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The Justice Department’s criminal prosecution of the chicken producing industry took another significant turn. Step-by-step, the Antitrust Division is building a large and comprehensive criminal prosecution of a significant cartel.
Claxton Poultry Farms refused to plead guilty and cooperate in the Antitrust Division’s sprawling criminal prosecution. Instead, Claxton Poultry Farms became the second producer to be charged and the first to be indicted rather than negotiate a deal. Claxton Poultry Farms faces an uphill climb to escaping these charges. Corporations have a poor record of vindication, especially when prosecutors have indicted senior managers from Claxton Poultry Farms and charged them individually with participating in the same criminal conspiracy.
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One more encouraging sign about the pandemic for Americans: Puerto Rico, a popular travel destination that was the first U.S. state or territory to go into lockdown, has lifted its nightly curfew.
The island has seen a 58% decline in new infections over the last two weeks after enduring a dramatic spike in April. Besides ending the nightly curfew after more than a year, Puerto Rico will now allow admittance to vaccinated visitors without a negative coronavirus test result. Business capacity will also increase to 50%.
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Canceling the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics would cost Japan $1.7 billion, but proceeding with the games and then declaring another coronavirus state of emergency would be even more costly, Japan s Kyodo News Service reported Tuesday.
The Japanese government, the International Olympic Committee and athletes around the world are hoping the games can take place. The U.S. consistently fields one of the largest and most successful teams. But the U.S. on Monday advised its citizens not to visit Japan due to the COVID-19 crisis, raising its travel alert to the highest level of 4.
Puerto Rico lifts curfew, opens up to vaccinated visitors; lottery, cash incentives for vaccinations get federal OK: Live COVID-19 updates Jorge L. Ortiz and John Bacon, USA TODAY
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One more encouraging sign about the pandemic for Americans: Puerto Rico, a popular travel destination that was the first U.S. state or territory to go into lockdown, has lifted its nightly curfew.
The island has seen a 58% decline in new infections over the last two weeks after enduring a dramatic spike in April. Besides ending the nightly curfew after more than a year, Puerto Rico will now allow admittance to vaccinated visitors without a negative coronavirus test result. Business capacity will also increase to 50%.