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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
Spartacus the serval cat found safe after escape from home

MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A 40-pound (18-kilogram) African serval cat named Spartacus has been found safe and sound after escaping from his home and spending days in the New Hampshire wild.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Officials: Parking deck in Atlanta experiences 2nd collapse

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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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Officials: Parking deck under construction in Atlanta experiences 2nd collapse

ATLANTA (AP) — Officials: Parking deck under construction in Atlanta experiences 2nd collapse.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Indiana murder trial starts with warning of gruesome photos

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The murder trial of a southern Indiana man

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed support for the

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Charlottesville removes Confederate statue near rally site

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A crowd cheered Saturday as workers in Charlottesville removed a Confederate statue near the site of a violent white nationalist rally three years ago.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Iran condemns Bahrain’s plan to normalize ties with Israel

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday strongly condemned Bahrain's plan to normalize relations with Israel, calling it a shameful and ignominious move by the Gulf Arab country.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lebanese protesters clash with army near presidential palace

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese soldiers on Saturday fired rubber bullets and live rounds in the air to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to march to the presidential palace during an anti-government demonstration.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Oxford Univ will resume trials of virus vaccine

LONDON — Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine its developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after pausing due to a reported side effect in a patient in Britain.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Fire destroys historic South Carolina mental institution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An early morning fire has devastated an iconic building whose architectural beauty and past as South Carolina's state mental institution have long been features of both the capital city's skyl…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Amid smoke and ash, wildfire-scarred Paradise rebuilds

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — When flames chased Chuck and Janie Dee down the mountain two years ago, they thought they'd never be back.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump's virus debate: Project strength or level with public

WASHINGTON (AP) — “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt.