Archives | Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021
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Business
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Airbnb to offer free temporary housing to 20K Afghan refugees
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Tech exec sentenced to 2 years for $1.8 million COVID-19 fraud
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U.S. examining Boeing’s treatment of safety-related employees
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Walmart to launch delivery service for other businesses
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Wall Street trading sets records for S&P 500 and Nasdaq
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July home sales up 1% as prices reach unprecedented levels
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Idaho unemployment rate holds steady at 3% in July
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Gig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment
Crime/Public Safety
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Prosecutor says police were justified in shooting of suspected car prowler later found to have died by suicide
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Police say driver who crashed into Dutch Bros admitted to using meth, court records say
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Riverside School district offers up office space to sheriff’s deputies in ‘unique partnership’
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Washington records
K-12 education
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Former Evergreen Middle School assistant principal sues district, after demotion for explicit political Facebook post
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Pet owners, officials seek common ground on contested South Hill dog park at packed meeting
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Anti-mask protest halts Central Valley board meeting, part of disruptive national trend
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Washington’s vaccine mandate guidelines for school workers advocate caution in questioning religious exemptions
Nation
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Harris shifts focus to pandemic response in hard-hit Vietnam
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Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated
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Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
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House passes $3.5T Biden blueprint after deal with moderates
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Former Washington Employment Security Department head Suzi LeVine leaves job in Biden administration
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Bear caught on video stealing package from Connecticut porch
Nation/World
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Trump-backed Herschel Walker seeks Georgia Senate seat
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Mistrial in Michael Avenatti’s California embezzlement case
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G-7 leaders can’t sway Biden to delay Afghanistan withdrawal
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‘No blindsiding,’ Hochul vows, as she takes New York’s helm
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Possible Havana syndrome case delays Harris trip to Vietnam
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Taliban insist on airlift deadline amid new report of abuses
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Earlier diabetes tests recommended for overweight US adults
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Giant rubber ducky takes flight; where will it land next?
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Red handkerchiefs, inked palms speeding Afghans to safety
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Tunisia’s president extends decree giving him full power
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9 women now serving as governors in US, tying a record
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ACLU sues over South Carolina ban on school mask mandates
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Some Afghans vow to resist Taliban from mountain enclave
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Ukraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
Other
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On the Air
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Landslide prompts closure on Denali park road in Alaska
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New home sales up in July
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U.S. Forest Service working to restore Idaho’s state tree
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Met Opera and orchestra reach deal, allowing season to start
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Corrections
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One last zinger: Dorothy Parker’s headstone unveiled in NYC
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Josh Duggar attorneys seek dismissal of child porn charges
Pacific NW
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Jury trials paused in four out of five North Idaho counties as COVID cases surge
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Driver in Nevada crash that killed 3 to face DUI charges, district attorney says
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Masks to be required in Oregon’s outdoor public settings
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Firefighter who died while working Oregon fire identified
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Oregon OKs killing 2 more wolves, citing attack on cow
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Cellphone catches fire on Alaska Airlines jet upon landing