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Updated 4 weeks 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
Tax collector faces sex trafficking count with new charges

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida tax collector already facing charges of stalking a political opponent and making fake driver's licenses for himself was charged Friday with the sex trafficking of a minor.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
LeBron James pumps up his hometown, Goodyear Tire

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Akron’s best-known native responded to President Donald Trump's attack on his Ohio hometown's iconic company, offering a shout-out of solidarity with the city, company and workers.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen journalists with the U.S. government’s premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency’s new …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Feds charge former Green Beret with espionage with Russia

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A former Army Green Beret living in northern Virginia was arrested on Friday, charged with divulging military secrets about his unit's activities in former Soviet republics during more than…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Federal prosecutors charge former Army Green Beret with espionage activity with Russia

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors charge former Army Green Beret with espionage activity with Russia.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Canada government appeals ruling on asylum seekers

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday the government is appealing a court ruling that struck down the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canada and the United S…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY

Democrats wrapped up their convention Thursday, after four nights of virtual programming. The attention now shifts to next week’s Republican National Convention.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Navy Secretary visits New England sub building sites

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite and members of Congress visited submarine construction operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut on Friday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Grand jury sought in Indiana police shooting of Black man

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A special prosecutor appointed to oversee the investigation into

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Sunday Spotlight,ADVISORY

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
S&P 500 ticks up as record-busting, wishy-washy week closes

NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for tech stocks propped up an otherwise wobbly Wall Street on Friday, as a record-breaking but wishy-washy week of trading came to a close. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, even though most stocks …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Pentagon: Use of surveillance planes in protests was legal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The use of National Guard reconnaissance planes in four U.S. cities to monitor the widespread protests earlier this year didn't violate rules against the military collecting intelligence on Americ…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Travelers lost about $900K at airport checkpoints last year

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Travelers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency, a newspaper reported Friday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News Digest 2:15 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
4 people missing after pipeline explosion at port in Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A dredging vessel at a Texas port hit a natural gas pipeline Friday, sparking an explosion that sent six people to the hospital and left four others missing, authorities said.