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The Latest: Hollywood unions announce pandemic agreement
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s unions have announced that they have reached an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of stagnant sets and widespread unemployment. The Directors Guild of America, the...
Sen. Tillis: Trump to extend offshore drilling pause to NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump will add North Carolina to a list of southeastern states whose coastal waters won't be subjected to offshore drilling for a decade, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday. Earlier this month, Trump signed a memorandum instructing his interior secretary to prohibit...
Groups seek review of Alaska gas project regulatory decision
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups have asked a federal appeals court to review a regulatory decision authorizing a mega liquefied natural gas project in Alaska. The Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club asked the U.S. District Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit to review the...
Rhode Island gas prices down; trend likely to continue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has dipped by a penny and may continue to decline in the near future, AAA Northeast said in a release Monday. The average price of $2.14 per gallon is 4 cents lower than the national average and 39 cents lower than the...
Gas prices down in northern New England
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices are falling across northern New England, particularly in New Hampshire. The latest GasBuddy price report shows the average price for a gallon of gas fell 2.9 cents last week to $2.09 in New Hampshire. In Maine and Vermont, the average prices fell by 0.6 cents per gallon, to...
Libyan official: Sarraj opposes oil deal with rival Hifter
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan officials said Saturday that the leader of the U.N.-supported government would not support a deal with his primary rival in the country's civil war to lift a monthslong blockade on its vital oil trade. According to an official at his office, Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj opposed the final...
Gas prices continue to dip in New Jersey, across the nation
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices have continued to dip in New Jersey and across the nation, and analysts say they expect the decline to continue. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $2.19, down three cents from the week before. The national average...
Pompeo visits Guyana hoping to shore up support on Venezuela
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the small nation of Guyana on Friday looking to shore up support for Trump administration efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and build ties with the booming oil producer. During the brief visit, Pompeo and President...
Louisiana company's Mississippi shipyard gains 200-plus jobs
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Louisiana-based company will improve its Mississippi shipyard and add more than 200 jobs to build tugboats for the offshore oil industry. The jobs will be at the 38-acre (15.4-hectare) Gulf Ship facility in Gulfport, according to a news release from the Mississippi Development...
US carrier transits Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier safely transited on Friday through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important chokepoint for oil shipments, the U.S. Navy said, as tensions with Iran continue to simmer. In a “scheduled” maneuver, the U.S. sent...
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