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Italian luxury store Bulgari, known for its jewelry, watches, fragrances, accessories and leather goods, is seen Aug. 11, 2020, on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.

What does a ‘K-shaped’ recovery look like? Christmas spending may expose deep economic inequity in US.

September 30, 2020 at 10:51 a.m.

This Christmas will be one of exorbitant spending and lavish gifts for many American families. It'll also be one of tight budgets and difficulty putting food on the table for...

Blacklegged ticks, which spread the most disease in the U.S., are on a relentless northward march that is closely linked to mild winters and warming summers that gave ticks more opportunity to find hosts.

Disease-spreading ticks keep marching north as weather stays warmer

September 30, 2020 at 9:41 a.m.

Ticks are among nature's most hardy survivors. They've been around for at least 100 million years and used to feast on dinosaur blood. Their bodies contain anti-freeze to help them...

JULY 1: NPC INTERNATIONAL | <p>With $903 million in debt, <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/giant-pizza-hut-franchisee-npc-international-declares-bankruptcy">NPC International</a>—Pizza Hut and Wendy's biggest franchisee—on July 1 filed for bankruptcy. The company suffered from years of diminishing sales and rising debts that couldn't be cured by the fact it was one of the small minority of businesses to enjoy an uptick in sales during the pandemic.</p>

Small firms less apocalyptic as 60% see survival past 6 months

September 29, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

America's small businesses are slightly more bullish about their own survival than five months ago, with a majority now saying they expect to be operating beyond six months even if...

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, and Senator Kamala Harris before a ceremony where Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in Statuary Hall of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2020.

Fastest-growing US job failed to lift pay for Black women

September 29, 2020 at 9:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON — A job in home-based health care, America's quickest-growing industry, felt like a step up the ladder for Shawanna Ferguson when she left her fast-food job a decade ago....

Travellers exit via the International Arrival gate at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 on August 22, 2020 in London, England.

Airports deploy rapid virus tests, sniffer dogs to unlock travel

September 29, 2020 at 9:36 a.m.

A handful of European airports are implementing trials of quick-fire coronavirus tests, working with airlines to push technologies still being developed as a way to revive stunted international air travel....

Both the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) identify marijuana as an <a href="https://americanaddictioncenters.org/marijuana-rehab/is-it-addictive">addictive drug</a>. Research shows marijuana users can develop problematic use patterns, or what's known as a marijuana use disorder, in severe cases after prolonged use. According to NIDA, an estimated 30% of marijuana users have some degree of <a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive">marijuana use disorder</a>.

Croptober is going up in smoke amid wildfires

September 28, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

October usually heralds the harvest of outdoor cannabis plants, affectionately known as "Croptober." But this fall, something more serious is in the air: smoke from the wildfires that are ravaging...

La mayoría de los trabajadores que sufrieron una reducción cuando el virus paralizó la economía siguen ganando menos de lo que ganaban antes del brote, según un estudio del Pew Research Center.

Recortes salariales serían permanentes para muchos en EEUU por la pandemia

September 25, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Los recortes salariales introducidos por los empleadores de EEUU al inicio de la pandemia, destinados a evitar despidos y retener empleados clave, demostron ser menos temporales de lo que quizá...

Unemployment claims| <a href=https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf>Initial unemployment claims seasonally adjusted</a> (week ending May 23, 2020): 2,123,000</p> |

<p>More than 2.1 million people filed a new unemployment claim for the week ending May 23. It indicates that companies that retained their staff through March and April may have needed to close in mid-May, or may have faced a slowdown that affected their ability to keep people employed.</p>

Pay cuts become permanent for many Americans during pandemic

September 25, 2020 at 9:48 a.m.

Pay cuts introduced by U.S. employers in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic — meant to stave off layoffs and retain key employees — have proved less temporary than...

A man takes a photo of a sign advising that the Employment Development Department is closed due to coronavirus concerns, on March 26, 2020, in San Francisco. Government statistics show the U.S. has regained about half of the 22 million jobs lost in the early spring, but shifts in earnings and pay structure have been harder to track.

‘Temporary’ pay cuts have become permanent for many Americans during pandemic

September 24, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Pay cuts introduced by U.S. employers in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic — meant to stave off layoffs and retain key employees — have proved less temporary than...

Ash falls ona parked car as the Bobcat Fire burns in the distance on a September morning earlie this month.

Extreme wildfires turn smoke apps into the new weather apps

September 23, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

For weeks, smoke has blanketed the west coast. The Bay Area has seen a vast improvement in the past few days, but terrible air lingers in Portland and Seattle. Millions...

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