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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
Diplomats: Roadside bombing targets British convoy in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A roadside bombing targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Baghdad on Tuesday, the British Embassy and Iraqi officials said. There were no injuries but the attack is fueling concerns of armed groups …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Libya east-based force: 7 militants, foreign fighters killed

CAIRO (AP) — Libya's east-based army claimed on Tuesday that its troops killed at least seven Islamic State militants, including foreign fighters, in a raid on their hideout in the country’s south.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, UN report finds

A decade-long global effort to save Earth's disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said…

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

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Group pushes changes to Confederate imagery at Georgia park

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — An activist group has presented its plans for changes to Confederate imagery at Georgia's popular Stone Mountain Park, including a suggestion that it stop maintaining a colossal sculpture…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Navalny posts hospital photo of himself, plans Russia return

BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany where he's recuperating from being poisoned with a nerve agent, wryly joking about bein…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN experts decry continued abuse as Syria's war grinds on

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed investigators pointed Tuesday to signs that Syria’s government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as the country’s nine-year conflict grinds on, while citing possible war cri…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Sally to bring heavy inland rains, flooding

Here are the latest developments on tropical weather (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Texas teen charged with murder in shooting of sleeping woman

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities in Texas have arrested an 18-year-old woman on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman as she slept in her bed.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Greece: Death toll from migrant boat sinking rises to 4

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Another body was recovered Tuesday from the sea off the southern Greek island of Crete after a migrant smuggling boat sank in rough weather, bringing the death toll to four, including two chil…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global stocks rise on improved Chinese, German data

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets mostly rose on Tuesday as economic data in China and Germany improved and investors looked ahead to a policy meeting by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Shortage of COVID-19 testing hurts efforts to fight 2nd wave

LONDON (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Algerian journalist sentenced to 2 years in prison

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced journalist Khaled Drareni to two years in prison on appeal, reducing his original sentence, in a trial that rights group have denounced as violating pr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, September 15, 2020