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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 12:04 a.m. EDT

Dueling versions of reality define 1st week of fall campaign

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP Week in Pictures, North America

Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
2nd crew member, dead cows found after ship sinks off Japan

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's coast guard rescued a survivor floating in a raft Friday hours after finding an unconscious crew member in waters where a ship carrying thousands of cows from New Zealand capsized and is believ…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: India adds another 83K virus cases, 1,000 deaths

NEW DELHI — The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 83,000 and is near Brazil’s total, the second-highest in the world.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Is France really growing more 'savage'? Word stirs trouble

PARIS (AP) — The subject is serious: violence in French society. But senior ministers have been stumbling over each other’s words in a debate about how grave the problem really is and how best to describe what is h…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Ex-Marine wins Democratic primary for Joe Kennedy III’s seat

Jake Auchincloss has won a packed primary to become the Democratic nominee in the race to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Sri Lankan, Indian ships, aircraft try to douse tanker fire

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ships, boats and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India were escalating efforts to douse a fire raging on an oil tanker east of Sri Lanka for a second day Friday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Thai students turn agitators for educational reform

BANGKOK (AP) — She‘s 15, writes love stories and likes indie music and anime cartoons. So far so normal. But two weeks ago Benjamaporn Nivas upended traditional notions of Thai schoolkids’ behavior by leading hundr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Death of longtime mayor from COVID-19 stuns Alabama town

CLANTON, Ala. (AP) — It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd-most in world

NEW DELHI (AP) — The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil's total, the second-highest in the world.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Oxford study: Tokyo Olympics are most costly Summer Games

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics are already the most expensive Summer Games on record with costs set to go higher, a wide-ranging study from Britain's University of Oxford indicates.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP source: Man suspected of fatally shooting right-wing supporter in Oregon killed during scuffle with law enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Man suspected of fatally shooting right-wing supporter in Oregon killed during scuffle with law enforcement.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Ships, boats try to douse ship fire off Sri Lanka, 1 dead

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ships, boats and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India were escalating efforts to douse a fire raging on an oil tanker east of Sri Lanka for a second day Friday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Analysis: China's rise takes the world into uncharted waters

BEIJING (AP) — Twice in the 20th century, Japan challenged the West, first in a military-led attempt to become an imperial power and then as an industrial powerhouse. Now it is China’s turn to take the global stage.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Pandemic politicking: Democrats at laptops. GOP at your door

REEDSBURG, Wisconsin (AP) — At a family dining table in tiny Reedsburg, Wisconsin, Arlene Ketchpaw chatted with a half-dozen Sauk County Democrats about how to win over voters, her fellow volunteers staring out fro…