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Army takes custody of Gorge shooting suspect

MOSES LAKE — The Army has taken custody of the soldier accused of killing two people and injuring several others d…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
UN fears 'massive' COVID transmission in Ethiopia's Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of health services, as humanitarian workers …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: German teachers, parents against reopening

BERLIN — Teachers and parents in Berlin are expressing anger at plans to partially resume in-school teaching next week even as Germany remains in lockdown.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 3:35 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Global shares climb on Wall Street rally, stimulus hopes

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares rose Friday on hopes for additional economic stimulus after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster

WASHINGTON (AP) — With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affir…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Brazil enjoys fun in the sun as COVID-19 deaths top 200,000

SAO PAULO (AP) — The night before New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of revelers clad in their bathing suits crowded onto the iconic Ipanema beach to have some seaside drinks. It was one of many open-air p…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP Week in Pictures, North America

Jan. 1 - 7, 2021

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Seychelles to start vaccinations with Chinese-made Sinopharm

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles says it will begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations on Sunday with the 50,000 doses it has of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

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

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Lottery State-by-State

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

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Japan starts 1st day under emergency steps to curb virus

TOKYO (AP) — Japan began its first day under a coronavirus state of emergency Friday with much of life going on as usual, including morning commuter trains shuttling crowds of mask-wearing people at bustling statio…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST

Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

New research suggests Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more-contagious variants of the coronavirus that have erupted in Britain and South Africa.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Woman dies in suspected New Zealand shark attack

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman has died in what appears to be New Zealand’s first fatal shark attack in eight years, police said on Friday.