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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…
Timeline of Julian Assange's legal battles over past decade
LONDON (AP) — The extradition hearing of Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, opened in London on Monday, the latest development in a long legal saga. Here is a look at key events.
Vietnam begins trial of 29 villagers in deadly land dispute
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court on Monday began the trial of 29 villagers accused of involvement in a deadly clash with police over a land dispute, state media reported.
Food banks: USDA program helped but better ways to meet need
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As she inched ahead in her rusty Chevy pickup, Brianna Lordz bemoaned that engine problems had prevented her from making it to the last few drive-up produce giveaways organized by a Des Moin…
EU warns Serbia, Kosovo over Israel embassy move
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they could undermine their EU membership hopes by moving their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise an…
Labor Day bringing Biden to Pa., Harris and Pence to Wis.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisco…
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.
Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least there won't be a government shutdown.
During pandemic, Black families put trust in Black doctors
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. Janice Bacon was exactly the person Kay McField hoped to talk to when she found herself spending most of her days in bed, feeling too depressed to get up as the coronavirus pandemic threat…
Bold hopes for virus antibody tests still unfulfilled
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives — one that would tell them if they …
Search for a bison after it attacked tourist in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Employees of the Bialowieza nature reserve in eastern Poland were searching for a male bison Monday after it injured a vacationer.
UK police arrest teenager after shooting of 15-year-old boy
LONDON (AP) — British police said a teenager in eastern England has been arrested in connection with the shooting on Monday of a 15-year-old boy on his way to school.
Tunisia arrests 7 suspects after deadly weekend attack
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say that they have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in a deadly weekend attack that left one security officer dead and another wounded.
Belarus activist goes missing, colleagues fear detention
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A leading opposition activist and several other members of an opposition council in Belarus went missing Monday and their colleagues feared they were detained as part of the authorities' effort…
Russian FM in Syria, meets Assad in first visit since 2012
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia's foreign minister has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad shortly after landing in the Syrian capital on Monday, his first visit since 2012.
Climate activists block Warsaw street against gov't inaction
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A few hundred Polish climate activists blocked traffic in downtown Warsaw Monday to spur the government into better protection of the environment.