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Aviation regulators are investigating how the spacecraft returned to the ground after taking billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson to the edge of space.

The OxyContin maker won court approval of a roughly $4.5 billion bankruptcy settlement that safeguards its owners, members of the Sackler family, from lawsuits accusing them of contributing to the opioid epidemic in exchange for providing funds to combat the crisis.

Retailers are spending millions a year to combat organized rings that steal from their stores in bulk and peddle the goods online, often on Amazon. It is a menace that has been supercharged by the rapid recent boom in online commerce.

Ida has left fuel makers in Louisiana struggling to restart after damage to the power grid.

The new hires will be permanent positions aimed at supporting Walmart through the holiday surge and beyond, the retailer said Wednesday. The full- and part-time jobs range from order pickers, freight handlers and forklift operators to technician and management roles at more than 250 Walmart and Sam’s Club distribution and fulfillment centers and transportation offices.

The Surface Transportation Board said Canadian National hasn’t demonstrated that its use of a voting trust would be consistent with the public interest.

Roughly half of cellular sites remained out of service Tuesday in New Orleans, federal regulators said

P&G has increased production, and some retailers say shipments of paper products are being limited as demand surges. Yet shortages aren’t as bad as last year.

Prosecutors and attorneys for Ms. Holmes agreed to cut nine jurors who said they weren’t vaccinated against Covid-19.

The storm disrupted fuel supplies, and the speed of the recovery will depend on how long it takes for refineries to come online amid flooding and power outages.