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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…
'We don't want them,' Mallorca says of wild-wayed tourists
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain’s Balearic Islands ordered the closure Wednesday of bars and nightclubs in beachfront areas popular with young and foreign visitors, pulling the plug on endless drunken nights to …
JC Penney cuts 1,000 jobs as it closes stores
JC Penney says it will cut 1,000 jobs as it tries to fight its way out from under bankruptcy protection.
JC Penney cuts 1,000 jobs as chain shrinks
JC Penney says it will cut 1,000 jobs as it tries to fight its way out from under bankruptcy protection.
US bars Pakistani flights after pilot-license scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States downgraded the safety rating of Pakistan's aviation system and will block Pakistan's airlines from launching service to the U.S.
More than 150 countries sign up for global vaccine plan
LONDON (AP) — More than 70 rich countries have signed up to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative intended to ensure that any effective shots are fairly distributed around the world - but which may also allow the…
Disney World's last two theme parks reopen to visitors
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Days after reopening two theme parks amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, Walt Disney World on Wednesday welcomed back visitors to two more theme parks that had been shuttered since Ma…
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to e…
US to hit Huawei employees with visa bans for rights abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will impose travel bans on employees of the Chinese technology giant Huawei and other Chinese companies the U.S. determines are assisting authoritarian g…
US warns firms about sanctions for work on Russian pipelines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday hardened its efforts to prevent the completion of new German-Russian and Turkish-Russian natural gas pipelines by warning companies involved in the projects t…
As US seeks production, sole US rare earth miner goes public
The sole miner of rare earths in the U.S. is becoming a public company amid elevated trade tensions with China, the dominant global supplier of the material used in everything from computers to cars.
Jobs, ecology key to France's $110 billion virus rescue plan
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister on Wednesday laid out 100 billion euros ($110 billion) in new spending to rescue the virus-battered economy from its worst crisis since World War II.
Markets rally worldwide on rising hopes for COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rallying Wednesday on rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine, and the S&P 500 is back to where it was just a few days after it set its record early this year.
Hyundai recalls 272K US cars; electrical outlet can overheat
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling more than 272,000 cars in the U.S. because the electrical socket in the dashboard can overheat and cause a fire.
US industrial production surges 5.4% in June
WASHINGTON (AP) — Production at America's factories, utilities and mines surged last month, but remained well below pre-pandemic levels.
Apple wins big EU court case over $15 billion in taxes
BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union court on Wednesday delivered a hammer blow to the bloc’s attempts to rein in multinationals' ability to strike special tax deals with individual EU countries when it ruled that Appl…