As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue — the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from traveling earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue — the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from traveling earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue — the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from traveling earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue — the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from traveling earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue — the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from traveling earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US soldier loses 1 Afghan translator; fights to save another
BREMEN, Germany (AP) — The two men risked their lives together nearly a decade ago trying to eliminate the Taliban, dodging bullets and forever bonding in a way that can only be forged in war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin moves closer to freedom with help of 2 Kennedys
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings' wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Board says RFK assassin Sirhan changed man; grants parole
SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US soldier loses 1 Afghan translator; fights to save another
BREMEN, Germany (AP) — The two men risked their lives together nearly a decade ago trying to eliminate the Taliban, dodging bullets and forever bonding in a way that can only be forged in war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin moves closer to freedom with help of 2 Kennedys
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings' wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Board says RFK assassin Sirhan changed man; grants parole
SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won't challenge release
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and for the first time no prosecutor will be there to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US soldier loses 1 Afghan translator; fights to save another
BREMEN, Germany (AP) — The two men risked their lives together nearly a decade ago trying to eliminate the Taliban, dodging bullets and forever bonding in a way that can only be forged in war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin moves closer to freedom with help of 2 Kennedys
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings' wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Board says RFK assassin Sirhan changed man; grants parole
SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone, kids continue to languish at the sites, while more keep coming, child welfare advocates say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won't challenge release
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and for the first time no prosecutor will be there to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Board says RFK assassin Sirhan changed man; grants parole
SAN DIEGO (AP) — For 15 years, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was denied parole by a California parole board that maintained Sirhan Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime that rocked the nation and the world in 1968.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin moves closer to freedom with help of 2 Kennedys
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons went against several of their siblings' wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin Sirhan wins parole with support of 2 Kennedys
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK's sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK's son favors parole for father's assassin Sirhan Sirhan
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The youngest son of U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy spoke Friday in favor of paroling his father's assassin at a hearing in which prosecutors declined to attend to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone, kids continue to languish at the sites, while more keep coming, child welfare advocates say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won't challenge release
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and for the first time no prosecutor will be there to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US soldier loses 1 Afghan translator; fights to save another
BREMEN, Germany (AP) — The two men risked their lives together nearly a decade ago trying to eliminate the Taliban, dodging bullets and forever bonding in a way that can only be forged in war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US soldier loses 1 Afghan translator; fights to save another
BREMEN, Germany (AP) — The two men risked their lives together nearly a decade ago trying to eliminate the Taliban, dodging bullets and forever bonding in a way that can only be forged in war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
RFK assassin Sirhan seeks parole; DA won't challenge release
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sirhan Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and for the first time no prosecutor will be there to argue he should be kept behind bars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone, kids continue to languish at the sites, while more keep coming, child welfare advocates say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone, kids continue to languish at the sites, while more keep coming, child welfare advocates say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Do not give up': Americans help Afghans in new homeland
DALLAS (AP) — Pleas for help from Afghans have been filling up Caroline Clarin’s phone for days as she works from her rural Minnesota home and tries to provide hope to those who ping heart-wrenching messages of desperation from a world away.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Do not give up': Americans help Afghans in new homeland
DALLAS (AP) — Pleas for help from Afghans have been filling up Caroline Clarin’s phone for days as she works from her rural Minnesota home and tries to provide hope to those who ping heart-wrenching messages of desperation from a world away.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Do not give up': Americans help Afghans in new homeland
DALLAS (AP) — Pleas for help from Afghans have been filling up Caroline Clarin’s phone for days as she works from her rural Minnesota home and tries to provide hope to those who ping heart-wrenching messages of desperation from a world away.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Do not give up': Americans help Afghans in new homeland
DALLAS (AP) — Pleas for help from Afghans have been filling up Caroline Clarin’s phone for days as she works from her rural Minnesota home and tries to provide hope to those who ping heart-wrenching messages of desperation from a world away.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Potential military vaccine mandate brings distrust, support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military's mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge of calls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Potential military vaccine mandate brings distrust, support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military's mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge of calls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Potential military vaccine mandate brings distrust, support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military's mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge of calls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Potential military vaccine mandate brings distrust, support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military's mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge of calls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids play, watch TV in what US calls 'model' shelter
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids play, watch TV in what US calls 'model' shelter
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids play, watch TV in what US calls 'model' shelter
