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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…
Damaged Venezuelan oil tanker drawing international concern
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The sight of a huge oil tanker that has taken on water and is leaning to one side off a remote stretch of Venezuela's coast has triggered international calls for action.
UN: Respect rights of detained man of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says it expects that the rights of an outspoken government critic that
Once-unsafe streets now provide pupils refuge from pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — A public school in Brooklyn is looking to show how classes can be moved outside to more safely facilitate in-person learning.
Lawsuit: Whistleblower in VA deaths wrongfully suspended
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A man who says he alerted authorities to a string of suspicious patient deaths at a West Virginia veterans hospital has filed a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully suspended because of his a…
The Latest: Gyms in NYC can reopen with safety protocols
NEW YORK -- Gyms in New York City can start reopening with a slew of virus-related restrictions, the latest step in a phased reopening.
Case over 1966 US bomb accident in Spain goes before court
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs used flawed radiation data to deny disability benefits to veterans who responded to a 1966 plane accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain, Yale …
770-pound crocodile caught at Outback tourist destination
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-meter (14.5-foot) saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia’s Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ran…
Zimbabwean journalist released on bail after 6 weeks in jail
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono walked out of prison Wednesday saying that he had been “strengthened” by the nearly six weeks he was jailed, saying he remains committed to exposing c…
Budget deficit to hit record $3.3T due to virus, recession
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion as huge government expenditures to fight the coronavirus and to prop up the economy have added more than $2 trillion to the fe…
Senegal sends 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate to Mali
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — People in Senegal's capital, Dakar, are breathing a sigh of relief after officials removed from its port 3,050 tons of ammonium nitrate, the same substance at a slightly lesser volume that cau…
The Latest: Italy's ex-PM Berlusconi has coronavirus
ROME — Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for the coronavirus after a precautionary check.
The Latest: Biden says school reopening a national emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Mayor one-ups Black Lives Matter rally with his own plans
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is attempting to co-opt plans by protesters to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the seaside gambling resort's famous Boardwalk by doing the same thing in a place of its own cho…
75th anniversary of end of WWII is mostly virtual amid virus
HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the battleship was packed with U.S. sailors eager to see the end of World War II.
US suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — On the guidance of President Donald Trump, the State Department said Wednesday the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of progress” in the country’s talks with Egypt and Sudan…