‘Paradise’: Australian states free of COVID resist opening
By TRISTAN LAVALETTE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) — Anyone could be forgiven for forgetting a pandemic ever happened on…
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DOJ: San Francisco trash company to pay $36M for bribery
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s trash disposal company has agreed to pay $36 million in criminal penalties for its role in a…
Continue Reading California may require menstrual products in public schools
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California public schools and colleges would have to stock their restrooms with free…
Continue Reading Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana wildlife officials say they have documented more than 100 oil-soaked birds after…
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The new Roomba uses AI to avoid smearing dog poop all over your house
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In November 2014, Chantelle Darby awoke to an excrement-fueled nightmare. Her Roomba robot vacuum was set to run in the…
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U.S. jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to…
Continue Reading Amazon to pay hourly worker’s college tuition
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Thursday that it will pay the full college tuition for hourly workers starting next…
Continue Reading Former Kansas legislator charged with COVID relief fraud
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted former Kansas state Rep. Michael Capps on 19 counts alleging that he tried to defraud…
Continue Reading $6 billion project to untangle O’Hare runways completed
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Government and airline officials are celebrating the conclusion of a 16-year, $6 billion project to…
Continue Reading McDonald’s introducing McPlant vegan burger in UK, Ireland
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s will begin selling a vegan burger in the United Kingdom and Ireland this month. The McPlant burger,…
Continue Reading Judge: County can’t ban water delivery to Hmong pot farmers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Northern California county officials can’t stop trucks from delivering water to Hmong farmers…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks gave up an early gain and ended lower on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on track for their…
Continue Reading Lululemon, Moderna rise; Calavo, Boston Beer fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Lululemon, Moderna rise; Calavo, Boston Beer…
Continue Reading FDA takes more time to decide on e-cigarettes
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it will need more time to decide whether the biggest-selling…
Continue Reading Lawsuit: Farm hired white immigrants over Black US laborers
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say their former employer has brought white…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.88%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates were marginally higher this week as the recovering economy appeared stalled against the backdrop…
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 In a hot market, companies compete with would-be homeowners
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soaring home prices and rents are fueling real estate companies’ appetite for houses,…
Continue Reading Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet next week to negotiate a settlement for money that…
Continue Reading FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes from vaping giant Juul
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling…
Continue Reading Fund manager admits orchestrating $100M investment fraud
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An investment fund manager from Philadelphia has admitted orchestrating a $100 million securities fraud scheme. Federal…
Continue Reading Microsoft abandons plan to reopen US offices amid Covid worries
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Microsoft announced Thursday that it’s scrapping plans to fully reopen US offices early next month because of…
Continue Reading EPA seeks to restart process that could restrict Alaska mine
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will seek to restart a process that could…
Continue Reading Judge Judy returning to TV in November, with granddaughter
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Judy Sheindlin will return to television on on November 1 with “Judy Justice,” a new show…
Continue Reading US, Mexico restart high-level economic talks after 4 years
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Mexico have restarted high-level economic talks after a four-year pause.…
Continue Reading After Ida, small businesses face uncertainty on many fronts
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses from Louisiana to Connecticut are facing an uncertain recovery after being…
Continue Reading Facebook, Ray-Ban launch smart glasses — who will wear them?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Seven years after the ill-fated Google Glass, and five years after Snap launched its Spectacles, another tech…
Continue Reading Facebook and Ray-Ban are rolling out smart glasses that actually look cool. Will anyone buy them?
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business On a sunny May day in 2012, Google cofounder Sergey Brin walked down King Street in San Francisco’s SoMa…
Continue Reading EU court ruling could lift Champagne makers’ spirits
BRUSSELS (AP) — Champagne makers have had their hopes of winning a legal case against a tapas bar chain boosted after the European Court of Justice…
Continue Reading Germany: Fraud trial of ex-VW boss delayed by health issues
BERLIN (AP) — A German court says former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn’s trial on fraud charges in connection with the automaker’s diesel…
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