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Updated 3 weeks 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
AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EDT

Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Police say Pakistani man killed journalist wife in southwest

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani husband shot and killed his journalist wife at the couple's home in a remote southwestern town before fleeing, but the motive behind the killing was unclear, police said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Police say Pakistani man killed journalist wife in southwest

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani husband shot and killed his journalist wife at the couple's home in a remote southwestern town before fleeing, but the motive behind the killing was unclear, police said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Chinese group plans to recover WWII American plane from lake

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese group plans to try to recover a fighter plane from the legendary Flying Tigers group of American pilots that crashed in a lake during World War II.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast

BEIRUT (AP) — A month after Beirut’s devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling — he can look up through the dangling plaster, wires and metal struts and the broken brick r…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Crowds pack beaches as California bakes in weekend heat wave

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is sweltering under a dangerous heat wave Labor Day weekend that was spreading triple-digit temperatures over much of the state, raising concerns about power outages and the spread of …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Melbourne keeps lockdown, charges 8 for protest

MELBOURNE, Australia — The premier of Australia’s Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country’s second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Experts warn China-India standoff risks unintentional war

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — As a monthslong military standoff between India and China along their disputed mountain border protracts, experts warn that the nuclear-armed countries — which already have engaged in their b…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: Melbourne lockdown to stay; 8 charged for rally

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Experts join efforts to salvage burning tanker off Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A team of experts is joining efforts to salvage a large oil tanker that has been burning for the fourth day Sunday off Sri Lanka, the country's navy said.

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

NASH COUNTY, N.C. (AP) — A suspect is in custody after a high-speed police chase began Saturday in North Carolina and ended in Virginia, leaving two people and a deputy injured.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Seeking unity, NKorea's Kim vows to overcome typhoon damage

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited typhoon-stricken areas in the northeast, fired a top official there and promised to send 12,000 workers from Pyongyang for recovery efforts, sta…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EDT

Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
North Chile shaken by powerful quake for 2nd time this week

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 shook northern Chile on Saturday night, the second powerful tremor to hit the country this week, though there were no reports of casualties o…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
California wildfire traps campers in national forest

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures i…