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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
The Latest: Trump sees economy rebound by Election Day

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on Election 2020 (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Priest tapped as Duluth, Minnesota bishop resigns amid probe

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A priest recently tapped by Pope Francis to become a bishop for a northern Minnesota diocese has resigned after an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in the 1980s surfaced before he could ta…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Pence says there's no excuse for violence

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Latest on Election 2020 (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
South African protesters close stores over offensive ad

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
In Labor Day blur, Harris meets Blake family; Trump steps up

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her Labor Day visit to a critical swing state while President Donald Trump…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Biden says he'll take coronavirus vaccine

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Handcuffed man drowns after jumping into Florida bay

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A handcuffed Florida man died after bolting from police custody and jumping into Boca Ciega Bay, where he drowned, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
100s mourn St. Louis police officer shot in line of duty

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have gathered to lay to rest a Missouri police officer who was fatally shot in the line of duty.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
4 Oklahoma family members die in Arkansas small plane crash

CHESTER, Ark. (AP) — Four members of a family from Oklahoma were killed when their single-engine plane crashed into a ravine in rural northwest Arkansas, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Nebraska police officer dies 2 weeks after he was shot

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska police officer who was shot two weeks ago while attempting to arrest a 17-year-old on an assault charge died Monday, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: WHO warns against politics in COVID-19 response

GENEVA — The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization says governments that provide “politically motivated” information about the coronavirus pandemic could face a political backlash.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Harris meets Blake family to kick off Wisconsin visit

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met Monday with the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her visit to the critical swing state, where Vice President Mi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Remote towns evacuated as California wildfire grows

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders were expanded Monday to more mountain communities as a huge wildfire churned through California's Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of blazes crews battled during a …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Doctors fear lack of ICU beds in southern France

PARIS — Doctors have raised the alarm that nearly all the intensive care beds reserved for COVID-19 patients are in use in and around France’s second city of Marseille.