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MOSES LAKE — It takes a lot of training to make people look their best. “(A license to do) nails is 600 hours (…
US transfers care for towns polluted with asbestos to state
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State regulators are taking over maintenance of a decades-long environmental cleanup in two northwestern Montana towns where lung-damaging asbestos contamination has been blamed in hundreds o…
BP, Hilcorp say they've closed part of Alaska oil, gas deal
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — BP announced Wednesday it has closed part of its planned $5.6 billion sale of assets and operations in Alaska to Hilcorp, including the transfer of leases in the Prudhoe Bay oil field and Poin…
Othello baker has big dreams
OTHELLO — You wouldn’t expect to find a crowd of people gathered around a small stand at the end of a dusty lane south of Othello aptly named Dessert Road.
Alaska oil checks smaller, but they help pay virus bills
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Downtown Anchorage street musician Cal Austermuhl had good reason to be singing the blues Wednesday, the same day the state of Alaska began distributing $992 checks that will be paid to nea…
Official suggests Kansas blew chance for coronavirus respite
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top public health official predicted Wednesday that the state will face steeper increases in coronavirus cases and suggested that it blew its chance for a summer respite from the pandemi…
Congress extends relief program for COVID-slammed businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday easily passed a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses slammed by the coronavirus, speeding the measure to President Donald Trump.
Group says it has ample signatures to get pot on ballot
PHOENIX (AP) — Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Arizona said Wednesday they turned in 420,000 petition signatures — far more than needed to get the measure on the November ballot despite challenge…
Los Angeles to reset troubled marijuana licensing program
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a makeover of its widely criticized marijuana licensing program to enlist more operators who endured the consequences of the nation’s war on dru…
Workers: Tesla threatens firing if they don't return to jobs
DETROIT (AP) — Some Tesla workers and labor activists say the company is threatening to fire employees who haven’t returned to the company’s California factory since it reopened because they're afraid of catching t…
A pinch where it hurts: Can Facebook weather the ad boycott?
On Wednesday, more than 500 companies officially kicked off an
California sues Cisco for bias based on Indian caste system
NEW YORK (AP) — California regulators have sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian.
Michigan judge allows restart of disputed oil pipeline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge Wednesday allowed Enbridge to resume pumping oil through a Midwestern pipeline, nearly a week after shutting it down because of damage to a structure that anchors a sect…
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Major U.S. stock indexes ended mostly higher Wednesday, extending the S&P 500's winning streak to a third day and pushing the Nasdaq to another record close.
Peruvians fill streets as lockdown ends despite infections
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Blocks-long lines formed at bus stops, food markets and shopping centers in Peru's capital Wednesday as people left their homes en masse to go to work or shop as a 106-day coronavirus lockdown end…
Pfizer, FedEx rise; United Airlines, General Mills fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: