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Listings up, sales down in the Basin
MOSES LAKE — Washington home buyers had more to choose from this year, according to data released by the Northwest…
Production workers strike against major Navy shipbuilder
BATH, Maine (AP) — More than 4,000 shipbuilders went on strike against Bath Iron Works on Monday, disrupting production at one of Navy's biggest shipbuilders at a time of growing threats around the world.
Los Angeles looks to boost ailing legal marijuana market
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday approved a series of changes to reset the city's troubled legal marijuana market, including bolstering programs intended to help operators who suffere…
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…