Kroger recalls steaks, beef over possible E. coli contamination

Meat lovers were notified of another recall affecting rib-eye steaks and ground beef products over possible E. coli contamination. Consumers in the greater Cincinnati area who purchased Kroger bone-in rib-eye steaks, boneless ribeye steaks and in-store produced ground beef are encouraged to check the label before eating the product.

Build-A-Bear Workshop will be holding another ‘Pay Your Age' event

Another "Pay Your Age" event is coming to participating Build-A-Bear stores, but this time there are restrictions and not every child will get a cuddly new friend.

Target expands paid family leave, backup care benefits for store workers

Target announced Monday that it is expanding family care benefits for hourly and salaried employees at its stores and distribution centers, including those that are part-time. 

Tyson recalls ready-to-eat chicken fritters after complaints of 'hard plastic' in product

Tyson Foods, Inc. has issued a recall for 190,757 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken fritters that were distributed to foodservice locations nationwide after the company received complaints from schools about hard plastic found in the product. The items, which were produced on Feb. 28, 2019, were packaged in 8.2-lb. bags which were bundled in 32.81-lb. cases.

Recall: Claire's JoJo Siwa Makeup Set recalled for asbestos, FDA says

Claire's and Beauty Plus cosmetic products have been recalled after testing positive for asbestos, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday.

Phone companies can now block robocalls automatically

Federal regulators voted Thursday to give phone companies the right to block unwanted calls without getting customers' permission first.

Apple splits iTunes software on Macs into 3 apps

Apple announced an end to the iTunes era at WWDC 2019, Apple’s annual developer conference on Monday. The upcoming MacOS Catalina, slated to release this fall, will replace iTunes with three separate apps - Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and the Apple TV app.

Mayor Lightfoot plans for pension boost from Chicago casino

Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to assure that a huge new casino just authorized for Chicago makes a lot of money for both its future private owners and for local taxpayers.

Sephora closes US stores for hour-long inclusion workshops

Sephora says it will close all its U.S. stores on the morning of June 5 to host "inclusion workshops" for its employees.

Google, others suffer nearly 5-hour service outage Sunday

Google is saying users of YouTube and other services are seeing errors or slow performance due to high levels of network congestions in the eastern United States. YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite services are affected, but Google said it believes it has identified the cause of the congestion and expects to return to normal service shortly. The company first identified the issue on its Google...

Suburban academy prepares adults with disabilities for their dream jobs

A first of its kind career academy in the western suburbs is training individuals who are often forgotten in the workforce. Nearly two-thirds of adults with disabilities are unemployed, but they want to work.