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BUSINESS BITS: New Carl’s Jr. to be built on Appleway
A new Carl’s Jr. will be built soon at 216 W. Appleway, where the old Burger King was quickly demolished last week. In May it will replace the current Carl’s J…
Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
BEIJING (AP) — Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's p…
The Latest: US state of Missouri reports first virus case
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local):
Iditarod looks for relevance as race across Alaska starts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When 57 mushers line up Sunday for the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, it will be the second-smallest field in the…
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — From their keen taste for sun-ripened pot to their first meeting at a pro-marijuana rally in college in the 1990s, everything about Chip a…
China trade slumps as anti-virus controls close factories
BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell by double digits in January and February as anti-virus controls closed factories, while imports sank by a smaller margin.
21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew me…
Virus cases top 100,000 in 90 countries as markets take dive
PARIS (AP) — Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the daily l…
Idaho Controller: Scammers stole roughly $500,000 from state
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The FBI is investigating after scammers stole roughly half a million dollars of Idaho state payments that were intended to go to state contractors.
Swiss gruyere named best in world cheese competition
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A gruyere from Switzerland has been named the world's best cheese, chosen from a record number of entrants from 26 nations in the World Ch…
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Insurers will cover virus tests, but check if costs apply
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insu…
A record low on average 30-year fixed mortgage: 3.29%
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates have sunk to a record low, giving many homeowners an opening to refinance their loans to free up more money to spend.
Report: Russian social accounts sow election discord - again
Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow's campaign h…