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Minor injuries, mobile home destroyed in Moses Lake fire Sunday
MOSES LAKE — One person sustained minor injuries when a mobile home was destroyed by fire in Cascade Valley early …
Celsius Holdings, Tribune rise; Carnival, Marathon Oil fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday:
Painful as it was, patience paid off for investors in 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Good things came to fund investors who waited in 2020. But, what a terrifying wait it was.
Texas hits new virus hospitalization record, passing 12,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas hit another grim milestone Thursday when it surpassed 12,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, setting a new record high in that category for the
COVID cluckers: Pandemic feeds demand for backyard chickens
ROSS, Calif. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is coming home to roost in America’s backyards.
EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year
BRUSSELS (AP) — Between the specter of Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and a new leadership team facing a budget battle, the European Union looked set to remember 2020 as an “annus horribilis.”
US jobless applications remain elevated at 787,000, but down 19,000 from previous week
WASHINGTON (AP) — US jobless applications remain elevated at 787,000, but down 19,000 from previous week.
S&P 500 ends at another record high as tumultuous 2020 ends
Wall Street closed out a
US Rep. Raskin of Maryland announces death of son Tommy, 25
TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said his son has died.
AP PHOTOS: Tying the knot without a face mask in China
BEIJING (AP) — Lovebirds in China are embracing a sense of normalcy as the COVID pandemic appears to be under control in the country where it was first detected.
In Georgia, Biden's presidency meets early defining moment
ATLANTA (AP) — Usually it's a president's first midterm election that reorders a White House's political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming be…
Xi hails China's economic growth despite pandemic setback
BEIJING (AP) — China has made major progress in developing its economy and eradicating rural poverty over the past year despite the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a New Year address Thur…
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly ethnic unrest in June and July following the killing of a popular singer, the Ethiopian Human Rights C…
City spends virus relief funds as New Mexico cases mount
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque city officials said Thursday they’ve used all of the coronavirus relief money received earlier this year from the federal government.
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rul…
One Good Thing: Midnight Cafeteria feeds Taipei's stray cats
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Pipi already dines well.