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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…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Pope elevating 13 new cardinals in ceremony marked by COVID

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is preparing to formally elevate 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to receive the rank, in a ceremony marked in every way by the coronavirus pandemic: Two of the cardin…

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Lottery State-by-State

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

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Lottery State-by-State-All

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Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her …

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Iowa: Hold Constitutional Convention (To propose amendments)

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Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released

WASHINGTON (AP) — The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charg…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
UK appoints vaccines minister to oversee COVID inoculations

LONDON (AP) — The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts military role in vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the get-go, President Donald Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military's role in his administration's crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court sh…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
1 dead, 1 injured in Sacramento Black Friday mall shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A shooting at a Sacramento mall Friday killed one person and left another with life-threatening wounds and police were looking for the attacker, authorities said.

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Ethiopia’s military offensive begins in capital of defiant Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military offensive begins in capital of defiant Tigray region.

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Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital city

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Ethiopian military on Saturday began an offensive in the Tigray regional capital in its quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders.

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California: App-Drivers Not Employees (Provide other benefits)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Protests over security bill planned across France

PARIS (AP) — Critics of a proposed French security law that would restrict sharing images of police are gathering across the country in protest on Saturday.