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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…
Ax-wielding man attacks Greek tax office staff, 3 badly hurt
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A man wielding an ax and shouting “this is what you deserve” attacked employees at a tax office in northern Greece on Thursday, leaving three people seriously injured.
Arkansas governor orders people to wear face masks in public, reversing course during a surge in coronavirus cases
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas governor orders people to wear face masks in public, reversing course during a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Tesla tries to assure workers there's no big virus outbreak
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is trying to assure its 55,000 employees that there hasn't been a big coronavirus outbreak at company facilities worldwide, despite a report by an electric vehicle industry website that over 13…
Arkansas to require face masks to combat coronavirus surge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued an order Thursday requiring people to wear face masks in public throughout the state, which has had a surge in coronavirus cases over the past several we…
Pelosi urges Trump to 'ask for directions' on virus crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday compared President Donald Trump to “the man who refuses to ask for directions” as she pleaded with the White House to seek input from the nation's scientific…
More than 1M Americans seek help as companies cut more jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, indicating that companies are cutting more jobs as the resurgent coronavirus scythes through the Sunbelt and some of the natio…
The Latest: Atlanta mayor wants to keep mask requirement
ATLANTA — Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities want their requirements for wearing masks in public to remain in place, despite Gov. Brian Kemp forbidding cities and counties from mandating masks.
List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing
NEW YORK (AP) — Target, CVS Health and Publix Super Markets on Thursday joined the growing list of national chains that will require customers to wear face masks regardless of where cities or states stand on the is…
US mortgage rates fall to record lows; 30-year at 2.98%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average rates on long-term mortgages continue to fall to new record lows, as the key 30-year loan dropped below 3% for the first time in 50 years. The stagnant economic recovery in the face of the…
Target joins list of major retailers mandating masks
NEW YORK (AP) — Target has joined a list of the nation's largest retailers that will require customers to wear masks as cases of COVID-19 spike.
Bangladeshi hospital owner arrested over fake virus tests
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Security officials in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of two hospitals that issued thousands of fake coronavirus test reports as he attempted to flee the country to India, officials said…
So much money, so little time to find deal at EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — As European Union leaders start pouring in early for a two-day summit starting Friday, all realize that rarely so much has been on the line.
Minister: No investors for Lebanon's ailing power sector
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s worsening economic crisis, which culminated with the tiny nation defaulting on its debt this year, is making it increasingly difficult to attract investors for the country’s ailing electrici…
Senate Democrats seek aid for Black Americans in virus bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Senate Republicans prepare to roll out their next