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Fifth Congressional District candidates discuss their qualifications
SPOKANE — Six of the 12 candidates running for the Fifth Congressional District seat detailed some of their qualif…
'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would co…
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on reto…
California to give 40% of vaccine to Latino, high-risk areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will begin sending 40% of all vaccine doses to the most vulnerable neighborhoods in the state to try to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus and get the state’s ec…
Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 still wait for advice
More than 28 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they should and shouldn’t do.
Police request 60-day extension of Guard at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press has learned. Defense officials sa…
Senate Dems strike jobless aid deal, relief bill OK in sight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 r…
Double standard? Gillibrand in spotlight after Cuomo scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kirsten Gillibrand was the first Democratic senator to call for her colleague
Senate approves sports betting constitutional amendment
ATLANTA (AP) — Senators want Georgia's voters to decide whether they will allow sports betting, passing a constitutional amendment and a bill to allow the practice Friday.
Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two mo…
Oregon governor ordering teachers to return to classroom
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Friday she will issue an executive order mandating that all K-12 public schools provide universal access to in-person learning by the month’s end for students up to…
House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least …
Court raises bar for some immigrants to avoid deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for longtime immigrants who have been convicted of a crime to avoid deportation.
Biden White House: keeping control of the daily message
WASHINGTON (AP) — No news conference. No Oval Office address. No primetime speech to a joint session of Congress.
Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia's hopes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has long proclaimed itself “Almost Heaven,” a nod to a song and soaring mountaintop vistas. Now some joke the state name-checked in “Take Me Home, Country Roads” could take th…
EU regulator starts a review of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first approved for use in Russia and after dozens of countries around the…