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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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
Congolese Nobel Peace laureate Mukwege faces death threats
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) —
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…
Coastal Louisiana a hot mess as Laura's leftovers move east
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The remnants of
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…
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…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, August 28, 2020
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, August 28, 2020
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.
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…
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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…