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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…
Sri Lanka closes key state offices as virus outbreak surges
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Authorities in Sri Lanka closed key government offices and further expanded a curfew Thursday to contain a surging coronavirus outbreak.
The Latest: Hurricane warning for stretch of US Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):
Rio judge ends Neymar's cybercrime probe linked to rape case
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has closed an investigation into possible cybercrimes violations involving soccer star Neymar, a case linked to a woman’s rape allegation that led to no charges against him, The A…
Rights group decries Myanmar's camps for displaced Rohingya
BANGKOK (AP) — The de facto detention of 130,000 ethnic Rohingya in squalid camps in Myanmar amounts to a form of apartheid, a human rights group alleged Thursday in urging the world to pressure Aung San Suu Kyi’s …
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Asian shares mostly higher on hopes for U.S. stimulus
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday on optimism U.S. stimulus may be coming after all, as President Donald Trump appeared to reverse his earlier decision to halt talks on another economic rescu…
Fly on Pence's head generates buzz in VP debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Drone video shows Australian surfer's close call with shark
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A great white shark circled to within inches of pro surfer Matt Wilkinson's board before darting away in a chilling encounter captured by a drone that is part of an Australian shark warni…
The Latest: Harris says Breonna Taylor didn't get justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Seller of gun used in West Texas mass shooting pleads guilty
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The man who sold an AR-15-style rifle used in a last year's mass shooting that killed seven people in West Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlicensed firearms dealing.
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Yucatan, then heads for US
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Delta emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and headed toward Louisiana after making landfall just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun, toppling trees and cutting power to r…
In VP debate, plexiglass an extra participant on the stage
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There were three participants in the vice presidential debate: Republican Mike Pence, Democrat Kamala Harris and the plexiglass between them.
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s hand…
The Latest: Trump tweets through debate, says Pence 'GREAT'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
VP Debate Takeaways: Pandemic looms over a more civil fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — In normal times, vice presidential debates don't matter much. But in an election year as wild as 2020, everything is magnified.