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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
India's COVID-19 fatalities top 100,000, behind US, Brazil

NEW DELHI (AP) — India passed a grim milestone in its fight against the coronavirus on Saturday, with health authorities saying the country has recorded more than 100,000 virus-related deaths since the pandemic beg…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Better weather won't keep California from grim fire landmark

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Red flag warnings of extreme fire danger subsided, but warm and dry weather continued to challenge firefighters battling more than two dozen blazes across California on Saturday as the state ap…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

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

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 100,000, third behind the U.S. and Brazil

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 100,000, third behind the U.S. and Brazil.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Judge rebuffs bid to ease pandemic limits at private schools

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has turned down an initial request to ease pandemic-related occupancy limits for in-person instruction at private schools in New Mexico, in a setback for a lawsuit supported by…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Videos: Man who died in handcuffs said he couldn’t breathe

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A family member said Friday she wasn’t satisfied with findings that led prosecutors not to charge Las Vegas police with a crime in the death of a 50-year-old Black man after he was stopped by patro…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Autopsy finds LA deputies shot Black man 16 times

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies was wounded 16 times in the front and back, according to an autopsy that doesn't shed any light on whether he was on the groun…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Grand jury audio details raid that killed Breonna Taylor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police said they knocked and announced themselves for a minute or more before bursting into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, but her boyfriend said he did not hear officers identify themselves, ac…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
North Korea's Kim wishes Trump recovery from coronavirus

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, wishing they would recover from the COVID-19 illness, state media rep…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Recordings reveal confusion behind Breonna Taylor's death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor described seeing only “shadowy mass” and said he didn't recall firing the 16 bullets later matched to his gun. As she lay bleeding, Taylor's…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Cal Cunningham admits to sending sexual texts to strategist

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Cal Cunningham, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate for North Carolina, admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is not his wife, but he said he will not dro…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
What we know, and what we don't, about Trump's diagnosis

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some answers emerged Saturday on

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Bar…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Australian state worried about mall outbreak

MELBOURNE, Australia — The COVID-19 figures in Australia’s Victoria state continue to show improvement but officials are concerned about an outbreak at the country’s largest shopping center.