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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…
Berlin security services: Highway attacker wasn't on radar
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Thursday that a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway wasn't previously on the security services' radar.
Rappers, activists arrested in crackdown on Thai protests
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police arrested nine pro-democracy activists, including two rappers, in a crackdown on growing protests that have emerged as the most serious threat to the government led by a former army genera…
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Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must vote
Mali army Col. Assimi Goita says he's in charge of junta
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A colonel in Mali's army says he's now in charge of the West African country, declaring himself chairman of the junta that forced the democratically elected but unpopular president to resign.
Video of 2018 police action during detention shocks Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) — The government has reacted with shock to released images of a fatal 2018 police intervention in which a Slovak man died after he was put in detention. Pictures show an officer sitting on his chest w…
State TV says Iran unveiled 2 new missiles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting the country has unveiled two new missiles amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Global shares retreat after Fed minutes bring reality check
TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets fell Thursday after minutes to the last meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve laid out the challenges facing the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Islamic State bride sold her wedding present: an AK47
BERLIN (AP) — A German woman who joined the Islamic State group fell on such hard times that she had to sell her wedding present, an AK47 rifle, according to prosecutors in Germany.
North Korea sets rare party meeting after economic shortfall
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that U.S.-led sanctions, the pandemic and devastating floods have hurt his country's dismal economy as his ruling party schedu…
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Russia's Navalny in coma in ICU after alleged poisoning
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit after falling ill from suspected poisoning that his allies believe is linked to his poli…
Aspiring UK medical students in limbo because of exam fiasco
LONDON (AP) — Chris Byrne and Khadijah E. Olonade worked hard to get into medical school, but the computer said no.
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Science Says: People stoking brew that makes California burn
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.