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Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking forfeiture of a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects that authorities say were illegally trafficked.

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Some vendors on Etsy say they are halting sales of their items on the site for a week to protest a hike in the fees the crafts e-commerce marketplace charges them.

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Shares of online scrubs seller Figs are soaring in their stock market debut, valuing the 8-year old company at $4.8 billion.

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One of the cookie-decorating kits she offers has a Black Lives Matter theme. Other examples of homespun BLM merchandise include wine stoppers and even garden gnomes — objects more often associated with white suburbia. The yellow-and-black-clad gnome — a nod to the colors used on a Black Lives Matter website — wears a “BLM” hat. “Hopefully, someone who sees it is not offended.”He has since gotten a few orders for either Black Lives Matter gnomes or African American gnomes. Kate Mayer, 37, of Cincinnati, decided to offer a Black Lives Matter wine bottle stopper among her dozens of handmade wine stoppers.

But we do want to hear from you, business leaders and owners, if you’re so willing to share. What are the specific ways you’ve been affected? Is your community coming together to order takeout in droves, or has business been flat ever since February or so? If you’re comfortable providing some details, we’d love to hear them, and possibly feature you in a future news story. And if you’re not interested in that, but you’d still like to unload, please.

Whether you like it or not, wearing a face mask in public has become the new norm when it comes to protecting yourself and others from COVID-19. Disposable face masks work great, but with no design whatsoever. (Whiskey and Zen/Etsy)Who wouldn’t love a face mask from the Rose Apothecary in Schitt’s Creek? This face mask hopefully will give people at the grocery store a chuckle. Wear a face mask around your friends and family to protect them from COVID-19, plus make some people smile with this “Golden Girls” tribute.

Then, The Wood Garage quickly started selling items across the United States and internationally, but at an exhausting pace. While that may not seem like a lot, Stom said, The Wood Garage crafts items from start to finish. Since it is predominately online, The Wood Garage has actually experienced the opposite. Aside from its growth over the past few months, Stom said The Wood Garage was lucky. Currently, pieces and custom items from The Wood Garage are either made in Stoms garage in Ann Arbor or out of her brothers shop in Belleville.

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