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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
South Dakota AG was frequent traveler before fatal crash

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — For South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg spending Saturday driving hundreds of miles on the state’s roads was not unusual. But by this past Sunday, it was clear that his latest tri…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Coronavirus deaths in kids echoes toll in adults, CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) — A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults released Tuesday shows they mirror patterns seen in older patients.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously Tuesday to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Minnesota urges campaigns to follow virus rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Michigan Catholic priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in suburban Detroit is apologizing after a fellow priest likened Black Lives Matter to the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Seeping under doors, bad air from West's fires won't ease up

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Town settles lawsuit over nixed Orthodox Jewish expansion

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey town has reached an agreement in a federal lawsuit that accused it of illegally denying an Orthodox Jewish group's attempt to expand its footprint, the U.S. attorney's offi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Harris, home in California, gets a look at wildfire damage

AUBERRY, Calif. (AP) — Touring wildfire damage Tuesday in her home state, California Sen. Kamala Harris said “ideology should not kick in" when responding to wildfires and the climate crisis, a veiled criticism of …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Attorney: US deports woman who alleged sex assault by guards

HOUSTON (AP) — An immigrant woman who accused guards of sexually assaulting her at a detention center was deported Monday, weeks after she was interviewed by investigators, the woman's lawyer said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Texas sheriff's deputy charged with murder of girlfriend

DENTON, Texas (AP) — A North Texas sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with murder and evidence tampering in the death of his girlfriend, police said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP Lifestyles Digest for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Israel signs pacts with 2 Arab states: A 'new' Mideast?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony that President Donald Trump declared will mark the “dawn of a new Middle East," casting himse…