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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…
Unemployment falls to 10.2% even as US job growth slowed to 1.8 million in July under pressure from pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment falls to 10.2% even as US job growth slowed to 1.8 million in July under pressure from pandemic.
Turkish lira hits another historic low amid pandemic
LONDON (AP) — Turkey's currency tumbled further Friday, hitting another record low.
The Latest: Hong Kong offers free testing for all residents
HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says the semi-autonomous Chinese city will offer free coronavirus testing for all its 7.5 million residents beginning in two weeks.
The Latest: GAVI signs vaccine deal for developing world
LONDON — The vaccines alliance GAVI says it has agreed to a deal with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the world’s biggest vaccine producer, India’s Serum Institute, to speed the manufacturing and delivery o…
Swiss ink deal with Moderna for 4.5M doses of COVID vaccine
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss federal government says it has struck a deal with Moderna to supply Switzerland with 4.5 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine if the U.S. biotech firm successfully develops one.
The Latest: German state shuts 2 schools after new cases
BERLIN — Officials in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have shut down two schools after new cases of coronavirus were confirmed only days after the northeastern German state became the country’s first to resume classe…
The Latest: Number of cases on Norwegian ship rises to 62
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The number of people on a Norwegian cruise ship who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to 62.
China sentences fourth Canadian to death on drug charges
BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.
The Latest: French exports down 21.5% as pandemic bites
PARIS — New foreign trade figures released by France for the first half of 2020 reveal the economic devastation the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked on the eurozone’s second economy.
Turkish currency hits all-time low amid market jitters
LONDON (AP) — Turkey’s currency dropped to an all-time low against the dollar on Thursday as the global recession created by the pandemic brings to the fore weaknesses in the country's economy.
4 poultry plant execs indicted after 2019 immigration raid
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade.
Obama's Medicaid expansion keeps gaining ground under Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is still trying to overturn “Obamacare,” but his predecessor's health care law keeps gaining ground in places where it was once unwelcome.
1.2 million laid-off workers seek US jobless aid as layoffs remain elevated amid resurgence of virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — 1.2 million laid-off workers seek US jobless aid as layoffs remain elevated amid resurgence of virus.
4 Ohio operatives plead not guilty in $60M bribery probe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Four Ohio lobbyists and political operatives pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they conspired as part of what one defendant called an “unholy alliance” aimed at
Apple shines in pandemic with $2 trillion value on horizon
Early in 2020, Apple appeared to be caught in a horrible bind.