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California launched a new statewide online pesticide notification system this week that will warn farmworkers beforehand of upcoming pesticide applications.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) says its...Read more

It wouldn’t be quite accurate to label the brief reign of acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek an unmitigated disaster.

That’s because, disastrous as it has been, there’s one mitigating factor: Dudek’s...Read more

As the pork and poultry industries cheer deregulation that will let them permanently increase the speed of production lines at slaughterhouses, workers say they’re already moving too fast.

“We don’t need a faster ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Teenagers as young as 14 could soon be allowed to work overnight shifts as part of an effort in the Republican-led Legislature to roll back major aspects of the state’s child labor laws.

The ...Read more

Eric McCullough spent months looking for an affordable place of his own but then moved into an apartment with his daughter, his only option to make ends meet.

McCullough, 59, lives on disability insurance and said he ...Read more

Over the next three days, 2,400 cashiers, deli clerks, meat cutters, bakery workers, pastry decorators, florists and other grocery store staffers will decide whether Tony’s Fresh Market, the grocery chain founded by ...Read more

The messaging app Signal that Trump administration officials used to discuss an attack on Yemen’s Houthi rebels was created by a one-time anarchist to help activists, journalists and others communicate beyond the prying ...Read more

Back in December, alcohol importer Raza Zaidi in San Francisco placed an order for a pallet of gins, liqueurs and bitters from a Mexican spirits producer.

As the truck made its way north toward the border several weeks ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts are being felt from farms in the Heartland to food banks in Chicago.

More than $1 billion in assistance that usually flows into the U.S. Department of Agriculture for two ...Read more

CHICAGO — The administration of President Donald Trump forged ahead this month with plans to shrink the federal government’s national real estate footprint, canceling hundreds of office leases across the country and ...Read more

A prominent group of academics and real estate industry experts has crafted a far-reaching plan to hasten the recovery of Los Angeles County neighborhoods devastated by the January wildfires.

The authors identified ...Read more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Arms are a global business, so it's little surprise that at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, discerning quartermasters had a world buffet of weaponry before them, be...Read more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota — For nearly six decades, KYMN Radio has weathered industry shifts — from the transition to FM to the rise of the internet and the emergence of streaming services. But Minnesota’s winters have ...Read more

When the economic disruption from COVID-19 and the resulting shutdowns began in early 2020, Colorado’s unemployment system was so overwhelmed that it struggled to handle the flood of applications.

The Colorado ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After years of hustle, film and TV producer Stephen Love found himself in a situation many of his peers would salivate over: He was in four bidding wars.

Studios clamored to snap up his projects. Hollywood...Read more

ST. LOUIS — A Washington, D.C., startup is looking to hire local neurodivergent workers as it opens an office downtown, attracted to St. Louis by the promised growth of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus....Read more

Seattle was a surprise to Shweta Singhal, 39, when she relocated with her husband and daughter from New Delhi in 2016.

She expected gloomy weather and distant residents. But she fell in love with the mild seasons and kind...Read more

When Ilya Schwartzburg and his wife moved to Philadelphia from New York City, they were looking forward to lower housing costs, closer proximity to friends, and a shift from renting to homeownership.

But they expected ...Read more

Boeing is seeking to withdraw its guilty plea related to a criminal fraud charge following two deadly 737 Max crashes six years ago, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Citing “people familiar with the matter,” ...Read more