Kendria LaFleur

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  • PowerballSuccess

    You could buy a $1 billion Powerball ticket this Labor Day weekend

    By Ed White, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • FILE – A United Parcel Service driver steers through a neighborhood while delivering packages, June 30, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass. As areas across the U.S. continue to experience extreme heat, employers have taken steps to protect workers from high temperatures. UPS has added more cooling equipment to its vehicles and facilities. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Success

    Bosses are outfitting workers with everything from cooling hats to bracelets that measure body heat to protect them in heatwaves

    By Dorany Pineda, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • Aaron FieldsFinance

    As indoor farming startups with hundreds of millions in funding head to bankruptcy, critic says: ‘Boy, this is a dumb idea’

    By Melina Walling, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • Workers hand off plants during operations at a vertical farm greenhouse in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023. Indoor farming brings growing inside in what experts sometimes call “controlled environment agriculture.” There are different methods; vertical farming involves stacking produce from floor to ceiling, often under artificial lights and with the plants growing in nutrient-enriched water. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Finance

    Walmart and Kroger are betting on a bankruptcy-hit indoor farming industry that many consider unsustainable

    By Melina Walling, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • Politics

    Texas now requires armed officers at every school. But many districts complain it’s an ‘unfunded mandate’ and haven’t met the deadline

    By Paul J. Weber, Acacia Coronado, and others