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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…
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DC Police release body camera footage from fatal shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation's capital on Thursday released body camera footage from the officer who fatally shot a Black teenager a day earlier, leading to protests outside Mayor Muriel Bowser's home and…
Houston man jailed in Venezuela feared sick with coronavirus
MIAMI (AP) — An American oil executive jailed in Venezuela has been out of contact with relatives and attorneys for nearly a week and his family fears he could be suffering from the new coronavirus.
The Latest: Milwaukee's health commissioner steps down
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee’s health commissioner is quitting to take a new job, citing the partisan battles management of the coronavirus.
The Latest: Wisconsin governor didn't want candidate visits
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Black jogger who was mistakenly jailed in Texas speaks out
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Black jogger
2 Missouri councilmen answer for racist Halloween costumes
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — One Missouri councilman has come under fire for wearing blackface to a Halloween party and another from the same city has apologized in a Facebook post for costumes in which he dressed as a s…
State: Detroit-area paramedic misled doc about 'dead' woman
A suburban Detroit paramedic repeatedly failed to recognize that a young woman declared dead was alive and misled a doctor by phone about her condition, according to state authorities who offered more details about…
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Kenosha journalist quits after coverage of Jacob Blake rally
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Black journalist quit his job at a Kenosha, Wisconsin, daily newspaper after disputing a headline for a story about a rally organized by the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by…
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US official warns El Salvador's president that aid at risk
MIAMI (AP) — A senior U.S. official quietly told El Salvador's government that anti-poverty assistance from Washington is at risk over President Nayib Bukele's defiance of his country's supreme court and congress, …
Bloomberg gives $100M to historically Black medical schools
ATLANTA (AP) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving about $100 million to four historically Black medical schools over the next four years, with students getting up to $100,000 apiece.
No-fault divorce law faces legal challenge in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A devoutly Catholic husband who refused to grant his wife a divorce on religious grounds urged Nebraska’s highest court Thursday to overturn the state’s no-fault divorce law in a case that could …
Indictment accuses 12 of illegally trading shark fins, drugs
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities said Thursday that they have charged 12 people and seized nearly $8 million in cash, jewels and precious metals after disrupting a criminal enterprise that dealt drugs and s…