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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Officials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of chemicals used to process animal hides at one of the company’s meat processing facilities in northern Colorado. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the employee at the

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets have tumbled on the tail of Wall Street’s worst monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic. Tokyo skidded 2% and Australia’s benchmark sank 2.3%. Markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong were closed for holidays. The S&P 500 ended September down 4.8%, its first monthly drop since

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue migrants who recently crossed into the country without permission or are deemed to pose a threat to public safety. The new guidelines replace interim rules issued in February and initially blocked by a

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The votes will help avert one crisis, but efforts to stave

By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos on Earth, began erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island Wednesday. The eruption is not in an area with homes and is entirely contained within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Officials say increased earthquake activity and ground swelling before the eruption put them

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Murder charges have been dismissed against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit. It’s the climax of an investigation that found misconduct by police and prosecutors. Juwan Deering will not face a second trial. A

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) — Reporters have been given a glimpse of life on a Wisconsin Army post for newly arrived Afghan refugees. During a tightly controlled tour of Fort McCoy on Thursday arranged by the U.S. Army and Department of State, reporters got to see the new arrivals playing

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii’s Big Island has been found on the island of Kauai. The native pendant kihi fern grows on the trunks of trees. Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports that the fern was believed to be extinct for several

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The nation’s school boards are asking President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop a growing number of threats made against their members.  The National School Boards Association sent a letter to Biden Thursday, describing members being put on watch lists and threatened in person, online and through

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures has ballooned in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration gave clinics three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked. But today none of the clinics have won FDA approval and there

WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it is sending investigators to the site where the Boeing 737 went into the water back in July. The two pilots were

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines says only about 300 employees out of its U.S. workforce of 67,000 face dismissal for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s about half as many as the airline said faced termination earlier this week. United said Thursday that the difference is coming from

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Government researchers reported a big drop in teen vaping this year as many U.S. students stayed home from school during the pandemic. Survey results released Thursday give the first indication of how COVID-19 disruptions may have slowed the underage use of electronic cigarettes. Government officials urged

SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at his alma mater on what would have been his 30th birthday. Botham Jean, a 2016 graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, was shot and killed by

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson plans to relocate its headquarters from Massachusetts in a $125 million investment expected to create 750 jobs in Tennessee. The company founded in 1852 is currently centered in Springfield, Massachusetts. Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development says Smith & Wesson

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Major stock indexes on Wall Street were mixed in afternoon trading Thursday and headed for steep monthly losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% and is on track for a 4% loss in September. It would mark the first monthly loss since January and the worst

By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in the capital of Khartoum against the country’s military and demanding the formation of new transitional authorities that would exclusively consist of civilians. Security forces fired tear gas as protesters neared a central street housing government headquarters. Thursday’s

By MARKUS SCHREIBER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ITZEHOE, Germany (AP) — Officials say a former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp skipped the start of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder. She was picked up several hours later and ordered held in custody.

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a tornado in the port city of Kiel has injured several people. Four people were seriously hurt after Wednesday’s twister. The city’s fire service said dozens of first responders were involved in an operation to rescue a group of rowers who were surprised by the twister as it swept

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics. The 105-year-old California woman was two years old when she lost her mother to the flu in Connecticut in 1918. A foster family took her back to their ancestral home in Italy, where she survived as a seamstress until she was forced