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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…
McCain to resume work on Othello expansion
Canada-based potato processing giant McCain Foods announced Wednesday that the company will resume work on its $300 million expansion in Othello this month.
Facebook, Twitter flounder in QAnon crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — Facebook and Twitter promised to stop encouraging the growth of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon, which fashions President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ri…
Ex-congressman seeks to delay going to prison, citing COVID
NEW YORK (AP) — The first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president four years ago cited the coronavirus Thursday as he asked to delay or modify his 26-month prison sentence.
MLB's first retail store opens Friday in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a former Manhattan television studio, the scaffolding has come down and Major League Baseball’s first retail store opens Friday across from Radio City Music Hall in a part of Midtown Manhatta…
Judge tosses case over chemical plant fire during Harvey
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed the criminal case against a chemical manufacturer and one of its former employees over a fire at its plant near Houston during Hurricane Harvey, saying prosecutors faile…
Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble
LONDON (AP) — An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves — and is run…
Airline furloughs begin as federal pandemic relief expires
U.S. airlines began furloughing more than 32,000 employees on Thursday after a federal prohibition on job cuts expired.
September growth for US manufacturing, fifth straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S manufacturing grew at a slightly slower pace last month, continuing to rebound from spring's coronavirus recession.
The Latest: 2 Philippine tourist spots partially reopen
MANILA, Philippines — Two of the most popular Philippine tourist destinations, including the Boracay beach, have partially reopened with only a fraction of their usual crowds showing up given continuing coronavirus…
Bed Bath & Beyond, Boeing rise; Marathon, Allstate fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday:
August construction spending up 1.4%, led by home building
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending increased 1.4% in August, led by a surge in single-family homes.
EU leaders overcome Cyprus veto, agree to Belarus sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed early Friday to impose sanctions on dozens of senior officials in Belarus accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a crackdown on peaceful protes…
Virus has Chinese tourists heading for domestic destinations
HONG KONG (AP) — Millions of Chinese tourists usually spend their weeklong National Day holidays traveling abroad.
India's contracting economy rebooting from coronavirus blow
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of distressed Indian manufacturers and traders are counting on the eagerly-awaited October-December festive season to rescue them from their coronavirus catastrophe.
US traffic deaths fell 2% in 2019; 3rd straight yearly drop
DETROIT (AP) — Traffic deaths in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive year in 2019, the government's road safety agency reported.