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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
2 charged in Michigan plots served in US Marines

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Saturday that two men charged in

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
2 small aircraft collide in France, killing 5 people

PARIS (AP) — An ultra-light airplane collided on Saturday with another small plane, killing five people as the two aircraft fell into gardens around a small town in France.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed 'like an orange’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Texas attorney general seeks stay of mail-in ballot order

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday filed a request for an emergency stay of a federal judge’s injunction that blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s order dramatically reducing places where vote…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruptio…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
White House virus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House coronavirus aid offer got bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum on Saturday.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong

PARIS (AP) — During a single overnight shift this week, three new COVID-19 patients were rushed into Dr. Karim Debbat’s small intensive care ward in the southern French city of Arles. It now has more virus patients…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Forecasters: Alabama, Georgia may have tornadoes

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

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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Trump makes 1st public appearance since his hospital stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday made his first public appearance after being hospitalized for the coronavirus, defying public health guidelines to speak to a crowd of hundreds even as the White…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Religious gathering limit upheld as NY hospitalizations rise

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with the coronavirus continues to rise, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday, as authorities heightened their focus on banning mass gatherings in COVID-19 hot spots…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Miami road to be named after Trayvon Martin

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida road will be named after a Black teenager whose death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in 2012 catalyzed a movement for racial justice.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Michigan agency removes foxes, coyotes from unlicensed rehab

Officials removed a half-dozen red foxes, three coyotes and other animals from an unlicensed rehabilitation center in western Michigan where the owner’s 2-year-old granddaughter lost an arm after reaching into a pe…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Mideast wildfires kill 3, force thousands to flee homes

BEIRUT (AP) — Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed three people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel b…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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