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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, 6 months ago
Doctor says Trump no longer at risk of transmitting virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House doctor said Saturday night that President Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus, a diagnosis that comes as the president prepares to resume campaign ral…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Australian navy ship tows unexploded bomb out to sea

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian navy divers have removed an unexploded 45-kilogram (100-pound) bomb on a reef off the southeastern coast and a ship towed it to deeper waters because it posed a “significant risk” to the pu…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Trump's doctor says the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump's doctor says the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
28 arrested, tear gas used in Wisconsin protests

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Police used tear gas on demonstrators and arrested 28 people during a third straight night of protests over the lack of charges against a suburban Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Detained Canadians in China get rare consular access

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government said Saturday that China granted consular access to two detained Canadians in China for the first time since January.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president published an open letter to Pope Francis Saturday calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Louisiana gov vows hard work on storm recovery

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Delta (all times CDT):

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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A senior warning sign for Trump: 'Go Biden' cry at Villages

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

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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Brazil reaches 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 milestone

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday night, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America's largest nation.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Biden hits Trump on economy in critical Pennsylvania county

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — With the backdrop of a union facility in a key battleground county of Pennsylvania, Joe Biden on Saturday blistered President Donald Trump as only pretending to care about the working-class voters …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Farm's display supporting Biden, Harris goes up in flames

DALTON, Mass. (AP) — A stack of hay bales on a western Massachusetts farm that were painted to show support for the Democratic presidential ticket went up in flames, and one man has been arrested in connection with…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Remnants of hurricane spread wind, rain in South

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Delta (all times CDT):

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
GOP activists continue virus backlash with Abbott protest

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Activists and leaders from the right wing of the Texas Republican Party on Saturday continued their backlash against Gov. Greg Abbott's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a protest o…