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Farm fun
MOSES LAKE — There’s a whole lot to do at Palmer’s Adventure Farm, about five miles east of Moses Lake. We have…
GM flips to California's side in pollution fight with Trump
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is switching sides in the legal fight against California's right to set its own clean-air standards, abandoning the Trump administration as the president's term nears its close.
Los Angeles to discuss stay-home order as COVID cases rise
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after a spike of coronavirus cases surpassed a threshold set by Los Angeles public h…
French ex-President Sarkozy's trial for corruption suspended
PARIS (AP) — The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling was suspended Monday less than two hours after it started, to allow a medical report on one of the defendants.
President Trump directs his team to cooperate on transition for President-elect Joe Biden but vows to keep up fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump directs his team to cooperate on transition for President-elect Joe Biden but vows to keep up fight.
Greece faces renewed lockdown as pressure on hospitals rises
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece is set to extend its lockdown measures beyond the end of November given the spread of COVID-19 and the pressure on hospitals, the country's health minister warned Monday.
Average US price of gas down a penny a gallon to $2.18
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline slipped a penny a gallon (3.8 liters) to $2.18 over the past two weeks.
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a monthslong coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto s…
UN experts: Ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn wrongly detained in Japan, urges compensation from Japanese government
GENEVA (AP) — UN experts: Ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn wrongly detained in Japan, urges compensation from Japanese government.
AP source: Biden taps ex-Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as treasury secretary; she'd be 1st woman to lead department
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Biden taps ex-Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as treasury secretary; she'd be 1st woman to lead department.
Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, despite all the uncertainty surrounding the pa…
Shops, gyms to reopen in England under new COVID-19 plan
LONDON (AP) — Haircuts, shopping trips and visits to the pub will be back on the agenda for millions of people when a four-week lockdown in England comes to an end next week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sa…
Taiwan's leader launches production of domestically made sub
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's president inaugurated the production of domestically made submarines Tuesday in the southern city of Kaohsiung, in a step forward for the island's defense strategy at a time of ele…
EU invites Biden to patch up trans-Atlantic ties
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Charles Michel is inviting Joe Biden once he is U.S. president to come visit and patch up trans-Atlantic relations that have suffered over the past four years under President Do…
Ex-British Airways CEO poised to lead airline trade group
GENEVA (AP) — The CEO of the main trade group for global airlines will step down next March, and organization officials are supporting a former British Airways CEO to replace him.
Spain’s mortuary workers endure the daily march of death
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Marina Gómez and her fellow mortuary worker enter a room at a nursing home to remove the body of a COVID-19 victim, they work methodically and in silence.