst. Unfortunately, people have been stopped from enjoying them these days.
'No place for you': Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
NEW DELHI (AP) — Seema Gandotra, sick with the coronavirus, gasped for breath in an ambulance for 10 hours as it tried unsuccessfully to find an open bed at six hospitals in India's sprawling capital. By the time s…
In death, long after loss, Mondale's liberal legacy stands
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden an…
Senate OKs 988 crisis hotline bill
In a 27-22 vote, the Washington state Senate passed a bill Monday during a virtual debate to strengthen the state’s behavioral health crisis response and suici…