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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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Stocks edge up as Trump leaves hospital, stimulus in focus
Stocks mostly rose on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House to complete his recovery from the coronavirus, though uncertainty remained over prospects for fresh economic stimulus.
UN report says South Sudan has healed little since civil war
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Sudan has made no concrete steps toward national healing more than two years after the end of a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and sent more than 2 million people fleeing, a n…
UK government to invest millions on wind power, Johnson says
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Tuesday that every home in Britain will be powered by wind energy in a decade as the government kick-starts a “green industrial revolution’’ that will create hundr…
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Pakistan man arrested in killing of Ahmadi college professor
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said Tuesday they have arrested a man who acted as an accomplice to a Sunni Muslim college professor in the shooting death of a colleague from the country's minority Ahmad…
New Thai army commander defends monarchy with softer line
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new army chief on Tuesday made the traditional pledge to defend the country, the Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the people, but seemed to take a softer line than his predecessor towar…
3 scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole research
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes — the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time a…
Kuwait's new emir asks Cabinet to stay on, despite custom
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new emir of Kuwait, who ascended the throne following the death of his half-brother last week, has asked the Cabinet to continue performing its duties despite the prime minist…
The Latest: 15 vaccine clinical trials underway in Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Fifteen clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines are underway across the African continent, according to a comment published in the journal Nature by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3 scientists share Nobel physics prize for cosmology finds
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes.
Hurricane Delta now Category 2, roars at Mexico's Yucatan
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph (175 kmh) winds Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category…
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Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
Dutch military police shoot knife-wielding man at airport
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military police who shot a man armed with a large knife at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and arrested another man said Tuesday that they do not believe a terrorist motive was behi…
The Latest: Italy weighing mandatory mask wearing outdoors
ROME — Italy’s health minister says the government is examining a proposal to make masks mandatory outdoors as the country enters a difficult phase of living alongside COVID-19, with the number of infections growin…