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Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back online after production around the world was disrupted by a ...

Asian shares mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street

Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street began the post-holiday week on a lackluster note. Shares rose in Tokyo ...

Report tells of sexual assault, racism at military institute

The Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held ...

China trade envoy, US Treasury secretary meet by video

China’s chief economic envoy and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held their first meeting by video Wednesday, but the two ...

Clippers plan augmented reality 'Kids Cast' of playoff game

The LA Clippers game against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday not only carries big stakes in respect to the Western ...

The Latest: Melbourne pandemic lockdown extended to 2nd week

MELBOURNE, Australia — A pandemic lockdown in Australia’s second largest city will be extended for a second week due to ...

Pot users welcome: Amazon won't test jobseekers for cannabis

Amazon said Tuesday that it will stop testing jobseekers for marijuana. The company, the second-largest private employer in ...

Judge permanently blocks marketing of bottled-water brand

A U.S. judge has permanently blocked a Las Vegas-based bottled-water brand Real Water from being marketed while an ...

Trial to determine if GEO must pay detainees minimum wage

After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a trial is underway to determine whether the GEO Group ...

Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge

The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a ...

Zoom's boom continues in 1Q, raising post-pandemic hopes

Zoom is still booming, raising prospects that the video-conferencing service will be able to sustain its momentum, even as ...

Top GOP senator: Easing police protections hurts departments

The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday linked Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers to problems many ...

Review: 'The Other Black Girl' a bold, poignant debut novel

“The Other Black Girl,” by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria) Congratulations are in order for debut novelist Zakiya Dalila Harris.

With AMC shares up 1,100% in 2021, company sells shares

The movie theater chain AMC is raising $230.5 million through an 8.5 million share sale, cashing in on the meme stock frenzy ...

Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal

Just one COVID-19 patient is in critical condition at the Dr. Geraldo Cesar Reis clinic in Serrana, a city of almost 46,000 ...

Huawei ex-director on trial in Poland on China spying charge

Two men accused of spying for China went on trial Tuesday in Warsaw — a Chinese citizen who is a former sales director of ...

Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with outbreaks

Jeannie Wells had hoped that regular visits would resume at her elderly mother’s New York nursing home once all the residents ...

Algeria partially reopens air travel after 14-month shutdown

Algeria partially reopened its skies to flights on Tuesday after a 14-month shutdown to try to keep out the coronavirus, with ...

Louisiana coast still hurting from storms, bracing for more

Scores of people in coastal Louisiana are still living in campers on dirt mounds or next to cement slabs where their houses ...

Private company takes over Puerto Rico power utility service

A private company on Tuesday took over the transmission and distribution operations of Puerto Rico’s power authority, which ...