Martha Mendoza

Associated Press

HEV Motor Production Increasing in Kentucky

September 1, 2026

New Metal Foam Could Make Car Crashes Safer

September 4, 2026

A pint of Guinness beer is poured on St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2023, in Bellows Falls, Vt.

Police Looking for $155K Worth of Stolen Guinness Stout

September 4, 2026

Motor Maker Nidec Finds Hundreds of Cases of Quality Control Misconduct

September 4, 2026

The owner, who asked not to be identified because of concerns about his privacy, turns on the lights in his underground shelter in an undisclosed Southern California city, on Dec. 16, 2024.

Bunker Factory Sees Sales Surge as Nuclear Threats Rise

Critics warn these bunkers create a false perception that a nuclear war is survivable.

December 17, 2024

Equipment frames the cooling towers of the Temelin nuclear power plant near the town of Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, on Thursday, June 25, 2015.

Putin Profits off U.S. and European Reliance on Russian Nuclear Fuel

Nonproliferation experts and elected officials say it is helping bankroll Moscow's nuclear arsenal.

August 10, 2023

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020.

US Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed

Nurses are still being told to reuse single-use masks.

October 7, 2020

A worker handles filter material for face masks in Seattle.

Scarcity of Key Material Squeezes Medical Mask Manufacturing

The US government allowed exports of "meltblown" plastic meshes as the pandemic soared.

September 10, 2020

Samples of Pre-stretched Innocence EZBRAND Professional Antibacterial Braid hair extensions from I&I Hair Corporation, purchased in May, are seen in this photo in New York on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories from I&I and other importers suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp.

Hair Weaves Seized, Suspected to be Made of Prisoners' Hair

Federal authorities are holding an $800,000 shipment they believe is tied to human rights violations.

July 1, 2020

An opened box of protective masks sits on a pallet at Direct Relief's distribution center in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Counterfeit Masks Reach Frontline Health Workers in US

Millions of medical masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies being used in hospitals across the country are counterfeit.

May 14, 2020

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies onto a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York.

N95 Mask Imports Reach US

It's not nearly enough to meet demand.

April 1, 2020

In this March 17, 2020, photo, Theresa Malijan, a registered nurse, has hand sanitizer applied on her hands.

Relief Package Can't Fix Shortages

The problem isn’t a lack of money, experts say. It’s that there’s not enough of those supplies available to buy.

March 30, 2020

Volunteers Keshia Link, left, and Dan Peterson unload boxes of donated gloves and alcohol wipes from a car at a drive-up donation site for medical supplies at the University of Washington to help fight the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, March 24 in Seattle.

Medical Glove Factories Cutting Staff 50%

Malaysia, by far the world’s largest medical glove supplier, is now operating at half capacity just when they're most needed.

March 24, 2020

Lacoste store in Les Rues Basses, Geneva's most famous shopping district.

Lacoste Gloves Allegedly Produced in Camp

Lacoste, known for its iconic little green crocodile logo, says it halted shipments after learning of labor abuse in its supply chain.

March 3, 2020