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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…
Teen charged in Kenosha shootings due back in Illinois court
CHICAGO (AP) — A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after
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…
Scalia 'heir' Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court has expressed unease with some landmark rulings, including ones that established a right to abortion, and has suggested in her academic writing t…
Asia Today: Sri Lanka orders closures to contain virus
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan health authorities were working Friday to contain a growing cluster of new coronavirus infections, ordering the closure of bars, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs and spas.
Politics has way of finding Supreme Court eager to avoid it
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court.
Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher on stimulus hopes
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S. economy.
AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
Oct. 28 – Oct. 8, 2020
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.
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…
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.
Iran foreign minister on China visit following US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — China says Iran's foreign minister will visit the country from Friday to Saturday, a day after the Trump administration blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector in the latest step aimed a…
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…
The Latest: Major Hurricane Delta intensifies over the Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):
The Latest: Trump wants to hold rally in Florida on Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Trump says he's ready for rallies; doctor says therapy done
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he is ready to resume campaign rallies and feels “perfect” one week after his diagnosis with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 America…