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Updated 2 weeks, 6 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
Killing of 7 investigated at California marijuana grow site

AGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — Detectives on Tuesday investigated what prompted the Labor Day killings of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California community known for its…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
11-year-old boy accused of killing 39-year-old relative

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy fatally shot a 39-year-old relative, authorities in southwest Louisiana said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Amid virus surge, Noem pushes tourism with CARES Act funds

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration announced Tuesday that it is using federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $5 million tourism ad campaign aimed at drawing people to the…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Dog's bark saved Alabama family as fire swept through home

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A dog has been credited with saving an Alabama family’s lives after his bark awakened them to a fire that was sweeping through their rental home early Tuesday morning.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Top police leaders in Rochester, New York, announced their retirements Tuesday amid nightly protests over the handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, whose family filed a federal lawsuit alleging a cover…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Teen accused of shooting Lincoln officer charged with murder

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A teenager accused of shooting a police officer two weeks ago in a Nebraska city was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder one day after the officer died, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Consumer borrowing advances solid 3.6% in July, second gain

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a solid 3.6% in July, the second monthly gain after the coronavrius pandemic had sent borrowing down sharply in the previous three months.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Girl, 8, among 10 dead in Chicago's holiday weekend gunfire

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, police said Tuesday, marking the latest deadly holiday weekend in the nation's third-l…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when it turned off electricity to 2 million people to…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump expands ban on new offshore drilling sites in Atlantic

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump expanded a ban on new offshore drilling Tuesday, an election-year reversal likely to appeal to voters in Florida and other coastal states. Two years ago, Trump had taken …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Tiny critically endangered gorilla baby born in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tiny baby gorilla has been born at the zoo in New Orleans.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
US sanctions 2 Lebanese politicians allied with Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned two former Lebanese Cabinet ministers who are allied with militant Hezbollah in a rare move against politicians close to the Iran-backed group.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
US Navy ends search for USS Nimitz sailor in Arabian Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it halted its search for a sailor believed to have gone overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the northern Arabian Sea.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Virginia official resigns amid controversy on statue charges

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The Portsmouth city manager has resigned amid an ongoing dispute over charges filed against a Black state senator and several others who the city’s police department say were conspiring to da…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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