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Two major quakes hit southern Japan barely a day apart, killing at least 41 people and flattening at least 90 homes. Now, rescue crews are searching for survivors and assessing the damage.

Regulators have voted to expand cellphone alerts to 360 characters from the previous cutoff at 90 and to begin including clickable URLs and phone numbers over the next year or so. But no photos yet.

But that doesn't mean no child in the region will ever catch measles again.

If you’ve requested an absentee ballot, now is the time return it to your local board of elections, Ohio election officials said Wednesday. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 2, the day before Election Day. Boards will accept properly postmarked absentees up until 10 days after the election, adding valid late arrivals to the post-election official vote canvass.

Lake County officials hope to boost their area’s U.S. Census response rate as the decennial count enters its final month. So far, 77 percent of the county’s households have filled out the census online, by phone or by mail. That self-response rate puts Lake County in sixth place in Ohio. Still, officials want to do better.

Stocks surged after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective and after former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president.

Updated: 5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 ideastream is laying off eight employees and eliminating five vacant positions as a cost-cutting measure in response to COVID-19, CEO Kevin Martin told staff in an email Wednesday. The company needs to cut expenses by 10 percent for the coming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, Martin said. Declines in underwriting, corporate and foundation support and “overall uncertainty” drove the decision, he said.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his Chinese counterpart lectured one another in a 90-minute call as the highest level U.S. delegation in four decades plans a provocative visit to Taiwan.

The deal will lift salaries for the Matildas by 90% and promises parity in training and travel. Norway and New Zealand have made similar moves, as a lawsuit against U.S. Soccer continues.

It's the 90th anniversary of Haegele's Bakery in Philadelphia, famous in part for the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pastries — fastnacht doughnuts — it makes only for Shrove Tuesday.