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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
The Latest: Trump tweets that he's leaving hospital Monday

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):

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump lawyer: Census could be done if not for court meddling

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked appellate judges to immediately suspend a lower court's order requiring the 2020 census to continue through October, saying decisions by the U.S. Census…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Election 2020-Debate, ADVISORY

The vice presidential debate takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional presidential debates are planned for Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. It is unknown whether those plan…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Prosecutor says 'Hotel Rwanda' man to be tried with rebels

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) —

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 2:10 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lawsuit says Omaha Police used excessive force at protests

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses Omaha police of using excessive force when they responded to protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Nebraska's largest city earlier this year.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Some Orthodox Jews bristle at NYC's response to virus surge

NEW YORK (AP) — Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, many members are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer — social distancing, wearing masks. For many…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
4th grader sues school system over BB gun suspension

HARVEY, La. (AP) — The family of a Louisiana fourth-grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Doctor to deliver update on Trump's condition

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):

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Gusty winds threaten new growth for Rocky Mountain wildfires

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pair of Rocky Mountain wildfires flared again Monday under dry, gusty winds, raising concern about embers blowing past areas where firefighters have made progress.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Africa CDC: International traveling platform

JOHANNESBURG — African governments have worked together to launch a digital platform to inform travelers about COVID-19 travel restrictions across the continent, as many countries ease restrictions on international…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is shut down by

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Mexico City shooting leaves 6 dead, 4 injured

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A shootout between rival gangs in Mexico City left six people dead and four wounded, and police in the north-central state of Guanajuato found two heads and bags of severed body parts scattered o…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered schools in certain New York City neighborhoods closed within a day in an attempt to halt flare-ups of the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pakistani police say gunmen kill minority Ahmadi professor

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani Muslim professor shot and killed another professor from the Ahmadi minority in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, a day after the two allegedly had a heated discussio…