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July 20, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Cuomo calls for police to disperse crowds outside bars

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City moved to what was supposed to be the final phase of its coronavirus reopening Monday, but with indoor service at restaurants and bars still banned, malls and museums shuttered and theaters still dark amid concerns about the virus spreading indoors.

July 21, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cuomo calls for police to disperse crowds outside bars

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City moved to what was supposed to be the final phase of its coronavirus reopening Monday, but with indoor service at restaurants and bars still banned, malls and museums shuttered and theaters still dark amid concerns about the virus spreading indoors.

July 5, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Feds: Friend supplied bottles to NYPD fire bomb suspect

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities arrested a man Saturday they say supplied glass bottles to a woman charged with hurling a Molotov cocktail at an occupied New York City police vehicle during unrest after George Floyd's death.

July 4, 2020 2:30 p.m.

Feds: Friend supplied bottles to NYPD fire bomb suspect

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities arrested a man Saturday they say supplied glass bottles to a woman charged with hurling a Molotov cocktail at an occupied New York City police vehicle during unrest after George Floyd's death.

June 26, 2020 10:03 a.m.

Wisconsin woman wants burn attackers to know they hurt her

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A biracial Wisconsin woman who says a group of white men set her on fire while she was driving wants her attackers to know they hurt her but hopes they will improve themselves.

November 15, 2006 8 p.m.

Ephrata business owners discuss burglaries

Crimes blamed on meth users

Declination hearing for Moses Lake parental shooting case begins
December 13, 2013 5:05 a.m.

Declination hearing for Moses Lake parental shooting case begins

EPHRATA - A decision on whether the 15-year-old Moses Lake boy accused of shooting his parents will be tried as an adult could be made by the end of this week.

August 24, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Malaysia opens inquest into foreign teen's death near resort

SEREMBAN, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian coroner began an inquest Monday into the death of a French-Irish teen, a year after her body was found near a nature resort where she vanished while on holiday.

January 13, 2021 9:31 p.m.

Honduran migrants head for Guatemala border as police wait

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — About 200 migrants began walking up a highway toward the border with Guatemala late Wednesday, two days before a migrant caravan was scheduled to depart San Pedro Sula.

January 14, 2021 12:11 a.m.

Honduran migrants head for Guatemala border as police wait

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — About 200 migrants began walking up a highway toward the border with Guatemala late Wednesday, two days before a migrant caravan was scheduled to depart San Pedro Sula.

February 11, 2017 midnight

City interviews 3 for police posts

MATTAWA — The City of Mattawa Civil Service Commission has interviewed three persons for the officer position vacated at the police department by the retirement of Tony Valdivia, the City Council learned at its Feb. 2 meeting.

June 8, 2020 11:06 p.m.

Hong Kong leader says all should learn from year of protest

HONG KONG (AP) — A year on from the start of Hong Kong's anti-government protests, the leader of the semi-autonomous Chinese city said Tuesday that all sides should learn from the difficulties and challenging times over the past year.

May 29, 2020 4:27 p.m.

DA: Bad time to drop charge of ex-cop in black man's death

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A local Mississippi prosecutor said Friday that the state attorney general had bad timing in dropping a manslaughter charge this week against a white former police officer in the 2015 killing of a black man, given protests erupting across the U.S. over similar killings.

May 26, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Dispute over dog in Central Park sparks racism accusations

NEW YORK (AP) — The verbal dispute between a white woman walking her dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnoticed in a city preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic.

News bites for May 3, 2024
May 2, 2024 5:08 p.m.

News bites for May 3, 2024

MOSES LAKE — The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of an armed and dangerous fugitive, according to an announcement from the Moses Lake Police Department. Christopher Valle-Maciel, 18, is wanted in connection with a Nov. 12 homicide in Moses Lake, according to the statement. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 113 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree drive-by shooting. Anyone with information regarding Valle-Maciel’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Marshals Service at 1-800-336-0102 or www.usmarshals.gov/tips.

Industrial Alliance, Grant PUD donate to Royal PDK-9 program
January 6, 2025 2:20 a.m.

Industrial Alliance, Grant PUD donate to Royal PDK-9 program

ROYAL CITY — The Royal City Police Department K-9 Ollie has a brand-new ballistic vest with the help of a donation from the Grant County Industrial Alliance and the Grant County Public Utility District.

State high court condemns former Grant Co. prosecutor’s conduct
June 30, 2022 4:40 p.m.

State high court condemns former Grant Co. prosecutor’s conduct

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the 2017 conviction of a Moses Lake man charged with assaulting police officers, ruling that then-Grant County Prosecuting Attorney Garth Dano engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by by asking jurors their opinions of illegal immigration during jury selection. “We conclude that the prosecutor’s questions and remarks apparently intentionally appealed to the jurors’ potential racial or ethnic bias, prejudice, or stereotypes and therefore constitute race-based prosecutorial misconduct,” wrote Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson in the court’s majority opinion. “I haven’t had time to review it,” Dano said Thursday of the ruling. “And I don’t want to say anything without reviewing the ruling.”...

March 30, 2020 10:48 p.m.

Inslee: State seeks voluntary compliance but will enforce closures if necessary

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee said he wants all Washington residents to comply voluntarily with his “stay-at-home” order, but that the state is prepared to enforce that order if necessary.

June 6, 2020 8:30 a.m.

Clashes, tear gas in Beirut as protests turn to riots

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese riot police fired tear gas at protesters in central Beirut on Saturday, after a planned anti-government demonstration quickly degenerated into rioting and stone-throwing confrontations between opposing camps.