The Latest: Italy registers 197 new cases, most in Lombardy

ROME — Italy has registered 197 new cases of COVID-19 with some 60 percent of them in Lombardy, which remains by far the country’s region with the most infections.

ISIS threatens two Japanese hostages

 CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group threatened Tuesday to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours, demanding a $200 million ransom for their lives from Japan’s prime minister as he visited the Middle East.

The Latest: NY Gov. Cuomo: Restaurants, bars close at 10 pm

NEW YORK — Restaurants, bars and gyms will have to close at 10 p.m. across New York state in the latest effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday.

The Latest: Kentucky gov pleads for people to use face masks

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has posted a new daily high for confirmed coronavirus cases as the governor implores people to wear masks to counter the accelerating outbreak.

The Latest: Pennsylvania teachers demand at-home instruction

PHILADELPHIA — The largest teachers union in Pennsylvania is demanding that school districts in nearly two dozen counties with the worst coronavirus outbreaks have students temporarily learn from home.

Only up from here: Downtown Whitefish real estate rises in prices and vert

Small businesses will have to navigate a real estate market that is no longer reminiscent of a sleepy railroad town to attain those goals.

AP Road Trip: Racial tensions in America's 'sundown towns'

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — Ask around this time-battered Midwestern town, with its empty storefronts, dusty antique shops and businesses that have migrated toward the interstate, and nearly everyone will tell you that Black and white residents get along really well.

The Latest: India keeps some areas shut down, others to open

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The Latest: Pope leads more than 100 in prayer at Vatican

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The Latest: White House pondered taking control of DC police

The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:

The Latest: Uzbekistan halting public transportation

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EU agency approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent.

EU agency authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent.

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Legals September 17, 2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case No. CV-2016-01164 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BONNER In the Matter of the Estate of, FREDERICK G. BRIGLEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JOHN A. FINNEY has been appointed Personal Representative for the Estate of FREDERICK G. BRIGLEY. All persons having claims against the deceased or his estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated, or filed with the Clerk of the Court and a copy furnished to the Personal Representative. DATED this 30th day of August, 2016. /s/_______________ JOHN A. FINNEY FINNEY FINNEY & FINNEY, P.A. 120 E. Lake Street, Ste 317 Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 Personal Representative of the Estate of FREDERICK G. BRIGLEY SNP LEGAL 4111 SEPTEMBER 3, 10, 17, 2016

Basin Winter Sports all-league lists

COLUMBIA BASIN – Over 150 high school athletes in the Columbia Basin earned all-conference awards for their achievements in the 2022-2023 winter sports season. See below for a list of those athletes, including a handful of players of the year.

Basin Sports Schedule: Oct. 29 – Nov. 5

COLUMBIA BASIN – High school athletes around the basin are preparing for district tournaments as the regular season comes to a close. See where the local teams will be playing this week.

The Latest: China will suspend flights to and from the UK

BEIJING — China will suspend flights to and from the UK, joining a growing list of countries who have instituted travel bans, in light of a new variant of the coronavirus, its Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

The effort to remove non-native fish species from Flathead Lake

On a boat on the southern half of Flathead Lake, a small tribal fishing crew is waging a slow battle. As gears turn, a carefully placed gill net is hauled into the boat. Mostly lake trout and whitefish are tangled in the net, writhing in the open air. Crewmembers untangle the fish and toss them into their respective bins, removing them from the lake’s population and moving one step closer to accomplishing their goal: restoring the populations of native westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout in the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.

Humane Society seeks donations for abandoned, injured puppy