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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…
Stocks claw back some of their losses in another rocky day
The stock market closed out its worst week in more than two months Friday as a second straight day of turbulent trading ended with more losses.
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…
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…
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.
The Latest: WHO chief: Won't recommend vaccines unless safe
LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization says the U.N. health agency won’t recommend any coronavirus vaccine before it is proved safe and effective.
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.
State: Lawmaker advocated burning Black Lives Matter houses
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A legislator accused of making a Facebook post that advocated burning and looting houses displaying Black Lives Matter signs is being investigated by the state attorney general and facing calls…
UK ignores critics, makes ex-Australia PM Abbott trade envoy
LONDON (AP) — The British government appointed former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to a post as unpaid trade advisor on Friday, ignoring criticism of the politician's views on women, gay rights and the env…
Restaurant built in 1784, casualty of pandemic, to be razed
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A restaurant and onetime inn built along a stagecoach route in 1784 has closed permanently, another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, and officials say it's been approved for demolition.
Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — After Wisconsin protests over
Construction starts on Britain's high-speed rail project
LONDON (AP) — Construction formally began Friday on Britain's 106 billion-pound ($140 billion) high-speed railway project, aiming to forge better connections between cities for decades to come.
Scandal-tarnished Nissan shows off production innovation
TOKYO (AP) — Nissan says it has developed a new way to produce high-tech auto parts that highlights the Japanese automaker’s engineering finesse, even as it faces a criminal trial in an ongoing scandal involving fo…
Stocks open higher on Wall Street a day after tech sell-off
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday, a day after a big slump in technology companies pulled the market to its biggest drop since June. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%. Traders were encouraged to s…
The Latest: Drug maker gets money from Germany for vaccine
BERLIN -- German pharmaceutical company CureVac says it is receiving a further 252 million euros ($298 million) to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
2nd survivor rescued after livestock ship sinks off Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s coast guard rescued a second survivor on Friday in waters where a ship carrying thousands of cows from New Zealand is believed to have sunk during stormy weather, officials said. Hours earlier,…