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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…
Man escorted off flight after physical fight over masks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane in Arizona after he and another man who asked him to follow the rules got into a physical altercation, p…
High court reinstates S. Carolina ballot witness requirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a requirement that South Carolina residents voting by mail in November’s election get a witness to sign their ballots.
Delta strengthens into a hurricane in Caribbean
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Delta rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Monday, aiming to hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major storm before continuing on to strike the U.S. G…
Hurricane Center: Delta strengthens into hurricane in Caribbean
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Center: Delta strengthens into hurricane in Caribbean.
John Hagee, prominent megachurch pastor, ill with COVID-19
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Prominent megachurch pastor and conservative activist John Hagee has been diagnosed with COVID-19, his son announced during services at the church his father founded.
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immedi…
With COVID-19 diagnosis, Trump says 'I get it.' He doesn't.
WASHNGTON (AP) — Now that he has contracted COVID-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation comes seven months — and almost 210,000 American deaths — is not the first time he has relied on p…
Los Angeles Times executive editor to resign
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine plans to resign after two years heading a newspaper battered by layoffs, mismanagement and questions about its commitment to newsroom diversit…
Killing of Black man by transit officer being reinvestigated
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California prosecutor announced Monday that she will reopen an investigation into the killing of a Black man at a train station by a transit officer 11 years ago.
The Latest: Trump gives thumbs-up from White House balcony
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's health after his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization, and infections of close aides and others (all times local):
Trump leaves hospital, declares 'I feel good'
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) —
National Zoo: Genetic tests reveal new baby panda is a boy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo has confirmed that its 6-week old baby panda is a boy.
The Latest: Trump pumps fist as he walks out of hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's health after his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization, and infections of close aides and others (all times local):
Trump leaves hospital, exhorts nation don't fear virus
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19.
The Latest: Kentucky gov: Trump needs to set better example
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Now that he’s become infected with the coronavirus, President Donald Trump needs to set a “better example” during the pandemic, and he should start by always wearing a mask in public, Kentucky Gov…