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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…
Equal pay bill passed by House but faces long odds in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats approved legislation Thursday that they say would help close the gap between what men and women are paid in the workplace, though the measure faces little chance of overcoming Repu…
Eyman ordered to pay $2.9M for Washington AG's legal costs
SEATTLE (AP) — Anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman must pay almost $2.9 million to cover the legal fees and costs of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s long-running lawsuit against Eyman for campaign fin…
The problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity
CHICAGO (AP) — In the modest bungalows and two-flats of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, there’s never a shortage of needed home repairs staring residents in the face. And then there is the less obvious but m…
Funeral to praise Philip's 'courage' and support for queen
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Prince Philip will be remembered as a man of “courage, fortitude and faith” on Saturday, at a funeral that salutes both his service in the Royal Navy and his support for Queen Elizabeth II o…
Alabama lawmakers vote to ban trans girls from female teams
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama could soon become the next conservative state to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams.
From Russia to Britain, Philip's royal ties spanned Europe
TATOI, Greece (AP) — Prince Philip's life spanned a century of European history. His family ties were just as broad, with Britain's longest-serving consort linked by blood and marriage to most of the continent's ro…
Biologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnica…
Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent
Macron visits Notre Dame 2 years after devastating fire
PARIS (AP) — Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that Fr…
Family asks feds to reopen case on Tamir Rice police killing
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of
WA Senate OKs bill to reinstate durg possession penalties
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would reinstate criminal penalties for drug possession.
US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome
AP sources: Tool behind crackdown on opioids could expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has been slow-walking its work on the extension of a legislative order that would keep in place a sweeping tool that's helped federal agents crack down on drugs chemically…
Gov. Kemp faces next test from Trump loyalists in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s new voting law overhaul kickstarted Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s effort to reconnect with hard-line conservatives angry because he didn’t help overturn Donald Trump’s loss last November. Bu…
As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some
ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dollars spent …