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Jason Brissett, a kitchen worker who came to the U.S. last month from Jamaica through an H-2B visa, is bracing for 80-hour workweeks this summer to make up for staffing shortages.

Hotels And Restaurants That Survived Pandemic Face New Challenge: Staffing Shortages

7:44pm May 05, 2021

by Tovia Smith

Business owners who rely on seasonal foreign workers coming to the U.S. on H-2B visas are struggling to find help they need for what's expected to be a busy summer.

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Kareem Hawari poses in a "Designate Little Arabia" face mask.

National

'We're Here, We Deserve Dignity': Arab Americans Advocate For Little Arabia In Calif.

7:45am March 07, 2021

by Hadia Bakkar

Members of the community in Anaheim have been advocating for an official designation of the vibrant district for more than a decade. But the city council has been reluctant to support the efforts.

An inmate from the El Paso County detention facility prepares to load bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer.

National

El Paso Issues New Curfew As 'Perfect Storm' Approaches With Arrival Of Holidays

12:23pm November 25, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The new curfew for El Paso County, Texas went into effect just after midnight Wednesday and runs through Monday. The judge who issued the order said it was "not as rigid" as he wanted.

Greensboro Businesses Could Face Fines If State COVID Restrictions Violated

5:06pm November 23, 2020

by Keri Brown

Cruise ship berths in Ketchikan, Alaska, sit empty on May 13 — a day when two ships carrying a total of more than 4,500 passengers were originally scheduled to arrive.

Cruise Shutdown Leaves Southeast Alaska Without Its Economic Lifeblood

1:58pm May 19, 2020

by Eric Stone

Cruise lines have canceled voyages to Southeast Alaska through the summer because of COVID-19. The move is devastating to the economies of many small cities that depend on tourist dollars.

UNICEF-WHO-The World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates 2016

Most Popular World Bank Charts Of 2017: Youth Bulge, Stunting, Disasters

1:20pm January 05, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

These interactive charts, says a World Bank data scientist, paint a "pretty good" picture of the world.

President-elect Donald Trump promised to give up legal control of his companies at his Jan. 11th press conference. Next to him was a stack of documents he said would sever his business ties.

Politics & Government

Trump Is Yet To Sever Ties With His Business, Despite Promises To Do So, Report Says

8:07pm January 22, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

Trump said he would surrender control of his businesses to two of his sons by Friday but ProPublica says there's no sign he has done so.