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Updated 1 week, 4 days ago

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
Principal fired after Holocaust comments might be rehired

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A high school principal in Florida who was fired last year after telling a student’s mother “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened” might be rehired this week.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
1 killed as Haitian college students protest earlier death

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A couple hundred university students blocked roads and burned cars Monday as they clashed with police in Haiti’s capital while protesting the killing of a fellow student at a demonstrat…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
UNH prof accused of posing as immigrant woman on Twitter

A white University of New Hampshire chemistry professor is accused of posing as an immigrant woman of color on Twitter to make racist and sexist comments and attack users who supported racial justice and other prog…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
DC government unable to connect with White House on outbreak

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials with the Washington, D.C., Department of Health have been unsuccessful in trying to connect with the White House to assist with contact tracing and other protocols regarding the ongoing …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Dissolved migrant caravan sign of tougher Guatemala stance

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government’s halt of more than 3,000 Honduran migrants who had set out for the United States amid the pandemic signaled that U.S. pressure on immigration continues to extend sou…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
FBI agent, federal prosecutor assigned to monitor election

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal law enforcement authorities are stepping up their vigilance of elections violations by establishing an FBI command post in Albuquerque and assigning a prosecutor to monitor complain…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Trump is leaving hospital, exhorts nation don't fear virus

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Tropical Storm Delta strengthens as Gamma weakens off Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Delta rapidly strengthened in the Caribbean Monday, aiming to hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major hurricane before continuing on to strike the U.S. Gulf coast lat…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Minnesota eatery staff quarantine after visit

MINNEAPOLIS —Thirteen staff members from an iconic Minneapolis steakhouse were self-quarantining after the restaurant catered a fundraiser attended by President Donald Trump during his visit to Minnesota last week,…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Arkansas police officer killed, another injured in shooting

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A police officer was fatally shot Monday and another was injured in an exchange of gunfire at a hotel in Arkansas, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Harris-Pence debate will have plexiglass shield

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

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus

MIAMI (AP) — As President Donald Trump

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump is leaving hospital, exhorts nation don't fear virus

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he's leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19, immediately igniting a new controversy by declarin…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pence takes lead role in campaign with Trump travel stopped

WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump ill with COVID-19, Vice President Mike Pence took the lead role in campaigning Monday, starting a swing through key states to bolster the president's chance for reelect…