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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…
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…
Pandemic overwhelms Trump's message in critical N. Carolina
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is fighting to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, howling with unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and warning that violent mobs are infiltrating the suburbs.
Australian park owner fined $2.5M over 4 river ride deaths
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — An Australian theme park owner was fined 3.6 million Australian dollars ($2.5 million) on Monday for safety breaches that led to the deaths of four people on a river rapids ride in 2016.
Pakistan's top court hears appeal from Daniel Pearl suspect
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court is to hear an appeal Monday by the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl that challenges the acquittal of a British-born Pakistani in the gruesome 2002 beheading…
Asia shares up ahead of China holiday, presidential debate
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher in muted trading Monday, ahead of the first U.S. presidential debate and a national holiday in China later in the week.
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.
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…
India's Health Ministry says reported coronavirus cases in the country have surpassed 6 million
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Health Ministry says reported coronavirus cases in the country have surpassed 6 million.
The Latest: Mexico virus data may not be available for years
Mexico City — Mexico’s top coronavirus official said Sunday that definitive data on the country’s death toll from COVID-19 won’t be available for “a couple of years.”
Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized amid threat to harm self
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized Sunday after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials.
Trump's tax revelation could tarnish image that fueled rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump
Report: Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abus…
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…
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NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017
Federal judge temporarily suspends Trump order that would have banned popular app TikTok from app stores on Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judge temporarily suspends Trump order that would have banned popular app TikTok from app stores on Sunday.