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Fuel prices slightly elevated this week

MOSES LAKE — After weeks of steady increases, fuel prices across Washington and the nation largely held steady thi…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
EU Council President Charles Michel says virus relief agreement "shows our belief in our common future"

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Council President Charles Michel says virus relief agreement "shows our belief in our common future."

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Watchdogs eye $700M relief loan to struggling trucking firm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional watchdogs are questioning the government’s decision to award a $700 million coronavirus relief loan to a struggling trucking company on grounds its operations are critical for mainta…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: SKorea's new virus cases bounce back after drop

SEOUL, South Korea __ South Korea’s new virus cases have bounced back to above 40, a day after it reported its smallest daily jump in local COVID-19 transmissions in two months.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
'Men's rights' lawyer eyed in shooting of NJ judge's family

A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is the prime suspect in the shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, the FBI said Monday.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Halliburton, BioNTech rise; ÇBL, PetMed fall

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

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
To survive financial storm of virus, states turn to Congress

State governments trying to weather the financial storm brought on by the coronavirus are borrowing billions of dollars and desperately trying to slash costs by furloughing workers, delaying construction projects, …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
EU nations clinch $2.1T budget, virus aid deal after 4 days

BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four d…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Stirring in the oil patch, Chevron buys Noble for $5 billion

NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron will take over Noble Energy for $5 billion in the first big deal announced since the coronavirus pandemic shook the energy sector.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
In first big deal since COVID-19 shook energy sector, Chevron takes over Noble in $5 billion, all-stock acquisition

NEW YORK (AP) — In first big deal since COVID-19 shook energy sector, Chevron takes over Noble in $5 billion, all-stock acquisition.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
EU leaders clinch $2.1 trillion pandemic relief and budget deal after 4 days, 4 nights of infighting over money, power

BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders clinch $2.1 trillion pandemic relief and budget deal after 4 days, 4 nights of infighting over money, power.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
UK suspends extradition arrangements with Hong Kong

LONDON (AP) — Britain suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and blocked arms sales to the former British territory after China imposed a tough new national security law.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
UAE's Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

TOKYO (AP) — A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Texas passes 4,000 deaths, but Houston sees rates steady

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas surpassed 4,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic Monday but officials in Houston, one of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S., say they are cautiously optimistic about recent trends follo…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Trump, Congress square off over virus aid as crisis worsens

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday a “big flareup” of COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans and differences with Democrats posed fresh challenges for…