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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 COVID's impact on Mayflower commemoration
The year 2020 was supposed to be a big one for Pilgrims.
Officials ID 4 victims killed in airplane crash in Texas
HILLTOP LAKES, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Monday released the names of four people from Louisiana who authorities said were killed when their single-engine airplane crashed in a Texas pasture while attempting …
Yemen gets new virus hospital after other facilities close
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Red Cross on Monday announced the opening of a new field hospital in southern Yemen specifically to treat coronavirus patients, as the virus continues to spread largely unchecked in t…
World powers set to take the stage, virtually, at UN debate
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that wi…
Biggest unknown with Beta is how much rain it will bring
HOUSTON (AP) — As Tropical Storm Beta neared the Texas coast Monday, the biggest unknown was how much rainfall it could produce in areas that have already seen their share of damaging weather during a busy hurrican…
2 face charges after found with gun, shovels near airport
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Two Virginia residents were arrested Monday after authorities said they were found walking on railroad tracks behind an Ohio airport with shovels, a pitchfork and a backpack containing a …
US execution planned of killer who said witchcraft drove him
CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to lift a spell he believed she put on him is the first of two more inmates the federal government…
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Tokyo needs to convince sponsors Olympics will really happen
TOKYO (AP) — The only thing more difficult than staging next year's Tokyo Olympics in a pandemic might be convincing sponsors to keep their billions of dollars on board in the midst of economic turbulence and skept…
Slow moving Tropical Storm Beta makes landfall on Texas coast as total rainfall it could bring remains unclear
HOUSTON (AP) — Slow moving Tropical Storm Beta makes landfall on Texas coast as total rainfall it could bring remains unclear.
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China uproots ethnic minority villages in anti-poverty fight
CHENGBEI GAN’EN, China (AP) — Under a portrait of President Xi Jinping, Ashibusha sits in her freshly painted living room cradling her infant daughter beside a chair labeled a “gift from the government.”
Asian shares track Wall Street retreat; big banks tumble
Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain.
AP PHOTOS: Pandemic dampens Kashmir weddings, lavish feasts
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — In Indian-controlled Kashmir, the coronavirus pandemic within months has changed an elaborate and lavish marriage tradition that had remained virtually unaltered for centuries.
Tropical Storm Beta makes landfall on Texas coast
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the upper Texas coast late Monday night.