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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…
Scientists say Hong Kong man got coronavirus a second time
University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy, voicing the concern as a U.S. boo…
The Latest: Trump says Americans can go to polls amid virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on this week's
St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, to defend show of weapons
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home will make the case in their opening night speech of the Republican National Co…
Professor, NASA researcher accused of concealing China ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor has been charged with accepting federal grant money while hiding work he was doing for a university established by the Chinese government as we…
New federal data: fewer kids in US foster care system
The number of children in the U.S. foster care system has dropped for a second year in a row, and a record number of children in the child welfare system were able to find adoptive homes, according to new federal d…
Police shooting of Black man stirs unrest in Wisconsin city
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha became the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest after police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three chil…
Israeli government faces uncertainty ahead of Knesset vote
JERUSALEM (AP) — The fate of Israel’s fractious coalition government was up in the air on Monday, hours before a critical vote on whether to dissolve the alliance and force new elections.
The Latest: Spain adds thousands of new coronavirus cases
MADRID — Fearing an even sharper surge in coronavirus infections with the opening of the school year in September, some Spanish regions moved Monday to impose new measures against the spread of the pandemic, includ…
Mali junta insists president did not resign under duress
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the co…
NY AG probes if President Trump inflated assets for loans
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements.
Facebook to pay $125 million in back taxes to France
PARIS (AP) — Facebook’s French subsidiary has agreed to pay 106 million euros ($125 million) in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants to pay more taxes where they mak…
Teen identified as victim in fatal mall shooting, 2 arrested
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The victim of a fatal Kentucky mall shooting was identified Monday as a 17-year-old boy and two people associated with him were arrested and charged with tampering with evidence, authorities …
California high court rejects Scott Peterson's death penalty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence i…
Canadian man pleads guilty in human smuggling case on border
A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he led an organization that smuggled people into the U.S. from Canada along the Vermont and New York borders, court records show.