Consumer safety
Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. June 9, 2021. Editorial: Only authentic artifacts to remember the Alamo Immortalized by a...

In this Wednesday, May 19, 2021, photograph, Bill Easton, a checker at a Safeway grocery store, is shown in the shopping center in which the store is located in Aurora, Colo. Easton, like many other workers in retail sales jobs, is fully vaccinated but is concerned about risks posed as retailers change their mask-wearing policies for customers. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies

By Alexandra Olson, Joseph Pisani And Anne D'innocenzio May. 20, 2021 10:28 AM EDT

Registry starts dropoff service for some transactions

Jul. 31, 2020 11:45 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts motor vehicles department is beginning a dropoff service for certain transactions so customers can remain safer during the...

In this photo provided by American Eagle Outfitters, social distance markers are shown at Cranberry Mall American Eagle Store in Cranberry, Pa. (Ross Ribblett/American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. via AP)
Stores focus on cleaning to get shoppers back to spending

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 06, 2020 06:00 AM EDT

Bartender Katie McGranahan serves beers at the Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Friday, June 26, 2020, in Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he is shutting bars back down and scaling back restaurant capacity to 50%, in response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Bar owners worry as virus surges in their workplaces

By Juan A. Lozano Jun. 26, 2020 11:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2020 file photo, staff at the Mediamatic restaurant serve food to volunteers seated in small glasshouses during a try-out of a setup which respects social distancing abiding by government directives to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Restaurants around the world try to lure back clientele while keeping them virus-free. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Patrons under plastic: Restaurants get creative in virus era

By Thomas Adamson And Oleg Cetinic May. 28, 2020 03:49 AM EDT

Shoppers with face masks enter the Von Maur department store in Omaha, Neb., Friday, May 1, 2020. The Von Maur stores opened for the first time since measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus were put in place. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Nebraska mall sees early trickle of patrons on reopening day

By Grant Schulte May. 01, 2020 12:51 PM EDT