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3 council members renew oaths of office in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Three Ephrata City Council Members were sworn in Wednesday evening after winning their respective races.…
N. Macedonia: Blaze at COVID-19 field hospital kills 14
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a COVID-19 field hospital that killed 14 people and injured a dozen.
AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates UAW support of electric cars
DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden glossed over important details and oversimplified the facts in his boast about support from the United Auto Workers union for his effort to
Senate opposition leads White House to withdraw ATF nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday it would withdraw the nomination of a
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American…
Justice Dept. sues Texas over state's new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later
NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete.
N. Korea, slimmed down Kim Jong Un, enjoy toned-down parade
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Military search dogs and goose-stepping trainers. Health workers wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits. And a slimmed down, beaming Kim Jong Un in a cream-colored business suit. The parad…
Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov't
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foes of the new Texas law that bans most abortions have been looking to the Democratic-run federal government to swoop in and knock down the most restrictive abortion law in effect in the country.…
Judge extends block of Western Michigan vaccine mandate
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday extended
Biden calls Xi as US-China relationship grows more fraught
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been largely unfrui…
White House competition council seeks lower consumer prices
A new White House council on U.S. economic conditions held its first meeting Friday, with participants highlighting at least 18 actions taken to help consumers and potentially lower prices.
Unions split on vaccine mandates, complicating Biden push
The National Nurses Union applauded President Joe Biden's proposal to require that companies with more than 100 employees vaccinate their work force. The American Federation of Teachers once said vaccine mandates w…
Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everyth…
Analysis: Biden takes fight to unvaccinated in virus battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re a source of frustration. A risk to their fellow citizens. A threat to the nation’s economic recovery.
Judge: Capital gains tax challenge can move forward
SEATTLE (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a legal challenge to Washington’s new tax on capital gains can move forward.