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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 (…
Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high
Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic recession, protests over racial…
S&P 500 index notches another gain on a mixed day for stocks
Stock indexes ended mixed on Wall Street Wednesday, even as the market extended its winning streak to a third day and gains in technology companies pushed the Nasdaq to an all-time high.
Lawsuit accuses property managers of ageist Facebook ads
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Some of the nation’s leading property management companies deliberately excluded older people from seeing Facebook advertisements for dozens of apartment complexes in the Washington, D.C.,…
Health experts slam US deal for large supply of virus drug
LONDON (AP) — Public health experts on Wednesday criticized the U.S. for securing a large supply of the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19.
Dems: Government's 'deadly delay' devastated nursing homes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration was slow to comprehend the scale of COVID-19's impact on nursing homes and a disjointed federal response has only compounded the devastating toll, according to a report fr…
Russian voters agree to let Putin seek 2 more terms
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian voters approved changes to the constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially hold power until 2036, but the weeklong plebiscite that concluded Wednesday was tarnished by…
Fed minutes show concerns about severity of downturn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials last month expressed concerns about the severity of the economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, saying the drop in economic activity in the spring would …
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…
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…
Minutes for Fed's June meeting show officials concerned about severity of economic damage from virus-induced downturn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes for Fed's June meeting show officials concerned about severity of economic damage from virus-induced downturn.
Turkey: 11 detained over tweets dealing with leader's family
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 11 people were detained in Turkey for social media postings that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law after they announced the birth of their fo…
5 things to watch for in Thursday's jobs report for June
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the viral outbreak worsening and unemployment at Depression-era levels, the government on Thursday will issue what will almost surely be another remarkable jobs report.
Treasury to loan $700M to trucking company DOD sued in 2018
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A struggling trucking company once sued by the Department of Defense is getting a $700 million loan from the U.S. government because it “is critical to maintaining national security," the …
Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening
PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona's outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging
Insurer Centene plans 3,200 jobs at new N.C. regional hub
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said on Wednesday it will build an East Coast campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, developing a $1 billion construction project that's expecte…