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This Dec. 18, 2019 photo shows generic acetaminophen capsules in Santa Ana, Calif. A fight is coming to California over whether to list acetaminophen, one of the world's most common over-the-counter drugs as a carcinogen, echoing recent high-profile battles for things like alcohol and coffee. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
January 21, 2020 - 8:18 am

California could list common pain killer as carcinogen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A fight is coming to California over whether to list one of the world's most common over-the-counter drugs as a carcinogen, echoing recent high-profile battles over things like alcohol and coffee. The drug is acetaminophen, known outside the U.S. as paracetamol and used to...
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Johnny Rowan stands outside Burning River Coffee, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Lakewood, Ohio. Rowan’s is one of 90 active businesses registered with the state that have “burning river” in their names, inspired by the Cuyahoga River’s most famous fire. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
June 18, 2019 - 9:43 am

'Burning river' loses sting in Cleveland 50 years after fire

CLEVELAND (AP) — Fifty years after the Cuyahoga River's most infamous fire helped spawn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, artists and entrepreneurs have turned old jokes into inspiration and forged decades of embarrassment into a fiery brand of Cleveland pride. "Everybody knows Cuyahoga...
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FILE - This March 30, 2018 file photo shows a Proposition 65 warning sign behind a coffee mug at a Starbucks coffee shop in Burbank, Calif. California has officially concluded coffee does not pose a "significant" cancer risk. State regulators gave final approval Monday, June 3, 2019 to a rule that means coffee won't have to carry ominous warnings that the beverage may be bad for you. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
June 03, 2019 - 8:10 pm

Perk up: California says coffee cancer risk insignificant

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a "significant" cancer risk. The rule, proposed a year ago by regulators, means coffee won't have to carry ominous warnings that the beverage may be bad for you. The state took the rare...
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Klatch Coffee owner Bo Thiara holds a cup of Elida Natural Geisha coffee at his shop in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The California cafe is brewing up what it calls the world's most expensive coffee - at $75 a cup. Klatch Coffee Roasters is serving the exclusive brew, the Elida Natural Geisha 803, at its branches in Southern California and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 15, 2019 - 7:48 pm

California cafe touts its $75 coffee as the world's priciest

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California cafe is brewing up what it calls the world's most expensive coffee — at $75 a cup. Klatch Coffee is serving the exclusive brew, the Elida Natural Geisha 803, at its branches in Southern California and San Francisco. The 803 in the coffee's name refers to the record...
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This Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, photo shows attendees at a preview for Starbucks' Reserve Roastery in New York City. The Roastery is the fourth of six the company plans to open around the world. It is scheduled to open Friday. (AP Photo/Dee-Ann Durbin)
December 13, 2018 - 5:50 pm

Starbucks to expand delivery in US, China

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is expanding delivery to more stores in the U.S. and China as it tries to accelerate growth in those two markets. The company says it will offer delivery from 2,000 U.S. stores by next summer through a partnership with Uber Eats. It isn't yet saying which stores will offer...
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This undated photo provided by Jackie Jones shows Noel Sparks. A relative confirmed Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, that Sparks, 21, was among those killed in a shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Courtesy of Jackie Jones via AP)
November 09, 2018 - 1:41 pm

Bar shooting claimed busboy, hero officer, Vegas survivor

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — One was a veteran police officer who didn't hesitate to run toward danger. Another had survived the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Others were an "extremely nice" busboy and a Marine veteran who dedicated his life to service, including helping other...
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2108, a waiter serves cappuccini at the Starbucks store in Milan, Italy. Starbucks opens its first store in Italy Friday, betting that premium brews and novelties like a heated marble-topped coffee bar will win patrons in a country fond of its espresso rituals. Decades ago, Milan’s coffee bars had inspired the chain’s vision. Starbucks hopes clients will linger at Starbucks Reserve Roastery, where they can watch beans being roasted, sip Reserve coffee or have cocktails at a mezzanine-level bar in a cavernous space that once was a post office near the city’s Duomo, or cathedral. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
September 05, 2018 - 11:14 pm

Starbucks debuts in Italy with premium brews, novelty bar

MILAN (AP) — Starbucks is opening its first store in Italy, betting that premium brews and novelties like a heated marble-topped coffee bar will win customers in a country fond of its daily espresso rituals. Decades ago, Milan's coffee bars inspired the chain's vision. Now Starbucks is hoping...
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