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Cowboy Breakfast to kick off fair week in new location
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Cowboy Breakfast is moving this year. The event, which has been held at Sinkiuse Sq…
How risky is flying during the coronavirus pandemic?
How risky is flying during the coronavirus pandemic?
6 Do’s and Don’ts When Saving Money During a Crisis
Probably the last thing you want to think about during a crisis is working on healthy financial habits like saving money. But if you’re able to save, you can make your eventual recovery easier.
Adidas HR head resigns as company addresses diversity issues
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of global human resources at sports apparel and shoe company Adidas resigned Tuesday following criticism from employees of what they see as the company's failure to diversify its workforce.
Liz Weston: Some taxpayers face a desperate wait for refunds
As a 58-year-old woman on disability, Robin Short of Wallingford, Connecticut, relies on her tax refund to catch up on bills. She filed her return electronically in February, opting for direct deposit so she could …
Death Cafes help ease grief, loss in the time of coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Panic attacks, trouble breathing, relapses that have sent her to bed for 14 hours at a time: At 35, Marissa Oliver has been forced to deal with the specter of death on COVID-19′s terms, yet conversa…
Climate change keeps changing the game for home gardeners
Every year now, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say.
Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high
Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic recession, protests over racial…
Lives Lost: Brazilian toddler was saying her first words
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Vitoria Gabrielle crawled all the time and was starting to walk this year with a little help, hanging on to her 4-year-old brother's arm while exploring her mother's small apartment on a cobbl…
Millennial Money: 4 expert tips to get hired from home
Job hunting has always been a little stressful. OK, a lot stressful. A global pandemic certainly hasn’t remedied that.
Lives Lost: Indonesian doctor's musical passion led to love
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Michael Robert Marampe knew what he wanted to be since he was a kid: a doctor and a pianist. He became both, and his passion for music even led him to his fiancée — a woman he never got to…
Edmunds: 4th of July deals less generous but still solid
With summer in full swing, we typically see car dealerships heavily discounting excess inventory for the Fourth of July holiday. But the novel coronavirus and its effects make this year different than most.
Kim Kardashian West sells stake in beauty brand for $200M
NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is selling a stake in her beauty brand for $200 million, in a deal that values the TV reality star's three-year-old business at $1 billion.
No smoking, drinking or eating as Atlantic City casinos open
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City tried Prohibition once before. It worked so well that Nucky Johnson, the legendary politician and racketeer, built a Boardwalk empire immortalized on HBO nearly a century la…
Remembering the slave who joined Jefferson in Philadelphia
NEW YORK (AP) — In the early summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson worked away in the second floor parlor of a boardinghouse in downtown Philadelphia. Wielding language he would call “plain and firm,” he set down the wo…
Group says it has ample signatures to get pot on ballot
PHOENIX (AP) — Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Arizona said Wednesday they turned in 420,000 petition signatures — far more than needed to get the measure on the November ballot despite challenge…