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Should drive-in theaters reopen in Washington state?

May 15, 2020, 12:52 PM | Updated: Oct 7, 2024, 9:57 am

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KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo discuss the more than $1.5 million in fraudulent unemployment claims that is now putting all unemployment payments on hold for two days.

Washington holding unemployment payments 1-2 days after fraud attempts

The CDC released guidelines for reopening that critics are calling “watered down” after the White House rejected their first (and much longer) draft.

And, should drive-in movie theaters in Washington reopen? It’s already happening in Oregon …

Blue Fox Drive-In says it will close for good if it can’t reopen soon

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High airfares could stick around even if jet fuel prices fall

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say. The price of jet fuel shot up after the Iran war began and retreated sharply in the spring before surging again as the summer went on. Such fluctuations make it harder for airlines […]

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Associated Press

Assault and kidnapping retrial for Word of Faith religious group leader set in North Carolina

An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict. Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington was first tried in 2017 on second-degree kidnapping and simple assault charges. Prosecutors […]

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What to know as trials over the assassination of Haiti’s president resume in Miami

Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami. Haiti has not had a president since a squad of gunman killed Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid at their home. U.S. […]

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Associated Press

Trump administration set to roll out lower fuel economy standards for cars, light trucks

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social media account Saturday that the less stringent mileage requirements would “take the waste out of […]

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Associated Press

Trump said he would dine with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had plans to dine late Sunday with the CEO of Anthropic, one of the leading voices on artificial intelligence but also someone who’s sparred with the Trump administration over the military’s potential use of AI. Trump told reporters after returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that he was […]

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Associated Press

Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world — even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for U.S. arms, Trump’s ambassador to China said on Sunday. David […]

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Should drive-in theaters reopen in Washington state?