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Sheriff candidates debate at Ephrata forum
EPHRATA — Incumbent Grant County Sheriff Joey Kriete and challenger Darrick Gregg highlighted differences in leade…
Mysterious new system at border keeps migrants guessing
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — After hearing rumors that Central American families with younger children were being allowed into the U.S., Irma Paz left Honduras with her husband and two kids on a nearly two-month journ…
‘Sorry’: GOP US Rep. Tom Reed retiring amid misconduct claim
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican from western New York who was
Oregon Legislature halts sessions after positive virus test
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Floor sessions in the Oregon Capitol were cancelled for the rest of the day Monday and all day Tuesday after lawmakers learned that “someone who was interacting on the House floor last week” h…
Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after
Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday of immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under…
Yellen, Powell say more needed to limit US economic damage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that more must be done to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
UK reflects on 'grief and loss,' a year from first lockdown
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has had a lot to reflect on.
Hugs, at last: Nursing homes easing rules on visitors
An 88-year-old woman in Ohio broke down in tears as her son hugged her for the first time in a year. Nursing home residents and staff in California sang “Over the Rainbow” as they resumed group activities and allow…
EU, US, UK, Canada target China officials over Uyghur abuses
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, Britain, Canada and the United States on Monday launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang region, provoking s…
Haunted by mass violence, Colorado confronts painful history
DENVER (AP) — Dawn Reinfeld moved to Colorado 30 years ago to attend college in the bucolic town of Boulder. Enchanted by the state's wide-open spaces, she stayed.
Alternatives to nursing homes get $12B boost in COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief bill is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to inst…
The 'disturbing influence' of presidential news conferences
WASHINGTON (AP) — He'd led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to mak…
Gov’t data show race, region disparities in school reopening
Nearly half of the nation’s elementary schools were open for full-time classroom learning as of last month, but the share of students learning in-person has varied greatly by region and by race, with most nonwhite …
Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Janet Jackson’s socially conscious album “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Louis Armstrong’s jazzy “When the Saints Go Marching In” and Nas’ debut release “Illmatic” are among 25 recordings being inducted to…
Senators back off vow to withhold support of Biden nominees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic senators who said they would not support President Joe Biden's nominations to fill administration posts until the White House better promoted diversity reversed their stances Tuesda…