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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…
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.
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.
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 …
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
Grand jury sought in Indiana police shooting of Black man
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A special prosecutor appointed to oversee the investigation into
Sunday Spotlight,ADVISORY
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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 …
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…
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.
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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.