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Daniella Malave, a recruiting analyst for Chipotle, poses for a photo at a Chipotle restaurant in Sea Girt, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. While working full time for the chain, Malave completed two years of community college with annual stipends of $5,250 from Chipotle. After that, she enrolled in the company’s free online college program, through which she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Wilmington University in 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Companies like Starbucks and Chipotle are paying hourly employees’ college tuition. One graduate keeps asking, ‘Is this real?’

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

FILE – A road is completely filled with a tall pile of debris from destroyed beachfront homes and businesses, two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Sept. 30, 2022. Florida’s home insurance market was already on shaky ground. It now faces an even mightier struggle after the damage caused by the hurricane. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Hurricane Ian piles up to $47 billion of misery on a Florida home insurance market already struggling against rampant litigation and fraud

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

A customer looks at refrigerated items at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif.,. on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. “Best before” labels are coming under scrutiny as concerns about food waste grow around the world. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. But “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety, and some worry they encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

‘Best before’ tags are prompting people to throw away perfectly good food. Supermarkets want manufacturers to trash the labels instead

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Starbucks union organizers

Starbucks to union: It’s time to bargain

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Laxman Narasimhan, chief executive officer of Latin America at PepsiCo Inc., speaks during the CEO Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, on Friday, April 13, 2018. The conference brings together leading CEOs and heads of state from the Americas region to analyze opportunities to promote economic growth and investment. Photographer: Guillermo Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Starbucks names former PepsiCo executive as new CEO

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

FILE – A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize one of the coffee company’s locations on June 7, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. In a decision issued on Thursday, Aug. 18, a federal judge ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

Starbucks has to rehire 7 workers it fired for trying to unionize, federal judge rules

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Michael Vestigo of Kansas City, Kansas, who claims he was fired by Starbucks, speaks while dressed as Apollo the wolf during the “Fight Starbucks’ Union Busting” rally and march in Seattle, Washington, April 23, 2022. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Starbucks asks labor board to temporarily suspend union votes at its U.S. stores

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Banana Boat sunscreen has been recalled.

Banana Boat recalls scalp sunscreen spray for cancer risk

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

FILE – Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Companies from Amazon to JPMorgan pledged to cover abortion travel costs. But it’s not clear how and if they’ll be able to do so

By Barbara Ortutay, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others

Gas Prices Workers

Personal Finance

Soaring gas prices are hurting drivers who rely on their cars for work

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

Starbucks drops vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: A shelf displaying toilet paper sits almost empty as shoppers makes their way through a supermarket on January 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The coronavirus Omicron variant is still disrupting the supply chain causing some empty shelves at stores.

Where did the meat go? Shoppers increasingly find empty grocery shelves due to COVID and severe weather

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Parker Purifoy, and others

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 28: In this photo illustration a phone is held displaying the Uber app as a black taxi pases at Waterloo station on September 28, 2020 in London, England. The ride-sharing service won its appeal after Transport for London denied a renewal of its operating license late last year.

U.S. sues Uber, saying wait fees discriminate against disabled

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

A food delivery robot crosses a street in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Hundreds of little robots __ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas __ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. While robots were being tested in limited numbers before the coronavirus hit, the companies building them say pandemic-related labor shortages and a growing preference for contactless delivery have accelerated their deployment. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Robots roam some campuses and city streets as contactless food delivery grows

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press

FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, a restaurant advertises Uber Eats in Miami. Restaurant delivery companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats are rapidly expanding their services to grocers, convenience stores, pharmacies, pet stores and even department stores. The move has been spurred by skyrocketing consumer demand during the pandemic. On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Uber Eats unveiled its newest delivery option that will let users order flowers from FTD directly from its app. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

Uber Eats and DoorDash are now delivering groceries, flowers to meet customer demands

By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press