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Gas prices climb across WA through April
MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…
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TRUMP TAXES — Table. This digital embed shows earnings and federal taxes paid by U.S. presidents from 1989 to 2015. This table is current as of Sept. 28, 2020 and will not update. Sources: White House; efile.com.
Democrats try to stick to health care in Supreme Court fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett with a strategy aimed at avoiding costly mistakes that could hurt the pa…
Quebec, Ontario in second COVID-19 wave; restrictions return
TORONTO (AP) — Quebec is returning to a stepped-up lockdown in two of its biggest cities and the premier of Canada’s most populous province said he’s looking at all options after Ontario reported a record number of…
Gunmen on motorcycle kill journalist in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot to death a journalist in Honduras who had worked in radio and television before starting his own social media information channel.
Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump's debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulat…
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Trump's tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise
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Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October.
US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the
Cyberattack hobbles major US/UK hospital chain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer systems across a major hospital chain operating in the U.S. and Britain were down Monday due to what the company termed an unspecified technology “security issue.”
3 hurt when small plane crashes northwest of Austin, Texas
LAGO VISTA, Texas (AP) — Three people were injured when their single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area northwest of Austin on Monday afternoon, Texas authorities said.
More fires in California destroy homes, prompt evacuations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California's wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched region, destroying homes and prompting overnight evacuation orders involving mo…
AP launches Looking For America, a road trip across the U.S.
More than 200,000 coronavirus deaths. Economic meltdown. Ongoing protests over racial bias.
Lawyer for Huawei CFO says US evidence misleading
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies argued in a Canadian courtroom Monday that U.S. authorities used a misleading summary that “cherry …
Mexico to close prison famous for drug lord escape
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico announced Monday it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.