Congress, on track to avert a government shutdown — after the senate passes a key hurdle, advancing a short-term spending bill. Category four Hurricane Ian hurtles towards Florida after putting the lights out in Cuba. 2.5 million Florida residents are being asked to evacuate. Setting up tents for illegal immigrants in the Big Apple. The mayor…

Congress, on track to avert a government shutdown — after the senate passes a key hurdle, advancing a short-term spending bill. Category four Hurricane Ian hurtles towards Florida after putting the lights out in Cuba. 2.5 million Florida residents are being asked to evacuate. Setting up tents for illegal immigrants in the Big Apple. The mayor…

REDDING, Calif.—A section of a major highway in Northern California reopened Thursday afternoon after a nearly 24-hour closure caused by blizzard conditions as the latest of back-to-back storms pushed through, authorities said. Traffic resumed moving on a stretch of Interstate 5 north of the city of Redding around 1 p.m., said Haleigh Pike, a spokesperson…

MONTREAL—Almost 4,000 Quebec government websites were shut down over the weekend as a preventative measure following threats of a cyberattack, the province’s minister of digital transformation said Sunday. Eric Caire made the announcement at an afternoon press conference in Quebec City, during which he said all official government websites would be taken offline until further…

WASHINGTON—General Motors Co confirmed Friday it will again halt production at its Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, which makes the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, for three more weeks. The largest U.S. automaker in August widened its recall of the Bolt to more than 140,000 vehicles to replace battery modules and to address fire risks after…

European shares and U.S. futures climbed Thursday after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1 percent higher to 15,378.85 while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5 percent to 6,593.48. In London, the FTSE 100 also gained 0.5 percent, to 7,146.51. The future for the Dow industrials was 0.7 percent…

A performance audit released this week confirmed what Pennsylvania business owners already suspected; the process used to determine businesses closures during COVID-19 mitigation efforts was flawed and administered unevenly. Pennsylvania’s Auditor General Timothy DeFoor’s audit provides a window into the thought process of Governor Tom Wolf’s administration as it shuttered thousands of businesses. “This audit…

One of Northern California’s tourism hot spots faces a water shortage that threatens to shatter businesses as visitors from across the state flock to the county.    Wells are drying out in Mendocino County amid the ragging state drought. As water prices are expected to increase, small business owners will suffer as restaurants and inns may not…

By Faith E. Pinho Los Angeles Times Though in-person service came and went at the Paso Robles winery Paix Sur Terre during the pandemic, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, making for winemaker Ryan Pease’s “best year ever.” But despite personal gains, Pease couldn’t shake the feeling of guilt when talking to neighbors who struggled to run restaurants…

As Alberta reverts to more stringent restrictions in an effort to tame a spike in COVID-19 cases, one MLA says a regional approach to lockdowns would make more sense because not all areas are impacted equally by the virus. “We need a regional approach, a targeted approach that recognizes that a lot of regions are…