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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…
Estee Lauder, Marathon fall; L Brands, Synopsys rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday:
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…
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 …
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louis DeJoy, the embattled leader of the
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.