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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
Officials: Egyptian policemen detained over detainee's death

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors ordered four policemen to be detained pending an investigation into the death of a young man while in detention, two judicial officials said on Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Israeli minister resigns to protest expected virus lockdown

JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent Israeli minister resigned on Sunday in protest over an expected government decision to impose a nationwide lockdown this week ahead of the Jewish New Year due to rising coronavirus case…

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

What's next? Devastating fires are latest challenge in West

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 5:35 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pakistan detains a suspect in rape of mother on a highway

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police on Sunday said they have arrested one of two suspects in the rape of a woman who was dragged from her car and attacked in front of her children after her car broke down on a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
2 California deputies shot in apparent ambush in patrol car

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who shot and critically wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were sitting in their squad car — an apparent ambush that drew an angry resp…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pakistan says Indian cross-border fire kills girl in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An 11-year-old Pakistani girl was killed and four other villagers critically wounded by Indian troops firing into the Pakistan-administered part of the disputed region of Kashmir, Pakistan's milita…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Greece welcomes Turkish survey ship's return to Med Sea port

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government welcomed a Turkish survey vessel's return to port Sunday from a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean that has been at the heart of a summer stand-off between Greece …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Defense Ministry on Sunday blasted a critical U.S. report on the country’s military ambitions, saying it is the U.S. instead that poses the biggest threat to the international order and world…

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

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
2 LA County deputies apparently ambushed in patrol vehicle

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were shot multiple times Saturday, apparently in an ambush without provocation, while sitting in their patrol car at a Metro rail station.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Paulette strengthens to a hurricane on approach to Bermuda

MIAMI (AP) — A strengthening Paulette gained hurricane status late Saturday as it approached Bermuda, threatening to bring storm surge, coastal flooding and high winds to the territory over coming days.

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

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

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Worker falls several stories in 2nd collapse at Atlanta site

ATLANTA (AP) — A concrete slab at a parking deck under construction in Atlanta collapsed Saturday — the second collapse at the site in as many days — sending a worker trying to shore up the structure plunging sever…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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