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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…
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Federal virus money slow to trickle to local public health
EU chief convenes emergency video summit to discuss Belarus elections and post-poll violence
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU chief convenes emergency video summit to discuss Belarus elections and post-poll violence.
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2020 Watch: Democrats begin their all-virtual convention
NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
EU president calls emergency summit on Belarus elections
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel on Monday convened an emergency summit of EU leaders to discuss the presidential election in Belarus and the crackdown in the wake of the polls.
Israeli forces shoot, wound deaf Palestinian at checkpoint
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security guards on Monday shot and wounded a Palestinian who is deaf and couldn't hear their commands to stop at a West Bank checkpoint, police said, while a suspected Palestinian attacker …
Protests resume in Belarus demanding president to resign
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Several thousand factory workers took to the streets of Minsk on Monday, demanding the resignation of authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It was the ninth straight day of …
3 Texas officers shot by gunman, who holds 3 people in home
Three police officers were shot and a man remained barricaded inside a home with three of his family members in a suburb of Austin, Texas, authorities said.
Japan's leader goes to hospital, raising health concerns
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went to a hospital on Monday for what Japanese media said was a regular health checkup, although the visit generated renewed worries about his health.
South Korea pastor tests positive amid virus spike at church
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A conservative South Korean pastor who has been a bitter critic of the country's president has tested positive for the coronavirus, health authorities said Monday, two days after he partic…
The Latest: India's total coronavirus death toll tops 50,000
NEW DELHI — India's number of reported fatalities from the coronavirus has crossed 50,000 after 941 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients
LONDON (AP) — Geoff Woolf gave his sons a love for literature. When he got sick with COVID-19, they turned to books to help him — and others.
German police investigated after pinning youth with knee
BERLIN (AP) — German police have opened an internal investigation of a weekend incident caught on video in which two Duesseldorf police officers pin a young man to the ground, one holding his arms behind him and th…
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Over $700K raised for slain boy's funeral in North Carolina
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — More than $700,000 has been raised for the funeral service expenses of a slain 5-year-old boy in North Carolina whose death has captured national attention.