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President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Free beer, other new incentives for Biden's 'vaccine sprint'

By Zeke Miller Jun. 02, 2021 08:46 AM 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

Northam announces plans to ease COVID-related restrictions

Feb. 24, 2021 12:44 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that he will begin loosening some coronavirus-related restrictions, affecting alcohol...

FILE- In this June 15, 2017, file photo, bagged purchases from a Kroger grocery store sit in a shopping cart in Flowood, Miss. Kroger Co. will close two supermarkets in Southern California in response to a local ordinance requiring extra pay for certain grocery employees working during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision announced by the company Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, follows a unanimous vote last month by the Long Beach City Council mandating a 120-day increase of $4 an hour for employees of supermarkets with at least 300 employees nationwide and more than 15 in Long Beach. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
2 California supermarkets closing after city orders pay hike

Feb. 02, 2021 11:45 AM EST

Whitmer vetoes Meijer tax break, deferment of property taxes

By David Eggert Jan. 05, 2021 03:20 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pocket vetoed proposed tax breaks for retail chain Meijer and separate legislation that would have let certain...

A sign displays limits on the amount of bath tissue that can be purchased at a Kroger Store in Carmel, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is sending people back to stores to stockpile again, leaving shelves bare and forcing retailers to put limits on purchases. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Toilet paper limits, empty shelves are back as virus surges

By Joseph Pisani And Anne D'innocenzio Nov. 17, 2020 06:28 PM EST

FILE - In this March 22, 2020 file photo, customers wearing masks walk into a Lowe's home improvement store in the Canoga Park section of Los Angeles. Lowe's announced Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 that it is handing out another round of bonuses to recognize its front-line employees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Lowe's to hand out another round of bonuses worth $100M

Oct. 07, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

This Week: Consumer borrowing, job openings, Kroger earns

The Associated Press Sep. 07, 2020 01:10 AM EDT
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: JUST CHARGE IT The Federal...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 06:33 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Nursing home residents must be protected The...

FILE - In this April 6, 2020 file photo, a customer wearing a mask carries his purchases as he leaves a Target store during the coronavirus pandemic in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Target has joined a growing list of major retailers that will require customers at all their stores to wear face coverings. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based discounter said Thursday, July 16, that the policy will go into effect Aug. 1.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 16, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores. The company said the policy will go into effect on Monday, July 20, 2020 to allow time to inform stores and customers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 15, 2020 07:26 PM EDT

FILE - A Target employee returns shopping carts from the parking lot, in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Target Corp. says it’s permanently increasing starting hourly wages for its workers to $15 beginning July 5, several months ahead of schedule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Target permanently raises starting hourly pay to $15

By Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 17, 2020 11:27 AM EDT

In this Friday, June 5, 2020 photo,, Dawn Abbott, chief executive officer of Fun Productions, a small corporate events company that she started in 1991, is shown amid the myriad unused items stacked in the company's northeast Denver warehouse. The woman's events business was hit hard by concellations with the spread of the new coronavirus and now, three months into the downturn, she does not foresee a quick rebound in the future of her enterprise. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Left out: More workers now losing hope of getting back jobs

By Alexandra Olson And Mae Anderson Jun. 07, 2020 09:07 AM EDT

Members and supporters of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union take part in a protest outside the Fred Meyer grocery store in Burien, Wash., against Fred Meyer's parent company Kroger, Friday, May 15, 2020. Kroger officials have said they are ending the additional $2 hourly "hero pay" bonus that had been paid to workers since late March during the coronavirus pandemic. The company said Friday it will now offer one-time bonus payments of $400 and $200 for full- and part-time employees to be paid in two installments. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Kroger offers Fred Meyer workers extra pay after outcry

May. 15, 2020 08:20 PM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 11, 2017 file photo shows a Wendy's sign at a restaurant in Miami. U.S. meat supplies are dwindling due to coronavirus-related production shutdowns. As a result, some stores like Costco and restaurants like Wendy's are limiting sales. U.S. beef and pork processing capacity is down 40% from last year. On Monday, May 4, 2020 nearly 20% of U.S. Wendy's didn't have beef available on their online menus, according to an analysis by Stephens, an investment bank. Wendy's confirms it's seeing temporary shortages. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, file)
Where's the beef? Production shutdown leads to shortages

By Dee-Ann Durbin May. 05, 2020 03:45 PM EDT

FILE - This March 20, 2020 file photo, shows a screen displaying messages concerning COVID-19, right, in a sparsely populated Times Square in New York. COVID-19 has shaken theater fans and shuttered all New York City's venues, including Broadway, which grossed $1.8 billion last season and attracted a record 15 million people. How Broadway — one the city's jewels — will reopen is still not clear. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
In push for normalcy, industries, nations test the waters

The Associated Press May. 05, 2020 11:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, customers wearing protective face masks to protect against the coronavirus, wait in line outside a Whole Foods supermarket on 6th Avenue, in New York. A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In practice, they've been struggling to keep up with a surge in orders, highlighting their limited ability to respond to an unprecedented onslaught of demand. After panic buying left store shelves stripped of staples like pasta, canned goods and toilet paper, many shoppers quickly found online grocery delivery slots almost impossible to come by, too. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand

By Kelvin Chan Apr. 07, 2020 08:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2020, file photo, a worker wearing a face mask stands inside of a stall covered with a piece of plastic to prevent the spread of coronavirus, at a market in Pamplona, northern Spain. Grocery workers across the globe are working the front lines during lockdowns meant to keep the coronavirus from spreading. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they're afraid

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 05, 2020 10:15 AM EDT