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Gulf shrimpers seek congressional help as fuel soars

Acy Cooper eats lunch out of his pickup truck at the Myrtle Grove Marina in Port Sulphur, La. on Friday, May 15, 2026. Cooper had just returned to the marina after a shift ferrying oil rig workers from offshore platforms — a job he's taken because of falling shrimp prices and increasing fuel costs.

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Free Fillets Help Maine's Struggling Fishing Industry

Rising grocery and fuel costs have battered Maine’s groundfishing sector, but a pandemic-born program is offering both relief to fishermen and free, locally caught seafood to communities.

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Shein Acquires Everlane, Upending Millennial Ethical Fashion

Shein, the ultrafast-fashion juggernaut, is buying Everlane, a brand that once pitched millennial shoppers on a vision of fashion with "ethical factories" and "radical transparency" into how its clothes were made and priced.

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Drive Less, Go Electric, or Change How You Drive

Gasoline is expensive right now. The national average sits around $4.55 a gallon, according to AAA, and in states like California prices top $6.