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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…
Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane
ENNIS, Texas (AP) — Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled from rapidly intensifying Hurricane Laura as hotels and shelters filled quickly, exacerbating the struggles of evacuees who lost jobs in the coronavirus pa…
Police: Protester in US illegally shot toward police chopper
DENVER (AP) — A man accused of firing his gun during a Denver protest in May made anti-police statements before shooting into the sky in the direction of police and television helicopters, according to a court docu…
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY
The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday, Aug. 24 with President Trump's formal nomination for a second term and runs through Thursday, Aug. 27. Activities are planned from 8:30-11 p.m. ET throughout th…
The Latest: Laura becomes "catastrophic" category 4 storm
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AP PHOTOS: Unrest grips Wisconsin city after police shooting
Unrest has gripped Kenosha for three nights after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by police in the southeastern Wisconsin city.
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UK Supreme Court lifts info share block on IS 'Beatles' case
LONDON (AP) — British authorities can share information with U.S. prosecutors about two members of a suspected Islamic State militant cell in Syria known as “The Beatles,” after a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that may…
17-year-old arrested in killing of 2 people in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday in the killing of two people gunned down during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Bl…
Laura strengthens into 'extremely dangerous' Category 4
DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communitie…
Correction: Trump-Homeland Security story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story August 25, 2020, about President Donald Trump’s announcement that acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Would would be nominated to be the secretary, The Associated Press erroneous…
Testing traps to control lovely but destructive lionfish
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
Mali needs to focus on its security, Nigerian president says
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali needs to focus on its security, under threat from Islamic extremists, and put individual interests aside after a coup last week deposed the president and left a power vacuum, Nigeria’s pres…
New effort begins to name Kansas City street after King
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A civil rights organization has restarted an effort to name a major thoroughfare in Kansas City after Martin Luther King Jr., suggesting that three intersecting major routes through parts of…
Law enforcement official identifies suspect in Kenosha shootings as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Law enforcement official identifies suspect in Kenosha shootings as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois.
Court: School transgender bathroom policy unconstitutional
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Virginia school board’s transgender bathroom ban is unconstitutional and discriminated against a transgender male student who was barred from usin…