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids play, watch TV in what US calls 'model' shelter
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids play, watch TV in what US calls 'model' shelter
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Teenage boys chased down soccer balls on grassy fields. Dormitory beds were organized into small pods with a TV in each section. Some kids laid on the cots reading, while others played cards nearby with caseworkers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US: Big drop in migrant kids at largest emergency shelter
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June, a top U.S. official said Monday, touting progress at the facility that has been criticized by child …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the U.S. evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission and were at risk under the communist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the U.S. evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission and were at risk under the communist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the U.S. evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission and were at risk under the communist government.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids
Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bodies would shake. The outbursts often occurred after other children were taken away to be reunited with families, dashing the hopes of those left behind at the largest emergency …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids
Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bodies would shake. The outbursts often occurred after other children were taken away to be reunited with families, dashing the hopes of those left behind at the largest emergency …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids
Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bodies would shake. The outbursts often occurred after other children were taken away to be reunited with families, dashing the hopes of those left behind at the largest emergency …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that block people from seeking asylum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Refugees arriving in US unlikely to exceed cap set by Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Refugees arriving in US unlikely to exceed cap set by Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Refugees arriving in US unlikely to exceed cap set by Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Authorities: Man who piloted boat that crashed hit US agent
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man accused of piloting a boat overloaded with migrants that crashed into rocks off San Diego's coast and killed three people kneed a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the face who was trying to put a leg shackle on him on the beach, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
'I have to help,' says sailor who rescued migrants at sea
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cale Foy had just started hiking with his wife and three kids as they do every Sunday when he noticed what he thought was an abandoned fishing vessel approaching the rocky, wind-swept San Diego coastline as 5-to-8-foot (1.5-2.4-meter) waves were crashing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden raises Trump refugee cap after delay backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling of 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is 'staggering'
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is 'staggering'
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is 'staggering'
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Scientists: Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Scientists: Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten the very existence of the tiny Pacific island nation they fled, one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten the very existence of the tiny Pacific island nation they fled, one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten the very existence of the tiny Pacific island nation they fled, one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden speeds refugee admissions but doesn't lift Trump cap
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination to speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but kept his predecessor's historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year, triggering an outcry from advocates for refugees and even Biden allies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to make good on his promise to boost refugee admissions to the United States during the current budget year, replacing the record low number set by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to make good on his promise to boost refugee admissions to the United States during the current budget year, replacing the record low number set by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to make good on his promise to boost refugee admissions to the United States during the current budget year, replacing the record low number set by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration moved to restore the asylum system to the way it worked for decades Friday by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the United States, ending their long wait in Mexico and unraveling one of former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
25 asylum-seekers who were waiting in Mexico released in US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday released 25 asylum-seekers into the country with notices to appear in court, ending their long waits in Mexico and marking a milestone in unraveling a key immigration policy of former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to notify Congress and others that it will dramatically increase U.S. admissions of refugees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to notify Congress and others that it will dramatically increase U.S. admissions of refugees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to notify Congress and others that it will dramatically increase U.S. admissions of refugees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Broken by Trump, US refugee program aims to return stronger
Krish Vignarajah has been in survival mode for four years as the Trump administration slashed refugee admissions by 85%. She's had to close a third of her resettlement agency's 48 offices and lay off more than 120 employees, some with decades of experience.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Broken by Trump, US refugee program aims to return stronger
Krish Vignarajah has been in survival mode for four years as the Trump administration slashed refugee admissions by 85%. She's had to close a third of her resettlement agency's 48 offices and lay off more than 120 employees, some with decades of experience.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Comparison between Capitol siege, BLM protests is denounced
Black activists are coming out strongly against a growing narrative among conservatives that equates the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol with last summer's Black Lives Matter protests of racial injustice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
As pandemic worsens, most US states resist restrictions
PHOENIX (AP) — As the U.S. goes through the most lethal phase of the coronavirus outbreak yet, governors and local officials in hard-hit parts of the country are showing little willingness to impose any new restrictions on businesses to stop the spread.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Going big: US dispensing shots at stadiums and fairgrounds
The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination drive in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Going big: US dispensing shots at stadiums and fairgrounds
The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination drive in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
US ramps up vaccinations to get doses to more Americans
