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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — At least 40 prisoners escaped in a jailbreak in a suburb of Mauritania's capital city, a senior official said Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Despite their staunch opposition to contraceptives, Philippine Roman Catholic bishops expressed their full support Saturday to Pope Francis' remarks suggesting artif…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of army and paramilitary soldiers on Saturday tried to quell protests by angry mobs demanding government benefits in a northern Indian state, with at least four peopl…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Residents of Fiji hunkered down Saturday as a ferocious cyclone tore through the Pacific island chain, prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and de…

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AP) — A presidential candidate in Republic of Congo who formerly served as armed forces chief of staff is being investigated for allegedly making statements that threaten s…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian journalist arrested in Turkey while applying for a residence permit says he has been freed.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers have spent more than $10 million for legal services for Gov. Chris Christie's administration in the George Washington Bridge lane closure case still p…

Prep Wrestling

BEIJING (AP) — China's top securities regulator will step down following months of turmoil in Chinese stock markets that have battered faith in Beijing's economic management.

Boys basketball

Peyton Souvenir netted 24 points, and balanced scoring was key for the Mules as they claimed a 65-55 victory over Ilwaco in Friday's Southwest 2B District IV girls basketball game in Rochester.

Peyton Souvenir netted 24 points, and balanced scoring was key for the Mules as they claimed a 65-55 victory over Ilwaco in Friday's Southwest 2B District IV girls basketball game in Rochester.

Boys Swimming

Thumbs up: Tim Cook

LACEY — The biggest games often come down to execution, and the Mark Morris Monarchs had little of that in Friday night’s 2A Southwest District IV girls basketball title game.

CHEHALIS — If it weren’t for the words “Wildcats” stretched across the front of the players’ white jerseys, and if not for facing a Trico 1A League rival for the third time this season, a team…

LACEY — For the second consecutive season, the Mark Morris Monarchs were on the wrong end of the scoreboard at Saint Martin’s University’s Marcus Pavilion.

Kalama’s Makenna Speed is the lone area girl advancing to the semifinals, along with a dozen boys from six area schools moving into the semifinals in their respective weight classes after the …

Toutle Lake’s Max Mann qualified for the finals in his two individual events — the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke — with top-six times during Friday’s preliminaries at the Cla…

Annual event has been moved up the hill to the Kalama Elementary School multipurpose room gym.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Pacific island nation of Fiji was hunkering down Saturday as a formidable cyclone with winds of 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour bore down.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Pvt. E never thought he'd join the army. As someone on the autism spectrum, he struggled with certain social situations and would get easily distracted. Now, at 19, he …

The Mark Morris pep band fills a quiet space with plenty of brass on Friday supporting the boys and girls basketball teams at the 2A District tournament at St. Martin’s University in Lacey.

Thirty-three piano, organ and vocal students of Katie Lewis Phillips presented a recital of Christmas music in December in the sanctuary of Longview’s St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

KHS class of ’58 meets for lunch