Is that bear fat or just chonky? Lasers may help scientists find out
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business One mid-September evening in 2018, Joel Cusick found himself pointing a laser scanner at the butt of a bear named Otis.…
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US private equity firm wins auction for Britain’s Morrisons
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American private equity group has narrowly won the battle to buy British supermarket chain Morrisons…
Continue Reading Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether…
Continue Reading Party crowds spark effort to turn down volume in South Beach
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Beach wants to turn down the volume in the city’s South Beach party neighborhood. Officials…
Continue Reading UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages…
Continue Reading Dubai Expo 2020 offers conflicting figures on worker deaths
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s Expo 2020 has offered conflicting figures for how many workers had…
Continue Reading ‘Everybody is frustrated,’ Biden says as his agenda stalls
By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is acknowledging frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue…
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American, other airlines will require employee vaccinations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wyoming are evaluating whether to file criminal charges against officials at a…
Continue Reading Alaska Air to require COVID-19 vaccine for employees
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Air Group has told its 22,000 employees they will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The Seattle Times reports there…
Continue Reading Media company Ozy is shutting down as problems mount
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Ozy is shutting down less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the media…
Continue Reading Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing endangered species listing for a desert…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes put the reporter who broke the Theranos story on her witness list. His attorneys are calling it a “ruse”
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Carreyrou is responsible for breaking open the story of Theranos six…
Continue Reading American, other airlines will require employee vaccinations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Helicopter and plane collide midair in Arizona; 2 killed
PAUL DAVENPORT CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Officials in Arizona say two people are dead after their helicopter crashed following a mid-air collision…
Continue Reading Pollution charges: Louisiana Firestone plant to pay $4M
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A synthetic rubber manufacturer in southwest Louisiana has agreed to pay $4 million and…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks rebounded on Wall Street Friday but still ended with their worst weekly decline since February. The S&P 500 added…
Continue Reading Merck, IFF rise; Lordstown Motors, PDC Energy fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Merck, IFF rise; Lordstown Motors, PDC Energy…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson and Disney agree to end lawsuit
Scarlett Johansson and Disney resolved their dispute over the lawsuit that Johansson filed against the company. She alleged that Disney breached her…
Continue Reading US auto sales slump, stalled by car computer chip shortage
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled about 26% in September as a global shortage of computer chips worsened,…
Continue Reading Blue Origin: Essay alleges sexism, ‘dehumanizing’ culture at Jeff Bezos’ rocket company
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A group of 21 current and former employees at Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, co-signed an…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Lawyer who fought Chevron gets 6-month sentence for contempt
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An environmental lawyer who waged a years-long campaign against Chevron over…
Continue Reading 4th year since Las Vegas massacre: ‘Be there for each other’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling are gathering to remember those who died and were…
Continue Reading Mexico to reserve future lithium production for government
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” and reserve any future exploration and mining for the government. The…
Continue Reading Hungary: EU delegation raises questions about spyware use
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lack of answers from Hungary’s government about alleged spying on journalists,…
Continue Reading Amazon settles with 2 outspoken workers it fired last year
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is settling with two former tech workers who accused the company of illegally firing them…
Continue Reading This house was in a serious fire. Now it’s selling ‘as-is’ for $400K
A house outside of Boston, MA was involved in a fire, and then placed on the market before it was repaired. It’s now selling for just under…
Continue Reading Suit blames baby’s death on cyberattack at Alabama hospital
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has filed suit claiming a hospital’s response to a cyberattack led to the death of her infant daughter.…
Continue Reading ‘Treating this like a game’: Psaki blasts GOP as debt ceiling deadline nears
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calls out Republicans as the deadline to raise, or suspend, the debt ceiling…
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