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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
Officer charged in death of Black man taken into custody

DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — A police officer facing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of a Black man inside a San Francisco Bay Area Walmart store was handcuffed and taken to jail following a court appearance Tu…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Gaza militants fire rockets at Israel as pacts signed in US

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into Israel on Tuesday, wounding two people in an attack that was apparently timed to coincide with the signing of normalization agreements…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Louisville mayor says settlement with Breonna Taylor's family includes $12 million payment and police reforms

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville mayor says settlement with Breonna Taylor's family includes $12 million payment and police reforms.

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
UN demands all countries enforce UN arms embargo on Libya

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated U.N. arms embargo on Libya, withdraw all mercenaries from the North African nati…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Mali’s ex-president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at 83, says his son

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ex-president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at 83, says his son.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Mali's former president Moussa Traore dies at 83

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at age 83, according to his son Idrissa Traore. He did not give details on the cause of d…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Report: 'Alarming' rates of police and prosecutor misconduct

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hiding evidence that could prove innocence. Planting drugs or guns at a crime scene. Forcing witnesses to falsely identify a defendant.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states sign historic pacts

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for former PM Sharif

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top court in Pakistan on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for the country's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he failed to return home to appear before judges to face corruption cha…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lawsuit: Pennsylvania county jail punishes mentally ill

Five inmates on Tuesday sued Allegheny County jail and mental health officials, alleging the in Pennsylvania facility offers inadequate treatment and medication for inmates with mental health disabilities and often…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
DISREGARD Trump-Fossil Fuel Fights, Advisory

Editors should disregard Trump-Fossil Fuel Fights. The story from May 28 was republished Tuesday in error.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN warns of Yemen famine, no aid from Saudis, UAE, Kuwait

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that “the specter of famine” has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Alabama gov urges people to flee low-lying areas

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