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BBCC clean energy conference highlights workforce needs
April 16, 2024 5:57 p.m.

BBCC clean energy conference highlights workforce needs

MOSES LAKE — Preparing a workforce for today’s clean energy industries was the focus of the Building the Future Energy Workforce Conference held at Big Bend Community College April 11.

April 26, 2020 8:27 p.m.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. The waters are a major shipping route for global commerce and are rich in fish and possible oil and gas reserves.

April 27, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. The waters are a major shipping route for global commerce and are rich in fish and possible oil and gas reserves.

April 26, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation about his health that has been caused, in part, by a long period out of the public eye.

March 20, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Trump allows states to cancel school testing amid pandemic

The Trump administration announced Friday that states can cancel federally required school testing this year to protect students and teachers, a measure that some states had requested as they shut down schools over the coronavirus pandemic.

June 8, 2020 10:27 p.m.

Candidates, voters set for West Virginia's pandemic primary

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Candidates and voters are set for West Virginia's historic primary during the coronavirus pandemic. The primary was postponed from May 12. Here is a rundown of offices on Tuesday's ballot:

June 9, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Candidates, voters set for West Virginia's pandemic primary

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Candidates and voters are set for West Virginia's historic primary during the coronavirus pandemic. The primary was postponed from May 12. Here is a rundown of offices on Tuesday's ballot:

May 30, 2020 11:27 a.m.

In wake of riots in Portland, leaders call for reflection

After a night of rioting in Portland, Oregon, those responsible for the damage to police headquarters, a shopping mall and many businesses will be tracked down, authorities said Saturday, but also adding that this was a moment for soul-searching.

May 30, 2020 6:03 p.m.

Raucous protests in Northwest lead to curfew for Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard following rowdy protests that spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s closure through the central part of the Northwest’s largest city.

May 30, 2020 10:27 p.m.

Rioting after protest leads to curfews for Seattle, Portland

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard after rioters torched police vehicles and spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s temporary closure through the central part of the Northwest’s largest city.

May 31, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Rioting after protest leads to curfews for Seattle, Portland

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard after rioters torched police vehicles and spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s temporary closure through the central part of the Northwest’s largest city.

June 1, 2020 12:27 p.m.

Body-camera review leads to firing of 2 Atlanta officers

ATLANTA (AP) — Dramatic police body-camera video that led to the firing of two Atlanta police officers shows a group of officers pulling two young people from a car during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.

June 1, 2020 4:03 p.m.

Unrest emerges in neighborhoods, suburbs beyond city centers

CHICAGO (AP) — Vandals robbed malls and shopping centers in communities outside Chicago. They stormed stores across the San Francisco Bay in what appeared to be coordinated smash-and-grabs. Banks and a sleek, modern office building were burned to the ground in a San Diego suburb.

May 29, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) — Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozens of times, sleeping in empty airports and unable to return home to see his family in Israel, all in a race against time to deliver life-saving transplants.

May 28, 2020 11:27 p.m.

Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) — Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozens of times, sleeping in empty airports and unable to return home to see his family in Israel, all in a race against time to deliver life-saving transplants.

June 2, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Rioting after protest leads to curfews for Seattle, Portland

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard after rioters torched police vehicles and spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s temporary closure through the central part of the Northwest’s largest city.

June 5, 2020 1:06 p.m.

Minneapolis bans police chokeholds in wake of Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis agreed Friday to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police and to require officers to try to stop any other officers they see using improper force, in the first concrete steps to remake the city's police force since George Floyd's death.

June 5, 2020 2:03 p.m.

The Latest: No champ, relegation preferred if Serie A halted

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

June 2, 2020 3:27 p.m.

Trump tries religious gestures to hike support amid protests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cloaking himself in religion for the second day in a row, President Donald Trump sought to seize the moral authority to justify his hard line against demonstrators protesting the killing of another black man in police custody and at the same time mobilize his religious conservative base.

May 13, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Prodded by US, Mexico aims to restart industrial plants

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Wednesday to begin reopening Mexico's economy next week — encouraged by U.S. officials — even as hospitals from Mexico City to the border reeled under the pressure of the largest one-day jump in COVID-19 case numbers and the lack of testing made decision-making difficult.