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In this Jan. 19, 2016, file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. The gun industry is gathering for its annual conference, in January 2020, amid a host of uncertainty: slumping gun sales, a public increasingly agitating for restrictions on access to firearms and a presidential campaign that threatens gun rights like perhaps no other time in modern American history.

Gun Makers Gather Amid Slumping Sales

Sagging gun sales have afflicted almost every corner of the industry, most notably iconic gun manufacturers such as Ruger, Remington and Colt.

A caravan of trucks from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach drive around Los Angeles City Hall.

Judge Halts CA Labor Law for Truckers

A federal judge ruled the state was wrong to eliminate the option of using independent drivers.

This undated file photo provided by the University of Kansas shows researcher Franklin Feng Tao. Tao concealed work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas and recruited at least four researchers and students, according to revised federal charges filed Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020.

Professor Indicted for Secret China Work

He is accused of trying to recruit other researchers and students for the Chinese government while employed by the University of Kansas.

Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Walt Disney Co. co-founder Roy Disney, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Disney testified before state lawmakers in support of a bill that would raise taxes on some of the country's largest corporations. The size of the tax increase would depend on the gap between what a company pays its CEO versus the average salary for employees. The larger the gap, the higher the tax increase.

California Targets Big Pay Gaps

The size of a new tax increase for large corporations would depend on how much its highest-paid executive makes compared to its employees.

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Apnea Machine Maker to Pay $37.5M

ResMed didn't acknowledge any wrongdoing in the settlement, but agreed to pay $37.5 million.

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15 States Oppose LNG Rail Plan

They say the proposed rule would put residents, first responders and the environment at greater risk of catastrophic accidents.

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows AR-15 lower receivers, which federal agents have seized, including these unfinished ones taken in 2014 in California, for firearms investigations nationwide. For decades, the federal government has treated the mechanism called the lower receiver as the essential piece of the semiautomatic rifle, which has been used in some of the nation's deadliest mass shootings. But some defense attorneys have recently argued that the part alone does not meet the definition in the law.

AR-15 Design Feature Could Derail Charges

Some judges have ruled that a lower receiver alone cannot be considered a gun.

In this April 24, 2018 file photo, a hemp plant is pollinated at the Unique Botanicals facility in Springfield, OrR.

Proposed US Hemp Rules Worry Industry

Growers are concerned the government wants to use a heavy hand that could result in many crops failing required tests and being destroyed.

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Labor Dept. Clarifies 'Joint Employer'

The issue mostly affects franchise businesses, but also firms that have outsourced services such as cleaning and maintenance.

In this Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor leaves federal court in Boston. Kapoor and former top employees of the pharmaceutical company are facing a reckoning for their role in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say boosted sales of a powerful, highly addictive painkiller and helped fuel the national opioid epidemic.Starting Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, seven people who worked for Insys Therapeutics will appear in Boston to be sentenced by a federal judge.

Ex-Drug Co. Execs Face Reckoning

Prosecutors say officials paid millions of dollars in bribes to doctors so they would overprescribe Subsys, a fentanyl-based oral spray.

US Biotech Gets Regulation Website

The Website streamlines information about the three regulatory agencies charged with overseeing agriculture biotechnology products.

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Water Producer to Pay $5M Over Illegal Waste

The maker of Crystal Geyser was accused of discharging wastewater with high levels of arsenic.

sign expressing opposition to a plan by Facebook to build a landing spot for a submarine cable connecting America with Asia stands on property in the tiny community of Tierra del Mar, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Facebook Riles Town Over Undersea Cable

Locals in coastal Tierra del Mar, Oregon are trying to stop Facebook from building a landing spot for an ultra high-speed, undersea cable connecting America with Asia.

In this April 19, 2010, file photo, baby powder is squeezed from its bottle in Philadelphia. In a study released on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, U.S. government researchers found no evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest-ever analysis of an issue that has prompted thousands of lawsuits and a recent product recall.

Study: No Strong Link Between Talc and Cancer

But more conclusive research probably isn't feasible because a dwindling number of women use powder for personal hygiene.

In this July 18, 2019 file photo, speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joins fellow Democrats and activists seeking better pay as the House approved legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade — to $15 an hour, at the Capitol in Washington.

2020 Brings Higher Labor Costs for Small Biz

As of Jan. 1, there are higher minimum wages in a quarter of the states, and new federal overtime rules, along with several regional factors.

Startup Fires CEO Over Expense Reports

Turvo’s board accused co-founder Eric Gilmore of expensing $76K at strip clubs over a three-year span.

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US Fines Mercedes $13M

The NHTSA said the automaker was too slow in reporting safety problems and issuing recalls.

Dozens of barrels fill an outside storage area at Seattle Barrel and Cooperage Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Seattle. The century-old Seattle barrel company has been indicted along with its third-generation owner in what prosecutors describe as a long-running pollution conspiracy. The 36-count indictment, made public in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Wednesday, says the company used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into the King County sewer system. That's despite telling officials that the company reused all its wastewater and didn't discharge any.

Barrel Co. Indicted

Seattle Barrel and Cooperage used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into the King County sewer system.

This Oct. 16, 2019 file photos shows an AmerisourceBergen Corp. office building in Conshohocken, Pa. Michigan is suing four companies over the deadly painkiller epidemic. State Attorney General Dana Nessel says Michigan is the first state to sue major opioid distributors under a drug dealer liability law. The suit filed Tuesday, Dec. 17, names AmericsourceBergen, Cardinal Health, McKesson and Walgreens. They have been sued in other states, too.

Suit Likens Drug Distributors to Dealers

It is reportedly the first state that targets distributors under a liability law enacted to combat illegal drug trafficking.

In this Feb. 2, 2019, file photo, Chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., also known as Foxconn, Terry Gou delivers a speech during the company's annual carnival for employees in Taipei, Taiwan. A new audit says Wisconsin's economic development agency needs to modify procedures to ensure tax credits aren't awarded for Foxconn Technology Group employees who don't do work in the state. The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau released its findings Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, and it's the second year that the audit has identified this problem.

Audit Faults WI Foxconn Plan

Awarding credits for out-of-state workers is contrary to both state law and the contract with Foxconn, the audit said.

US OKs Sale of Cigs with 95% Less Nicotine

The FDA will allow 22nd Century Group to begin selling the first low-nicotine cigarettes reviewed by federal health regulators.

In this Oct. 15, 2019 file photo, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter talks with reporters following a hearing to settle disagreements between Johnson & Johnson and the State over Judge Thad Balkman's final judgement in the opioid lawsuit, in Norman, Okla. The state of Oklahoma filed an appeal Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 to a judge's order that Johnson & Johnson pay $465 million to address the state's opioid crisis. Hunter's office argues the award is only enough to pay for one year of the state's abatement plan.

OK Appeals $465M Opioid Judgement

The state believes it is owed more.

A McAllen K-9 police officer walks past rebar that will make up the border wall before DHS Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf tours and speaks to the local media at the border wall under construction on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, south of Donna, Texas.

Watchdog Audits $400M Wall Contract

The audit is being performed, in part, over concerns the proposals did not meet operational requirements and prototypes came in late and over budget.

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No Tax Credits for new Foxconn Plant

Wisconsin says Foxconn 'needs to recognize that there are consequences arising from its unilateral decision to change projects well after the Contract was in place.'