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Carl Goodwin, manager of Seattle Sausage, takes a water break while selling bottles of water to baseball fans leaving the Mariners game on a warm Wednesday afternoon, June 23, 2021, in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. Forecasts say extreme heat will roast the Puget Sound region from Saturday through Monday. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP)
Portland records hottest day ever amid Northwest scorcher

By Sara Cline And Rebecca Boone Jun. 25, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(Charleston) The Post and Courier. June 20, 2021. Editorial: SC is finally focused on preventing flooding. Now we need to go deeper ...

Baby eels rocketed back up in value this year

Jun. 21, 2021 10:22 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's fishery for baby eels recovered in value this spring. The fishery is one of the most valuable in the country...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. June 17, 2021. Editorial: Please stop watering established grass in central Iowa. Your lawn will be fine ...

Hassan: Mask requirement lifted for commercial fishermen

Jun. 14, 2021 04:00 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Coast Guard have updated guidance for commercial fishermen saying those who are...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, residents cheer and hold thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D. Workers at the South Dakota meatpacking plant that became a coronavirus hotspot last year are considering a strike after contract negotiations between Smithfield Foods and the union have stalled, the union said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Union vote authorizes strike at South Dakota pork plant

By Stephen Groves Jun. 08, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

State vaccination grants target harder-to-reach groups

Jun. 08, 2021 11:01 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — About $3.2 million in grants and contracts have been awarded to community-based organizations to increase awareness and access to the COVID-19...

Molly Yeh poses for a portrait at SOBE WFF® on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
Chef Molly Yeh's lockdown life full of recipes, baby firsts

By Kelli Kennedy Jun. 07, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant register to vote Thursday, June 3, 2021, on a contract offer from the company at the union's office in Sioux Falls, S.D. The union voted overwhelmingly against it, escalating labor negotiations. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)
Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant

By Stephen Groves Jun. 04, 2021 02:50 PM EDT

Coffee pickers gather outside the home of Alvina Jeronimo Perez and her husband Anibal Garcia to buy fried chicken and french fries from the couple in Tizamarte, Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Residents eke out a living with subsistence agriculture to feed their families and harvesting coffee for their cash needs from school fees to medicine. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids

By Sonia Pérez D. Jun. 03, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, residents cheer and hold thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D. Workers at the South Dakota meatpacking plant that became a coronavirus hotspot last year are considering a strike after contract negotiations between Smithfield Foods and the union have stalled, the union said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Union considers strike at meat plant that was virus hotspot

By Stephen Groves Jun. 02, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - This Nov. 18, 2011 file photo shows a Tyson food product, in Montpelier, Vt. Tyson Foods President and CEO Dean Banks is leaving the poultry company for personal reasons, having served less than a year in the top post. The company said Wednesday, June 2, 2021, that Donnie King will succeed Banks, effective immediately. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Tyson Foods CEO Banks leaving company; King named successor

By Michelle Chapman Jun. 02, 2021 09:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. A weekend ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. The White House confirms that Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA notified the U.S. government Sunday, May 30, 2021, of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 02, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

In this May 12, 2020, photo, the company logo sign sits at the entrance to the JBS Australia's Dinmore meatworks facility, west of Brisbane. Thousands of Australian meat workers had no work for a second day on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, after a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest meat processing company. A government minister said it might be days before production resumes. (Dan Peled/AAP Image via AP)
Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

By Rod Mcguirk And Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 01, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Anderson Herald Bulletin. May 26, 2021. Editorial: Setting an example on redistricting Groups such as Common Cause and...

State relaxes some emergency COVID-19 rules for ag workers

Jun. 01, 2021 01:05 PM EDT
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The state has relaxed some emergency rules so fully vaccinated farmworkers living in temporary housing no longer need to wear masks. ...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press May. 31, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 30, 2021. Editorial: Honor our fallen but also remember those who mourn them still, or still feel the guilt ...

A retiree receives the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health worker inside a tent, during a mass vaccination program for the elderly at the clinic outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, May 24, 2021. South Africa is in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible with signs the virus may be surging again. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms

By Andrew Meldrum May. 28, 2021 04:16 AM EDT

A mouse sits on top of hay stored by Bruce Barnes on his family's farm near Bogan Gate, Australia on May 20, 2021. Vast tracts of land in Australia's New South Wales state are being threatened by a mouse plague that the state government describes as "absolutely unprecedented." Just how many millions of rodents have infested the agricultural plains across the state is guesswork. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Plague of ravenous, destructive mice tormenting Australians

By Rod Mcguirk May. 27, 2021 11:32 PM EDT

In this image provided by AquaBounty Technologies Inc., company CEO Sylvia Wulf, poses for a photo with processing associates Skyler Miller, back left, and Jacob Clawson with genetically modified salmon from the company's indoor aquaculture farm, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Albany, Ind. These are the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States. (AquaBounty Technologies vis AP)
Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates

By Casey Smith May. 27, 2021 04:35 PM EDT