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Gas prices climb across WA through April
MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…
Asia Today: India adds 96K virus cases, orders some retests
NEW DELHI (AP) — India edged closer to recording nearly 100,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours as it ordered retesting of many people whose first results were from the less reliable rapid antigen tests being widely …
Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump
Peru's Indigenous turn to ancestral remedies to fight virus
PUCALLPA, Peru (AP) — As COVID-19 spread quickly through Peru’s Amazon, the Indigenous Shipibo community decided to turn to the wisdom of their ancestors.
The Latest: South Korea stays in downward infection trend
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s daily count of new coronavirus cases is under 200 for a ninth straight day, continuing a downward trend in fresh infections for the country.
Asian shares mixed after technology fall leads US stock fall
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday following a selloff of technology shares on Wall Street.
10 now dead in massive Northern California wildfire
GRIDLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California wildfire became the state’s deadliest of the year Thursday when authorities announced seven more deaths, bringing the total to 10 and there was the unnerving prospect th…
Explosions occur at Jordanian military munitions depot
ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Several explosions occurred early Friday in a Jordanian military base warehouse where unsuitable mortar bombs were being dismantled, authorities said.
North Carolina deputy shot to death; suspect killed
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A suspect in a vehicle break-in fatally shot a deputy before the suspect was killed by other officers during an early morning encounter, a North Carolina sheriff said Thursday.
India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the cold-desert Ladakh region whe…
Student arrested for attending school in person, in protest
MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — A high school senior was arrested Thursday after repeatedly showing up to the building in protest on days he had been scheduled for remote learning.
Alton Sterling case: Baton Rouge nixes $5M settlement offer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys representing the children of Alton Sterling, a Black man fatally shot by a Baton Rouge police officer in 2016, said Thursday that a decision by local officials against offering $5 milli…
Trump revels in packed Michigan crowd amid book fallout
FREELAND, Mich. (AP) — Reeling from another crisis of his own making, President Donald Trump tried to refocus attention on his Democratic rival at a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday as he pushed to move past…
Russia clashes with Germany and West over Navalny poisoning
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia clashed with Germany and five of its Western allies Thursday over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, with Moscow’s ambassador demanding evidence that a Soviet-era nerve age…
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Stunned residents tour Oregon town devastated by wildfires
Mexico starts campaign urging employers to hire refugees
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Labor Department and the U.N. refugee agency launched a campaign Thursday to encourage employers to hire refugees amid a spike in asylum and refugee requests.