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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…
Coroner attributes California death to Vegas mass shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a California woman last November stemmed from wounds she received in the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, a coroner has determined.
Texas renews court effort to ban abortion procedure
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas officials asked a federal appeals court’s permission Tuesday to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure — before the court rules on its constitutionality.
Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said co…
Greek coast guard: 92 people rescued from migrant boat
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major search and rescue operation was underway in the eastern Aegean Sea Tuesday night after authorities received an emergency call from a boat carrying an unknown number of migrants, Greece…
Virginia judge allows lawsuit to proceed over plans to remove enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia judge allows lawsuit to proceed over plans to remove enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Stocks shake off a bumpy start and push to another record
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off a slow start on Wall Street and pushed gradually higher in the afternoon, leaving the S&P 500 at another record high. The benchmark index rose 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended …
Western Carolina football players propose boycott over video
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A Western Carolina University football player has called on his teammates to boycott team activities after several racist videos involving students at the school circulated on social medi…
Governor declares emergency after police shooting of Blake
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after some protesters vandalized businesses and set dozens of buildings on fire in a city where police shot a Black man multiple times…
Kanye West falls short in bid to be on Missouri's ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West did not gather enough valid signatures to be on Missouri's election ballot in November, election officials said Tuesday.
More than 500 COVID-19 cases reported on Alabama campus
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama has recorded 531 cases of COVID-19 on campus since the fall semester began last week, according to
Anthony of iconic Prince spaghetti commercial dies
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts man who as a 12-year-old boy appeared in an iconic television commercial for Prince spaghetti running through the streets of Boston's Italian North End has died.
Iowa farmers unsure what's next after winds flatten corn
WOODWARD, Iowa (AP) — Usually this time of year, someone could get lost in the tightly packed sea of corn that surrounds farmer Rod Pierce's house in central Iowa.
Final 2 Mississippi flag proposals: Shield vs. magnolia
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As Mississippi replaces its former flag that had the Confederate battle emblem, five proposals were literally run up a flagpole Tuesday. A group then narrowed the choice to two designs: One wi…
Greek coast guard: 89 people rescued from migrant boat
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major search and rescue operation was underway in the eastern Aegean Sea Tuesday night after authorities received an emergency call from a boat carrying an unknown number of migrants, Greece…
'The first lady's night' -- GOP features Melania Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The people closest to President Donald Trump — his family — star in the second night of the Republican National Convention as the GOP works to reintroduce the president to the American electorate …