BLUE SPRINGS, MO (KCTV) — A day after a local restaurant owner went on TV to explain why she was going against Jackson County’s mask mandate in places of public accommodation, the county’s environmental health department ordered the business to shut down.

The Jackson County Department of Environmental Health issued a suspension/revocation of permits notice to Rae’s Cafe on Friday morning. A sign on the business’ front door notes that the restaurant has been closed for “not following the Jackson County health order and causing a significant threat to the health and safety of the patrons.”

The restaurant, located off

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CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — Just about every major holiday has one thing in common: Chain restaurants offering freebies and deals to get you into the drive-through or at the counter at some point during the holiday period. Labor Day is one of the biggest, and we’ve put together a handy run-down of what to get and where to find it.

Note: Some deals may not be available at every location of the

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La Duni’s newest staff members in Dallas are quick on their feet and quite polite. One even said, “I love you, you are so pretty,” after a delivery.

Meet Alexcita, Panchita and Coqueta, La Duni’s restaurant robots.

All of La Duni's robots have personalities. Customers "don’t really see them as machines. It’s really a tablet on wheels," says La Duni co-owner Taco Borga. "Somehow, with the personality and the service they provide, they embrace them like a living thing."
All of La Duni’s robots have personalities. Customers “don’t really see them as machines. It’s really a tablet on wheels,” says La Duni co-owner Taco Borga. “Somehow, with the personality and the service they provide, they embrace them like a living thing.”(Elias Valverde II / Staff Photographer)

“Customers treat them like pets. They hug them, they talk to them,” says Taco Borga,

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Study regions and farms

Ten European regions from boreal to Mediterranean were selected (Supplementary Table 1). They represented major agricultural land uses such as arable crops including horticulture, mixed farming, grassland and perennial crops (vineyards and olives). Within each region, a pool of ~20–40 farms was selected from which 12–20 farms were randomly selected (169 in total) that belonged to the same farm type, produced under homogeneous climatic and environmental circumstances and fulfilled specific criteria regarding their main production branch. In case the selected farms were not willing to participate, we asked other farms from the pool till the sufficient

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To celebrate 30 years of serving food with a view of La Jolla Cove, Brockton Villa awarded a local couple a gift basket with more than $2,000 worth of prizes.

Carmel Valley residents Kelsey Halvorsen and Michael Sinha walked away with the grand prize after having brunch Sept. 2. The summer-long contest that Brockton Villa sponsored was called “Toast to the Coast: Add Your History to Ours,” in which entrants were asked to submit their favorite memory of the restaurant to help commemorate its anniversary.

The basket contained certificates for two nights at La Jolla’s La Valencia Hotel, breakfast, lunch

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