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Distillers that made hand sanitizer won't face federal fine

Jan. 01, 2021 01:52 PM EST
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Vancouver’s Quartz Mountain Distillers was surprised Wednesday by a $14,060 fine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for...

Patrons dine outside of a restaurant along the Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Writing off more of that 3-martini lunch is causing a stir

By Marcy Gordon Dec. 22, 2020 04:31 PM EST

A member of staff prepares to put a pizzette into an oven as she prepares take-away orders at Sergio Herman's Le Pristine restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Of all the many challenges the pandemic throws up for all kinds of professions, this one has been particularly tough: How to put a three-star chef into a takeout box. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Pandemic holds few lessons for European chefs, mostly misery

By Raf Casert And Virginia Mayo Nov. 15, 2020 03:37 AM EST

A delivery man passes by an ad for the Nov. 11 Sales Day in Beijing, China on Oct. 28, 2020. Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year's Singles' Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese shoppers splurge in world's largest shopping fest

By Zen Soo Nov. 09, 2020 11:25 PM EST

Temporary election worker Joseph Banar disinfects voting stations as a precaution against the coronavirus, on the first day of balloting in New Mexico at the Santa Fe Convention Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Santa Fe. Election officials also are witnessing a massive surge in absentee ballot requests. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico governor: 'The virus is now winning'

By Morgan Lee Oct. 15, 2020 03:09 PM EDT

Michaela Kelly, left, a staffer from Alinea restaurant, checks carryout orders with a customer in Chicago, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Due to the coronavirus, Alinea shifted to carryout on March 17. Since then, it has served 82,000 meals, said Nick Kokonas, the restaurant's co-owner. Kokonas said carryout was so successful that Alinea hired all its employees back by the end of April at 80% of their former pay and benefits. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Hit hard by virus, fine dining finds new ways to serve

By Dee-Ann Durbin Jun. 21, 2020 10:28 AM EDT

A safe distancing advisory rests on the floor of the lobby at the Sheraton Commander Hotel, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. In phase 2 of the state's plan to reopen the state, beginning Monday, June 8, hotels and motels are allowed to accept all guests, not just essential workers. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
State battles food insecurity; luxury hotel lets workers go

By Steve Leblanc And Mark Pratt Jun. 11, 2020 10:43 AM EDT

A group of protesters gather in a parking lot near Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's mansion in Atlanta, Friday morning, April 24, 2020. Some businesses in Georgia reopened Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown amid experts' warnings of a potential new surge in coronavirus infections. (Adam Murphy/WGCL-TV via AP)
Georgia businesses reopen cautiously amid coronavirus worry

By Russ Bynum Apr. 24, 2020 08:43 AM EDT

In this April 1, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. At a time of social distancing,Trump is leaning into his plea to Congress to restore full tax benefits prized by business for fine dining and schmoozing. Trump is seizing on the pandemic crisis to target an item on his wish list: full tax deductions for business meals in restaurants and for other entertainment expenses. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Boost the schmooze? Trump wants tax dining deduction back

By Marcy Gordon Apr. 03, 2020 12:41 AM EDT