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Updated 2 weeks, 3 days 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, 6 months ago
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan

KALBAJAR, Azerbaijan (AP) — In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from houses that his neighbors h…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Lebanon begins two-week lockdown to limit spread of virus

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police on Saturday patrolled the streets of the capital Beirut, ordering shops to close as the country began a two-week lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has killed dozens …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Low-key arrival for St. Nicholas amid Dutch restrictions

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Saint Nicholas, the gift-bearing patron saint of children, arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday amid a partial coronavirus lockdown that forced the cancellation of celebrations in ma…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Thai protesters rally again, promoting a diversity of causes

BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand rallied again on Saturday, promoting a diversity of causes and taking an opportunity to display their rejection of the country’s power structure directly to the m…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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Virginia: Establish Redistricting Commission (Of legislators,

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Egypt unveils ancient coffins, statues found in Saqqara

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
US top diplomat arrives in France on difficult 7-nation tour

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward since all the nations on his s…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
AP News Digest 7:08 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Ethiopia's Tigray region bombs airports as conflict spreads

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray regional government said Saturday it fired rockets at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Afric…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Iota threatens 2nd tropical strike for Nicaragua, Honduras

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Iota was brewing in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, threatening a second tropical strike for Nicaragua and Honduras, countries recently clobbered by a Category 4 Hurricane …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Pakistan says it has evidence of India sponsoring attacks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Saturday said India was sponsoring “terrorism” aimed at destabilizing the country and targeting its economic partnership with China, accusations that top Pakistani officials delivered a…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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UK nurse accused in murder of 8 babies denied bail

LONDON (AP) — A British judge has denied bail to a nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 other infants in a hospital’s neonatal unit.