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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…
Reversing Trump, Pentagon releases new transgender policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assi…
Ruh roh! Biden pooch drops doggie doo in White House hallway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doggie doo in the White House?
Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the West …
France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up pressure on hospitals.
AP-NORC poll: Biden bolstered by strong marks on pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are broadly supportive of President Joe Biden’s early handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll finds, and approval of his stewardship of the economy has ticked up following passa…
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.
Reversing Trump, Pentagon to release new transgender policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and…
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…
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.
Russia's Navalny announces start of prison hunger strike
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has started a hunger strike in prison to protest officials’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains.
AP interview: EPA head committed to 'scientific integrity'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving forward on a pledge to restore “scientific integrity,” the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many academic scientists …
EXPLAINER: What we know about AstraZeneca blood clot reports
LONDON (AP) — German officials have decided to limit the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in people under 60 after more unusual blood clots were reported in a small number of people who received the shots.
Some Capitol riot suspects apologize as consequences sink in
PHOENIX (AP) — The helmet-wearing Idaho man photographed dangling by one hand from the Senate’s balcony during
Eager to build infrastructure, Biden plans to tax business
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden wants $2 trillion to reengineer