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Dryer vent cleaning is important -- but often overlooked
MOSES LAKE — Not all the maintenance a house needs is visible. Sometimes a potential problem just goes unnoticed u…
India now 2nd behind US in virus cases amid economic pain
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the world's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday, as its efforts to head off economic disaster from the pandemic …
Recent data show Chinese fishing fleet still near Galapagos
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Satellite data indicate that a large Chinese fishing fleet remained in international waters near Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago at the beginning of this month, even as China said it would tempor…
Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of disputed JEDI deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Friday reaffirmed Microsoft as winner of a cloud computing contract potentially worth $10 billion, although the start of work is delayed by a legal battle over rival Amazon's claim…
Thanks, but no: Small businesses shun payroll tax deferral
NEW YORK (AP) — As employees of small businesses get their first September paychecks, they’re probably receiving their usual amount — company owners are still withholding money for Social Security despite a preside…
Madrid struggles as center of pandemic's 2nd wave in Europe
MADRID (AP) — A mix of worry and resignation is discernible behind the masks of parents picking up school textbooks in a working class Spanish neighborhood with a steady rise in new coronavirus infections.
Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — After Wisconsin protests over
German industrial production up for 3rd consecutive month
BERLIN (AP) — German industrial production increased for the third consecutive month in July, but the gain was relatively modest following bigger gains in the immediate aftermath of this spring's shutdowns, officia…
Fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka extinguished after 3 days
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire on a large oil tanker drifting off Sri Lanka's coast was extinguished on Sunday after burning for three days, as a team of experts moved to salvage the vessel, the country's navy ch…
The Latest: Australia OKs funding for two potential vaccines
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced on Monday it had struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) over two potential COVID-19 vacci…
The Latest: Nevada reports 390 new virus cases, 13 deaths
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada health officials on Saturday reported 390 additional COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths, bringing the statewide totals to 71,102 confirmed cases and 1,388 deaths.
Germany ups pressure on Russia in Navalny poisoning probe
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Sunday increased pressure on Russia over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, warning that a lack of support by Moscow in the investigation could “force” Germany t…
US judge OKs extradition of 2 accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan; State Department to decide
BOSTON (AP) — US judge OKs extradition of 2 accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan; State Department to decide.
Facebook blocks ailing man's planned end-of-life broadcasts
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what …
China's Xi promises more market opening at trade fair
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping pledged to open China’s service industries wider to foreign competitors as its first in-person trade fair since the coronavirus outbreak opened under intensive anti-disease contr…
US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment dropped sharply in August from 10.2% to a still-high 8.4%, with about half the 22 million jobs lost to the coronavirus outbreak recovered so far, the government said Friday in on…