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Consumer's Pharmacy in Wichita, Kansas, is seen in 2006. Independent pharmacy owners in the U.S. are often the sole providers of the COVID-19 vaccine in rural or exurban communities.

Beyond big cities, independent pharmacies ‘begging’ for vaccine

March 8, 2021 at 3:43 p.m.

Dared and Renee Price are husband-and-wife pharmacists in south-central Kansas, and have spent tens of thousands of dollars and several months getting their six independent outlets in five small towns...

A man walks into a restaurant displaying a "Now Hiring" sign March 4, 2021, in Salem, New Hampshire. U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.

Experts predict US economy ready to surge with stimulus, expanding vaccines

March 8, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.

With Democrats on the verge of passing an almost $2 trillion stimulus bill and COVID-19 vaccinations moving ahead, the U.S. economic outlook is much sunnier than it looked in early...

Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign Feb. 9, 2021, outside an Amazon facility In Alabama where labor is trying to organize workers.

Biden urges Amazon workers to vote in Alabama unionization drive

March 1, 2021 at 8:38 a.m.

President Joe Biden is voicing support for organizing efforts at an Amazon.com warehouse in Alabama, saying workers should be able to make their own choice about whether to join a...

Boeing 787s are seen in different stages of completion on Jan. 15, 2019,, on the final assembly line at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington.

737 Max airborne again, but Boeing bedeviled by 787 Dreamliner problems

February 24, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.

Boeing Co.'s hunt for the source of manufacturing flaws with its 787 Dreamliner extends deep into its supply chain, a sign the planemaker risks further delays as it works to...

Redefine Meat Ltd. is targeting restaurants with its 3D-printed facsimiles of beef cuts. While the company is still working on flavor, 3D printers loaded with plant-based "ink" can print the meat countless times and deliver a complex layering of muscle and fat.

Sirloin steaks from a 3D printer as fake meat goes high-tech

May 6, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.

Juicy sirloin steaks hot off a 3D printer are on the menu this year as the booming faux meat market bids to lure even die hard carnivores. Israel's Redefine Meat...

2020: The Alcohol-free movement | Many people have gone alcohol-free after realizing the negative effects of alcohol and how it permeates every part of our culture including mommy-wine culture. Millennials seem particularly interested in the movement and many bars around the country are including creative and delicious mocktail options for those who chose to go alcohol-free.

US life expectancy plunged in 2020 by most since World War II

February 18, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.

U.S. life expectancy plunged by a full year in the first half of 2020, the biggest drop since World War II, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the country. Life expectancy...

1998: Ice storm in the Northeast | Average winter temperature: 35.55°F (#23 hottest year; 8.8% above 100-year average). Record one-day snowfall: Greene County, N.Y. on April 1 (37 in.). Sixteen people were killed in January of 1998 when a four-day ice storm tore across parts of the Northeast, leaving 80% of Maine residents without power. The violent storm, which dropped 3 inches of freezing rain, took place from Jan. 5 to 9 and cost $2 billion, making it one of the most expensive storms of the past 40 years.

Gasoline prices are starting to soar as cold blast supply chains

February 18, 2021 at 10:36 a.m.

Hiccups in the U.S. fuel-supply system are driving up gasoline prices as refineries in the nation's oil-processing hub attempt to climb out of a disastrous deep freeze. Texas officials warned...

The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Morningstar in federal court in Manhattan on Feb. 16, 2021, for allegedly failing to transparently explain how it rated about $30 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities in 2015 and 2016.

Morningstar analysts tweaked ratings of paying clients, SEC alleges

February 17, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.

Morningstar Credit Ratings let analysts make undisclosed adjustments that resulted in higher ratings of mortgage-backed securities for issuers that paid for the rating, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said...

What are special purpose acquisition companies, and why are they so hot? Ask the king of SPACs.

February 16, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.

Chamath Palihapitiya has already drafted the next chapter in his charmed-life story. The immigrant kid who bootstrapped his way into riches at Facebook, made billions as a risk-hungry investor and...

A photo provided by the hotel shows an ocean view guest room terrace at Chileno Bay Resort & Residences, Los Cabos, Mexico. Los Angeles residents Alan and Bonnie Cartwright have checked in during the pandemic, and have no immediate plans to leave.

Remote workers flee to beach resorts, anywhere with good weather and Wi-Fi, while awaiting vaccines

February 16, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California would be entering its strictest lockdown yet in mid-December, some of his most well-to-do residents ran the other way — as far as...

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