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Today is the final day to file in Grant County
EPHRATA — Grant County’s candidate filing week is underway, with several candidates submitting paperwork for local…
WHO: Europe's vaccination program is 'unacceptably slow'
LONDON (AP) — European nations' immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are “unacceptably slow” and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday.
Black adviser quits UK government in wake of racism report
LONDON (AP) — The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report on racial disparities concluded that Britain does not have a syste…
Migrants freed without court notice — sometimes no paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — …
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down
HONG KONG (AP) — Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during…
Local lawmakers support ending state of emergency
Some Republican legislators, including those in the Basin area, are requesting to end the governor’s state of emergency before the legislative session concludes through a letter addressed to the majority and minori…
GOP governors ignore Biden's latest plea on mask mandates
President Joe Biden's pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in…
High court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed sympathetic to college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting their education-related compensation.
Spanish resorts languish while Madrid hosts Europe's parties
MADRID (AP) — In Madrid, the real party starts at 11 p.m. after the bars close — and curfew kicks in.
Gaetz staying on Judiciary panel, despite investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent, outspoken conservative and a close ally of former President Donald Trump who has been under federal investigation for a former relationship, would lose his…
Russia: Navalny on hunger strike to protest prison treatment
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he has started a hunger strike to protest authorities’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains.
US officials OK plan to send radioactive waste to Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released the latest plan to send low-level radioactive waste to Idaho from a South Carolina facility that converts enriched uranium into fuel for nuclear reactors.
Scientists: Grizzlies expand turf but still need protection
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf where they roam in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains but need continued protections, according to government scientists who concluded that no o…
Ruh roh! Biden pooch drops doggie doo in White House hallway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doggie doo in the White House?
Another Washington man accused of storming U.S. Capitol
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Federal agents on Tuesday arrested a Washington state man accused of breaching the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, pushing past police and entering the Senate gallery.
Asian neighbors pen letter of fear to Ohio's lieutenant gov
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Asian American residents of the suburb that Ohio’s Republican lieutenant governor calls home penned a letter to him Wednesday, citing their concerns over a tweet he sent referring to…