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American Legion candidate forum set for Wednesday in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Voters will have an opportunity to hear directly from candidates running for local, legislative and stat…
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on charges they planned and coordinated an attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop…
Czech, Russian envoys fly home amid depot explosion dispute
PRAGUE (AP) — The two Russian military agents believed to be behind a massive Czech depot explosion in 2014 likely targeted the ammunition, not the Czech Republic itself, the country's prime minister and prosecutor…
Correction: Colorado River-Water Shortage story
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In a story on April 17, 2021, about drought projections in the U.S. West, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Arizona would lose one-third of its Colorado River allocation if the…
Swedish teen Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity
GENEVA (AP) — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to “step up their game” to fight vaccine inequity after the richest countries snatched up most COVID-19 …
Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death, his law…
GOP targets ballot drop boxes in Georgia, Florida, elsewhere
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta-area voters looking to return their ballots using a drop box in next year’s gubernatorial election will have to do some searching.
Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could le…
Biden feels heat on emissions goal as climate summit nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday with 40 world leaders, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse gas emiss…
Billions spent on coronavirus fight, but what happens next?
Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to
EU estimates 150,000 Russian troops near Ukraine's borders
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief has estimated that more than 150,000 Russian troops have already amassed for the biggest military buildup ever near Ukraine's borders and that it will only …
Supreme Court rejects appeal over pickup seized at border
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Kentucky man whose pickup truck was seized at the Mexican border and held by the federal government for more than two years.
Public health seeks steady funding, not feast or famine
Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, paying for masks, contact tracers and education campaigns to persuade people t…
Greens bid for German chancellery as Merkel's bloc squabbles
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens announced Monday that co-leader Annalena Baerbock will make the party's first bid for the chancellery in the September national election, while Chancellor Angela Merk…
Officials: Hunger-striking Navalny to go to prison hospital
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said M…
Legislature OKs bills on coroners, school district funds
The Washington state House passed numerous bills during a virtual legislative debate Tuesday, including a bill that would strengthen the service local coroners…