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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…
Europe gets new blast of stimulus to counter virus surge
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) —
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EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarras…
Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture…. Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold.
Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorney…
Airbnb shares more than double in price in long-awaited IPO
Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove it can live up to investors’ sky-high expectations.
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Mexico president wants central bank to buy up dirty cash
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador raised a storm of criticism Thursday with legislation aimed at forcing Mexico's central bank to be buyer of last resort for all the U.S. cash th…
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Hawaii expects 81,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of month
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is expected to receive enough first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for 81,000 people by the end of the month, officials said Thursday. The first shipments could arrive as early as next week.
US long-term mortgage rates flat; 30-year at 2.71%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates were unchanged this week, remaining at record low levels against the backdrop of an economy punished by the pandemic.
US budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago as spending to deal with the COVID pandemic soared while tax revenues fell.
No drama corona-Christmas has some secretly jumping for joy
NEW YORK (AP) — Corritta Lewis has a huge extended family. Her mom is one of 12 siblings. Usually, Christmas means that she, her wife and their 2-year-old son dig out their cold-weather gear for the schlep from hom…
Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
PARIS (AP) — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies.