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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.
Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths
SAO PAULO (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to Sunday.
Buttigieg pitches infrastructure needs to divided Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the county's infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future."
Snowboarders escaped monster avalanche, but not the law
DENVER (AP) — Tyler DeWitt and Evan Hannibal were slowly making their way down a windswept slope during a backcountry snowboarding excursion in Colorado last spring when the shallow snow beneath them shifted and broke loose.
Quincy fire displaces three families
A fire damaged a four-unit apartment building Monday night in Quincy, displacing three families. No injuries were reported.
US, Europe, NATO close ranks to counter 'aggressive' China
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States and European countries are closing ranks to respond to what the U.S. calls “aggressive and coercive” behavior by China, days after the U.S. and its allies launched coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials accused of rights abuses in the far-western Xinjiang region.
Police work in the spotlight: Legislation to change law enforcement gains traction; local police chiefs comment
As the Washington Legislature moves past the halfway mark of this year’s session, bills that aim to reform law enforcement agencies also advance day by day.
Adams County Sheriff records for March 24, 2021
March 12-18
In South Dakota, Noem bends — partially — on transgender ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue.
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.
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 swift retaliation from Beijing.
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.
In South Dakota, Noem bends — partially — on transgender ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue.
Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking water that local residents long have used to fill their own domestic wells.
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 swift retaliation from Beijing.
In South Dakota, Noem bends — partially — on transgender ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue.
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 swift retaliation from Beijing.
US, UK join Europe in issuing sanctions over Uighur abuse
BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the United States say they have taken joint action with the European Union and Canada to impose sanctions on senior Chinese officials over human rights abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region.
EU slaps sanctions on 4 Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union imposed Monday sanctions on four Chinese officials accused of responsibility for abuses against Uyghur Muslims, part of a raft of measures targeting alleged human rights offenders around the world and provoking retaliation from Beijing.
Newhouse votes for two immigration measures
A bill sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, that would provide a path to permanent legal residency for more than one million farmworkers passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.