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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…
Church identified as hate group gets permit in Minnesota
MURDOCK, Minn. (AP) — The city council in a small Minnesota farming community has voted to grant a permit that allows a controversial Nordic heritage church that has been identified as a white supremacist group to …
Europe gets new blast of stimulus to counter virus surge
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German regulators launch new Facebook investigation over VR
BERLIN (AP) — German regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Facebook over the company's decision to link its Oculus virtual reality products to the social network, authorities said.
Column: MLB plays hardball - and deals blow to the heartland
Minor league baseball hasn't been able to take the field in more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mexican Senate approves law limiting U.S. agents
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has approved a proposal from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to restrict U.S. agents in Mexico and remove their diplomatic immunity. The bill must still be approved by the l…
Blockbuster IPO market still calls for cautious approach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wall Street has rolled out the welcome mat for companies going public this year, boosting proceeds from initial public offerings to the highest level in six years.
Some Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else, to help prevent the sprea…
Official news agency: Lebanese judge files charges against caretaker PM, 3 ex-ministers over Beirut port explosion
BEIRUT (AP) — Official news agency: Lebanese judge files charges against caretaker PM, 3 ex-ministers over Beirut port explosion.
Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM in port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese prosecutor probing last summer’s port explosion in Beirut filed charges on Thursday against the caretaker prime minister and three former ministers, accusing them of negligence leading to…
The Latest: Hahn: FDA meeting 'important day for America'
WASHINGTON — Commissioner Stephen Hahn says Thursday’s meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel is “an important day for all of America.”
Spain: 3 dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
BADALONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found three bodies in an abandoned industrial complex occupied by migrants and other squatters that caught fire and partially collapsed, while ongoing emerg…
Unemployment overpayments create new headaches for Ohioans
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As the state distributed billions in unemployment compensation during the pandemic, some errors led to overpayments that created headaches for laid-off Ohioans already feeling the stress of lo…
European Central Bank increases bond-buying stimulus program by 500 billion euros, extends duration to March 2022
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank increases bond-buying stimulus program by 500 billion euros, extends duration to March 2022.
European Central Bank gives economy another dose of stimulus
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Jersey City marks 1 year since deadly bias attack
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jersey City paused Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of a bias attack that killed a police officer and three people in a Jewish grocery store, and shone a light on tensions between …