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Columbian Newspaper
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Trump’s pick of Rubio as America’s top diplomat jolts Latin America, long accustomed to US neglect
MIAMI (AP) — Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for America’s top diplomat, he’s set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in Latin America. |
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New Hampshire shelter faces enor-mouse problem after man surrenders nearly 1,000 rodents
STRATHAM, N.H. — A group of mice is called a nest, but what do you call 1,000 of them in one animal shelter? |
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Court records: Camas man was on unicycle, pointed gun at officers before shot by Clark County sheriff’s deputy
A man accused of violating a domestic violence no-contact order was riding a unicycle as law enforcement responded to his Camas house for reports of gunfire Wednesday night. He then pointed a gun at officers before he was shot by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy, court records state. |
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Judge blocks Biden administration’s rule to expand overtime pay for millions
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S. |
Washington State News
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Seahawks C Connor Williams retires, WR DK Metcalf set to return
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Seahawks center Connor Williams abruptly retired earlier this week, Seattle coach Mike Macdonald told reporters on Friday.
Williams retired due to personal reasons, and Macdonald said he doesn't expect the 27-year-old to change his mind.
"I don't believe so," Macdonald said. "We're honoring his wishes, and we'll keep all those reasons and conversations private for obvious reasons an
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Kraken look to mix and match with Islanders ahead
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The Seattle Kraken appear to have lost one forward for this weekend's home games against the New York teams and might be gaining another.
Forward Jordan Eberle, the Kraken's captain, will miss at least Saturday's game against the Islanders and Sunday's contest with the Rangers because of a lower-body injury that happened early in the second period of Thursday's 3-1 victory against
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NYT Politics
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Trump Names Karoline Leavitt as His White House Press Secretary
Ms. Leavitt, 27, who served as his campaign’s press secretary and worked in the White House during his first administration, will be the youngest person ever to assume the role.
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Georgia Poll Workers Defamed by Giuliani Receive Some of His Assets
A watch collection, a ring and a vintage Mercedes-Benz belonging to the former Trump lawyer were delivered nearly a year after he was ordered to pay $148 million to the workers he had spread lies about.
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Seattle Times Opinion
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Trump nominates a cabinet of crackpots
Donald Trump’s nominees to fill the top posts in his second administration are such a ridiculous assortment of crackpots that it is weirdly comical. Rather than making appointments to these crucial positions with competence and experience in mind, Trump seems to have grabbed for his team a gaggle of unqualified minor right wing celebrities that randomly caught […] |
The Chronicle - Centralia
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'Lewis County Director of Fluff' Clyde to begin training to serve area veterans
Clyde, a veteran therapy dog in-training affectionately dubbed the “Lewis County Director of Fluff” by his handlers, celebrated his first birthday this week with both county staff and his veteran and specialized recreation friends, Lewis County Director of Public Health and Social Services Meja Handlen said in an email to The Chronicle. “We were celebrating Clyde being 1-year old,” Handlen said. His exact birthday is unknown as Clyde was originally picked up as a stray puppy with his mom on Twin Peaks Drive in Toledo last January. He already appeared to be at least two months old at that time. Clyde’s mother, a Great Pyrenees, has since been adopted. When county staff noticed Clyde’s docile nature and relaxed disposition, the Lewis County Veterans Service Office moved to adopt him with plans to train him as a therapy dog. Clyde is believed to be a Great Pyrenees and poodle mix. Members of the office are now his handlers and have been bringing him to the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis weekly to socialize Clyde and give him basic command training in preparation for the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen training and therapy dog certification. “Clyde is now old enough to enroll in the therapy dog training. They have to be a year old to start,” Handlen added. Along with his trips to the Veterans Memorial Museum where he interacts with the many veterans who spend time there at the “unofficial” USO lounge, Clyde has also been socializing with many veterans utilizing counseling services offered by the county’s Veterans Service Office. Additionally, Clyde now has company on his weekly trips to the Veterans Memorial Museum, as Jesse Lloyd, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and director of Veterans Journey Forward based at the museum, recently got a new puppy named Yogi. The hope is Clyde helps train Yogi — a 12-week-old sheepdog and poodle mix — in his calm and mild-mannered ways. “We purchased him from a breeder in Portland because trying to find a dog with this type of temperament is very difficult. Clyde is a very unique pup,” Lloyd said. Once Yogi is old enough, he will also be trained to be a therapy dog. “He’s gonna be accompanying me a lot of times during mental health treatment. So when I have clients dealing with mental health struggles, predominantly PTSD, he’ll be able to comfort them,” Lloyd added. The two dogs were together at the Veterans Memorial Museum on Thursday, Nov. 14. Clyde was shy around his new four-legged friend. “I think Clyde’s afraid of smaller dogs, so Yogi was just trying to love on him and Clyde wanted nothing to do with him. Over time, we’ll introduce them more and more, and they’ll be best friends in no time,” Lloyd said. Veterans Journey Forward is a nonprofit headquartered inside the Veterans Memorial Museum that focuses on providing military veterans with both mental health and peer-counseling services along with helping them navigate veterans benefit programs. Lloyd added they just recently received a grant from TransAlta — $300,000 over the next three years — that will help the nonprofit be able to win more matching-fund grants from other organizations. “This will launch us into more staff and more services. Just in the last three months that we’ve been tracking, we’ve gotten veterans about $250,000 in back pay,” Lloyd said. For more information, visit https://www.veteransjourneyforward.org/ or follow the nonprofit on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/veteransjourneyforward/. Dedicated to honoring the memory of U.S. military veterans who have served in both war and peacetime throughout the nation’s history, the Veterans Memorial Museum is located at 100 SW Veterans Way in Chehalis. To learn more about the museum, visit https://www.veteransmuseum.org/ or follow the museum on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/chehalisveteransmemorialmuseum.
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