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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…
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US expresses concern over China link to Cambodian base
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States expressed disappointment Wednesday that Cambodia is tearing down a U.S.-funded building used for a maritime security program, and voiced concern that the action may be …
Kuwait's National Guard minister picked as next crown prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s deputy chief of the National Guard, who spent years in the oil-rich country’s security services, was nominated as crown prince on Wednesday, the Kuwaiti state news agency…
Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico, toppling trees
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Court documents ask Parkland parents to prove mental anguish
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Parents who sued a school district after their children died in a mass shooting at a Florida high school are being asked to turn over their psychiatric records to prove they have suffer…
Elusive eastern black rail threatened by rising sea levels
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the Eastern black rail a threatened species on Wednesday, but stopped short of the stronger protections some environmentalists were seeking for the elusive bird, now impe…
Prominent Vietnam dissident arrested on anti-state charges
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities arrested a prominent dissident and blogger on Wednesday, hours after Vietnam and the United States finished an annual human rights dialogue.
Extremists release 2 Cuban doctors in Somalia, officials say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring Somalia, officials say. But a Cuban o…
Delta roared into Mexican resorts as a Category 2 hurricane
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AP source: US to announce charges against British IS members
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges Wednesday against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages, a law enforcemen…
2 guilty of supporting deadly Westgate mall attack in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court on Wednesday found two men guilty for supporting the days-long 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people dead.
Families await freed hostages' return in Mali's capital
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Relatives and supporters on Wednesday anxiously awaited the return of a prominent Malian politician and a French aid worker released by Islamic extremists, after families were notified of their …
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Iranian state TV says the country has hit a record number of daily deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 new fatalities
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says the country has hit a record number of daily deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 new fatalities.