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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
Tropical Storm Gamma leaves 5 dead in southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 5 people died and thousands were evacuated in southeastern Mexico after Tropical Storm Gamma lashed the Yucatan Peninsula's resort-studded coast with near-hurricane force winds and drenc…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Campaign says Biden tested negative for coronavirus on Sunday as Democratic nominee plans campaign travel this week

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Campaign says Biden tested negative for coronavirus on Sunday as Democratic nominee plans campaign travel this week.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Campaign says Biden tests negative for virus

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump declares 'I get it,' then briefly leaves hospital

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Two days after being hospitalized with COVID-19, President Donald Trump declared, “I get it,” in a message to the nation Sunday before briefly leaving the hospital to salute supporters from a m…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Toomey won't run for Senate again, or governor, source says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, a fiercely anti-tax and anti-regulation lawmaker who never entirely warmed to President Donald Trump, will not seek re-election in 2022, accor…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
2-term Louisiana governor Mike Foster dies at 90

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Jr., a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules through an increasingly conservative state Legis…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Attorney General William Barr to self-quarantine

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Mike Foster, folksy millionaire and Republican who served 2 terms as Louisiana governor, dies at 90

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mike Foster, folksy millionaire and Republican who served 2 terms as Louisiana governor, dies at 90.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Trump leaves hospital briefly to greet supporters outside

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
NJ officials contact 206 people at Trump event at Bedminster

State health officials in New Jersey have contacted more than 200 people who attended a campaign fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster on Thursday, hours before the president announced he had C…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Official: Malian authorities have released 180 Islamic extremists from prison in capital, flown them to country's north

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Official: Malian authorities have released 180 Islamic extremists from prison in capital, flown them to country's north.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Mali releases 180 jihadists in likely prisoner exchange

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities have released 180 Islamic extremists from a prison in the capital and flown them to the country's north, an official confirmed late Sunday, fueling speculation that a prominen…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump, more than 7 months into pandemic, says he's 'learned a lot' about virus he's battling, adds, 'I get it.'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump, more than 7 months into pandemic, says he's 'learned a lot' about virus he's battling, adds, 'I get it.'

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Mormon president calls on members to help end racism

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' president issued another plea for members to help end racism, saying Sunday at the faith’s signature conference that God loves people of all ra…