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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…
Kentucky lawmaker: 'Rioting' needs a new legal definition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A state lawmaker said she will propose changing Kentucky's legal definition of rioting after Democratic state Rep. Attica Scott was charged with the felony while participating in Louisville p…
2020 Watch: How much do debates matter this year?
NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Greek police accuse 33 people of helping migrant smuggling
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police are accusing 35 people — all foreign nationals and all but two of them members of non-governmental organizations — of a variety of serious crimes for allegedly facilitating the cl…
China fires back at US over environment, South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — U.S.-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of global environmental damage and has reneged on its promise not to militari…
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Police: Shooting outside Detroit strip club leaves 6 wounded
DETROIT (AP) — A shooting early Monday outside a Detroit strip club has left six people wounded, police said.
Pakistan arrests opposition leader ahead of planned protests
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s anti-graft body arrested an opposition leader Monday over his alleged involvement in a money laundering case after a court rejected bail for him, a move coming just before planned…
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Lawmaker seeks to redefine rioting after colleague's arrest
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker said she will propose changing the definition of rioting after Democratic state Rep. Attica Scott was arrested and charged with a felony count while participating in Louis…
3 countries to assess new info about 1994 ferry sinking
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The governments of Sweden, Finland and Estonia said Monday they will jointly assess what that they called “new significant information” in connection with one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime mariti…
Russia's Navalny visited by German chancellor in hospital
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday confirmed reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in a Berlin hospital where he was being treated for what German authorities determ…
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Global shares up ahead of China holiday, Trump-Biden debate
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Monday, ahead of the first U.S. presidential debate and a national holiday in China later in the week.
S. Korea's Moon apologizes over handling of killing by North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in apologized for the first time Monday for the death of a man who was shot by North Korean troops last week, saying his government failed in its responsibi…
Pakistan top court to hear appeal from Daniel Pearl's family
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court was scheduled to hear an appeal Monday by the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl challenging the acquittal of a British-born Pakistani in the gruesome 2002 be…