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Updated 13 hours, 46 minutes ago

Restyle Design and Consign opens in Catalyst Center

MOSES LAKE — There’s no one style that defines Restyle Design and Consign, which held its ribbon-cutting May 4 at …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Facebook moves to target misinformation before election

Facebook is trying just two months before the U.S. election to better police political misinformation on its platform, a tacit acknowledgement that the social network is rife with falsehoods that could sway the vot…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
UN chief urges Japan, others to meet goals on climate change

The United Nations chief urged Japan and other wealthy nations on Thursday to give up their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels and commit to investments in green energy as they recover from the coronavirus pan…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at some meat plants

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Amazon adds 7,000 more UK jobs as pandemic e-commerce booms

LONDON (AP) — E-commerce giant Amazon is adding 7,000 more permanent jobs in the U.K. by the end of the year, in the latest sign that demand for online shopping and services is booming amid the pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
DP World, Canada fund to invest $4.5 billion in global ports

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International port operator DP World reached a deal Thursday with one of Canada’s biggest pension-fund managers to pour an additional $4.5 billion into their joint venture of port…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Kin of UK dementia patients want more visits

LONDON — The families of dementia patients are demanding the British government ease restrictions on visiting care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they prevent people from getting the love and attention …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Global stock markets mostly higher after Wall Street surge

Most major stock markets and U.S. futures rose Thursday after Wall Street surged to its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global outlook.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: UK working on 20-minute coronavirus test

LONDON — The British government says it is investing in a coronavirus test that gives results in as little as 20 minutes, as critics say tests for the virus are being rationed because the system can’t cope with dem…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Turkey expands social restrictions nationwide

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is expanding restrictions imposed on social gatherings such as wedding and engagement parties and henna nights in more than a dozen provinces to the entire country.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Slammed by virus, France unveils huge economic rescue plan

PARIS (AP) — Facing resurgent virus infections, France’s government unveiled a 100 billion-euro ($118 billion) recovery plan Thursday aimed at creating jobs, saving struggling businesses and yanking the country out…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Lawyer leaps past the bar, starts practicing in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — Damiano Cacchiotti found out he’d become a lawyer in a text message.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Mercedes-Benz unveils new flagship S-Class sedan

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler AG on Wednesday unveiled the new version of its Mercedes-Benz S-Class luxury sedan, the company's most important model and one it hopes will generate fat profits to help the Stuttg…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Unarmed missile launched from California for system test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early Wednesday from California to a target in the Pacific Ocean in a test of the defense system, the …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
HHS canceling ventilator contracts, says stockpile is full

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Australian barley exporter challenges Chinese ban

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A major Australian barley exporter barred from China in the latest trade dispute to hit bilateral relations said on Wednesday the Chinese are only now acting on grain shipments dating bac…