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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
Deputy won't be charged in Missouri woman's shooting death

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a Missouri woman after a traffic stop this summer will not be charged in her death even though it was possibly avoidable, a special prosecutor announced Mo…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with a slow drenching

WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Hurricane Sally, one of a record-tying five storms churning simultaneously in the Atlantic, closed in on the Gulf Coast on Monday with rapidly strengthening winds of at least 100 mph (161 kph…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Biden assembles legal team ahead of divisive 2020 election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden is assembling a team of top lawyers in anticipation of court challenges to the election process that could ultimately determine who wins the race for the White House.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Israeli, Emirati banks sign cooperation agreement

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's largest bank announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement with the biggest bank in Dubai ahead of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emir…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Venezuela says captured US spy sought to sabotage power grid

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Monday accused a U.S. citizen recently arrested in the Caribbean nation of spying and planning to sabotage oil refineries and electrical service in order to…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Smoke visible from Air Force One in California

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Federal charges filed against 2 on eve of Trump visit

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges in two Philadelphia gun cases Monday, saying local prosecution of the men was too lenient.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Officials say South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is in isolation at home

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is in isolation at home.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Stocks snap higher on Wall Street following a burst of deals

Wall Street kicked off the week with a broad rally Monday, clawing back much of the stock market's losses from last week.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Macy’s Thanksgiving parade altered for pandemic

NEW YORK — This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving parade has been reimagined for the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Biden: 2 Trump terms would worsen climate crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP: Feds probing in-custody death of Black man in Louisiana

Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Black man during what Louisiana State Police described as a struggle to take him into custody following a rural police chase last year, officials told The Associ…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
South Dakota agency: AG reported hitting deer, but hit man

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement on Monday that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning t…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
South Dakota investigators: AG reported hitting deer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his car on Saturday night but actually killed a pedestrian whose body was not found until the next day, state inve…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
South Dakota investigators: Attorney general reported hitting deer but actually killed man whose body was found next day

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota investigators: Attorney general reported hitting deer but actually killed man whose body was found next day.