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Aimee Bock, executive director of Feeding Our Future, in St. Anthony, Minn., Jan. 27, 2022.
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Dozens Charged in $250M Pandemic Food Program Scheme
The federal program is meant to provide meals to low-income children.
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Workers set up for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. The show will be smaller with few new model debuts, less-glitzy displays, fewer journalists and lower attendance that past years.
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A Less-Glitzy Detroit Auto Show Returns
Though the pandemic is partly to blame, larger forces are at play, too.
September 14, 2022
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Amazon's Robot Workforce Could Doom the American Worker
Lawmakers must take steps to protect the human workforce now — before tech behemoths phase it out.
September 7, 2022
The Korean automakers are recalling more than 281,000 vehicles in the U.S. because of the problem, but they haven’t figured out how to fix it yet.
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Fire Risk Prompts Hyundai, Kia Hitch Recalls
They haven't figured out how to fix it yet.
August 23, 2022
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Janet Jackson Song Had the Power to Crash Laptops
A major computer manufacturer discovered the defect.
August 22, 2022
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This Building's Windows Keep Exploding
And no one knows why.
August 19, 2022
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eBay former Senior Director of Safety and Security James Baugh arrives for his sentencing in a cyber stalking case at Moakley Federal Court on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Boston.
Ex-eBay Execs Get Prison for Bizarre Harassment Scheme
September 30, 2022
A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., Nov. 8, 2018.
Ex-PG&E Execs Pay $117M to Settle Wildfire Lawsuit
September 30, 2022
A demolition claw begins razing part of the long-vacant Packard auto plant on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Detroit.
Detroit Demolishing Blighted Packard Car Plant
September 30, 2022
According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Illinois, the gunmaker Smith & Wesson illegally targeted young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms, including the 22-year-old gunman accused of opening fire on the Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago and killing seven people.
Smith & Wesson Sued Over Link to July 4 Parade Mass Shooting
September 29, 2022
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E-cigarette Maker Juul Has Settled Its Lawsuit Over Targeting Teens
Here's why the company is paying $438.5 million to dozens of states.
September 28, 2022
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3M's Verify Platform to Combat Counterfeit Respirators and More
Reports of suspected counterfeit 3M products will be reviewed and investigated by anti-counterfeit response teams globally.
September 27, 2022
Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility transmission pole and attached equipment as part of their probe into what started a blaze in Northern California that's become the largest in the state this year., the utility said in a regulatory filing Monday, Sept. 26.
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Forest Service Seizes PG&E Equipment as Part of Fire Probe
An initial assessment showed the Mosquito Fire started near one of its power lines.
September 27, 2022
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Hurricane Forces NASA Moon Rocket to Shelter
Managers decided to play it safe.
September 26, 2022
Smoke rises from a warehouse blaze at a produce market in Paris' southern suburbs, Sept. 25, 2022.
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Fire Breaks Out at World's Largest Produce Market
The sprawling wholesale market features more than 12,000 workers.
September 26, 2022
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Massachusetts Company Recalls Candy Corn
The candy may contain egg not declared on the label.
September 26, 2022
This undated family photo shows Hayden Jones Jr. The 23-year-old Navy officer was found dead at the wheel by Florida Highway Patrol troopers in July 2022, in Pensacola.
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Family: Man Killed in Crash Never Got Air Bag Recall Notice
The family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
September 26, 2022
Granulated sugar is poured in Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 2016. A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's bid to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer from acquiring its rival, clearing the way for the acquisition to proceed. The ruling, handed down Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, by a federal judge in Wilmington, Del., comes months after the Justice Department sued to try to halt the deal between U.S. Sugar and Imperial Sugar Company, one of the largest sugar refiners in the nation.
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Bid to Block Sugar Merger Rejected
The government had argued that the acquisition would be harmful to consumers.
September 26, 2022
A SeaPod Eco prototype, the first of a futuristic line of homes built over water, is shown to the press in Linton Bay Marina, Panama, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022.
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Futuristic Oceanfront Home Goes Sideways
The home looks like a spaceship ... that tipped over.
September 23, 2022
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Woman Gets 6 Years in Prison for Damaging Pipeline
She used a cutting torch.
September 23, 2022
A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015.
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Judge Approves $230M Settlement in California Oil Spill Case
All American Pipeline estimated that 142,800 gallons spilled.
September 23, 2022
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Crew Extinguishes Fire on Oil Tanker
The fire broke out on the 820-foot ship about 11 miles south of Finland.
September 22, 2022
An insurance industry group says they're being stolen at a rate nearly double the rest of the auto industry because they don't have computer chips in the keys.
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Thieves Key On Hack That Leaves Hyundai, Kia Cars Vulnerable
These cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the auto industry.
September 22, 2022
The Tesla company logo is seen on the hood of an unsold vehicle at a dealership, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in Littleton, Colo. Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up.
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Over 1M Teslas Recalled Because Windows Can Pinch Fingers
The recall covers certain 2017 to 2022 Model 3 sedans and some 2020 and 2021 Model Y SUVs.
September 22, 2022