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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…
Spa shootings could be first test of Georgia hate crimes law
ATLANTA (AP) — The murder case against a white man charged with shooting and killing six women of Asian descent and two other people at Atlanta-area massage businesses this week could become the first big test for …
Sources: Feds have no evidence yet for GA hate crime charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have so far not found evidence that clears the high bar for federal hate crime charges against a man who has been accused of killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massag…
New York Times: Current aide accuses Cuomo of sex harassment
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who currently works in the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he looked down her shirt and made suggestive remarks to her and another aide, according to a newspaper report publish…
Battling bigness: Congress eyes action against monopolies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle against bigness is building. Whether it’s beer, banks or book publishing, lawmakers are targeting major industries they say have become so concentrated that they’re hurting competition,…
Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s head of Homeland Security sparred Wednesday with members of Congress over the surge of migrants at the Southwest border, refusing to concede the situation was a crisis or eve…
Biden plans to send COVID shots to Mexico, Canada
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is planning to send a combined 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico and Canada in its first export of shots, the White House said Thursday.
US-Russia ties nosedive after Biden-Putin tit-for-tat
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S.-Russia ties nosedived on Thursday after Russian leader Vladimir Putin shot back at President Joe Biden’s description of him as a killer.
Idaho lawmakers target COVID-19 rules even as they get sick
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fourth lawmaker in the Idaho House of Representatives has tested positive for COVID-19 in less than a week’s time and just as the Legislature is debating a bill that would ban local government…
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
Lawsuit says deputies shared grisly Bryant photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, on Wednesday posted the names of four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies she alleges shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that kille…
EU agency: AstraZeneca vaccine safe, will add clot warning
LONDON (AP) — The European Union's drug regulatory agency said Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't increase the overall incidence of blood clots and that the benefits of using it outweigh the possible ris…
California cheerleaders score win against state ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a spirited campaign, cheerleaders in California won the right Friday to return to high school football fields — and cheer.
Atlanta police on shooting probe: 'Nothing is off the table'
ATLANTA (AP) — Police said Thursday that “nothing is off the table” in the investigation of the deadly shootings at two Atlanta massage businesses, including whether the slayings were a hate crime.
Michigan ups stadium capacity, requires teen athlete testing
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Friday eased outdoor stadium capacity restrictions before baseball's opening day but ordered weekly rapid testing of teen athletes amid a climbing coronavirus case rate that ranks …
UK regulator: People should keep getting AstraZeneca shots
LONDON (AP) — British regulators said Thursday that people should keep getting AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine following its review of data on patients who suffered from blood clots after getting the shot.