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A customer exits a corner market while wearing a protective mask in the retail shopping district of the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 14, 2021. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask mandate in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYJM103 NYJM103

Americans struggle to figure out what new CDC mask guidance means; Washington’s major retailers are split

Americans are trying to figure out what the new federal guideline on fully vaccinated people not needing masks in most cases means for businesses and communities. Washington state's major retailers are split on continuing to require masks. VIEW

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FILE — The Microsoft store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, April 4, 2017. Microsoft’s quarterly earnings released on Jan. 31, 2018 showed overall revenues of $28.92 billion, up 12 percent from the year prior, driven in part by substantial growth in its cloud computing business. (John Taggart/The New York Times) XNYT135
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FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2021, file photo, a woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign displayed at a CD One Price Cleaners in Schaumburg, Ill. U.S. employers added a surprisingly robust 379,000 jobs in February in a sign the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop, vaccinations ramp up, Americans spend more and states ease business restrictions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) NYAG301
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A customer exits a corner market while wearing a protective mask in the retail shopping district of the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 14, 2021. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask mandate in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYJM103 NYJM103

Americans struggle to figure out what new CDC mask guidance means; Washington’s major retailers are split VIEW

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FILE – In this file photo made Nov. 16, 2009, Stephen Guymon, of Twin Falls, Idaho, separates packages for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly earnings Thursday, April 22, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin file) NYBZ139

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Microsoft

FILE – This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. . (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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A customer exits a corner market while wearing a protective mask in the retail shopping district of the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 14, 2021. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask mandate in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYJM103 NYJM103

Americans struggle to figure out what new CDC mask guidance means; Washington’s major retailers are split VIEW

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FILE – In this April 29, 2015, file photo, a Dell laptop computer running Windows 10 is on display at the Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco. In a statement issued to the BBC on May 24, 2016, Microsoft denied claims that it was forcing users of older Windows versions to upgrade to Windows 10. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Agriculture

Monday, March 8, 2021 Stacked fruit boxes that would go into cargo containers at the Stemilt’s fruit packing plant in Wenatchee. 216599

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