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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…
Crews try to tame California wildfire as heat wave arrives
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews scrambled to protect homes from a huge wildfire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles, and officials warned the blaze could flare up again Thursday as a blistering heat wave descen…
UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied We…
Official Palestinian news agency says Palestinians are recalling their ambassador from the UAE over Israel deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Official Palestinian news agency says Palestinians are recalling their ambassador from the UAE over Israel deal.
Rights group: Alarming child mortality among Colombian Wayuu
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Lack of access to clean water is leading to alarmingly high levels of child mortality and malnutrition among Colombia’s largest Indigenous group — problems that could grow worse as a result …
California officer rescues disabled man from oncoming train
LODI, Calif. (AP) — A police officer in California pulled a man from a wheelchair that was stuck on railroad tracks seconds before the train came past, in a dramatic rescue caught on the officer’s body camera.
2 more Iowans die from storm incidents; 77K without power
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials on Thursday attributed two more deaths to the powerful storm that struck Iowa earlier in the week.
The Latest: Bahrain welcomes UAE-Israel deal on full ties
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Here is the Latest following President Donald Trump's announcement that the United Arab Emirates and Israel will open diplomatic ties in a deal halting Israel's planned annexation…
UAE to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied We…
The Latest: NYC mayor still plans to reopen schools on time
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held firm to plans to reopen the nation’s largest public school system within a month, despite pleas from teachers and principals to delay the return of students to cla…
Feds now investigating Florida man accused of making bombs
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Federal agents are taking over the investigation of a Florida man who was arrested after police found more than two dozen pipe bombs near his home, including some that contained nails, sc…
Venezuela ballerina reinvents training at home in quarantine
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A book cabinet has become a training bar for Venezuelan ballerina Carolina Wolf. She has to wet her ballet slippers so her feet don’t slip on the tile floor. Her two cats replace an audien…
Daimler reaches deals to settle US diesel emissions claims
BERLIN (AP) — Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached agreements in principle to settle U.S. claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion.
Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal 'treason,' want retraction
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spokesman for the Palestinian president is condemning the deal to establish full diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
The Latest: Egypt's leader hails 'historic' UAE-Israel deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Here is the Latest following President Donald Trump's announcement that the United Arab Emirates and Israel will open diplomatic ties in a deal halting Israel's planned annexation…
Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties, halt to annexation 'treason' and demand its retraction
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties, halt to annexation 'treason' and demand its retraction.