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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…
A late slide erases gains for US indexes, leaving them mixed
Wall Street closed out a choppy week of trading with more of the same Friday, as a late-afternoon stumble led U.S. stock indexes to a mixed finish.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there won’t be trade deal with EU unless there is a 'fundamental' change from bloc
LONDON (AP) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there won’t be trade deal with EU unless there is a 'fundamental' change from bloc.
Earnings calendar for the week of 10/19/2020
Major companies tentatively scheduled to post quarterly earnings next week:
GM to run robot cars in San Francisco without human backups
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year.
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UK says Instagram to crack down on hidden influencer ads
LONDON (AP) — British regulators said Friday that Instagram will clamp down on “hidden advertising” by social media influencers.
Retail sales in the U.S. rose 1.9% in September, the 5th consecutive month of growth
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales in the U.S. rose 1.9% in September, the 5th consecutive month of growth.
The Latest: India continues downward trend with 62K cases
NEW DELHI — India reported 62,212 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total to more than 7.4 million and continuing a downward trend.
The Latest: Melbourne closer to easing restrictions
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's Victoria state has reported just one new case of COVID-19 and no deaths as the city of Melbourne moves closer towards the easing of some lifestyle restrictions.
Feds planning now to get coronavirus shots to nursing homes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday unveiled a plan to get yet-to-be-approved coronavirus vaccines to nursing home residents free of charge, enlisting two national pharmacy chains to help.
Dallas Morning News staff votes to unionize newsroom
DALLAS (AP) — The staff of the Dallas Morning News voted to unionize Friday, becoming the first newspaper in Texas to do so amid a recent wave of labor organizing at news outlets across the country.
Jersey City, Kushner reach accord in political bias lawsuit
Jersey City has reached an agreement in a lawsuit by White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family’s company that claimed the city tried to sabotage a $900 million residential tower project out of political animosity …
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Stocks took a late stumble on Wall Street, erasing an early gain and leaving major indexes mixed on Friday.
Navistar, Bank of New York Mellon rise; Schlumberger falls
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Friday:
A late slide erases gains for US indexes, leaving them mixed
Wall Street closed out a choppy week of trading with more of the same Friday, as a late-afternoon stumble led U.S. stock indexes to a mixed finish.