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Basin home prices up overall
MOSES LAKE — Home prices were up across most of the Columbia Basin in August, the latest month for which informati…
NTSB blames drivers, Tesla, lax regulations in Florida crash
DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says two drivers, Tesla and lax regulation of new partially automated driving systems are to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving a Tesla on Auto…
Trump's team, senators to negotiate $1T economic rescue deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of President Donald Trump's economic team convene Friday on Capitol Hill to launch negotiations with Senate Republicans and Democrats racing to draft a $1 trillion-plus economic rescue pac…
Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home
ROME (AP) — Italy's deaths from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United States and other countries increasingly enlisted the militar…
US-Canada border to close late Friday to non-essential trips
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government said Thursday the Canada-U.S. border will be closed to all non-essential travel in both directions on Friday night.
Bank of England cuts key interest rate from 0.25% to 0.1% amid economic turmoil caused by coronavirus pandemic
LONDON (AP) — Bank of England cuts key interest rate from 0.25% to 0.1% amid economic turmoil caused by coronavirus pandemic.
RoboPony: Chinese robot maker sees demand surge amid virus
BEIJING (AP) — While other industries struggle, Liu Zhiyong says China’s virus outbreak is boosting demand for his knee-high, bright yellow robots to deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail…
Thailand says all int'l arrivals need virus-free certificate
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's government is imposing stricter rules on international travel that require people arriving from all countries to have health certificates stating they do not have the coronavirus, along wi…
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK (AP) — When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously, the call…
Layoffs spike in US, Europe as virus shuts businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a couple of weeks ago, Erika Vega hoped her temp job at a cafeteria would soon become permanent. But instead, the viral outbreak shut down the building where she worked and left her wondering…
California governor issues statewide stay-at-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
40 million Californians ordered to stay home to halt virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the co…
Stock market unravels as coronavirus ravages global economy
The rapidly deteriorating health of the financial markets is being driven by a contagion of fear and uncertainty about a global pandemic that's infecting the economy in ways that seemed unfathomable just a month ag…
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Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seven Middle Eastern countries have suspended all commercial flights due to the fast-spreading new coronavirus, as the aviation industry's largest trade association announced Thur…
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark crude oil fell $2.79, or 11.1%, to close at $22.43 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell $1.49, or 5.2% to $26.98 a barrel.