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April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Alaska senator drives, takes ferry after airline suspension

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold drove through part of Canada and took a ferry to reach the state's capital over the weekend after Alaska Airlines suspended her from its flights for what it called her “continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy.”

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

4 held as French seek motive in deadly police station attack

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Justice Dept. opens policing probe over Breonna Taylor death

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is opening a sweeping probe into policing in Louisville, Kentucky, over the March 2020 death of

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours

Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd — even then, blood flowed on America’s streets.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved

BOSTON (AP) — A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world’s computer networks that it was now managing a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet owned by the U.S. Department of Defense.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Oregon’s steady growth lands it an additional US House seat

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Steady population growth, driven by newcomers streaming in from other states, is giving Oregon greater national political clout.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The systematic

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.

April 27, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Student's Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.

April 26, 2021 10:18 p.m.

Cooling the temperature: Biden faces fractious Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Can lawmakers all just listen to the president — even for one night?

April 26, 2021 9:27 p.m.

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence.

April 26, 2021 7:06 p.m.

Scientists: Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.

April 26, 2021 6:30 p.m.

Fire at Ephrata church deemed accidental

The Ephrata Fire Department determined the cause of the Ephrata United Methodist Church fire at 117 C St. NW Sunday morning as accidental.

April 26, 2021 6:27 p.m.

Alaska senator drives, takes ferry after airline suspension

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold drove through part of Canada and took a ferry to reach the state's capital over the weekend after Alaska Airlines suspended her from its flights for what it called her “continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy.”

April 26, 2021 4:06 p.m.

The Latest: Ontario getting military help for pandemic surge

TORONTO — The government of Ontario will be getting help from Canada’s military in dealing with a surge of coronavirus infections, while several other Canadian provinces are tightening health restrictions in hopes of avoiding a similar situation.

April 26, 2021 4:06 p.m.

California recall has enough signatures to make ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, state election officials said Monday, likely triggering just the second such election in state history.

April 26, 2021 3:06 p.m.

The Latest: Sanofi to produce Moderna coronavirus vaccine

CAMBRDIGE, Mass. — The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi will help manufacture the Moderna coronavirus vaccine beginning in September, joining other companies assisting with production of one of the three vaccines now approved in the U.S.

April 26, 2021 1:06 p.m.

Washington's pandemic session: Remote work, weighty topics

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers had no shortage of weighty topics they tackled this session while having to conduct their work amid a pandemic that meant most meetings and votes were done remotely.

April 26, 2021 12:27 p.m.

Oregon’s steady growth lands it an additional US House seat

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Steady population growth, driven by newcomers streaming in from other states, is giving Oregon greater national political clout.