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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…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Estee Lauder, Marathon fall; L Brands, Synopsys rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday:

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Thunberg, fellow activists press Merkel over climate action

BERLIN (AP) — Young activists, including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, held talks Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press their demands for tougher action on curbing climate change and to get thei…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Venice Film Festival first to open amid pandemic

ROME — The Venice Film Festival is requiring participants at the first in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era to wear facemasks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they’re arriving from outside …

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Tech gains send indexes higher even as other stocks fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Big technology companies powered more gains on Wall Street Thursday, even as most stocks fell following more discouraging data on the economy.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
US halts imports linked to Taiwan-based fishing vessel

WASHINGTON (AP) — Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor have prompted the U.S. to halt imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
President Donald Trump's former political adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's former political adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was pulled from a luxury yacht and arrested Thursday on allegations that he and three associates ripped off donors trying to fund a so…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound

WASHINGTON (AP) — One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the Trump administration pledged to help, according to a study released Thursday that fi…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Tech gains send indexes higher even most other stocks fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Major indexes managed to eke out gains on Wall Street even as most stocks fell following more discouraging data on the economy. The government reported that slightly more than 1.1 million workers ap…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louis DeJoy, the embattled leader of the

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Appeals court gives reprieve to Uber, Lyft in California

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — An appeals court has allowed ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors in California in a decision that will give the two companies a fe…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Appeals court grants stay, giving reprieve to Uber and Lyft to continue operations in California

Berkeley, Calif. (AP) — Appeals court grants stay, giving reprieve to Uber and Lyft to continue operations in California.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Young children pose a dilemma for airlines with mask rules

DALLAS (AP) — Two recent incidents involving young children who refused to wear face masks show how airlines are struggling to balance safety with compassionate treatment of all their customers during a pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Trump wants #SCOTUS OK to block critics on @realdonaldtrump

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling US economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus recession struck swiftly and violently. Now, with the U.S. economy still in the grip of the outbreak five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven — and painfully slow.