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Updated 8 hours, 42 minutes ago

Skills on display

MOSES LAKE — Dylan Sanders credits Job Corps with showing him a path forward. “I graduated high school and I wa…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pope teams up with Slow Food founder for environment appeal

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has formed an unusual partnership with the agnostic Italian founder of the Slow Food movement while doubling down on calls to protect the environment from profit-driven development that he …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Pioneering British designer Terence Conran dies at age of 88

LONDON (AP) — Terence Conran, the pioneering British designer, retailer and restaurateur, has died. He was 88.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
After a storm: Facing the cleanup and maybe filing an insurance claim

If your yard or home was damaged in Monday’s windstorm, by a falling tree or even the wind itself, there’s a lot of things you have do.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Picking up projects: Coronavirus restrictions have spurred a flurry of home improvement work

With people spending more time in and around their homes the last few months since the coronavirus surfaced around March, picking up home improvement projects …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
North-South Korean couples try to bridge 75-year division

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On their second date last year, feeling a little drunk at a seaside restaurant, Kim Seo-yun let slip a revelation to her South Korean love interest: She had fled North Korea a decade ago, …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Busy back-to-school season calls for easy sheet-pan suppers

If you are a teacher or a parent, back-to-school season can mean a ramped-up schedule with less time to cook. If you're a college student in your first apartment or dorm room, you might be cooking for yourself for …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Edmunds: Best crossover SUVs for towing

RV and trailer sales greatly increased this summer as consumers sought out vacations while remaining socially distant during the pandemic. But what's the best vehicle to tow them?

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
4 home insurance pitfalls to avoid during hurricane season

For homeowners in coastal states, the 2020 hurricane season could mean financial disaster. Named storms are rolling in at a record pace, with as many as 25 expected in the Atlantic this season — twice the average n…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Bargain chain Century 21 to shut down after nearly 60 years

NEW YORK (AP) — Century 21 Stores — a destination for bargain hunters looking for fat deals on designer dresses and shoes, cosmetics and housewares for nearly 60 years — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is w…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
VIRUS DIARY: The coronavirus came, and she kept on training

SEATTLE (AP) — This year started with so much promise.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Letters reveal public distaste for booze in JFK White House

BOSTON (AP) — It was a tempest in a teapot — or, more accurately, a whiskey tumbler.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Does my employer have to say if a coworker has the virus?

Does my employer have to say if a coworker has the virus?

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Ritzville holds its parade, with a different route

Instead of the traditional route through downtown Ritzville along Main Street, this year’s Ritzville Community Parade took an unorthodox route. The parade kick…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
North-South Korean couples try to bridge 75-year division

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On their second date last year, feeling a little drunk at a seaside restaurant, Kim Seo-yun let slip a revelation to her South Korean love interest: She had fled North Korea a decade ago, …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
VIRUS DIARY: One midnight moment in Taiwan's virus battle

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — “Get back in the car!” the masked people shouted at me. “Get back in!”