Columbia Basin Herald

July 22, 2020 11:03 p.m.

Daimler lost $2.2 billion in Q2, sees signs of recovery

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and Freightliner trucks, lost 1.91 billion euros ($2.21 billion) in the second quarter as the coronavirus outbreak slashed sales of the company's cars, vans, buses and trucks by about a third.

July 22, 2020 10:27 p.m.

The Latest: India sets another daily record for virus cases

NEW DELHI — India has recorded 685 virus deaths in the past 24 hours, as well as 444 previously unreported fatalities, bring the nationwide death toll from the pandemic to 29,861.

July 22, 2020 10:27 p.m.

Emigrants send dollars home to Mexico -- and virus warnings

NEW YORK (AP) — In the weeks he spent flat on his back in his Brooklyn bunk, wracked with pain and struggling to breathe, Axayacatl Figueroa could think of nothing but the small town and the family he had left behind in Mexico.

July 22, 2020 10:03 p.m.

Hurricane Douglas may bring strong winds, rain to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Douglas gathered strength as it barreled west toward the Hawaiian Islands on a track to potentially bring strong winds and flash flooding to the island chain over the weekend, weather forecasters said.

July 22, 2020 8:03 p.m.

The Latest: Masks compulsory in Australia's 2nd biggest city

MELBOURNE, Australia — Wearing masks became compulsory in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne on Thursday as coronavirus hot spot Victoria state reported 403 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths.

July 22, 2020 7:27 p.m.

Pandemic Basketball begins, with some comforts of home

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Michael Baiamonte was not at Walt Disney World on Wednesday. The public address announcer for the Miami Heat wasn't in the building for the team's season-restart scrimmage debut.

July 22, 2020 7:03 p.m.

The Latest: China reports 18 more COVID-19 cases in Xinjiang

BEIJING — China continues to see newly confirmed coronavirus cases in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, with 18 reported Thursday.

July 22, 2020 6:27 p.m.

The Latest: California in new deal with Chinese mask maker

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will spend an additional $315 million on protective masks through a contract with a Chinese manufacturer.

July 22, 2020 6:03 p.m.

The Latest: Brazil reports nearly 68,000 virus infections

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s health ministry has reported a record 67,860 confirmed coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours.

July 22, 2020 5:03 p.m.

The Latest: Florida gov says kids hurt by closed schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says there is a strong need to reopen schools. He says keeping them closed will lead to depression, social isolation and a higher dropout rate. However, he adds that parents should be able to keep children at home if they fear the coronovirus.

July 22, 2020 4:03 p.m.

Editorial Roundup: New York

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers:

July 22, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:15 p.m.

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July 22, 2020 3:27 p.m.

House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as a reckoning over racial injustice continues following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.

July 22, 2020 2:30 p.m.

Dior unveils 2021 Cruise in Lecce, Italy's Baroque capital

MILAN (AP) — Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri lured the French fashion house to her childhood haunt of Lecce, in southern Italy, to preview the 2021 cruise collection with a live destination show Wednesday that has become a fashion world rarity in the coronavirus era.

July 22, 2020 2:03 p.m.

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