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California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
Experts: Europe floods shows need to curb emissions, adapt
BRUSSELS (AP) — Just as the European Union was announcing plans to spend billions of euros to contain climate change, massive clouds gathered over Germany and nearby nations to unleash an unprecedented storm that left death and destruction in its wake.
Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring ended Friday as a group of millennials who helped run the dark-web operation based in suburban Salt Lake City were sentenced to prison.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
The Latest: Belgium govt raises flood death toll to 20
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The Latest: Europe's floods kill 120; climate links noted
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The Latest: Belgium's death toll from floods grows to 18
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The Latest: Germany anticipates costly hit from flood damage
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‘It’s inspiring’: Inslee praises Moses Lake’s innovative approach to dealing with shelterlessness
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake has some things to teach the state about how to address shelterlessness, according to Gov. Jay Inslee.
MLSD voters to cast ballots on local levy
MOSES LAKE — Voters in the Moses Lake School District will get a chance on Aug. 3 to vote to continue the local levy to help fund district programs over the next three years.
Trust and mandate concerns drive school board races
Two seats are up for contention in the Aug. 3 primary, and again in November’s general election.
Quincy Better Block event set for today, Saturday
QUINCY — A one-block length of a downtown Quincy street will close to traffic Friday night and Saturday morning to make way for dining and music on Friday and the Quincy Farmers Market on Saturday.
Pasco man dies in collision near Royal City
A Pasco man died Thursday morning near Royal City when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a semi.
WHO chief says it was 'premature' to rule out COVID lab leak
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus.
UNESCO: Italy's ban on cruise ships in Venice is 'good news'
ROME (AP) — The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
'I came here to fight': Rare footage of Ethiopia's Tigray
MEKELE, Ethiopia (AP) — The 16-year-old girl hoped to go to war. Inspired by the sight of resurgent local forces marching in to retake the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region six months after being forced to flee, Meron Mezgeb waited in a crowd seeking to get a gun and join them.
Louisiana's first fantasy sports betting license approved
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana gambling regulators Thursday backed the state's first license for fantasy sports betting, paving the way for DraftKings to launch its operations in the 47 parishes where voters authorized the gaming activity nearly three years ago.
Cuba, Haiti stir fresh political pressures for US president
WASHINGTON (AP) — They are two tiny Caribbean states whose intractable problems have vexed U.S. presidents for decades. Now, Haiti and Cuba are suddenly posing a growing challenge for President Joe Biden that could have political ramifications for him in
Biden pitches huge budget, says Dems will 'get a lot done'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made a quick foray to the Capitol Wednesday hunting support for his multitrillion-dollar agenda of infrastructure, health care and other programs, a potential landmark achievement that would require near-unanimous backing from fractious Democrats.
Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic
LONDON (AP) — Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a passenger plane to arrest a journalist.