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Updated 3 weeks, 3 days 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
2 St. Louis officers shot, 1 critically; suspect barricaded

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Two St. Louis police officers were shot and one of them was seriously wounded Saturday evening while responding to a report of a shooting on the city's south side by a suspect who remains barr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Arkansas sheriff quits after racist rant goes viral

DEWITT, Ark. (AP) — The sheriff of an Arkansas Delta county resigned Friday under pressure after a recording of a man identified as him delivering a racist rant went viral.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump to visit Kenosha Tuesday, potentially stoking tensions

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Commuter bus slams into divider at NYC bus terminal, 16 hurt

NEW YORK (AP) — A commuter bus slammed into a divider at New York City’s main bus terminal on Saturday, injuring 16 people including one critically, the fire department said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Death toll rises to 29 in north China restaurant collapse

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say the death toll has risen to 29 in the collapse of a two-story restaurant in the northern province of Shanxi.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Chinese authorities say death toll rises to 29 in collapse of two-story restaurant in northern province

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say death toll rises to 29 in collapse of two-story restaurant in northern province.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

Trump's intel chief ends election security briefings to Hill

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: Seoul enforces limits on diners, shuts gyms

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centers and after-school academies in the greater capital a…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
California moves to consider reparations for slavery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles aga…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Navajo Nation coronavirus deaths rise to 500

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Navajo Nation health officials say the confirmation of a new death brings the number of fatalities from coronavirus to 500. The Navajo Nation on Friday night reported the additional death as w…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump's intel chief ends election security briefings to Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers S…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Arizona student group slammed for raising money for gunman

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Republican student group at Arizona State University is receiving backlash for donating money to the 17-year-old gunman who fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Trump administration ends election security briefings

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Gulf Coast residents mark 15th anniversary of Katrina

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people in western Louisiana continue to dig out from Hurricane Laura, residents of eastern Louisiana and Mississippi marked the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday.