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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, 7 months ago
UK government prepares jobs support if firms forced to close

LONDON (AP) — The British government is on Friday set to announce further support for companies to retain staff in the coming months if they are forced to close as a result of new lockdown restrictions.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Global stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Friday after President Donald Trump said talks had resumed on an aid package for the struggling U.S. economy.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Saturday, October 10, 2020

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Typhoon off southern Japan, heavy rain expected nationwide

TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving typhoon off Japan's southern coast has triggered gusts and rain across a large part of the country and could bring heavy rains to the Tokyo region through early next week, though it was n…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Sentencing procedure continues for Greece's Golden Dawn

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defense lawyers for the 18 former lawmakers of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party are to continue their arguments Friday for more lenient sentences, after judges deemed the party a criminal …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
German police begin clearing notorious Berlin squat

BERLIN (AP) — Police in heavy riot gear began clearing out a notorious Berlin leftist squat on Friday morning, encountering only passive resistance from residents as they carried them individually down a firetruck'…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
UK economy stutters in August despite dining discount

LONDON (AP) — The British economy grew by far less than anticipated during August, raising concerns that the recovery from the coronavirus recession was already stuttering even before the reimposition of an array o…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 3:20 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Spain considers state of emergency for virus-hit Madrid

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday morning to consider declaring a state of emergency for Madrid and its surrounding region in order to impose stron…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP Week in Pictures, North America

Oct. 2 - 8, 2020

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
UN envoy urges Malians to pull country from cycle of coups

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Mali urged people in the West African nation, who just lived through another military coup, to use a recently agreed to 18-month transition “to pull their country out of the…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

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

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Duterte warns he’ll intercede if House squabble risks budget

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president warned Thursday he will intercede and resolve a leadership row in the House of Representatives if the impasse threatens to stall the passage of next year’s budget…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong

PARIS (AP) — Over the course of 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. His service now ha…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Major Hurricane Delta intensifies over the Gulf

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