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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…
Greece: EU must step up response to Turkey's 'aggression'
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union must step up its response to Turkey’s escalating “aggression” in the eastern Mediterranean because it’s directed against the entire 27-member EU and not just some member na…
Virus-induced spending spurs sales at Home Depot, Walmart
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for their fiscal…
Dining out: 35 million meals claimed in UK discount plan
LONDON (AP) — Everyone, it seems, loves a discount especially when it's on the government's credit card.
Pandemic-induced spending spur sales at Home Depot, Walmart
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for their fiscal…
Greece: Construction begins on major development project
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister on Friday declared the start of preliminary work on a long-delayed major development project at the prime seaside site of the old Athens airport.
High-altitude airships company picks New Mexico for base
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A technology company aiming to send up high-altitude airships to monitor crops and bring broadband has chosen New Mexico for its U.S. production center, state Economic Development Secretary …
Ohio AG seeks to halt payouts in nuke plants' bankruptcy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top lawyer has asked a federal court to temporarily halt payouts in a bankruptcy case involving the
S&P 500 briefly crests at highest level ever as stocks drift
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting on Wall Street Tuesday, and the S&P 500 is once again bouncing against its record closing level, which has been acting as its ceiling in recent days.
UK rates of depression double among adults during lockdown
LONDON (AP) — Rates of depression appear to have almost doubled in Britain since the country was put into lockdown in late March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the country's official statisti…
UK, EU resume talks on future ties, as new deadline looms
BRUSSELS (AP) — Negotiations were to resume Tuesday on the future trade ties between the European Union and the United Kingdom after Brexit, with the Europeans insisting that important differences in the two sides'…
Champagne makers fix harvest quotas, as virus kills the fizz
PARIS (AP) — French Champagne producers decided Tuesday to put unprecedented limits on the quantity of grapes they’ll harvest this year in hopes of propping up prices and containing damage from the coronavirus pand…
Postmaster general to appear before Senate over mail delays
WASHINGTON (AP) — Backlash mounting, President Donald Trump's embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will appear Friday before the Senate to testify on mail delivery delays and service changes that lawmakers and …
S&P 500 briefly touches highest level ever as stocks drift
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, and the S&P 500 is once again bouncing against its record closing level, which has been acting as its ceiling in recent days.
Cesare Romiti, who steered Fiat through tough times, dies
ROME (AP) — Cesare Romiti, an industrialist and champion of Italian capitalism who steered automaker Fiat through years of strikes and domestic terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Rome on Tuesday, Italian sta…
Environmental groups sue TVA over long-term power agreements
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Environmental groups are suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over long-term partnership agreements signed by local power companies that receive electricity generated by the nation's largest p…