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Summit to explore cybersecurity at local level Wednesday
MOSES LAKE — The digital world is sometimes described as being like the Wild West, and like the American frontier …
United says it will drop widely scorned ticket-change fees
United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States.
Following green light from the state, Quincy's museum opens its doors again
QUINCY — Though the doors usually open in March, the Quincy Valley Historical Society and Museum opened for the year over the weekend, shortly after getting ap…
Lives Lost: Seneca Nation mourns 91-year-old, 2 daughters
During a recent procession for three Seneca women who died of COVID-19, community members lined the streets.
Moses Lake native's face to light up New York City for Down syndrome awareness
Among the hundreds of smiling faces that will be displayed over the busiest city square in the country, just a day before his second birthday, will be Moses La…
Tokyo transparent toilet's walls go opaque when door closed
TOKYO (AP) — Now you see them, now you don’t.
Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher's ranch added new urgency to getting his pinot noir grapes off the vine. If flames didn't do any damage t…
VIRUS DIARY: She has her cake, but others can't eat it, too
PHOENIX (AP) — When my birthday rolled around in June, I had to face the fact that, thanks to COVID-19, I would not be having cake with anyone. Yet I went ahead and made the cake I really wanted — a three-layer, na…
After nearly 200 years, Lord & Taylor goes out of business
NEW YORK (AP) — Lord & Taylor, one of the country's oldest department store chains, is going out of business after filing for bankruptcy earlier this month.
US now using several hotel chains to detain migrant children
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains — more than previously known — during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters, acco…
What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope?
ROME (AP) — On the March day that Italy recorded its single biggest jump in coronavirus fatalities, Pope Francis emerged from lockdown to offer an extraordinary prayer and plea to his flock to reassess their priori…
Ready, set, go! Virtual Boston Marathon is about to be run
BOSTON (AP) — Missing: Boston’s raucous crowds and smiles for miles. Still there, sort of: Wellesley College’s iconic “scream tunnel” and the thunderous cheers along the finish line on Boylston Street.
Borgata: Ocean Casino is poaching our execs, trade secrets
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) —
Case by case: How nations are going back to school -- or not
PARIS (AP) — The U.N. says it's urgent to get kids back to schools after months-long coronavirus lockdowns, but with the virus still raging in parts of the United States and resurging in countries from South Korea …
Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?
Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?
Tokyo transparent toilet's walls go opaque when door closed
TOKYO (AP) — Now you see them, now you don’t.