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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…
Utility says equipment not to blame for Baltimore explosion
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Gas and Electric said Thursday that all of its equipment had been operating safely before a gas explosion leveled three row homes, killed two people and sent seven more to the hospital.
UK engineers to examine slopes near tracks after derailment
LONDON (AP) — Britain's railway operator says inspectors will be examining track-side slopes after a passenger train derailed following heavy rain and flooding in Scotland, killing three people.
Turkey detains IS suspect planning attack on police
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have detained a suspected Islamic State group militant who was allegedly planning to attack a police station, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Thursday.
Stocks open mostly lower a day after latest run at record
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street Thursday a day after the S&P 500 closed just below its pre-pandemic record high. The index was down 0.1% in the early going. Cisco, which makes routers…
Police: 4 people charged after 2 goats found killed
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — Four people have been charged after two goats were fatally attacked by dogs and someone wielding a spiked bat and what appeared to be a machete, authorities in Virginia said.
UN: 8 children die within days in Syria camp for IS families
BEIRUT (AP) — At least eight children under the age of five have died in recent days from health problems linked to the dire conditions in a camp in northern Syria housing tens of thousands of female supporters of …
Lebanon's military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday approved a state of emergency in Beirut in its first session since the catastrophic Aug. 4 explosion, granting the military sweeping powers amid rising popular anger a…
Rights group: Houthis, Saudis killed Ethiopian migrants
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent rights group Thursday accused Yemen's Houthi rebels and rival Saudi border guards of killing several dozen Ethiopian migrants in an incident at the border earlier this year.
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The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million for the first time since the pandemic intensified in March, though applications remain at an extraordinarily high level. The Labor D…
AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020
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3 Spaniards dead, 1 missing in Swiss canyoning accident
BERLIN (AP) — Three Spanish tourists were killed and one is presumed dead after a flash flood in a part of the Swiss Alps where they were canyoning, authorities in Switzerland said Thursday.
At least 1 person stabbed in Norway, suspect detained
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police say at least one person has been stabbed in Norway’s second-largest city and a suspect has been detained.
Africa begins continent-wide study of COVID-19 antibodies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An Africa-wide study of antibodies to the coronavirus has begun, while evidence from a smaller study indicates that many more people have been infected than official numbers show, the Africa Cen…
AP PHOTOS: Across faiths, pandemic alters worship, rites
London and its environs are home to a notable diversity of faiths and flocks. Rites that have been the bedrock of their beliefs for centuries had to evolve swiftly during the pandemic lockdown to be safe and releva…
German court convicts mother of letting son die of thirst
BERLIN (AP) — A court in western Germany convicted a 28-year-old woman of negligent homicide Thursday for allowing her young son to die of thirst.