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By The Associated Press

Perdue recalls 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets

NEW YORK | Check your freezer. Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.

According to Perdue and the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select lots of three products: Perdue Breaded Chicken Tenders, Butcher Box Organic Chicken Breast Nuggets and Perdue Simply Smart Organics Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets. As of Friday, there were no confirmed injuries or adverse reactions tied to eating these products.

Consumers who have the recalled chicken are urged to throw it away or return it to its place of purchase. Perdue is offering full refunds to impacted consumers who contact the Maryland-based company.

Harris to meet with Teamsters; Union president isn’t invited to speak at DNC

DETROIT | Teamsters union members will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future. But the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, has yet to get an invitation to speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention.

Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the 1.3 million member union, told the Associated Press in an email Friday that the Teamsters are working with the Harris campaign on dates for the roundtable. But she says O’Brien has not received a reply to his request to speak at the Democratic convention.

O’Brien angered some Democrats by speaking at the GOP convention last month.

X announces suspension of Brazil operations

MEXICO CITY | Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest their legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders.

X is removing all remaining Brazil staff in the country, “effective immediately” though the company said service will still be available to the people of Brazil. The company did not clarify how it could claim to suspend operations while continuing to provide services to Brazilians.

Earlier this year, the company clashed with de Moraes over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X. The company says his most recent orders amounted to censorship, and shared a copy of the document on X.

—From AP reports