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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
Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
2 top Thai pro-democracy protesters released from jail

BANGKOK (AP) — Two top leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy protest movement were released from jail on Monday after police agreed they no longer needed to be detained for investigation.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asian shares rise as US set to reopen from Labor Day holiday

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, after European stocks rallied and U.S. markets were closed for the Labor Day national holiday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: New Mexico sees lowest new case number in months

SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico health officials are reporting 46 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the state since early April.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
El Salvador prosecutors search prisons in pact investigation

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador said Monday they have searched two prisons to investigate whether the administration of President Nayib Bukele had negotiated with one of the country’s mo…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
As California burns, the winds arrive and the lights go out

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — New wildfires ravaged bone-dry California during a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people trapped by flames and ended with the state's largest uti…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: India reports record 1,133 new virus deaths

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
VIRUS DIARY: One midnight moment in Taiwan's virus battle

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — “Get back in the car!” the masked people shouted at me. “Get back in!”

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan

TOKYO (AP) — The official campaigning to head Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the govern…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Ships, aircraft fight new fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast on Tuesday, two days after the previous three-day blaze was dou…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
8-year-old killed, 2 adults wounded during Chicago shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city's South Side.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: New Mexico sees lowest new case number in months

SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico health officials are reporting 46 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the state since early April.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
El Salvador prosecutors search prisons in pact investigation

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador said Monday they have searched two prisons to investigate whether the administration of President Nayib Bukele had negotiated with one of the country’s mo…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Search for missing livestock ship crew off Japan resumes

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese coast guard ships resumed searching on Tuesday for a livestock ship and its 40 missing crew members off Japan's southern islands after the efforts were suspended due to a typhoon.