September 2021

DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC over price caps

(AP) — Three of the nation’s largest food delivery companies are suing New York City over a limit on fees it put in place during the pandemic to protect restaurants devastated by the forced closure of their dining rooms.

Federal mandate takes vaccine decision off employers’ hands

(AP) — Larger U.S. businesses now won’t have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.

US producer prices jump unprecedented 8.3 percent in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3 percent last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010.

As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden’s vow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.

Judge loosens Apple’s grip on app store in Epic decision

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers. It could potentially also save app developers billions of dollars that could encourage them to lower the prices paid by consumers.

Report of gunshot triggered lockdown at Air Force base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base went into lockdown for several hours while security officials investigated reports of a shooter on the campus but eventually gave the all-clear early Friday morning.

House of Mouse collecting the Wonderful World of Disneyana

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“I only hope we never lose sight of one thing -- that it was all started by a mouse.” Walt Disney once famously said this about his legendary and iconic star, Mickey Mouse.

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CBS, Nickelodeon will team up again for NFL playoff game

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports will once again team with Nickelodeon to do a kids-focused broadcast during the first weekend of the NFL playoffs.

Olaf weakens after hitting Mexico’s Los Cabos as Category 2 storm

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Olaf slipped back to tropical storm force on Friday after slamming into the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and then drenching the region with torrential rains.