New ward provides hope for Gazans coping with gunshot wounds

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mansour al-Masri has been largely confined to bed for almost two years, iron rods protruding through bandages wrapping his lower leg.

Bill would ease penalties for HIV exposure in Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state health officials want to change a rarely used law that makes it a felony to intentionally expose a sexual partner to HIV, saying the current penalties don’t have an impact on reducing transmissions or improving public health.

Bill would ease penalties for HIV exposure in Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state health officials want to change a rarely used law that makes it a felony to intentionally expose a sexual partner to HIV, saying the current penalties don’t have an impact on reducing transmissions or improving public health.

Bill would ease penalties for HIV exposure in Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state health officials want to change a rarely used law that makes it a felony to intentionally expose a sexual partner to HIV, saying the current penalties don’t have an impact on reducing transmissions or improving public health.

Pirates' Taillon upbeat as he rehabs from elbow surgery

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jameson Taillon has plenty of experience when it comes to rehabbing from injuries.

Pirates' Taillon upbeat as he rehabs from elbow surgery

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jameson Taillon has plenty of experience when it comes to rehabbing from injuries.

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The Latest: Beijing delays school opening after 3 new cases

BEIJING — China’s capital is suspending plans to restart classes for the first three years of elementary school next week amid reports of new cases of community transmission in the city.

Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.

Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.

Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.

Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.

The Latest: AT&T aims to fully restore service Sunday night

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Latest on the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville:

Keeper of a lost art

Longtime watch repairman shows no sign of stopping

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr.

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr., at the age of 94, peacefully took off from this life and flew his last flight to the big airfield and hangar in heaven on Feb. 25 at home in Moses Lake, Washington.

Wichita area feels 5 low-intensity earthquakes in 2 weeks

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Five low intensity earthquakes have rattled part of the Wichita area since Thanksgiving, but a Kansas expert on seismic activity says residents of the state's largest city should not be overly concerned about a larger, more destructive quake occurring there.

Manweller files wrongful termination suit against CWU

Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, filed a wrongful termination suit Friday against Central Washington University and is seeking over $2 million in damages for, among other things, emotional distress and damage to the lawmaker's reputation.

Wildfire burns 900 acres south of Ephrata

EPHRATA — A wildland fire flared up Wednesday south of Ephrata, destroying one mobile home, damaging another and forcing authorities to stop traffic briefly on Highway 28, the Ephrata Fire Department reported.

Two boys set fire to slide at Knolls Vista

MOSES LAKE - A fifth-grader and seventh-grader confessed to partially damaging a playground tunnel at Knolls Vista Elementary School.

Old Ritzville High School demolished

Weather damage means the end of century-old building

RITZVILLE - The old Ritzville High School came down last week, more than a century after its first section was built. The end came after damage, especially the loss of sections of the roof, made the building unsalvageable.