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August 21, 2021 12:03 a.m.

'Bracing for the worst' in Florida's COVID-19 hot zone

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health’s five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer.

August 20, 2021 2:03 p.m.

Officials knew mayor's phone setting caused texts to vanish

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office said this spring that 10 months of her missing text messages could be attributed to an “unknown technology issue.”

August 20, 2021 11:03 a.m.

US appeals court refuses to end CDC's eviction moratorium

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday said a pause on evictions designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus can remain in place for now, setting up a battle before the nation’s highest court.

Geek chic: Nerdiness on display at Moses Lake Museum & Art Center
August 20, 2021 1 a.m.

Geek chic: Nerdiness on display at Moses Lake Museum & Art Center

MOSES LAKE — Artists had the opportunity to embrace their nerdy side for the exhibit opening at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center next week.

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus

DEDZA, Malawi (AP) — More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once again living in rural Malawi — this time on her own dime.

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Was Biden handcuffed by Trump's Taliban deal in Doha?

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s administration signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February 2020, he optimistically proclaimed that “we think we’ll be successful in the end.” His secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, asserted that the administration was “seizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation.”

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Georgia inches toward possible takeover of Fulton elections

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board inched forward Wednesday in a process set in motion by Republican lawmakers using a controversial provision of the state’s sweeping

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

'Bracing for the worst' in Florida's COVID-19 hot zone

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health’s five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer.

August 20, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — "Go West, young man,'' Horace Greeley famously urged.

August 19, 2021 10:33 p.m.

'Bracing for the worst' in Florida's COVID-19 hot zone

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health’s five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer.

August 19, 2021 10:03 p.m.

At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus

DEDZA, Malawi (AP) — More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once again living in rural Malawi — this time on her own dime.

August 19, 2021 6:30 a.m.

Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — "Go West, young man,'' Horace Greeley famously urged.

August 19, 2021 5:33 a.m.

Was Biden handcuffed by Trump's Taliban deal in Doha?

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s administration signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February 2020, he optimistically proclaimed that “we think we’ll be successful in the end.” His secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, asserted that the administration was “seizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation.”

August 19, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain. The horses burst into a gallop at the machine's approach, their high-pitched whinnies rising into the dry air.

August 19, 2021 12:06 a.m.

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.

August 19, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Georgia inches toward possible takeover of Fulton elections

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board inched forward Wednesday in a process set in motion by Republican lawmakers using a controversial provision of the state’s sweeping

August 19, 2021 12:06 a.m.

EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.

August 19, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Amid new virus surge, Florida skeptics reconsider vaccines

CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) — In a rural stretch of northeastern Florida where barely half the people have gotten a coronavirus shot, Roger West had no problem telling others he was “adamantly anti-vaccination.”

August 18, 2021 9:30 p.m.

How AI-powered Tech Landed Man In Jail With Scant Evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.