Grocery industry suing Seattle over new hazard-pay law Two grocery industry trade groups have filed a lawsuit against the city of Seattle over its new law mandating $4 an hour pay raises for grocery stores By The Associated Press February 4, 2021, 7:54...

Zuckerberg part of $100M ‘California Black Freedom Fund’ More than two dozen philanthropic organizations and corporations on Thursday launched the California Black Freedom Fund By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer February 4, 2021, 6:25 PM • 3 mi...

Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mines' climate costs A judge says U.S. officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border By MATTHEW BROWN Associate...

UK strips Chinese state-owned TV channel of broadcast permit The U.K. has stripped China’s state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China’s ruling C...

Hunter Biden's memoir 'Beautiful Things' out in April Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6 By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer February 4, 2021, 1:31 PM • 4 min read The Asso...

Businesses face hard decisions on whether, when to hireAs the U.S. economy undergoes an uneven recovery from the coronavirus, many small businesses owners face a tough decision on whether and when to take on employees By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business W...

Asian shares down on caution after modest US gainsAsian shares are lower as caution sets in over company earnings reports, recent choppy trading in technology stocks and prospects for more economic stimulus for a world battling a pandemic By YURI KAGEYA...

Stuck in DC, Biden team pitches rest of US on big virus aidPresident Joe Biden has been gathering with senators and working the phones to push for a giant COVID-19 relief package By JOSH BOAK Associated Press February 4, 2021, 5:15 AM • 6 min read Sha...

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The Latest: Ontario to open all schools for in-person classCanada’s most populous province of Ontario will reopen all schools for in-class learning this month despite the presence of new coronavirus variants and a high number of infections in Toronto...