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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
Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and i…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Mayor suspends officers involved in man's suffocation death

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, were suspended Thursday by the city's mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circu…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
North Carolina-Virginia chase leaves 3 injured, 1 arrested

NASHVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man accused by authorities of firing gunshots at random cars on Interstate 95 is in custody after a high-speed police chase began Saturday in North Carolina and ended in Virginia, leaving t…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him

A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Depression forms in Atlantic; Julio weakens west of Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tropical depression formed in the central portion of the Atlantic Ocean, and forecasters expect it to form into a tropical storm on Monday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

The Summer of COVID-19 ends with health officials worried

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 3 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hearse believed to have carried Old West lawman at new home

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A historic hearse that is believed to have carried the Old West lawman known for killing Billy the Kid to his grave is now part of the

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Almost 300 Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday after months at sea, officials said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Djokovic out of US Open after hitting line judge with ball

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic was kicked out of the U.S. Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball after dropping a game in his fourth-round match Sunday, a stunning end to his 29…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Iran airs televised confession of wrestler after Trump tweet

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran, which has a history of broadcasting suspected forced confessions, aired a statement by a wrestler who faces the death penalty and whose case recently drew a critical tweet f…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
California simmers while it burns, but no big power outages

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of…