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Updated 2 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, 5 months ago
Singer Bobby Brown's son found dead at Los Angeles home

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Colorado: Ban Late-Term Abortions (Exempt medical need)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Virginia: Establish Redistricting Commission (Of legislators,

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Tokyo Olympics: Q&A on vaccines, fans, qualifying and costs

TOKYO (AP) — We're at the halfway point. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed eight months ago, and now are to open in eight months: July 23, 2021. Crunch time is coming.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches aircraft-carrying ship

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched a heavy warship Thursday capable of carrying helicopters, drones and missile launchers amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Justice Dept.'s China focus likely to continue under Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has identified China as the country's biggest foe and the Justice Department mirrored that emphasis over the last four years with a drumbeat of cases against defendants rang…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Death toll up to 7 in Uganda's unrest after Bobi Wine arrest

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to seven, police said Thursday, as a second day of demonstrations bega…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Pompeo, in Israel, vows new action against boycott movement

JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. will regard the Palestinian-led boycott movement as “anti-Semitic” and cut off government support for any organizations taking part in it,…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Louisiana: Ban Abortion Rights (No requirement to fund)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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California: App-Drivers Not Employees (Provide other benefits)

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
UK to bolster defense spending by 'most since Cold War'

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his backing to what is being touted as the biggest investment program in the country's armed forces since the end of the Cold War three decades ago.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that “we are inevitably edging toward a second wave” of infections.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Indian police say 4 suspected rebels killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Four suspected militants were killed and two Indian police officers were wounded Thursday in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.