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Local gas prices fall as summer driving season continues

MOSES LAKE — Drivers in Grant and Adams counties are seeing some relief at the pump after months of steadily risin…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Turkey replaces central bank head as lira sees record lows

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday dismissed the head of the country’s central bank following a period of high inflation and record lows for the lira.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
AP PHOTOS: Pandemic empties India's Silicon Valley suburbs

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has transformed India’s Silicon Valley.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Texas judge upholds El Paso business shut down

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district judge on Friday upheld an order from El Paso County’s top elected official shutting down businesses while the region fights an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Phi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Lockdown ordered at Nevada prison after outbreak

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- State prison officials have ordered a lockdown at a medium-security facility in northern Nevada after 93 inmates and seven staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Asia Today: Australia's Victoria has no cases for 8th day

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian state of Victoria had its eighth day in a row of no new virus cases or deaths, ahead of another move back to normal living including no limits on travel outside of Melbour…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Kansas new çoronavirus cases 'just skyrocketing'

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas added a record-setting 5,418 new coronavirus cases over two days as hospitals warned that staffing was being seriously strained.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
FDA panel urges rejection of experimental Alzheimer's drug

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health advisers sharply criticized a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug on Friday, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence that the experimental drug slowed the brain-destroying disease.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Stocks close a blistering week, even as uncertainty lingers

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street took a breather Friday after a blistering rally that gave the market its biggest weekly gain since April and indicated investors see plenty of benefits from more gridlock in Washington.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Demolition starts on big ship stranded 14 months off Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Using a heavy anchor chain like a saw, a towering crane Friday began cutting apart a cargo ship that's been stranded on the Georgia coast since it overturned nearly 14 months ago.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Wall Street closes out its biggest weekly gain since April

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street paused Friday after a furious four-day rally gave the market its biggest weekly gain since April. Investors are anticipating that the election this week will result in more partisan grid…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Electronic Arts, Global Blood fall; Roku, T-Mobile rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Friday:

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hiring held last month but signs of caution as virus worsens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying fears of another slowdown, U.S. businesses kept hiring at a solid pace in October, yet there are signs they remain cautious about the economy's future as the pandemic worsens.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Hershey's Halloween sales up despite fewer trick-or-treaters

Hershey says its Halloween candy sales were up slightly this year despite a lower turnout of trick-or-treaters amid the pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: WVa Gov. Justice, staff tested for coronavirus

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his staff are being tested for the coronavirus after a staffer in the capitol building tested positive on Friday.