WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress and across the country are sounding national security alarms about foreign buyers, particularly those with links to the Chinese government, acquiring control …
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Ellyn Ferguson / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with Syrian leader Bashar Assad in Moscow on Wednesday as the Kremlin steps up efforts to restore ties between Turkey and Syria.
Putin said he …
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Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, the exiled businessman and vocal critic of Beijing with ties to former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, was charged with fraud after the U.S. seized $634 …
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Bob Van Voris / New York Daily News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.
“It’s not just your health,” Biden said in …
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Jessica Hill / Las Vegas Review-Journal / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter to the D.C. federal court from the …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/16/23
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MINNEAPOLIS — A single traffic stop last month of a man suspected of trafficking massive quantities of fentanyl pills from California to Minnesota yielded enough pills to produce more than 2 …
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Stanford University employee who authorities say twice reported last year that she was viciously dragged out of sight on campus and raped — touching off panic about a …
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Robert Salonga and Jakob Rodgers / Bay Area News Group (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored his first congressional endorsement for president, as Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right Freedom Caucus, urged conservatives Wednesday …
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Todd J. Gillman / The Dallas Morning News / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — A federal district judge heard oral arguments Wednesday in a controversial case that could decide the fate of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug …
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Sandhya Raman / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told House Republicans on Wednesday that his agency needs more technology and resources, as the number of migrants arriving at the southwest …
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Suzanne Monyak / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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3/16/23
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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has paid off a $300 ticket he was hit with for failing to address a rodent infestation at his Brooklyn rowhouse, city records show.
A Health Department …
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News / (TNS)
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3/16/23
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Three people are in custody following an armed robbery at a business in the 21800 block of Old Highway 99 Southwest near Grand Mound on Wednesday.
The reporting party told law enforcement a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/16/23
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Some 20 miles off the farthest reaches of Washington's coast lies a shipwreck that killed hundreds of people and sent millions of dollars of gold to the cold depths of the Pacific Ocean.
Exactly …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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3/16/23
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A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Spokane in 2012 has been charged with a violent assault on a woman downtown last September, according to recently released court documents.
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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3/16/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill currently before the Washington State Senate would levy a special wealth tax on financial assets with an assessed value of more than $250 million.
"We have an upside-down …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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3/16/23
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OLYMPIA — The Washington State Legislature is looking at a measure that legislators hope will increase battery recycling in the state.
"We know that the use of batteries will continue to …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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3/16/23
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For more than a decade, small farms in select counties throughout the state have participated in the state Department of Labor and Industries Farm Internship Pilot Project.
What was initially a …
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Racquel Muncy / Skagit Valley Herald
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3/16/23
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A judge sentenced a 23-year-old man to seven years in prison on Wednesday morning after he pleaded guilty to a drive-by shooting last year that left a woman paralyzed.
Zachary D. Seeton pleaded …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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3/16/23
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A Richland man is charged with biting the neck of a Pasco police dog while trying to hide from officers following an attempted break-in.
Cesar Enrique Ochoa was inside an SUV on Octave Street …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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3/16/23
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A group of masked men allegedly robbed a convenience store on Martin Way in Olympia early Wednesday morning.
Olympia police responded to the store in the 4200 block of Martin Way East after …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/16/23
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