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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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US Forecast for Friday, September 4, 2020
Hurricane Nana nears Belize as residents brace for landfall
PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Nana brushed past Honduras and barreled toward Belize, where thousands of people were stocking up on food, water and construction materials ahead of its landfall expected early …
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Today in History
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him
A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, …
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Biden, in Kenosha, says U.S. confronting 'original sin'
Officer charged in shooting death of Black man in a Walmart
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area police officer was charged Wednesday with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black man inside a Walmart store in April.
Afghans return to games, parks, weddings despite virus fears
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When the bowling alley reopened, Zohal Bayat was eager to get back to the lanes. For four long months amid Afghanistan’s coronavirus, it and other recreational facilities had been closed. …
In Breonna Taylor's hometown, 90-day protest becomes family
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Amber Brown had climbed into a city bus before dawn, had driven her eight-hour shift, and she was tired. But she knew she couldn’t go home.
Thai police want court to order persistent activists jailed
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court considered Thursday whether to grant a police request to revoke the bail of two top leaders of the burgeoning anti-government protest movement who refuse to stop their public political a…
Trump takes jab at Biden during V-J Day visit to battleship
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — As thunderstorms threatened, President Donald Trump sped through a V-J Day speech on Wednesday, trumpeting American strength and managing to squeeze in a swipe at Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Arkansas communities endorse hate crimes law effort
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Community leaders in an Arkansas region that has struggled with racism and white supremacists over the years on Wednesday endorsed an effort by the governor and lawmakers to enact a hate cr…
Friends bring businesses to aid needy Bangladeshi people
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When Bangladeshi authorities prepared to enforce a nationwide lockdown in late March, three friends fretted: How would rickshaw drivers, factory workers and other working poor people surviv…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Biden, in Kenosha, says U.S. confronting 'original sin'
Survivor: Livestock ship with 42 crew sank off Japan coast
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard…
Thai police want court to order persistent activists jailed
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court considered Thursday whether to grant a police request to revoke the bail of two top leaders of the burgeoning anti-government protest movement who refuse to stop their public political a…