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Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gas prices climb across WA through April

MOSES LAKE — Gas prices across Washington continued their upward trajectory throughout April, mirroring national v…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
GLF--Northern Trust, Advisory

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Northern California firefighters dig in ahead of high winds

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
UK leader urges parents to let kids to return to school

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister is asking parents to set aside their fears and send their children back to school next month when schools in Britain fully reopen for the first time since the coronavirus pand…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Trump announces more access to plasma treatment

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma — a move he called “a breakthrough,” one of his top health officials called “promising”…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Hurricane Marco heading over Gulf toward Louisiana coast

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Marco became a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday on a path toward the Louisiana coast as Tropical Storm Laura killed at least seven people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Tuesday Spotlight, ADVISORY

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Colombia court calls on Uribe to testify in massacre probe

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Supreme Court is calling on powerful former President Álvaro Uribe to testify in an investigation into three massacres that could once and for all establish whether he had any tie…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Embed-Table-Election 2020-RNC Speakers, ADVISORY

ELECTION 2020-RNC SPEAKERS — Table. Some of the announced speakers for the four-day event to renominate the Trump-Pence ticket. This table is current as of Aug. 23, 2020 and will not update. Source: https://www.don…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Trump to announce plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump was set to announce on Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for CO…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Police: 12 arrested, 1 officer hurt during riot in Denver

DENVER (AP) — Dozens of armed “anarchists” descended on the Denver Police Headquarters late Saturday and damaged buildings, set fires and injured an officer, city officials said Sunday. A dozen people were arrested.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Delaware man charged with pulling gun on abortion opponents

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police in Delaware arrested a man on gun charges after he allegedly pulled a handgun on a group of anti-abortion protesters in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood, authorities said Saturday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Libyan commander dismisses rivals' cease-fire as 'deception'

CAIRO (AP) — Forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter on Sunday dismissed a cease-fire proposal by the U.N.-supported government as a “deception,” claiming that rival militias were preparing to attack the st…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Taliban set powerful negotiating team for intra-Afghan talks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban's chief has finalized a negotiating team that is to have sweeping decision-making powers in upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations, the top Taliban negotiator told The Associated Press on S…