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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…
Some see irony in virus' impact on Mayflower commemoration
The year 2020 was supposed to be a big one for the Pilgrims.
Wall Street opening slightly higher after Monday's sell-off
Wall Street is opening slightly higher as markets recover from steep losses Monday. Most sectors are rising led by real estate and energy, and Big Tech stocks helped lift the S&P 500. Apple is up 1.6% and Amazon is…
The Latest: India to avoid big gatherings during festivals
NEW DELHI, India — Health officials says citizens of India should celebrate the upcoming festive season without large gatherings.
World powers take the stage, virtually, at UN debate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely…
Kansas City police ID 1-year-old killed in triple shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified a child killed in a triple shooting in Kansas City as a 1-year-old boy, making him the city’s youngest homicide victim this year, police said.
Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday.
Blast rocks Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending thick grey smoke billowing over the village, but the cause was not clear.
House to vote on temporary funding bill to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is on track Tuesday to pass a government-wide temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies fully up and running into December and prevent a partial shutdown of the government after th…
The Latest: Ex-judges urge Senate to delay vote on justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the
Explosion in Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon; cause unclear
BEIRUT (AP) — Explosion in Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon; cause unclear.
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Suspicious package at German parliament a false alarm
BERLIN (AP) — A suspicious package that arrived Tuesday morning in the mail room of Germany's parliament building turned out to be harmless, authorities said.
First-ever remote U.N. General Assembly leaders meeting begins under cloud of pandemic, divisiveness
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — First-ever remote U.N. General Assembly leaders meeting begins under cloud of pandemic, divisiveness.
Tropical Storm Beta stalls along Texas coast, brings floods
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Beta stalled out Tuesday along the Texas coast, flooding streets in Houston and Galveston hours after making landfall amid an unusually busy hurricane season.