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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
The Latest: Mississippi could have tornadoes due to storm

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

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UN Security Council Back Home in Own Chamber After 7 Months

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council met in its chamber at U.N. headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York in March on Thursday, and despite wearing masks and be…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pregnant Kansas City woman arrested by police attends rally

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nine-months-pregnant Black woman whose arrest by a Kansas City police officer sparked outrage and an occupation of City Hall grounds was so overcome with emotion Thursday that she was unab…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
California Democrat in Congress tests positive for COVID-19

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rep. Salud Carbajal of California has tested positive for the coronavirus after coming into passing contact with Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican who is among a growing number of lawmakers and …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Harris says vote 'like your life depends on it'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

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Michigan governor says Trump's words inspire extremists

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hours after police foiled an alleged plot to kidnap her, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer argued in a speech Thursday that President Donald Trump's words had been a “rallying cry” for extremists.

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Transgender woman beaten, stabbed in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A transgender woman was hospitalized Thursday after police said she was stabbed and violently beaten in the latest case involving a member of the U.S. territory’s LGBTQ community.

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Family of woman mistakenly declared dead sues Michigan city

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The lawyer for the family of a suburban Detroit woman who was found to be alive after being pronounced dead filed a $50 million lawsuit Thursday against a suburban Detroit community and fou…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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TROPICAL WEATHER-HURRICANE TRACKER — Map. The following digital embed shows real-time tracking for hurricane Delta. It measures the scale of intensity, cone of uncertainty, location path and potential storm surge. …

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Michigan governor links Trump to foiled kidnapping plot

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer linked a

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Trump, Barr at odds over slow pace of Durham investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with Attorney General William Barr over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Next Trump-Biden debate now uncertain as rival camps argue

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the campaigns offered dueling proposals for moving forward with faceoffs tha…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Officials: 2 Cuban doctors held hostage in Somalia not freed

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The foreign ministers of Cuba and Somalia say two Cuban doctors held hostage by the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia have not been freed.