A limited number of “jury of 6” trials will resume next week in the Berkshire Superior Court in Pittsfield. No criminal defendants have so far…

Pornography, patio furniture and an at-home coronavirus test are among the odd assortment of goods and services people are purchasing with Bitcoin.

Matt Jozwiak, the chief executive of Rethink Food, at his desk in New York on Jan. 12, 2021. Jozwiak has raised more than $10 million to pay r…

Alkimiah workers pack meals at the Baltimore restaurant Alma Cocina Latina, on Jan. 12, 2021. Since March, the initiative has served more than…

Alkimiah workers pack meals at the Baltimore restaurant Alma Cocina Latina, on Jan. 12, 2021. Since March, the initiative has served more than…

Kiana Muschett-Owes, right, the owner of Katie O’s Soul Food and the lead chef Cornelius Drummond, in Brooklyn on Jan. 9, 2021. Muschett-Owes …

Moonlynn Tsai, an owner of the Malaysian coffee shop Kopitiam in the Lower East Side on Jan. 11, 2021. Tsai signed on early with Rethink Food …

Food preparations at Katie O’s Soul Food in Brooklyn on Jan. 9, 2021. What began as an emergency measure in the pandemic’s early days has turn…

Irena Stein, a co-owner of Alma Cocina Latina, in Baltimore on Jan. 12, 2021. Stein is making charitable feeding a pillar of her business in t…

David Zamudio, the executive chef at Alma Cocina Latina, in Baltimore on Jan. 12, 2021. Zamudio now plans menus for two distinct businesses: a…