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Hansen Road bridge now scheduled to open in mid-February
MOSES LAKE — Work on the Hansen Road overpass over Interstate 90 gets back into full swing Monday, and drivers can…
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a…
Biden's Homeland Security pick faces questions on 2015 probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Alejandro Mayorkas faced Senate confirmation, not a single Republican voted for him because there was an open investigation into his management of the U.S. immigration agency under P…
New York's 21 Club closes indefinitely due to pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The storied 21 Club in midtown Manhattan, a favorite of celebrities and the power elite for nine decades, is closing indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the owners are optimistic about…
This Week: Industrial production, retail sales, FedEx earns
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Saturday executed an exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, a little more than a year after authorities tricked h…
Asia Today: South Korea to open more virus testing sites
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections.
'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact
PARIS (AP) — During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle agai…
Insider Q&A: Aman Narang, CEO of the payments company Toast
BALTIMORE (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has crushed many restaurants and forced those that have survived to become more creative. It’s not just about deliveries and al fresco dining. Or about the use of services …
Loeffler campaign: She had 'no idea' she posed with neo-Nazi
ATLANTA (AP) — The campaign of Georgia Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is disavowing a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist at a recent campaign event, with less tha…
The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials have arrived in Canada.
Mastercard may have to pay billions in UK class action
LONDON (AP) — Mastercard could have to pay U.K. consumers as much as 14 billion pounds ($18.5 billion) after the country’s Supreme Court allowed a class-action lawsuit against the credit-card company to move forwar…
EXPLAINER: How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in US
NEW YORK (AP) — COVID-19 vaccines have begun shipping in the U.S. after getting emergency authorization, setting off the nation's biggest ever vaccination push. But supplies are expected to be limited for some time.
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 21 cents to $46.57 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for February delivery fell 28 cents to $49.97 a barrel.
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors coast to coast were casting the votes Monday that will affirm Joe Biden as
White House threatens FDA chief's job over vaccine approval
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours before the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVD-19 vaccine late Friday, a high-ranking White House official told the agency’s chief he could face firing if the vaccine was …