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TSA insider faults agency's response to coronavirus

A Transportation Security Administration official charges that the agency helped spread COVID-19 by failing to provide enough protective gear for airport screeners who are in close contact with travelers every day.

Minnesota judge lifts gag order in George Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday lifted a gag order in the criminal case against four former officers charged in death of George Floyd, but said he would take under advisement a news media coalition's request to make body camera footage more widely available.

Funding for key Minneapolis police initiative falls through

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Funding for a key Minneapolis Police Department accountability initiative after the death of George Floyd has fallen through, officials confirmed Thursday, meaning potential delays as the city scrambles to find another source for the money.

Seattle cops forcibly clear 'occupied' zone, arrest dozens

SEATTLE (AP) — Police on Wednesday forcibly cleared out Seattle's “occupied” protest zone after about two weeks in a situation that had attracted the complaints of local business owners and the ire of President Donald Trump during a number of Twitter posts.

Embed-Slider-Koreas-Tensions-Office, ADVISORY

KOREAS-TENSIONS-OFFICE — A before and after interactive slider shows damage to an empty liaison office built by South Korea in North Korea. The building was destroyed by North Korea in apparent response to North Korean defectors living in South Korea who have for years have floated leaflets across the border. This slider is current as of June 23, 2020, and will not update. Source: Maxar Technologies Inc.

Defense wants teen's mental health info

Eakin may take stand Thursday; trial on hiatus Wednesday

County busy with concert, sand dunes over weekend

GRANT COUNTY — During this Memorial Day weekend, the county's lakes, the Columbia River, the Gorge Amphitheatre and the sand dunes south of Moses Lake had plenty of visitors, and some ended their visit in jail.

Letters

We’ve been getting a lot of calls and e-mails here at the Columbia Basin Herald about an election-related letter that we printed last Thursday. In the letter, a supporter of Sheriff DeTrolio speculated on opponent Tom Jones’ life expectancy. The writer concluded that Jones, if he were elected, would more likely than not be dead before his term finished.

Soap Lake prospects hang on new revenues

Gravelle gives 'state of city' address

SOAP LAKE - The city of Soap Lake will decrease crime rates, fix crumbling streets and heal a multitude of other problems over the next few years.

West Africa tells Mali's junta to install interim government

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West Africa's leaders have demanded that Mali's ruling military junta put in place an interim government, headed by a civilian or retired military officer, that would last no longer than one year before democratic elections are held to restore the country to civilian rule.

Vote by mail in Washington is the one constant amid COVID-19

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Heading into Tuesday’s primary, Washington’s nearly 4.6 million voters received their ballot in the mail, just as they have in previous elections, long before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19.

California to let absent lawmakers vote during pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly changed its rules on Monday to let lawmakers at high risk for the coronavirus vote on bills without being present in the chamber, defying advice from the Legislature's own lawyers who say the new rule is likely illegal.

California to let absent lawmakers vote during pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly changed its rules on Monday to let lawmakers at high risk for the coronavirus vote on bills without being present in the chamber, defying advice from the Legislature's own lawyers who say the new rule is likely illegal.

Protesters hold up US detention of 2 in Oregon for 12 hours

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday used pepper spray on demonstrators in Bend, Oregon, as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters.

Vote by mail in Washington is the one constant amid COVID-19

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Heading into Tuesday’s primary, Washington’s nearly 4.6 million voters received their ballot in the mail, just as they have in previous elections, long before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19.

Activist's arrest in Portland galvanizes Black Lives Matter

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The arrest during a Portland, Oregon protest of a Black woman who became a leading activist in the racial justice movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago has galvanized local and national Black Lives Matter groups.

Group sues police for any videos of man's fatal shooting

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A conservative legal group has sued a Maryland police department for copies of any body camera videos of a fatal shooting of a man whose family says he was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire.

Protesters hold up US detention of 2 in Oregon for 12 hours

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday used pepper spray on demonstrators in Bend, Oregon, as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters.

Protesters hold up US detention of 2 in Oregon for 12 hours

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday used pepper spray on demonstrators in Bend, Oregon, as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters.