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Freight trains could help decongest the Port of Long Beach The Port of Long Beach, the Utah Inland Port Authority, and Union Pacific Railroad announced a new partnership aimed at rapidly evacuating cargo from terminals in Long Beach to Salt Lake City for further distribution throughout western states. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Supply chain disruptions impacting dairy farmers amid ongoing COVID-related issues The nation’s dairy farmers are feeling the squeeze of the pandemic, as supply chain issues are raising the cost of producing and packaging milk. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

3M agrees to pay $98M to resolve suits over 'forever' chemicals Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it contaminated the Tennessee River with toxic chemicals. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Gen. Stanley McChrystal says Afghanistan a humiliation, but ‘civil war’ at home is of concern Gen. Stanley McChrystal tells FOX Business the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was a humiliation. But he is concerned about a "civil war" at home. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

US considers faster hog slaughtering based on plant staffing - union The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, after a U.S. court struck down a Trump-era rule that removed line speed limits. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Tesla's Brandenburg factory becomes festival site for 'Giga-Fest' From flashing lights and booming speakers to sprawling stages and a Ferris wheel, Tesla's factory near Berlin has been transformed into a festival site for a one-day county fair on Saturday, hosted by CEO Elon Musk. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Kellogg's US cereal plant workers go on strike About 1,400 Kellogg Co cereal plant employees went on a strike on Tuesday, hoping to get the packaged foods maker to negotiate what a labor union called a "fair contract" for the workers. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Powerball: $699.8M ticket sold in California A single Powerball winner from Morro Bay, California will wake up today nearly $700 million richer after being the only person to correctly pick all five numbers and the Powerball number to claim the seventh-largest lottery in U.S. lottery history last night, officials said. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Powerball: Numbers drawn for $685 million jackpot The Powerball jackpot for Monday’s lottery drawing reached an estimated $685 million, with a cash option of $485.5 million. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Victoria’s Secret is launching a line of mastectomy bras Add mastectomy bras to Victoria’s Secret’s lingerie lineup as the company continues to ditch its supermodel-based marketing in favor of courting real-world women. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

4th year since Las Vegas massacre: 'Be there for each other' People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

$6 billion project to untangle O'Hare runways completed Government and airline officials gathered on Thursday to mark the completion of a $6 billion modernization project to untangle the jumble of runways that for decades made flying into and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport feel like a downtown traffic jam at rush hour. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Manny Paquiao’s future: Politics, cryptos, hydrogen water after Ugás fight Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao joins FOX Business Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino, to discuss his next big fight, politics and crypto. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Furniture manufacturers are reporting major shipping delays nationwide Furniture sales have surged during the pandemic, leading to major backlogs at manufacturing facilities. This means consumers around the nation should expect delays on their orders. A manufacturer in Conover, North Carolina says their shipping times used to be 8 weeks, but now it's taking them 22 weeks to send orders to customers. Industry experts say supply chain shortages are also contributing to the backlog, creating the perfect storm in recent months. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Citizen pays New Yorkers $25 an hour to livestream crime scenes Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes and other emergencies.Alamy Stock Photo https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and crew in space: PHOTOS https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona For thousands of years, an Arizona tribe relied on the Colorado River's natural flooding patterns to farm. Later, it hand-dug ditches and canals to route water to fields. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Pennsylvania county stuck with Bill Cosby’s prosecution tab as conviction is overturned The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned disgraced actor Bill Cosby’s conviction on Wednesday, leaving a Pennsylvania county with trial-related tab that Cosby will likely never have to pay. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

Uber to let office staff work up to half their time from anywhere -source Uber Technologies Inc will let employees work half their hours from wherever they want as part of its revamped return-to-office strategy, the transport app company plans to announce on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com

TSA will resume defense training for airline employees Federal officials cited the surge of incidents involving disruptive and sometimes violent passengers in resuming self-defense training for airline flight attendants and pilots. https://pxpx500.blogspot.com