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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…
Absent details, police shooting narratives seek to distract
CHICAGO (AP) — A familiar narrative emerged in the days that followed Jacob Blake’s shooting by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, one seen many times after a Black man or woman is killed or grievously wounded…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
2 shootings, 2 days: In Kenosha, a microcosm of US strife
Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger
The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.
75 years later, Japanese man recalls bitter internment in US
TOKYO (AP) — When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the first thing Hidekazu Tamura, a Japanese American living in California, thought was, “I’ll be killed at the hands of my fellow Americans.” It wouldn't be the …
The Latest: Philippines allows partial reopening in capital
MANILA, Philippines — Fitness gyms, barber shops and internet cafes were allowed to reopen partly in the Philippine capital Tuesday as the government further eased quarantine restrictions despite the country having…
3 found dead in Dallas after man says he killed wife, kids
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police officers found the bodies of three people in an apartment Monday after a man called an alarm company and said he had killed his wife and two children, police said.
Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease.
The Latest: Hong Kong starts voluntary mass-testing program
HONG KONG — Hong Kong has kicked off a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city’s third outbreak of the disease.
Facebook threatens to block news distribution in Australia
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook threatened to
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT
2 shootings, 2 days: In Kenosha, a microcosm of US strife
Mexico City's 2nd oldest church burns amid homeless takeover
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities promised Monday to erect a barricade around Mexico City’s second oldest church after a weekend fire damaged the tower, choir, an organ and stained glass.
Planes, pizza and Cher: Biden resumes campaign travel
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Biden opened the first week of the general-election campaign with a morning flight to a must-win battleground state where he delivered a blistering speech against his rival, President Donald T…
Visitation to begin again at federal prisons in October
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin allowing inmates to have visitors again in October, almost seven months after visits were suspended at the 122 federal prisons across the U.S., according t…
Liberty announces investigation into Falwell's tenure
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the e…
US wildlife officials aim to remove wolf protections in 2020
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration plans to lift endangered species protections for gray wolves across most of the nation by the end of the year, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…