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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
LA police call for calm, condemn spasm of gun violence

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police Chief Michel Moore called for calm in the streets Friday after what he called a spasm of gun violence in South Los Angeles killed four and wounded 19 wounded in the past six days as the ci…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Family of autistic teen will get $7.5M over golf cart death

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The mother of an autistic teenager who died in a golf cart crash at a Southern California high school will receive $7.5 million in a lawsuit settlement.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Prominent NY attorney, niece, killed in small plane crash

NEW YORK (AP) — Personal injury attorney Steve Barnes, whose law firm Cellino & Barnes was known on two coasts for its catchy TV jingle, was killed Friday in a small plane crash in western New York.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Biden: Trump diagnosis is 'bracing reminder' of virus stakes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden offered sympathy to President Donald Trump over his coronavirus diagnosis while casting the moment as a reminder of the worldwide health crisis that has hit the United …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump gets experimental drug aimed at curbing severe illness

The experimental antibody drug given to President Donald Trump has been called one of the most promising approaches to preventing serious illness from a COVID-19 infection.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Senators can attend top-court hearings virtually

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Embed-Virus Outbreak-Unemployment Small Industries, ADVISORY

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT SMALL INDUSTRIES - The jobs report for September is the final such report before Election Day, Nov. 3. The report marks the third straight monthly slowdown in job growth. Employment in s…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Trump arrives at Walter Reed, releases video

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump's virus hospitalization rocks final stage of campaign

An election year already defined by a cascade of national crises descended further into chaos, with President Donald Trump quarantined at a military hospital with the coronavirus after consistently playing down the…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump, stricken by COVID-19, taken to military hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and “fatigued” President Donald Trump was taken to a military hospital Friday after being injected with an experimental antibody cocktail at the White House. In a …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
AP Explains: Transfer of power under 25th Amendment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced early Friday on Twitter that he has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and he will spend several days at Walter Reed Medical Center for treatment and evaluation.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
GOP faces election reckoning with Trump's virus strategy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s diagnosis with COVID-19 Friday was a moment of reckoning for his Republican Party, whose leaders largely adopted his strategy of downplaying the disease but are now confro…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Court: Ohio elections chief has leeway to expand drop boxes

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants to expand the number of ballot drop boxes beyond one per Ohio county, he can. But a state appellate court won't force him to do so.

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

There are many unanswered questions surrounding President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said he only had mild symptoms, and his doctor said Trump was …

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

Trump has COVID-19, going to military hospital