George Floyd family to release results of own autopsy

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for George Floyd's family was set to announce findings Monday of an independent autopsy into his death a week ago after a Minneapolis officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes.

Scores of retired military leaders publicly denounce Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scores of retired military and defense leaders are denouncing President Donald Trump and accusing him of using the U.S. Armed Forces to undermine the rights of Americans protesting police brutality and the killing of George Floyd.

US designates Northern Idaho county as drug-trafficking area

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday announced that a northern Idaho county with a drug-trafficking problem will be included in a regional enforcement network and will face a crackdown.

US designates Northern Idaho county as drug-trafficking area

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday announced that a northern Idaho county with a drug-trafficking problem will be included in a regional enforcement network and will face a crackdown.

Far-right and others march against French virus rules

PARIS (AP) — Far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement protested Saturday against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and other venues and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers.

India's ruling party lawmaker threatens to shoot protesters

NEW DELHI (AP) — The head of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of West Bengal has threatened to shoot and jail people who protest a new citizenship law that has triggered a month of nationwide demonstrations.

Israel to speed up extradition of woman in sex-abuse case

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials are seeking to expedite an extradition hearing for a woman facing dozens of sexual-abuse charges in Australia after a psychiatric panel concluded she had lied about suffering from mental illness, the Justice Ministry announced Monday.

Moses Lake moves forward with study to address shelterlessness

In a split vote, the Moses Lake City Council passed a motion to move forward with a feasibility study to identify what steps need to be taken to address shelterlessness in the city. Council members also voted unanimously to terminate a contract with Wenatchee-based Pacific Security, the company that patrols the city’s sleep center.

Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 11 troops, police

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's north and south have killed at least 11Afghan soldiers and policemen, the country's Defense Ministry and a provincial official said Monday.

AP PHOTOS: Greek capital's streets deserted during lockdown

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deserted squares, padlocked parks, empty avenues where lines of cars once idled bumper-to-bumper in traffic as motorbikes and scooters zoomed through the narrow gaps between. The Greek capital, Athens, like so many cities across the world, has seen its streets empty under a lockdown designed to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

Soldiers enforce 10-day shutdown in Bangladesh to slow virus

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh deployed soldiers and police on Thursday to enforce the start of a nationwide 10-day shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the densely populated country.

Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case

HELSINKI (AP) — A Finnish court has jailed in a custody hearing a 50-year-old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity from 1999 through 2003 during Liberia's bloody second civil war.

Virus drives Peru's zoos to breaking point as feed runs out

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The dozens of howler monkeys, macaws and sloths in a zoo called the Amazon Shelter in the jungles of Peru have enough animal feed to last for about two more weeks.

Students charged with shouting racial slurs sue UConn

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two University of Connecticut students arrested for shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex sued the school Tuesday, citing free speech rights as they fight officials' attempts to remove them from school housing.

Moses Lake city manager resigns

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake city council accepted the resignation of City Manager Allison Williams at a special meeting on Friday and named Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr as acting city manager. “The council decided we are going to go in a different direction and elected with Allison’s approval to exercise separation,” said Mayor Don Myers after the five-minute-long council meeting...

Suspect barricades himself in RV outside Ephrata Walmart

EPHRATA - A man is in custody after a several-hour-long standoff at the Ephrata Walmart parking lot Monday night. Grant County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Kyle Foreman said Ephrata Police Officers responded to a call of a disturbance at the Dollar Tree, 1551 Nat Washington Way Ste A in Ephrata at about 6:30 p.m. When officers responded, Foreman said, the suspect, identified as Paul Cardwell, 62, of Bremerton, pulled a knife on officers and then proceeded to barricade himself inside his RV parked in the Walmart parking lot, neighboring the Dollar Tree. Over the course of about three to four hours, law enforcement requested the Moses Lake Regional Tactical Response Team and tried to negotiate with Cardwell to comply and surrender, according to a GCSO statement. Officers detonated a flash bang at about 10 p.m. in an effort to get him to leave the RV. Later, tear gas was deployed in the RV. When that failed to work, GCSO K-9 Edo, whose handler is Deputy Tyson Voss, entered the RV and took Cardwell into custody at about 11:10 p.m. Cardwell was transported to Columbia Basin Hospital for treatment and was lodged in the Grant County Jail upon release from medical care. Cardwell has been booked on suspicion of intimidating a public servant, harassment (threats to kill), criminal trespassing and unlawful carrying of a weapon. He is being held without bail. Rebecca Pettingill may be reached at [email protected].

Suspicious flames

Soap Lake sees 4th fire in same field

SOAP LAKE — Monday evening saw the fourth suspicious fire in the same field in Soap Lake this year. “There was nothing that suggested it (was naturally caused),” Grant County Fire District 7 Interim Fire Chief Viktor Bragar said. Bragar said the fire was called in at about 8 p.m. Oct. 10...

Cypriot president outlines more steps to combat match-fixing

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is looking to step up the fight against match-fixing with the introduction of a string of additional measures, including a change in existing laws that would permit authorities to monitor suspicious betting activity on matches, the country's president said Friday.

Couple weds in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

LONDON (AP) — Two women tied the knot Tuesday in Northern Ireland’s first same-sex wedding, after the region became the last part of the United Kingdom to legalize gay marriage.

CN Rail warns of closures if blockades remain

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian National Railway Co. said Tuesday it will be forced to close significant parts of its Canadian network unless protest blockades impeding its rail lines are removed.