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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
Death toll from the coronavirus goes over 50,000 in the Middle East as the pandemic continues

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Death toll from the coronavirus goes over 50,000 in the Middle East as the pandemic continues.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Prison inmate tests positive in Thailand's 1st confirmed local coronavirus case since May

BANGKOK (AP) — Prison inmate tests positive in Thailand's 1st confirmed local coronavirus case since May.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hurricane Nana makes landfall in Belize with wind, rain

PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Nana made landfall in Belize, pelting a relatively sparsely populated stretch of the country's coast with heavy rain and wind before weakening to a tropical storm.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Hong Kong's mass testing finds only few cases

HONG KONG — Only six people in Hong Kong have tested positive for the coronavirus out of a batch of 128,000 residents who had undergone the mass-testing program that began on Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: One of Europe's biggest brothels goes bust

BERLIN — One of Europe’s biggest brothels has filed for bankruptcy after being unable to operate for months due to coronavirus restrictions.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

In Kenosha, Biden to test his promise to unify the nation

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
5 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Turkey says Russia will hold live-fire exercises in Med

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has announced that Russia will hold live-fire naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean, amid escalating tensions between Turkey and its coastal neighbors Greece and Cyprus over righ…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Defendants acquitted in slayings of Slovak reporter, fiancee

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A panel of judges in Slovakia has acquitted a businessman accused of masterminding the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Livestock ship carrying 42 crew sinks off Japan's coast

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship that a survivor said sank with 42 crew members aboard during rough weather off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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The Nation's Weather for Friday, September 4, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Colombia arrests 3 Venezuelans tied to anti-Maduro plot

MIAMI (AP) — Police in Colombia have arrested three Venezuelans who were part of a failed plot organized by a former U.S. Green Beret to sneak across the border and oust President Nicolás Maduro, The Associated Pre…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UK public tribunal to probe Uighur genocide allegations

LONDON (AP) — A prominent British human rights lawyer is convening an independent tribunal in London to investigate whether the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the far western X…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Australian mom handcuffed at home for incitement

MELBOURNE, Australia — A pregnant woman says she didn’t know she had broken any law when she was handcuffed by police in front of her children in her Australian home and led away in pajamas for allegedly inciting a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Australian mom handcuffed for advocating against lockdown

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A pregnant woman said Thursday she didn’t know she had broken any law when she was handcuffed by police in front of her children in her Australian home and led away in pajamas for allege…