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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Businesses in California remain baffled by the shifting rules over who needs to wear masks and where as the nation's largest state fully reopens from the pandemic on Tuesday. While Gov. Gavin Newsom's health agency has said vaccinated people won't need to wear face coverings in many public places, state regulators [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May — a 0.6 percent increase over April and 5 percent over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008. The May rise in consumer prices that the Labor Department reported Thursday reflected a range of goods and services now in growing [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Couples are racing to the altar in a vaccination-era wedding boom that has venues and other vendors in high demand. With restrictions on large gatherings loosening, wedding planners and others who make the magic happen said they've started pushing their bookings into late 2022 and early 2023. "We've run out of [...]
DENVER (AP) — Ski areas across the United States experienced a strong rebound this winter despite public health restrictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. Skier visits to resorts totaled 59 million for the season, the fifth best on record, according to the Colorado-based National Ski Areas Association. "What a year it has been," [...]
PORTLAND, Maine — Vinyl record sales surged during the pandemic as music lovers fattened their collections, and audio cassettes began a comeback as well, keeping business spinning at record stores. Easing restrictions on indoor shopping and continued interest in vinyl records provide stores — and shoppers — something to cheer on Saturday, the first of [...]
Nonprofits across the nation suffered deep economic hardships and many cut services during the pandemic, but strong government support and stepped-up giving by foundations and individuals averted the widespread charity failures that many experts had feared, according to interviews with experts and a new study that came out Tuesday. Steve Hayes, executive director of the [...]
DETROIT (AP) — If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to overcome a big reason why many people are still avoiding them: fear of running out of juice between Point A and Point B. Automakers have sought to quell those concerns [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen retailers including Gap and H&M are collaborating on a campaign this fall to enlist customers to combat bad behavior against retail workers. The campaign, spearheaded by nonprofits Open to All and Hollaback as well as the Retail Industry Leaders Association, comes as workers face increased harassment as they try [...]
NEW YORK — After seeing young shoppers flock to thrift stores and online sites for used clothes, a growing number of fashion companies want to take back control. But running a resale business is complicated, so some big iconic fashion brands such as Levi's, Eileen Fisher and Patagonia are turning to Trove, a tech startup [...]
United Airlines aims to bring back supersonic travel before the decade is over with a plane that has yet to be built. The airline said last week that it plans to buy 15 jets from Boom Supersonic with an option for 35 more once the start-up company designs a plane that flies faster than the [...]