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Updated 1 week, 5 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
Germany marks low-key 30th anniversary of reunification

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is marking the 30th anniversary of its reunification on Saturday, drawing a generally positive picture of the progress made in knitting together east and west amid celebrations that are low-ke…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Venetian flood barriers deployed for 1st time against tide

MILAN (AP) — Controversial and long-delayed underwater barriers to protect Venice from its notorious high tides were being deployed for the first time Saturday, against a forecast 130-centimeter (51-inch) flood.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News Digest 3:50 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week's Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Bosnia: Unnerved by virus denial, survivors mourn their dead

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Denis Zekic was on his daily video call with his parents in Bosnia in early August when his father said he might be coming down with a fever. Less than a month later, both of Zek…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Judge blocks deportation of man detained on church grounds

A federal judge on Friday blocked the deportation of an Indonesian immigrant who was detained last month on the grounds of a Maryland church, a space considered a “sensitive location” in which immigration authoriti…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Trump said to be improving but next 48 hours 'critical'

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
US Forecast

US Forecast for Sunday, October 4, 2020

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Key players to meet virtually to push for Libya cease-fire

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and Germany are co-chairing a ministerial meeting on Monday of world powers and other countries with interests in Libya’s long-running civil war in hopes of promoting a ceas…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Radish seeds, meats and cheeses launched to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space station cargo ship rocketed into orbit Friday carrying a 360-degree camera for spacewalking, radish seeds for growing and a smorgasbord of fancy meats and cheeses for feasting.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Saturday:

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Migrant caravan faces roadblocks in Guatemala

RIO DULCE, Guatemala (AP) — About 1,000 Honduran migrants headed for the United States became increasingly desperate Friday in the face of a police and army roadblock in northern Guatemala that was preventing them …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Saturday:

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Shunned by many, Indian man carries on cremating virus dead

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Ramananda Sarkar never wanted to burn bodies for a living, but he was deep in debt and desperate for money.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Cold but safe: Argentines in Antarctica rarely don masks

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surge in their homeland, there are at least some Argentines who feel secure: the scientists and military personnel at South American country’s bases in Antarctica, t…