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After lengthy discussion, Royal City food truck ordinance approved
ROYAL CITY — After more than a year of discussion, Royal City has a revised ordinance governing food trucks. “T…
Small businesses in college towns struggle without students
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Perry Porikos sat in the street outside one of his five businesses, in a makeshift patio area that didn’t exist before the COVID-19
Ram pickup recall: Floor mats can interfere with gas pedal
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 186,000 Ram pickups and is telling owners to take them to dealers because floor mats can interfere with the gas pedals.
Key dates in tenure of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will step down due to his health.
Mercedes gets big electric van order from Amazon
BERLIN (AP) — Amazon says it's buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz, the biggest such order for the German automaker to date.
Germany's Merkel: Don't link Navalny case to pipeline plan
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has a duty to do what it can to help get to the bottom of the apparent poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, but she argued that the issu…
Asia Today: Cases still rise in S.Korea, Malaysia stays shut
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area.
US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.9% in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.9% last month, a dose of support for an economy struggling to emerge from the grip of a pandemic that has held back a recovery and kept roughly 27 mill…
Elon Musk wants YOU to build a brain-computer interface
Elon Musk isn't content with electric cars, shooting people into orbit, populating Mars and building underground tunnels to solve traffic problems. He also wants to get inside your brain.
Too risky? Fed pressed to expand aid to some businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the economy still in the pandemic’s grip, the Federal Reserve is facing a decision on whether to stretch an emergency lending program in a way that could bring more risk for the government an…
Borgata: Ocean Casino is poaching our execs, trade secrets
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) —
Israel lists first commercial passenger flight to UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries ag…
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.
As virus rebounds in France, Macron bristles at border rules
VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged European neighbors to better coordinate cross-border virus restrictions as infections were on the rebound – and as multiple coun…
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…
Americans fighting extradition in ex-Nissan boss's escape
BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for two American men urged a judge Friday to block their extradition to Japan, where they are wanted on charges that they smuggled former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the cou…