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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…
Asia Today: SKorea imposes stricter measures to stem spread
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is banning large gatherings, shutting nightspots and churches and removing fans from professional sports in unprecedented restrictions announced Saturday as it battles the spre…
Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans in tight reelections are in a precarious position over the embattled Postal Service as its bosses impose cost-cutting measures on one of the government's few beloved agen…
House holding rare Saturday vote on postal changes, funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is convening for a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions, poised to pass legislation that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $25…
Reinforcements arriving to help in deadly California fires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters and aircraft from 10 states began arriving in California Friday to help weary crews battling some of the largest blazes in state history as weekend weather threatened to renew the …
Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of 'Kamala'
CHICAGO (AP) — Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president"…
Democratic plan in rural, swing state counties: Lose by less
MONTFORT, Wis. (AP) — Jerry Volenec felt betrayed.
Biden, once an orator, reaches for rhetorical flourish again
WASHINGTON (AP) — The early months of Joe Biden’s third White House bid were marked with uneven debate performances and winding town halls in Iowa and New Hampshire. That contrast to the loquacious, eloquent young …
2 tropical storms a potential double threat to US Gulf Coast
Two newly formed tropical storms could become almost simultaneous threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into an odd dance around each other. Or they could fall apart as they soa…
Asia Today: S Korea imposes stricter measures as cases jump
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is banning large gatherings, shutting nightspots and churches and removing fans from professional sports in unprecedented restrictions announced Saturday as it battles the spre…
AP PHOTOS: Northeast India recalls 'Stalingrad of the East'
KOHIMA, India (AP) — To Kuozeu Vizo, the landscape was as spellbinding as a rice field, golden and ripe for harvest, but it was her village burned black.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
Tropical Storm Marco forms in northwest Caribbean, could join Tropical Storm Laura as eventual double Gulf threat
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Marco forms in northwest Caribbean, could join Tropical Storm Laura as eventual double Gulf threat.
Asia Today: S Korea mulls stricter measures as virus spreads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 332 new cases of the coronavirus, its ninth straight day of triple-digit increases, as government officials mull unprecedented economic restrictions to slow a resu…
Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital
OMSK, Russia (AP) — Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital.
Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
OMSK, Russia (AP) — A plane carrying a Russian dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital Saturday following much wrangling over Alexei Navalny’s condition and treatment.