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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…
Nuclear waste shipment arrives in Germany, protests likely
BERLIN (AP) — A shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste arrived Monday at a port in northern Germany, and authorities were braced for likely protests as it is transported across the country to a storage site.
Midwestern states with few virus rules have low unemployment
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five of the six states with the nation’s lowest unemployment rates are in the Midwest, have Republican governors and have almost no restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Walgreens finishes McKesson deal; names Jarrett to board
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance has finished a deal to combine its pharmaceutical wholesale businesses in Germany with McKesson Corp.
Hong Kong leader to travel to Beijing to seek economic aid
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will travel to Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese officials to seek help in reviving Hong Kong’s economy and discuss reopening the borders with mainland China as co…
Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%.
The Latest: New Mexico governor: Stay home on Halloween
SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday said the spread of coronavirus is out of control in New Mexico as she urged residents to stay home and avoid gathering with others to celebrate Halloween.
Trump admin funds plasma company based in owner's condo
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Trump administration gave a well-connected Republican donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, it noted the company’s “manufacturing facilities” in C…
The Latest: Sri Lanka postpones school reopening for virus
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Authorities in Sri Lanka have extended the school holidays for two more weeks, postponing the opening of classes amid a surge of COVID-19 patients from two clusters in Colombo and the capital’s…
Hong Kong leader to travel to Beijing to seek economic aid
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will travel to Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese officials to seek help in reviving Hong Kong’s economy and discuss reopening the borders with mainland China as co…
Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%.
Last evacuation from Southeast Texas train derailment lifted
MAURICEVILLE, Texas (AP) — The last evacuation order has been lifted from the Southeast Texas vicinity of a freight train derailment that occurred last week, officials said Monday.
The Latest: Virus infections hitting rural Kansas counties
TOPEKA, Kan. — A surge in confirmed coronavirus cases in Kansas is hitting some of the state’s most rural counties hard and has officials in even urban areas worrying that people aren’t following public health advi…
Pilots say FAA proposal for Boeing Max training needs work
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. pilot unions say the Federal Aviation Administration should improve its proposal for training pilots how to handle a nose-down pitch of the Boeing 737 Max, which was grounded after two deadly…
Man guilty in scheme to ship military boats to China
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese man has been convicted in Florida in a scheme to buy and ship inflatable military boats from the United States to China.
Walmart abandons shelf-scanning robots, lets humans do work
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is laying off the robots it had deployed in about 500 stores to keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves.