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Soap Lake Library teaches young gardeners how to help native bees thrive
SOAP LAKE — Families visited the Soap Lake Library this week for an Earth Day program that turned tin cans, bamboo…
Buyer of Japan's Takata looks at possible seatbelt faults
DETROIT (AP) — The company that took over Japan’s Takata Corp. following a scandal over faulty airbags is looking into whether the company failed to provide accurate test data on seatbelts supplied to automakers.
China passes new law restricting sensitive exports
BEIJING (AP) — China has passed a new law restricting sensitive exports to protect national security, allowing Beijing to reciprocate against the U.S. as tensions mount between the sides over trade and technology.
Facebook's long and halting fight against misinformation
Facebook is facing its toughest challenge yet: an election complicated by a pandemic, a deeply divided nation lured by conspiracy theories and alternate versions of reality.
Is Facebook really ready for the 2020 election?
Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it's learned its lesson and is no long…
Japan's pragmatic new PM pushes Abe's vision on SE Asia trip
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, left Sunday on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month, heading to Vietnam and Indonesia.
The Latest: Thailand closes Myanmar border crossings
BANGKOK — Thailand has closed all border crossings between its northern province of Tak and Myanmar after five people in the Thai border town of Mae Sot tested positive for the coronavirus.
US government posts record deficit of $3.1 trillion in 2020 budget year as pandemic shrinks revenues, fuels spending
WASHINGTON (AP) — US government posts record deficit of $3.1 trillion in 2020 budget year as pandemic shrinks revenues, fuels spending.
Thousands arrive in Hawaii on first day pre-travel testing
HONOLULU (AP) — About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative…
Scammers seize on US election, but it's not votes they want
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The email from a political action committee seemed harmless: if you support Joe Biden, it urged, click here to make sure you're registered to vote.
US industrial production fell a sharp 0.6% in September
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial production fell 0.6% in September, the weakest showing since spring and a sign that the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession may be faltering just as confirmed viral infe…
EU Commission chief von der Leyen says the bloc still wants a Brexit trade deal "but not at any price"
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Commission chief von der Leyen says the bloc still wants a Brexit trade deal "but not at any price."
Phone of casino exec in trade secrets flap to be examined
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A forensic expert must examine the personal phone of an Atlantic City casino executive accused of taking valuable data on the Borgata's top customers to his new job at a competing casino,…
Navistar, Bank of New York Mellon rise; Schlumberger falls
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Friday:
The Latest: New Mexico sets another one-day COVID-19 record
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexico health officials on Friday confirmed the state set another single-day record with 819 COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 35,770 since the pandemic began.
Dark déjà vu for European economy as virus cases spike
LONDON (AP) — Europe’s economy was just catching its breath from what had been the sharpest recession in modern history. A resurgence in coronavirus cases this month is a bitter blow that will likely turn what was …