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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
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Wisconsin governor didn't want candidate visits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Black jogger who was mistakenly jailed in Texas speaks out

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Black jogger

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 2:40 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 2 p.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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, …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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 …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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…