September 14, 2020

Chick-fil-A: No longer seeking lease at San Antonio airport

AUSTIN, Texas — Chick-fil-A said Monday that it no longer plans to open a restaurant in the San Antonio airport, even though the Texas city […]
September 14, 2020

US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labor

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday blocked imports from four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China suspected of using forced labor from people […]
September 14, 2020

EPA rejects production quotas in victory for corn farmers, ethanol producers

In a major political and regulatory win for Minnesota’s corn farmers and ethanol producers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has refused to grant retroactive reductions […]
September 14, 2020

Wildfires intensify economic pain in the West

The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already […]
September 14, 2020

Daimler AG to pay $1.5B to settle emissions cheating probes

WASHINGTON — Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve […]
September 14, 2020

Alarms, shouts recorded before ship overturned off Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sailors shouted above blaring alarms and other loud noises in the final minutes before the cargo ship Golden Ray overturned a year […]
September 14, 2020

OSHA cites JBS, Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from coronavirus

The U.S. Labor Department has cited Smithfield Foods and JBS for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making them the first two major meatpackers […]
September 14, 2020

NY Sports Club latest chain to seek bankruptcy protection

The company that runs New York Sports Club and Lucille Roberts gyms filed for bankruptcy protection with COVID-19, still prevalent in man parts of the […]
September 14, 2020

Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s massive campaign war chest was supposed to finance an onslaught of attacks that would destroy Joe Biden’s chance of winning […]
September 14, 2020

Netflix delves into the 'human side' of Challenger disaster

NEW YORK — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986. That was the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded over a chilly Florida, […]