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Updated 1 week, 2 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, 7 months ago
Bar or restaurant? The big issue in pandemic-struck Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) — New coronavirus restrictions put a spotlight on two Belgian classics this week: Beer and surrealism.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict draws in fighters from Mideast

BEIRUT (AP) — For the past two weeks, Raffi Ghazarian has been glued to the TV at home and at work watching news about the fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. If it goes on, the 50-year-old Lebanese o…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded Friday in Oslo

OSLO (AP) — The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Oslo, with no shortage of causes or candidates on this year's list.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Hurricane Delta inflicts new damage on storm-weary Louisiana

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount

PAMPLONA, Colombia (AP) — Eleazar Hernández slept on a sidewalk amid a light drizzle, temperatures that dipped close to freezing and the roar of passing trucks.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Battered Louisiana coast braces for 1 more: Hurricane Delta

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Boarded windows and empty sidewalks made parts of Louisiana's Acadiana region look like empty movie sets as major Hurricane Delta roared ever closer to the U.S. Gulf coast, apparently on track…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
House calls bring Jewish tradition of Sukkot to the isolated

NEW YORK (AP) — Sukkot, the weeklong Jewish fall holiday commemorating God’s miraculous protection of the Jewish people in the desert, looks different this year.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Czech Republic starts restrictions amid surge

PRAGUE — New reported coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic were their highest for a third straight day, registering another 5,394 cases.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Major Hurricane Delta to make landfall Friday

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

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict draws in fighters from Mideast

BEIRUT (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded Friday in Oslo

OSLO (AP) — The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Oslo, with no shortage of causes or candidates on this year's list.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year's Tokyo Olympics.

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

Oct. 2 - 8, 2020

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Surfer vanishes in suspected shark attack in Australia

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A surfer vanished in a suspected shark attack on Friday off the Australian southwest coast, police said.