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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
5 things to know today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN raises alarm over refugee killings in Uganda settlement

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says it is “saddened and alarmed” after at least 10 refugees were killed in an attack last week by local residents in northern Uganda amid tensions over incr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Dutch government to unveil budget overshadowed by virus

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government plans to invest in protecting jobs during the coronavirus crisis but warned Tuesday in a speech delivered by King Willem-Alexander ahead of the unveiling of the na…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global stocks mixed after Wall Street rises on dealmaking

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street rose on a flurry of corporate deals and China's economic activity improved.

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

The Nation's Weather for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hong Kong: No information on reported detentions in Taiwan

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that Taiwan has not disclosed information about the reported detentions of five Hong Kongers who may have attempted to flee there by boat to escape possible…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Bosnian Serb official jailed for war crimes dies of COVID-19

PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Momcilo Krajisnik, a former top wartime Bosnian Serb official who was convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court, has died after contracting COVID-19. He was 75.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
U.N.: Boat capsizes near Libya; 24 migrants presumed dead

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Zimbabwe government abuses critics, allege rights groups

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Godfrey Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the p…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Indonesian patrol confronts Chinese ship in economic zone

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian patrol ship confronted a Chinese coast guard vessel that spent almost three days in waters where Indonesia claims economic rights and are near the southernmost part of China'…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Australian state to relax pandemic measures

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s virus hot spot Victoria state says it will relax pandemic restrictions in most areas from Wednesday night.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 3:10 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Greece: Rescue operation continues after migrant boat sinks

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major search-and-rescue operation launched overnight after a migrant smuggling boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete continued Tuesday, with survivors unable to say how many peopl…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UK unemployment edges up in July but much worse expected

LONDON (AP) — Unemployment in the U.K. edged up in July even though large sections of the British economy reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, a clear signal that the jobless rate is set to spike sharply higher…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

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