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Updated 3 weeks, 1 day 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
Tunisian prime minister wins confidence vote amid crisis

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian lawmakers approved Hichem Mechichi as the country's new prime minister after pressing him for 11 hours over how he will bring the country out of an economic and social crisis that has…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: India's daily surges making it world's epicenter

India registered 78,357 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total over 3.7 million as the government eases pandemic restrictions nationwide to help the battered economy.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: Australia hot spot extends state of emergency

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hot spot Victoria state on Wednesday extended its state of emergency for another six months as its weekly average of new coronavirus infections dipped.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Scale of New Zealand cyber attacks unprecedented: minister

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s justice minister says the nation is confronting cyber attacks on an unprecedented scale, targeting everything from the stock market to the weather service.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Police: LA deputies shoot, kill Black man who dropped gun

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped for a traffic violation while riding a bike, then ran from police, punched one officer and then “made…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
World Bank-funded dam in Lebanon mirrors governance crisis

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Bisri Valley lies on a green fertile bed, a spot that has cradled civilizations dating as far back as the Bronze Age. Its expansive lands of pine, citrus trees and ancient ruins are threaten…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Airline crews report jetpack flier near Los Angeles airport

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to land …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Security Council to meet on post-COVID-19 security threats

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold a high-level summit during the annual meeting of world leaders at the General Assembly later this month to discuss security threats in the world after the C…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UAE's warm welcome to Israelis reflects changing region

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In less than 24 hours on the ground,

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
With Kushner in UAE, Iran's leader decries Israel-UAE ties

AL-DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jared Kushner and U.S. officials visited a major air base in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, speaking to Emirati and American pilots on the tarmac, as Iran's sup…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
TS Nana to become hurricane before making landfall in Belize

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Nana was expected to become a hurricane before striking Belize before dawn Thursday and drenching a good part of Central America with dangerously heavy rainfall, th…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
California inks deal for new system after COVID data backlog

LOS ANGELES (AP) — About a month after California disclosed its COVID-19 tracking system had produced inaccurate case numbers, state officials awarded a $15 million contract Tuesday to a software company to design …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Wednesday: