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5th Congressional District candidates discuss motivation for running
SPOKANE — Twelve candidates, including incumbent Michael Baumgartner, are running for the seat in the Fifth Congre…
Chinese single moms, denied benefits, press for change
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Sarah Gao had a busy job. As the head of a 500 million yuan ($76.8 million) investment fund, she was constantly flying across China on business trips. Then she found out she was pregnant.
Former TV presenter puts race on Dutch political agenda
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Sylvana Simons is campaigning for the Dutch general election on a platform of what she calls radical equality.
Bill could create youth safety tip line
State legislators, including one local senator, are considering a bill establishing a tip line in Washington to help youth whose safety or well-being may be at…
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest fr…
Democratic push to revive earmarks divides Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Can lawmakers bring home the bacon without it being pork?
Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America
MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of
Watching the watchers: Who's at helm of EU's border agency?
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its frontiers and anyone who might try to enter without authorization, is…
Virus tolls similar despite governors' contrasting actions
Nearly a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the nation’s first statewide shutdown because of the coronavirus, masks remain mandated, indoor dining and other activities are significantly limited, and Di…
Conflict grows between US and allies over vaccine supply
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is stockpiling tens of millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine whose authorization in the U.S. remains uncertain, frustrating U.S. allies who say those doses s…
No need to lose sleep over shift to daylight saving time
WASHINGTON (AP) — No need to lose sleep over the shift to
Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both of being deported and of retribution after she testified against men who were convi…
Germany, others stick with AstraZeneca vaccine as some pause
BERLIN (AP) — Officials in several European countries pushed back Friday against decisions by others to pause use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine following sporadic reports of blood clots, despite a lack of ev…
Governments delay access to public records during pandemic
As states prepared to reopen their economies following coronavirus shutdowns last spring, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. for records that could shed light on how businesses and health official…
More than 1,000 Guard troops now leaving DC; others stay on
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 National Guard members will be leaving Washington, D.C. over the next few days, but several thousand others will stay on for days or weeks, in the ongoing mission to provide securi…
The Latest: Mexico's president knocks US over vaccines
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took a dig at the U.S. government Sunday, saying the United States has not helped Mexico with coronavirus vaccines.