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Updated 2 weeks, 3 days 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
AP Interview: South Africa to know true virus toll in weeks

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa should know its true toll from the coronavirus pandemic within a few weeks, the government’s chief medical adviser says, as the country prepares to almost fully reopen its economy a…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Germany seeks more scrutiny of Belarus by top UN rights body

GENEVA (AP) — Germany has presented a resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that raises concerns about torture, “arbitrary deprivations of life,” and sexual and gender-based violence linked to Belarus' dis…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 3:30 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Virus risk looming at overcrowded French universities

PARIS (AP) — Can mandatory masks offer enough protection in lecture halls so packed that late arrivals have to sit on the floor?

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Asia mostly higher despite Wall Street slump, virus fears

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday despite some investor attention shifting again to the uncertainties in global economies amid the coronavirus pandemic, as reflected in the overnight fall on Wall …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Polish ruling party forming minority govt, rejects partners

An official with Poland's conservative governing party said Friday that the country's right-wing government coalition has collapsed.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Sept. 11-17, 2020

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Photos fuel concerns over in-custody death of La. Black man

Graphic photos that surfaced online this week appear to show deep bruises on the face of a Black man who died following a police chase in Louisiana last year, raising new questions about whether his injuries were c…

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

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

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

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

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Israel returns to virus lockdown as cases mount

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel went back into a full lockdown on Friday to try to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has steadily worsened for months as its government has been plagued by indecision and infighting.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lawyer: Texas city's police leaders must reform or resign

DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a woman who was shot dead by a suburban Houston police officer last year during a struggle over a stun gun said Thursday that the police department’s leadership must enact “…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Peru president faces impeachment vote amid pandemic turmoil

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra’s job went on the line Friday as opposition lawmakers pushed through an impeachment hearing criticized as a hasty and poorly timed ouster attempt in one of the c…

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

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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