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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…
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY
The Republican National Convention runs Thursday, Aug. 27. Republicans began their first day’s proceedings in Charlotte, North Carolina, where delegates formally nominated President Trump for another term. Evening …
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Public Health story
In a story July 1, 2020, about cuts in the public health system, The Associated Press, due to erroneous data provided by the state of Florida, incorrectly understated Florida’s local health department spending decl…
The Latest: Trump says without evidence that virus is fading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on this week's
Ex Miami lawmaker hired by Venezuela voted to GOP committee
MIAMI (AP) — Democrats are sharpening attacks on a former congressman who was quietly elected to the Miami GOP's executive committee despite a federal investigation into a $50 million lobbying contract with a favor…
Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest.
Republicans nominate Trump; he questions election integrity
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the fall election, even as his …
Embed-Chart-Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK — chart. This digital embed showing the total number of yearly tests performed for smokestack pollution, reveals a 40 percent drop in procedures in 2020 compared to 2019. This chart is current as of …
Israeli rivals agree to stick together, prevent new election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief coalition partner agreed Monday to delay a fateful budget vote, averting the collapse of their fractious alliance and preventing a fourth ele…
DeJoy says Trump attacks on mail-in ballots 'not helpful'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers Monday that he has warned allies of President Donald Trump that the president’s repeated attacks on mail-in ballots are “not helpful,” but denied that…
Court finds parts of anti-riot law violate free speech
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions of two members of a white supremacist group who admitted they punched and kicked counter-demonstrators during the 2017 “Unite the Right”…
Falwell says he faced "emotional toll" after wife's affair
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr., currently on a leave of absence as the leader of evangelical Liberty University, has released a statement saying that he is seeking help for the “emotional toll” of an affair…
National Guard called out after police shoot Black man
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint…
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Person arrested for entering secure area at RNC in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Several protesters and a person who illegally entered a secure area before the start of the Republican National Convention have been arrested, convention officials and police said Monday.
U.N. nuclear agency head visits Iran amid US sanctions push
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency arrived in Iran on Monday to press for access to sites where authorities are thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.