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Updated 2 weeks, 5 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
Amid ashes, California governor fires away on climate change

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Newsom offered some of his most impassioned comments on climate change, denouncing the “ideological BS” of those who deny the danger and vowing Friday to accelerate the sta…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
'There was no fighting this fire,' California survivor says

BERRY CREEK, Calif. (AP) — John Sykes built his life around his cabin in the dense woods of Northern California. He raised his two children there, expanded it and improved it over time and made it resilient to all …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Tribute in Light rises from twin towers site

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel object

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic Friday over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a suc…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Venezuelan president says US spy captured near refineries

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro said Friday that Venezuelan authorities captured a U.S. spy targeting a pair of refineries on the north Caribbean coast as this nation once wealthy from oil is gri…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Afghanistan's warring sides start negotiations in Qatar for the first time aimed at ending decades of war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan's warring sides start negotiations in Qatar for the first time aimed at ending decades of war.

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
Crews battling California fires head to devastated areas

BERRY CREEK, Calif. (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Afghanistan's warring sides start negotiations in Qatar for the first time aimed at ending decades of war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan's warring sides start negotiations in Qatar for the first time aimed at ending decades of war.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations on Saturday for the first time aimed at ending decades of war, bringing together delegates appointed by the Afghan government and …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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ANTARCTICA-KEEPING COVID-FREE - Map. This digital embed locates facilities based in Antarctica and identifies which countries operate those spaces. This map is current as of September 8, 2020 and will not be update…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: India's cases cross 4.6M after record surge

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has crossed 4.6 million after a record surge of 97,570 new cases in 24 hours.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Biden audio first shared by 'Russian agent' thrives online

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine’s then-president largely confirm Biden’s account of his dealings in Ukraine.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey dies at 75

John Fahey had an impressive career in Australian politics and international sport. There were few people, if any, who had a bad word to say about him, a testimony to the New Zealand-born Fahey's genteel and always…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel object

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic Friday over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a suc…