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Updated 2 weeks ago

Gas prices climb across WA through April

MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Top Afghan negotiator in Taliban talks arrives in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's top official in negotiations with the Taliban arrived in Pakistan's capital Monday on a three-day trip during which he will meet with the country's prime minister and other government…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pompeo meets with Greek foreign minister

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki Monday, the first leg of a five-day regional tour that will i…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Police end Mexico toll booth takeovers after 8 months

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Of all the forms of protest in Mexico, taking over highway toll booths is one of the odder and more lucrative.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 6 million cases on Monday, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases since the pandemic began.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 3 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Rabbis ponder COVID-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life

JERUSALEM (AP) — Must an observant Jew who has lost his sense of taste and smell because of COVID-19 recite blessings for food and drink? Can one bend the metal nosepiece of a surgical face mask on the Sabbath? May…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lawyer says officer thought Blake was trying to kidnap child

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and that he opened fire becau…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
South China Sea Watch: China holds drills amid new tensions

BEIJING (AP) — A look at developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. The waters are a major commercia…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatment

The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the d…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Louisville protests continue in Breonna Taylor's name

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A crowd marched in Louisville’s streets chanting “Breonna Taylor, say her name” on Sunday evening, the fifth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge officers in the fatal shoo…