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Updated 4 weeks, 1 day 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
The Latest: S.Korea shuts churches, nightspots in Seoul area

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will ban large public gatherings and shut down churches and nightspots in the greater capital area following an alarming surge in coronavirus cases.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Bavarian town orders 120 people into quarantine

BERLIN — Authorities in a Bavarian town have ordered 120 people into quarantine after a resident returning from a trip to Italy tested positive for the coronavirus, but only learned of his results after attending a…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Strong quake in Philippines kills 1, damages houses, roads

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted the central Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person, injuring dozens, and damaging houses, two buildings used for coronavirus quarantine, bridges an…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
National Zoo awaits birth of pandemic panda cub

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zookeepers at Washington’s National Zoo are on furry black-and-white baby watch after concluding that venerable giant panda matriarch Mei Xiang is pregnant and could give birth this week. It’s a w…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Norwegian suspected of spying for Russia held in custody

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian citizen suspected of spying for Russia has been remanded in custody for four weeks.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Belarusian ambassador resigns after supporting protesters

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia, who supported protesters rallying against his country's authoritarian president, said Tuesday he has handed in his resignation, a move indicating growing…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News Digest 3 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Chinese company: Vaccine ready by end of year

BEIJING — The head of a major state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company says its coronavirus vaccine will be commercially available by the end of the year.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified

California sizzled to a triple-digit temperature so hot that meteorologists need to verify it as a planet-wide high mark.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
American released from Lebanon after jailed for months dies

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Amer Fakhoury, an American who was jailed for months in Lebanon and later released over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied died Monday, his family said. He was 57.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Strong earthquake jolts central Philippines, homes damaged

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses, low-slung buildings and a seaport and prompting people to …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Tuesday:

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Universities scramble to deal with virus outbreaks

North Carolina's flagship university canceled in-person classes for undergraduates just a week into the fall semester Monday as college campuses around the U.S. scramble to deal with coronavirus clusters linked in …