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Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Quad-City Times. June 9, 2021. Editorial: It’s time to step up Unfortunately, the people of Davenport have become...

A bartender prepares a cocktail as usually crowded Moments bar nearly emptied after restaurants and cafes start request QR codes of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 28, 2021. Restaurants and cafes in Moscow on Monday began requesting that patrons provide proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test as the Russian capital faces a surge of new infections. As proof of vaccination for entering a restaurant, customers must visit a government website and get a QR code, a digital pattern designed to be read by a scanner. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
New coronavirus rules enacted for Moscow restaurants

By Vladimir Isachenkov Jun. 28, 2021 06:34 AM EDT

A vaccination certificate sits on a computer screen with the website Gosuslugi (public services portal) in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Police quickly cracked down, launching 24 criminal cases last week against sellers of fake vaccination certificates. Still, several accounts offering the bogus documents could be found easily on the Telegram messaging app this week. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russia mandates vaccinations for some as virus cases surge

By Daria Litvinova Jun. 25, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

In this Saturday, June 19, 2021, photo, Caroline Styne, owner and wine director at The Lucques Group, serves wine to attorney Alec Nedelman, celebrating early "Father's Day "with his family at the A.O.C. Brentwood restaurant in Los Angeles. Styne has turned away dozens of customers at the company's A.O.C. West Hollywood restaurant because she doesn't have the staff to serve them, leaving seats empty. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Help wanted: Labor crisis plagues US restaurant industry

By Michael R. Blood Jun. 22, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, April 12, 2021 file photo, people sit, drinking and eating, outside cafes and pubs in Soho, central London, on the day some of England's coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government. The easing of lockdown restrictions in April helped the British economy grow at its fastest rate since July 2020 and recoup further ground lost during the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Friday June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
UK economy edges to pre-pandemic levels as lockdown eased

By Pan Pylas Jun. 11, 2021 05:38 AM EDT

Patrons are assisted while dining along a sidewalk on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, April 16, 2021. As consumers increasingly venture away from home, demand has begun to shift away from manufactured goods and toward services, from airline fares to restaurant meals, triggering inflation in those areas. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Another jump in prices tightens the squeeze on US consumers

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 10, 2021 08:42 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 07:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Our kids’ education should be based on fact, not propaganda ' Editorial ...

FILE - In this May 21, 2012, file photo, Scott Beede returns an undersized lobster while checking traps off Mount Desert, Maine. Lobster prices are up due to a limited supply, high demand and the reopening of the economy as the nation moves past the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Lobster lovers feeling the pinch as summer nears

By Patrick Whittle Jun. 08, 2021 07:25 AM EDT

In this May 26, 2021 photo, a sign for workers hangs in the window of a shop along Main Street in Deadwood, S.D. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April’s sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
US economy: Plenty of growth, not enough workers or supplies

By Paul Wiseman Jun. 05, 2021 10:03 AM EDT

Restaurants want to keep takeout drink orders flowing

Jun. 04, 2021 02:40 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's restaurant industry, with the backing of some lawmakers, wants to extend a pandemic state-of-emergency rule that allows...

A man walks into 5th Avenue Deli and Grill, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Hiring in the United States picked up in May yet was slowed again by the struggles of many companies to find enough workers to keep up with the economy's swift recovery from the pandemic recession. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, an improvement from April's sluggish increase of 278,000. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
US businesses struggle to fill jobs even as hiring picks up

By Christopher Rugaber Jun. 04, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to speak at a news conference about relief for restaurants as San Francisco Mayor London Breed laughs and looks on outside Tommy's Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco, on Thursday, June 3, 2021. The governor offered his support for the extension and expansion of outdoor dining and takeout cocktails. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
California to allow sale of to-go cocktails through 2021

By Olga R. Rodriguez And Kathleen Ronayne Jun. 03, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2021, file photo, a worker wears a mask while prepares desserts at the Universal City Walk, in Universal City, Calif. California workplace regulators are considering Thursday, June 3, 2021, whether to end mask rules if every employee in a room has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, frustrating business groups by eying a higher standard than the state plans to soon adopt for social settings. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
US service sector growth surges in May

By Matt Ott Jun. 03, 2021 10:17 AM EDT

A Croatian border police office inspects travel documents at the border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia, in Bregana, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The European Union wants to revamp Europe's ID check-free travel area after coronavirus restrictions placed new strains on tourism and business travel throughout the bloc. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
The Latest: More cases in virus cluster in southern China

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 05:58 AM EDT

Katrina Folks hugs her service dog, Princess, and speaks about her efforts to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Folks, the mother of an 11-year old son, used to do data entry at a law firm, but she has health issues that require her to work from home. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced May 10 that the state will opt out of the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed, actions, directly affecting Folks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed

By Leah Willingham May. 31, 2021 09:49 AM EDT

People ride the rollercoaster at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, May 29, 2021. Californians are celebrating the Memorial Day weekend, more upbeat than they have been for any other holiday since the pandemic began thanks to dramatically lower virus cases and increasing vaccinations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
As reopening nears Californians spend holiday in upbeat mood

May. 29, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

People gather and celebrate as bars, clubs and other establishments reopened in Poland after being closed for seven months, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Restaurants ready as Poland lifts more pandemic restrictions

May. 28, 2021 12:48 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media. May 26, 2021. Editorial: CT lavishes former UConn presidents with cushy jobs You’d never...

Louisiana: statewide Shot for a Shot vaccine campaign

May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A statewide “Shot for a Shot” campaign offering free drinks for people who get vaccinated against COVID-19 will begin in June,...

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