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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…
Upgrading your space while stuck at home? Get it insured
As many Americans face months on end stuck indoors, some are using their time (and money) to create a change of scenery or upgrade their surroundings. Office equipment purchases are on the rise, and people are tack…
Former Audi chief on trial in VW diesel emissions scandal
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The former head of Volkswagen's Audi luxury car division and three others went on trial Wednesday on charges related to the company's cheating on diesel car emissions tests. The proceeding…
7 parties agree on Belgian government led by Liberal De Croo
BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost 500 days after Belgian parliamentary elections, seven parties from both sides of the linguistic aisle agreed early Wednesday on forming a fully functioning majority government under new Prime…
Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes market debut
BOSTON (AP) — Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, the data-mining outfit Palantir Technologies is finally going public in the biggest Wall Street tech offering since last year's debut…
Edmunds highlights small cars under $25k
Small sedans and hatchbacks were once the entry point to new car ownership for many people. But consumers’ increasing preference for small SUVs has led to lower sales. As a consequence, a number of automakers have …
Germany welcomes China climate goal, sees need for EU action
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed China's plan to be carbon-neutral by 2060, contrasting it with the U.S. failure to abide by the goals of the Paris climate accord.
German jobless rate falls in September, fewer on furlough
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's unemployment rate declined in September despite the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Wednesday. Jobless figures have been kept lower by extensive use of a short-term salary support…
The Latest: Quarantined Czechs can vote in drive-in stations
PRAGUE — Czechs are casting ballot from their cars for the first time, a measure forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
UK economy slump not as bad as feared but still a record
LONDON (AP) — The British economy did not contract as much as originally thought during the second quarter of the year when coronavirus lockdown measures were at their most intense — though the slump remained the w…
Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as oil demand slumps
LONDON (AP) — Energy producer Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it's planning to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022 following a collapse in demand for oil and a subsequent slide in prices …
Japan military seeks record budget amid regional threats
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking a record-high budget of nearly 5.5 trillion yen ($55 billion) for fiscal 2021 to fund more purchases of costly American stealth fighters and expand its capability to…
Tunisians fleeing economy, not COVID, cause tension in Italy
RAS JEBEL, Tunisia (AP) — Once it was just the jobless young men who set off from Tunisia’s rocky northern beaches for Sicily, usually defying their parents in hopes of a better future.
Regulators crack down on aggressive, dubious debt collectors
NEW YORK (AP) — Those mysterious debt collectors who call insisting you’ll be in legal peril if you don’t pay them big bucks are in hot water themselves, accused in a nationwide crackdown of harassing and threateni…
Ski resorts struggle to hire amid Trump's student visa ban
DENVER (AP) — Milagros Sotelo was looking forward to traveling from South America to Tennessee to start a job at Ober Gatlinburg ski resort this winter. The 22-year-old student worked the last two ski seasons in th…
UK pushes on with EU-reviled law as Brexit talks go to wire
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union and British negotiators hunkered down Tuesday to seek last-minute compromises on everything from fisheries to competition in hopes of creating a post-Brexit trade deal. But the atmosp…