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Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry

A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass of bureaucracy deeper than any Louisiana bayou, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by the team.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry

A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass of bureaucracy deeper than any Louisiana bayou, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by the team.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry

A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass of bureaucracy deeper than any Louisiana bayou, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by the team.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest city is still struggling with water problems more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system in Jackson, knocking out water for drinking and making it impossible for many to even flush their toilets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, dies at 85

ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, dies at 85

ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Family: Trump supporter who died followed QAnon conspiracy

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Before she died in Wednesday’s siege at the U.S. Capitol, Rosanne Boyland was a recovering drug addict who wanted to become a sobriety counselor. But she also believed, wrongly, that President Donald Trump won the November election, and she'd begun following a dark conspiracy theory that …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Family: Trump supporter who died followed QAnon conspiracy

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Before she died in Wednesday’s siege at the U.S. Capitol, Rosanne Boyland was a recovering drug addict who wanted to become a sobriety counselor. But she also believed, wrongly, that President Donald Trump won the November election, and she'd begun following a dark conspiracy theory that …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Family: Trump supporter who died followed QAnon conspiracy

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Before she died in Wednesday’s siege at the U.S. Capitol, Rosanne Boyland was a recovering drug addict who wanted to become a sobriety counselor. But she also believed, wrongly, that President Donald Trump won the November election, and she'd begun following a dark conspiracy theory that …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate are calling for action.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate are calling for action.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Georgia investigating man's possible steps to vote illegally

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Election officials are investigating the actions of a Florida lawyer who they say tried to register to vote in a high-stakes runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. They say he was also captured on video urging other Floridians to do the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Georgia officials expect outages won't affect Election Day

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials say they don't expect power outages caused by severe weather that swept through parts of the state to interrupt Election Day voting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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