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Updated 2 weeks, 4 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, 8 months ago
World shares mixed, US futures gain ahead of Fed statement

World markets were mixed ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement on Wednesday while U.S. futures edged higher.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Tropical Storm Teddy upgraded to a hurricane

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
EU top official proposes new 2030 target to reduce emissions

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top official on Wednesday proposed a more ambitious target for cutting greenhouse emissions in Europe, setting a reduction goal of 55% by 2030, significantly higher than the cur…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
National Hurricane Center: Teddy has rapidly intensified into a 100-mph hurricane and could be a catastrophic Category 4

MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center: Teddy has rapidly intensified into a 100-mph hurricane and could be a catastrophic Category 4.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Thursday, September 17, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
7 arrested in Bosnia over wartime killings of civilians

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in Bosnia on Wednesday arrested seven Bosnian Serb former military officers and troops suspected in the killing of 44 Bosniak civilians during the 1992-95 war.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 4 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Vietnam to resume int'l flights, but not tourism

Vietnam will resume international commercial flights connecting the country to several Asian destinations starting Friday, after a monthslong shutdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
At least 7 drown as boat capsizes in India river

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least seven people drowned on Wednesday after a boat carrying Hindu pilgrims to a temple capsized in a river in central India, a government official said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
High-tech ship set for launch on 400th Mayflower anniversary

PLYMOUTH, England (AP) — Dignitaries, seafarers and scientists were gathering in Plymouth, England, on Wednesday to mark the 400th anniversary of the departure of the Mayflower, the ship that carried a group of Pur…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Ranch manager relieved about surge predictions

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
After Beirut blast, a young surgeon finds new sense of duty

BEIRUT (AP) — It was a night Dr. Bassam Osman says changed his life. At around 6 p.m. on Aug. 4, the 27-year-old surgical resident was about to leave his daily hospital shift. Then a massive explosion shook Beirut.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods

NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Heavy rain, pounding surf and flash floods hit parts of the Florida Panhandle and the Alabama coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Sally lumbered toward land at a painfully slow pace, threatenin…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Former chief Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga elected by Parliament as Japan’s new prime minister, succeeding Shinzo Abe

TOKYO (AP) — Former chief Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga elected by Parliament as Japan’s new prime minister, succeeding Shinzo Abe.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Embed-Election 2020-America Disrupted-Econ Opinion, ADVISORY

ELECTION 2020-AMERICA DISRUPTED-ECON OPINION — Chart. This AP digital embed shows the results from five years of polling on attitudes towards the U.S. economy among U.S. Republicans and Democrats. This chart is cur…