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Spokane County court rules in favor of AG's office in ACSO lawsuit
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Sheriff's Office said it will appeal a decision announced Friday in a lawsuit brought…
US retail sales fall 1.1% in November as Americans pull back on spending during the holiday shopping season
NEW YORK (AP) — US retail sales fall 1.1% in November as Americans pull back on spending during the holiday shopping season.
US brands Vietnam, Switzerland as currency manipulators
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list in an annual report designed to halt countrie…
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in 7 months
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season, a troubling sign for retailers and the state of the U.S. economy.
Edmunds: Top rated awards announced for 2021
Every year Edmunds’ experts put their heads together to determine the very best new vehicles on sale. Spread across eight categories, the
India receives bids to buy state-owned Air India airline
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government says it has received “multiple expressions of interest” in buying its 100% stake in debt-laden national carrier Air India to shore up falling government revenues after an initial…
Sickly dancing bears leaving Pakistan for new life in Jordan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A pair of sick and badly neglected dancing Himalayan brown bears will leave Islamabad’s notorious zoo Wednesday for a sanctuary in Jordan, closing down a zoo that once housed 960 animals.
Issaquah police investigate a fatal stabbing after car crash
ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Issaquah police are investigating the stabbing death of a 28-year-old man who was found dead in the driver’s seat of a crashed car Sunday night.
Seattle to require lobbying group registration, disclosure
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted to require certain groups that spend money to build public pressure on city politicians to register and disclose their finances.
Erdogan: US aims to stymie growing Turkish defense industry
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday portrayed U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system as an attempt to obstruct his country’s rising …
EU unveils revamp of cybersecurity rules days after hack
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union unveiled Wednesday plans to revamp the 27-nation bloc’s dated cybersecurity rules, just days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was unlawfully accessed in a hack attack on th…
Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists
KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Anger, fear and exhaustion. Anxiety has overwhelmed many parents in Nigeria’s northern Kankara village who await word on their sons who are among the more than 330 kidnapped by extremists fr…
German government backs bill requiring 5G security pledge
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet approved a bill Wednesday that would require companies involved in setting up critical infrastructure such as high-speed 5G networks to guarantee that their e…
Iran leaders: Biden arrival won't guarantee better relations
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader and the country's president both warned America on Wednesday that the departure of President Donald Trump does not immediately mean better relations between the two nations.
Slaven Bilic fired by West Brom after 1-1 draw against City
WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — Slaven Bilic was fired by struggling Premier League team West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday, becoming the first manager to lose his job this season.
Negotiators make progress on long-delayed COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan quartet of congressional leaders is pushing hard and in tandem for a long-delayed COVID-19 relief package, hoping to seal an agreement as early as Wednesday that would extend aid to i…