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NEW YORK - In party dresses or come as you are, with colored lights flashing in their bedrooms and teachers-turned-DJs spinning, high schoolers have turned to virtual proms to salvage at least one sli...

PARIS - The French and Dutch governments announced at least 9 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in bailout money Friday to rescue Air France and KLM, which are fighting for survival as most of their planes...

OTTAWA - The federal government is providing rent relief to businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are seriously curtailed or...

OTTAWA - Pregnant women will receive help from a key COVID-19 emergency-aid program and will be given a way to access federal maternity benefits even if they aren't working due to the pandemic, s...

Local retail stores can now look ahead to the spring and summer shopping season with more optimism as they can begin reopening their doors to customers by May 19. Brian Sampson owns Sunshine and Ski T...

WALLULA, Wash. - The Tyson Fresh Meats beef plant in eastern Washington state is temporarily shutting down to test all its workers for the coronavirus. Health officials in surrounding counties will wo...

ZWICKAU, Germany - German automaker Volkswagen restarted production on Thursday at its plant in Zwickau, where its crucial mass-market electric vehicle is being made ahead of its launch later this yea...

OTTAWA - While the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in the near future would be ideal, other solutions to the pandemic it has caused might appear first, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announc...

WASHINGTON - U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as the coronavirus-related shutdowns that began in the middle of the month began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department reported ...

The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad. Delta Air Lines Inc. reported Wednesday that it lost ...