New guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advising states on how to reopen bars, restaurants and workplaces was posted by the agency.

Assaults on workers enforcing government mandates prompt some chains to be more lenient with patrons who flout the rule.

Hard seltzers and canned wines were already on the upswing, but pre-mixed cocktails are the star of the living room bar.

Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably-grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers.