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Updated 3 days, 22 hours ago

‘Most big repairs start out as small repairs’

MOSES LAKE — When Uziel Ortega launched Steadfast Home Services earlier this year, he wasn't sure whether the phon…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
New York attorney general drops T-Mobile-Sprint challenge

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general said Sunday the state will not appeal a judge's decision approving the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Insider Q&A: Facebook VP of Messenger discusses privacy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that's used by well over 1 billion people each month. He's playing a key role in helping Facebook integrate that app with its other …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
$1 million grant goes to record black women's histories

NEW YORK (AP) — A trailblazer among black women in the business world wants to help make sure that the stories of other pioneering women like her are not forgotten.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
US retail sales up modest 0.3% in January, boosted by strong sales at furniture and hardware stores

WASHINGTON (AP) — US retail sales up modest 0.3% in January, boosted by strong sales at furniture and hardware stores.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
India keeps lid on Kashmir's internet 6 months into lockdown

NEW DELHI (AP) — Six months after India's government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is heralding the restoration of limited, slow-speed internet as a …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Tesla prices its second offering of stock at $767 apiece

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Tesla priced its second offering of stock at $767 apiece Friday.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
US stocks post small gains, major indexes up for the week

Wall Street closed out a wobbly day of trading Friday with the major stock indexes notching their second straight weekly gain.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Lawmaker questions China's offer to build UK high speed rail

LONDON (AP) — Allowing China's state-run rail construction company to build a high-speed rail line linking London with central and northern England would be an “extremely questionable" decision, a prominent British…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
United and American push back expected return of Boeing Max

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines and American Airlines said Friday they are removing the grounded Boeing 737 Max from their schedules longer than previously planned, which means thousands more flights will be cancele…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Former arms company engineer pleads guilty to weapons count

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A naturalized U.S. citizen from China who worked for 10 years for a Raytheon Corp. subsidiary as an electrical engineer has pleaded guilty to a federal arms exportation charge.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Michael Avenatti, who represented porn star in lawsuits against Trump, convicted of trying to extort Nike

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, who represented porn star in lawsuits against Trump, convicted of trying to extort Nike.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
US retail sales up a modest 0.3% in January

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales rose a modest 0.3% in January, a slight improvement over December, as unseasonably warm weather boosted sales at hardware stores and furniture stores.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Facebook's influencers nod shows murky side of campaign ads

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook's green light for political campaigns to pay prominent social media users to spread their messages is highlighting the difficulties around setting rules for the fast-changing world of …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects

PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, mang…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Delta says it will invest $1 billion to cut carbon emissions

Delta Air Lines said Friday it will invest $1 billion over the next 10 years in measures designed to offset climate-warming carbon emissions from its planes.