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Grant and Adams counties gas prices dip slightly as state, national averages rise
MOSES LAKE — Gas prices in Grant and Adams counties slipped slightly over the last week, even as Washington and na…
Critic of Chinese leader expelled from party on graft charge
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and will…
Pandemic grips commerce, hits railroader Union Pacific
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific’s second-quarter profit fell 28% from a year ago as carload revenue tumbled in the coronavirus pandemic.
Whirlpool, Meritage rise; Kinder Morgan, Union Pacific fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday:
Johnson stresses 'sheer might' of UK union on Scotland trip
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed Thursday that the United Kingdom’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the country’s “sheer might,” seeking to underline the bonds that tie the …
Fox taking fans to the ballgame with a virtual crowd
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox will be taking viewers out to the ballgame by adding a virtual crowd in parks during its baseball broadcasts this season.
Ohio governor reverses course, calls to repeal energy law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine reversed course on Thursday and called for a nuclear bailout energy law to be repealed and replaced in the wake of a $60 million state bribery scandal implicating one of Ohio'…
Man guilty of giving escort employer credit card sentenced
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois man who claims his 2012 divorce prompted him to go on a binge that included alcohol, prostitutes and giving a woman his corporate credit card used to finance an opulent lifestyle and rack…
EU negotiator cites 'objective risk' of no post-Brexit deal
LONDON (AP) — British and European Union negotiators failed to agree on underlying principles in the latest round of talks on post-Brexit trade between the bloc and its one-time member, again raising concerns about…
Asia Today: South Korea to let fans watch sports live again
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will allow baseball fans to return to the stands beginning Sunday as health authorities outlined a phased process to bring back spectators in professional sports amid the COVID…
South Africa's excess deaths surge as virus like 'wildfire'
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Global hot spot South Africa is seeing a “huge discrepancy” between confirmed COVID-19 deaths and an unusually high number of excess deaths from natural causes, while Africa’s top health officia…
Review fast tracked for Nevada vanadium mine, 1st in the US
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Invoking President Trump’s executive order streamlining environmental reviews of projects critical to U.S. security, federal land managers have launched an expedited permitting process for the fir…
Southwest, American tighten mask rules; Delta widens testing
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide at-home coronavirus tests for some employees, while Southwest and American will tighten their rules on face masks by ending exceptions for medical reasons.
Greece will do 'whatever necessary' in dispute with Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece warned Thursday it will do “whatever is necessary” to defend its sovereign rights in response to plans by neighboring Turkey to proceed with an oil-and-gas research mission south of Gre…
Enbridge contractor vessels may have bumped pipeline support
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Recent damage that prompted the temporary shutdown of an Enbridge oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes may have been done by vessels working for the company, accordin…
Coronavirus impact saps AT&T in 2Q; hit to WarnerMedia
The coronavirus sapped $2.8 billion in revenue from AT&T in its most recent quarter, mostly in its WarnerMedia TV and film division. Its satellite TV business, DirecTV, continued to bleed customers.