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Confluence Health names new Chief Medical Officer
WENATCHEE — Confluence Health has selected a new chief medical officer, according to an announcement from Confluen…
Asian shares advance, tracking Wall Street tech rally
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, recovering from some early losses as regional markets tracked a late rally on Wall Street led by technology shares.
US meat industry puzzled by China's import ban for 1 plant
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — China's decision to ban imports from a single Tyson Foods poultry plant where there was a coronavirus outbreak has raised concerns about the implications on the U.S. meat industry if the action i…
Michigan asks judge to shut Enbridge pipeline in Great Lakes
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general on Monday asked a judge to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support had shifted deep below the surfac…
Mongolians vote amid economic woes, anti-coronavirus success
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolians voted in parliamentary elections Wednesday across the vast, lightly populated country, a U.S. ally squeezed between authoritarian governments in China and Russia.
Utility ordered to pay $53M fine for blasts that killed 1
BOSTON (AP) — A utility company was ordered Tuesday to pay a $53 million criminal fine for causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes.
Prosecutors say former CEO of Germany's Wirecard arrested in scandal over missing billions
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say former CEO of Germany's Wirecard arrested in scandal over missing billions.
Bagged grocery store salad sickens more than 100 in 7 states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A recalled bagged salad distributed to a dozen Midwestern states by grocery stores has sickened 122 people in seven states and sent 19 to the hospital, the U.S Centers for Disease Control an…
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Twitter gives workers day off to vote in national elections
Twitter says it will give its U.S. employees Election Day off going forward and employees around the world paid time off to vote in national elections.
Shoe Carnival, Kaiser rise; American, Spirit Aero fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
US new home sales jump a stronger-than-expected 16.6% in May to annual rate of 676,000
WASHINGTON (AP) — US new home sales jump a stronger-than-expected 16.6% in May to annual rate of 676,000.
Asia Today: Beijing's outbreak appears to be waning
BEIJING (AP) — New virus cases declined Wednesday in China and its capital, Beijing, where a roughly two-week spike appears to be firmly on the wane.
China launches final satellite in GPS-like Beidou system
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates and may seek to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System, marking a further step in the country's advanc…
Ex-CEO of Wirecard arrested in scandal over missing billions
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Judge orders GM, Fiat Chrysler CEOs to meet, settle lawsuit
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge took a remarkable step Tuesday by ordering the CEOs of General Motors and Fiat Chrysler to meet and settle a lawsuit over whether one company got a competitive edge over the other whe…