The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination drive in history with a major expansion of the campaign, opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate a larger and more diverse pool of people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
San Diego aims to vaccinate 5,000 health care workers daily
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County is opening what it calls a “vaccination superstation” that aims to inject up to 5,000 health care workers daily with a COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
San Diego aims to vaccinate 5,000 health care workers daily
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County is opening what it calls a “vaccination superstation” that aims to inject up to 5,000 health care workers daily with a COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Aurora Leticia Cruz has tried to keep up with her blood pressure medication since fleeing Guatemala more than a year ago, but the limbo she finds herself in — stuck in a sprawling camp at the Texas border after traversing Mexico — has made that hard.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Aurora Leticia Cruz has tried to keep up with her blood pressure medication since fleeing Guatemala more than a year ago, but the limbo she finds herself in — stuck in a sprawling camp at the Texas border after traversing Mexico — has made that hard.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Some San Diego restaurants reopen despite legal uncertainty
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eggs, waffles and burritos flew out of the kitchen Friday at The Old Townhouse, a 45-year-old institution in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood that immediately resumed indoor dining when a judge cleared the way for restaurants in the state's second-largest county to ignore Gov. Gavin Newsom's …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge says strip club ruling also protects restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge cleared the way Thursday for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining, marking a major, if temporary, setback to the governor’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus before the state's intensive care units run out of beds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge says strip club ruling also protects restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge cleared the way Thursday for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining, marking a major, if temporary, setback to the governor’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus before the state's intensive care units run out of beds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Strip club ruling forces San Diego to pause ban on dining
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County has suspended enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions barring restaurant dining and live entertainment after a judge extended his order protecting two strip clubs from a state shutdown order and indicated the ruling applied more broadly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
San Diego County suspends virus enforcement on restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County has suspended enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and live entertainment establishments after a judge extended his order protecting two strip clubs from a state shutdown order and indicated the ruling applied more broadly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lives Lost: Doctor chose to stay, work in war-torn Syria
Dr. Adnan Jasem had every reason to leave war-torn Syria after surviving a bomb blast that broke his legs four years ago and receiving job offers from abroad.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California judge extends strip-club exemption from lockdown
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a setback to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health order that calls for such establishments to be shuttered.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lives Lost: Doctor chose to stay, work in war-torn Syria
Dr. Adnan Jasem had every reason to leave war-torn Syria after surviving a bomb blast that broke his legs four years ago and receiving job offers from abroad.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California judge extends strip-club exemption from lockdown
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a setback to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health order that calls for such establishments to be shuttered.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Strip club still open while California vows legal action
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego strip club kept on offering live adult entertainment over the weekend despite a warning from California’s attorney general, who has vowed to take legal action if the business does not close to comply with the state’s stay-at-home order that was issued this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Strip club still open while California vows legal action
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego strip club kept on offering live adult entertainment over the weekend despite a warning from California’s attorney general, who has vowed to take legal action if the business does not close to comply with the state’s stay-at-home order that was issued this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
San Diego to fight ruling letting strip clubs stay open
SAN DIEGO (AP) — While California's new stay-at-home order has shut down restaurant dining, shuttered salons and kept church services outside, two strip clubs in San Diego are still welcoming patrons nightly, protected by a court order.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
San Diego to fight ruling letting strip clubs stay open
SAN DIEGO (AP) — While California's new stay-at-home order has shut down restaurant dining, shuttered salons and kept church services outside, two strip clubs in San Diego are still welcoming patrons nightly, protected by a court order.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pop-up school for US asylum seekers thrives despite pandemic
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — It started out simply: A pop-up school on a sidewalk to teach reading, writing, math and art to Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers stuck at America's doorstep.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California Republican Darrell Issa headed back to Congress
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa was victorious Saturday in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and became a GOP favorite for launching a string of investigations of the Obama administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California's Issa declares victory in US House comeback bid
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa declared victory in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and launched investigations of the Obama administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump's attacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S. troops without rival. Now, with his presidency on the line, he’s casting suspicion on a tool of participatory democracy — the mail-in ballot — that has allowed U.S. military personnel to vote while serving far …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California GOP's Issa leads in bid to return to Congress
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, once among the most powerful Republicans in Congress, was leading Wednesday in his comeback bid in a more conservative California district than the one he left two years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Agency strips bargaining powers of immigration judges' union
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal agency Tuesday ruled to strip the collective bargaining powers of a national union representing more than 450 U.S. immigration judges that has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Minority US contact tracers build trust in diverse cities
