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Updated 3 weeks, 4 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
Shinzo Abe -- aka 'Super Mario' -- will miss Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a star at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, parading before a sellout crowd at the Maracana Stadium as Nintendo game character Super Mario.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Monsoon rains wreak havoc across Pakistan, killing 36 people

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains hit parts of Pakistan including the financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night bringing more flooding to towns and villages and leaving at least 36 people dead, offici…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Egypt police arrest leader of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police arrested a high-level leader in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood at his hiding place in Cairo, an Interior Ministry statement said Friday.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: LA to file charges over recent house parties

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles plans to file criminal charges over recent parties in the Hollywood Hills, held despite a city ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Congolese Nobel Peace laureate Mukwege faces death threats

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Monsoon rains wreek havoc across Pakistan, killing 36 people

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains hit parts of Pakistan including the financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night bringing more flooding to towns and villages and leaving at least 36 people dead, offici…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Coastal Louisiana a hot mess as Laura's leftovers move east

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The remnants of

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Katrina to COVID: New Orleans' Black community pounded again

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Levee breaches from Hurricane Katrina dumped six feet of water into the New Orleans home of Mary Duplessis and her husband in 2005. The house was uninhabitable. Rebuilding meant piles of paperwor…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumors of another police shooting in the city still reeling from the death of George Floyd began spreading qu…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, August 28, 2020

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Turkish lawyer dies on hunger strike demanding fair trial

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A human rights lawyer in Turkey has died of a hunger strike she launched in prison to demand a fair trial for herself and colleagues, an attorney’s group said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
U.S. flies B-52 bombers over Europe to show NATO solidarity

BERLIN (AP) — American B-52 Stratofortress bombers were flying over all 30 NATO countries on Friday in an exercise the U.S. military said was meant to demonstrate the alliance's solidarity, amid growing signs of cr…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Afghan officials: Roadside bombs kill 14 in separate attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs struck two vehicles carrying civilians in separate attacks Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three children, and wounding three others, o…