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A year of successes
MOSES LAKE — Downtown Moses Lake has had a pretty good year. “I think people are starting to recognize that th…
Islands of floating waste clog rivers in Balkans
VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Huge islands of waste are floating on some rivers in the Balkans, causing an environmental emergency and threatening a regional hydropower plant.
Trump administration scales back wild bird protections
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized changes that weaken the government's enforcement powers under a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species, brushing aside warnin…
American Airlines is grounding emotional-support animals
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is banning emotional-support animals in a move that will force most owners to pay extra if they want their pets to travel with them.
Some taxpayers find relief payments sent to wrong account
A number of taxpayers who use tax preparation services, such as H&R Block and TurboTax, say their second relief payments were sent to the incorrect bank account, forcing them to wait longer for their money.
Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration to ease rift with Qatar
AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders signed a declaration Tuesday to ease a rift with Qatar, following Saudi Arabia’s decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of the tiny energy-rich country that deeply divide…
EXPLAINER: How do I know when to get my 2nd vaccine shot?
NEW YORK (AP) — As U.S. health officials try to get COVID-19 vaccines to people more quickly, it’s already time for some people to get their second shots.
World Bank sees subdued recovery in 2021 and plenty of risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will experience a subdued recovery this year from the devastating pandemic, the World Bank predicted Tuesday, but it warned that the near-term outlook is highly uncertain and gr…
Chancellor Angela Merkel says officials have agreed to extend Germany’s lockdown until Jan 31
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says officials have agreed to extend Germany’s lockdown until Jan 31.
France launches service to make deadbeat parents pay
PARIS (AP) — France is launching a new government service empowered to take money directly from the bank accounts of parents who fail to pay child support, aiming to help many families — the vast majority of whom a…
UK hospitals stagger under toll from the new virus variant
LONDON (AP) — England's National Health Service is accustomed to tough winters — and caring for people on overcrowded wards sometimes means moving patients into the corridor. But this is different. Now some are luc…
Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the work that was done for the multistate natural gas project and restorin…
US stocks push higher, recover some of their sharp losses
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pushing higher Tuesday and recovering some of their sharp losses from the day before.
US factories grew at a faster pace in December with a manufacturing gauge rising to reading of 60.7, up from 57.5
WASHINGTON (AP) — US factories grew at a faster pace in December with a manufacturing gauge rising to reading of 60.7, up from 57.5.
US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector.
Dutch government criticized for late start to vaccinations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday over a COVID-19 vaccination plan that has the first shots set to be administered on Wednesday, making the Netherl…