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When a contact tracer called the Iraqi woman to say her 18-year-old daughter tested positive for the coronavirus and could quarantine for free in a hotel, the woman panicked — recalling the family's terror of risking separation forever during their flight from Baghdad after a bomb …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Minority US contact tracers build trust in diverse cities
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When a contact tracer called the Iraqi woman to say her 18-year-old daughter tested positive for the coronavirus and could quarantine for free in a hotel, the woman panicked — recalling the family's terror of risking separation forever during their flight from Baghdad after a bomb …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Minority US contract tracers build trust in diverse cities
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When a contact tracer called the Iraqi woman to say her 18-year-old daughter tested positive for the coronavirus and could quarantine for free in a hotel, the woman panicked — recalling the family's terror of risking separation forever during their flight from Baghdad after a bomb …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ex-embassy worker suspected of sexually assaulting 24 women
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former U.S. embassy worker in Mexico is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted as many as two dozen women, filming many of them while they were unconscious, according to federal prosecutors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ex-embassy worker suspected of sexually assaulting 24 women
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former U.S. embassy worker in Mexico is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted as many as two dozen women, filming many of them while they were unconscious, according to federal prosecutors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
For decades, America led the world in humanitarian policies by creating a sanctuary for the oppressed, admitting more refugees annually than all other countries combined.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
For decades, America led the world in humanitarian policies by creating a sanctuary for the oppressed, admitting more refugees annually than all other countries combined.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
For decades, America led the world in humanitarian policies by creating a sanctuary for the oppressed, admitting more refugees annually than all other countries combined.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Judge urges US to help find parents deported without kids
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday urged the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who were separated from their children after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border beginning in 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Judge urges US to help find parents deported without kids
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday urged the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who were separated from their children after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border beginning in 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California's Issa, once Obama's foil, wants back in Congress
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Republican Darrell Issa, once the richest member of Congress, retired in 2018 before Democrats flipped his district along with six other California House seats. Now he's trying to resurrect his political career in the neighboring district — one of Southern California's last conservative strongholds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California's Issa, once Obama's foil, wants back in Congress
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Republican Darrell Issa, once the richest member of Congress, retired in 2018 before Democrats flipped his district along with six other California House seats. Now he's trying to resurrect his political career in the neighboring district — one of Southern California's last conservative strongholds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Navy chief: US warship's fate uncertain; damage extensive
A naval chief who visited the charred USS Bonhomme Richard has found extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Navy sees progress against blaze on warship in San Diego Bay
The fight to save a burning Navy warship docked in San Diego has entered a third day with indications of improvement
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to meet with clients in detention centers. Masked judges are stocking their cramped courtrooms with hand sanitizer for hearings they want to do by phone.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to meet with clients in detention centers. Masked judges are stocking their cramped courtrooms with hand sanitizer for hearings they want to do by phone.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
At sea during pandemic, fishermen return to stormy times
The coronavirus literally traveled over them from Asia to California while they were on the high seas catching tuna.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
At sea during pandemic, fishermen return to stormy times
The coronavirus literally traveled over them from Asia to California while they were on the high seas catching tuna.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Ex-California Rep. Duncan Hunter gets 11 months in prison
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter's birthday party.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Ex-California Rep. Duncan Hunter gets 11 months in prison
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter's birthday party.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Issa advances to runoff in California House race
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a relentless critic of President Barack Obama who retired from his increasingly Democratic district two years ago, took a step toward returning to Congress by advancing Wednesday to a runoff in one of Southern California's last conservative bastions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Campa-Najjar tacks right in bid for California US House seat
SAN DIEGO (AP) —
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
GOP infighting in race for seat of disgraced Rep. Hunter
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fierce fight between Republican candidates has punctuated the race for the vacated seat of disgraced California GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, who dropped out and resigned from Congress in January after pleading guilty to a corruption charge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Gunman kills 6 before dying
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Some troops turn to liposuction to pass test
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
San Diego mayor emerges
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Father: Rescued teen taking things day at a time
LAKESIDE, Calif. - The father of a 16-year-old girl said she is taking things one day at a time after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and brother and escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Swanky beach enclave hit with bird stench
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Amputee veteran helps train troops for war
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Alone and forgotten
SAN DIEGO - A college student picked up in a drug sweep in California was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead he was forgotten in a holding cell for four days and says he had to drink his own urine to stay alive.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
More troops using 'spice'
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Weary travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers
SAN DIEGO - They can call it a nightmare. A cruise from hell. Even a Spamcation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
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