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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
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

The torrid coronavirus summer across the Sun Belt is easing after two disastrous months that brought more than 35,000 deaths. Whether the outbreak will heat up again after Labor Day and the resumption of school and…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Kenosha unrest causes $2M in damage to city-owned property

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Damage to city-owned property from violence that erupted over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha is estimated at nearly $2 million so far, a city official said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
LA Sheriff's Dept: Deputies kill Black man who dropped a gun

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two deputies fatally shot a black man who scuffled with them after they tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in an unlawful manner, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said. A crowd gathered a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Chinese figures help buoy market sentiment at start of month

LONDON (AP) — Solid economic news out of China overnight helped support most European stock markets on Tuesday, though the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares fell sharply, a day after it was closed for a publ…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
It's class time again across Europe, virus or no

PARIS (AP) — Tugging on their masks or dashing to hug long-unseen friends, millions of children returned to school across Europe and beyond Tuesday in a mass experiment aimed at bridging inequalities and resuscitat…

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
North Macedonia: Police arrest 3 on suspicion of terrorism

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have arrested three men on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the country and have seized a large quantity of weapons in raids in five locat…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News Digest 7:25 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that litters Africa, according to environmentalists who fear the con…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Belarus: Students detained while protesting nation's leader

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities resumed detaining protesters in the country's capital Tuesday as university students took to the streets to demand the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN agency laments summer's 'deep wound' to Earth's ice cover

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “deep wound” in the cryosphere -- the planet’s frozen parts -- amid a heat wave in the Arctic,

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Massachusetts voters to decide Markey, Kennedy primary fight

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters on Tuesday were deciding one of the higher profile battles on this year's primary ballot — the contest pitting incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey against U.S. Rep. Joe K…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Tuesday, September 1, 2020