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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…
Officer pleads guilty in Georgia traffic stop of Black man
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Atlanta area police officer who acknowledged choking a Black man during a 2017 traffic stop will never work in law enforcement again after pleading guilty Monday to a charge of simple batter…
Police: Man with machete smears blood on sorority house
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man armed with a machete smeared satanic and sadistic messages in blood on a sorority house at a North Carolina college and on a vehicle belonging to a student living there, police said Mo…
Court: Private locker room violated transgender boy's rights
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that schools must allow students to use locker rooms that are consistent with their gender identity, saying a suburban school district violated the rig…
Former paramilitary leader deported to Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One of Colombia's most wanted paramilitary leaders was flown back to his home country on Monday after spending 12 years in U.S. prisons for drug trafficking.
Mississippi: 'Fake' letter claims mask mandate abolished
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A letter circulating on social media claiming to be from the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and abolishing the statewide mask mandate is fake, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency o…
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Grand jury indicts Texas sheriff on evidence-tampering count
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A grand jury on Monday indicted a Texas sheriff on charges accusing him of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police cus…
Former officer pleads guilty in shooting death of paramedic
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A former police sergeant in Georgia pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of a paramedic he was having an affair with and sentenced to life in prison.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MILESTONES-THE SPREAD — Interactive chart. Like so many things in the world, it started small. It began to move around, and the map evolved. Month by month, week by week, sometimes day by day, the co…
Court records show a Texas sheriff has been charged with evidence tampering in the death of a Black man in custody
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Court records show a Texas sheriff has been charged with evidence tampering in the death of a Black man in custody.
Mother, daughter get life terms in slayings of 5 relatives
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter were sentenced Monday to life in prison in the slayings of five close relatives, including three children, outside Philadelphia last year.
The Latest: Kansas: Record 16% of virus tests are positive
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is reporting another seven-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 16% of tests for the virus during that period coming back positive.
UN: Africa lost $800B in illegal transfers in recent years
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations estimates that illegal outflows of capital from Africa totaled over $830 billion in the first 15 years of this century, much of it linked to movements of high-value commodities like…