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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
Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offense this weekend in Nevada, which hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
New Orleans under hurricane watch from Tropical Storm Sally

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Sally formed Saturday off south Florida amid forecasts it would grow into a hurricane capable of striking the U.S. Gulf Coast in coming days with high winds and a life-thr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governin…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pompeo urges diplomacy in standoff over Mediterranean gas

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday called for a diplomatic solution to the confrontation between Greece and Turkey over energy reserves in east Mediterranean waters, saying ongoi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Landslide kills 6, 26 more missing in Nepal mountains

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A landslide triggered by overnight rainfall swept through three Nepalese villages Sunday, killing at least six people while 26 were reported missing and believed to be buried by debris, offi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Winds a worry as death toll reaches 35 from West Coast fires

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Brazil Indigenous group celebrates 6 months without COVID-19

ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — A group of Tembé men armed with bows and shotguns arrived on motorcycles at the wooden gate blocking access to their villages in Brazil’s Amazon. One of them remov…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Sunday, September 13, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Thousands of Israelis protest outside Netanyahu’s residence

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem late Saturday, demanding he resign over his trial on corruption charges and wh…

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
Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new confirmed coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: India's cases rise to 4.75M with another spike

NEW DELHI — India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new confirmed coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Report: 2 LA County deputies shot in head in patrol car

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were shot Saturday in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush, officials said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump pushes into Nevada, questions integrity of election

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Kicking off a Western swing, President Donald Trump barreled into Nevada for the weekend, looking to expand his path to victory while unleashing a torrent of unsubstantiated claims that Democrat…