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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…
S&P 500 rises to close out longest weekly win streak of 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — The gains keep piling up on Wall Street, and the S&P 500 rallied again on Friday to close out its fifth straight winning week.
Belarus cracks down on journalists, 2 AP staff deported
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus, shaken by three weeks of massive protests against its authoritarian president, on Saturday cracked down hard on the news media, deporting some foreign journalists reporting in the country and…
Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic
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United says it will drop widely scorned ticket-change fees
United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States.
Some Californians didn't get evacuation alerts in wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Debra DeAngelo went to sleep, she thought the flames chewing through Northern California wine country were too far away to be dangerous. Plus, she had signed up for all the alerts that eme…
The Latest: Indian virus surge continues with 78,000 cases
NEW DELHI — India has registered 78,512 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining an upward surge.
This Week: Earnings from Zoom, Macy's and Toro
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
Survey: China manufacturing logs feeble growth in August
BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing activity held steady in August as domestic demand helped to offset weaker orders from exports markets that are struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Monday.
The Latest: Temple University halts in-person classes
PHILADELPHIA — Temple University has announced a two-week halt of in-person classes as Philadelphia officials called on all college and university students in the city to avoid all social gatherings with people out…
The Latest: Confirmed virus cases exceed 10,000 in Greece
ATHENS, Greece — The confirmed number of new coronavirus cases in Greece has exceeded 10,000, and more than half of them were reported this month, Greek health authorities announced Sunday.
Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher's ranch added new urgency to getting his pinot noir grapes off the vine. If flames didn't do any damage t…
Ahead of Kentucky Derby, worker shortage looms for trainers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration’s immigration squeeze and the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic threaten to leave the horse racing industry short of workers, racing officials warn as they…
Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic
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The Latest: French minister: Not all classrooms can reopen
PARIS — Not all French classrooms can safely reopen Tuesday, the education minister acknowledged Sunday, amid a persistent rise in coronavirus infections that is threatening the government’s push to get France’s 12…
The Latest: Global coronavirus cases top 25 million
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally has topped 25 million.