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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…
Swedish central bank sees key interest rate at 0 for years
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s central bank on Tuesday kept its main interest rate at zero and said it expects it to remain “at this level in the coming years” due to the economic uncertainty created by the virus pandem…
Powell and Mnuchin voice optimism but back more economic aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed cautious optimism Tuesday that the U.S. economy is rebounding from the pandemic-induced recession with federa…
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Mall titan Brookfield, Ralph Lauren both reducing workforce
NEW YORK (AP) — Brookfield Properties, one of the nation's largest mall operators, is cutting 20% of its workforce in its retail division, as the pandemic has accelerated online shopping and resulted in a string of…
Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to i…
Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years on graft charges
BEIJING (AP) — Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years on graft charges.
Facebook: Fake pages from China tried to disrupt US politics
How major US stock indexes fared Monday
Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Monday as markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain.
German public-sector workers walk out to press pay demands
BERLIN (AP) — Public-service workers in Germany launched a campaign of short strikes on Tuesday to press their demand for a significant pay raise, with hospital and child care center employees and drainage workers …
Asia Today: India sees 83,000 new cases, but numbers falling
NEW DELHI (AP) — India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier.
House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevaile…
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Expert: Loads left cargo ship unstable when it overturned
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard analysis found that a cargo ship overturned after departing a Georgia seaport because of unstable loading that left its center of gravity too high, making the vessel suscepti…
Congress seeks to block goods from China over forced labor
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping goods out of the U.S. that are made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China passed overwhelmingly Tuesday in the House of Representatives de…
Asian shares track Wall Street retreat on pandemic pains
Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain.