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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…
Facebook stirs anger, abandons drilling gear on Oregon coast
TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — Facebook's effort to build a landing site in a village on the Oregon coast for a fiber optic cable linking Asia and North America has run into serious trouble.
France offers to help Navalny after alleged Russia poisoning
MOSCOW (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France is ready to offer hospitalized Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny “all necessary assistance” after a suspected poisoning.
Uber, Lyft threaten California shutdown over driver status
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are saying they will shut down their California operations if a new law goes into effect overnight that would force both companies to classify their drivers…
Science Says: Climate change, people stoke California fires
If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch’s brew.
The Latest: WHO urges African governments to reopen schools
JOHANNESBURG -- The World Health Organization has urged African governments to accelerate the reopening of schools, saying that the continent’s youths will suffer from prolonged closures due to the COVID-19 pandemi…
Pandemic's toll among journalists in Peru is especially high
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of journalists have died from COVID-19 in Peru since the pandemic began, in the highest reported death toll of media workers from the new coronavirus in Latin America, according to journal…
Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus.
Key moments in Flint, Michigan’s lead-tainted water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The announcement of a $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of Flint harmed by lead-tainted water is the latest development in a crisis that began in 2014 when the city b…
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY
The Democratic National Convention holds its fourth and final night Thursday, capped off with Joe Biden giving his acceptance speech for the party’s presidential nomination from Wilmington, Delaware.
FBI offers reward after toddler found alone, mother missing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the location of 21-year-old Georgia mother Leila Cavett, whose young son was found wandering alone in a South Fl…
Alabama restarts prep football in test of virus precautions
THORSBY, Ala. (AP) — It's mostly quiet in the Alabama farming community of Thorsby aside from trucks and trains that rumble through bound for someplace larger. Remembering directions to the town's football stadium …
Live air-to-air missile found at central Florida airport
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A live air-to-air missile discovered at a small central Florida airport has been secured in a munition storage facility at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
Report urges action on flooding, erosion from climate change
BOSTON (AP) — Increased tidal flooding, beach erosion and aging sea barriers are among the climate change concerns threatening a famous coastal destination in Massachusetts, according to a
Top Belgian police official steps aside over 2018 video
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top Belgian police official stepped aside Thursday after a video of a fatal 2018 police intervention in which a Slovak man died after he was put in detention at Charleroi airport was made public.
The Latest: New guidance may send exposed teachers to class
ATLANTA -- New guidance from the President Donald Trump’s administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could exempt teachers from quarantine requirements after being exposed to the …