COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The number of confirmed and probable mumps cases at the University of Missouri has grown to 228.

ATLANTA (AP) — Drone delivery has begun.

On Dec. 7, a bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the U.K. and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer, one of two who had agreed to be part of the test program.

A video posted by Amazon shows a fully autonomous drone, no humans involved, taking off from the warehouse and flying over fields to deposit the package just outside the customer’s home.

Amazon, with drones, aims to make deliveries in 30 minutes or less. Packages must weigh five pounds or less and can only be delivered during the day and in clear weather. Amazon plans to expand the trial to hundreds of users.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — The popularity of e-cigarettes has been accompanied by a climbing number explosions or fires in the decade since their debut.

The devices simulate tobacco smoking. Because they operate on lithium batteries, they appear to be suffering mishaps similar to some smartphones, hover boards and other products.

Elected officials, personal injury attorneys and victims are demanding action.

This year alone a teenager at a Florida amusement park was burned. A man was chatting with co-workers in New York’s Grand Central Terminal when his pants erupted in flames. And a Brooklyn boy was partially blinded.

The Food and Drug Administration started regulating the devices in May. It is reporting increasing numbers of injuries in the past 18 months from exploding e-cigarettes.

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Cuisinart is voluntarily recalling about 8 million food processors after dozens of consumers reported finding pieces of broken blades in their food.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says there have been 30 reports of mouth lacerations or tooth injuries from the broken blades. Cuisinart’s parent company, Conair, announced the recall with the CPSC Tuesday.

The recalled processors were sold in the United States and Canada from July 1996 to Dec. 2015. Only processors with four rivets in the blades are included in the recall.

Affected consumers can receive a new blade for free from Cuisinart.

Conair, a privately held company, is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey, and has a sales and marketing office in Stamford, Connecticut.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A homeless man is charged with dealing synthetic marijuana in downtown St. Louis in November, at a time when around 300 mostly-homeless people became ill from using the drug.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 56-year-old John White is charged with delivery or manufacturing an imitation controlled substance.

Police say a surveillance camera showed White in a suspected drug deal outside the New Life Evangelistic Center in early November. The center provides housing and other services for the homeless.

At least two other people have been arrested on suspicion of possessing or distributing synthetic drugs last month in the same area. It isn’t clear if the others will be charged.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Drugstore chain CVS Pharmacy says it plans to build a Kansas City, Missouri, distribution center, creating an expected 360 jobs.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced the 762,000-square-foot project Wednesday, saying it’s headed to 71 acres of the Skyport Industrial Park.

The planned center will serve more than 370 CVS stores in the Midwest. CVS already has 18 distribution centers nationwide.

CVS expects to break ground on the project in January, with an expected opening in 2018.

The cost of the project was not released.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have rejected an attempt by a Swedish company to remove several health warnings from its smokeless tobacco pouches, though regulators left open the possibility for other labeling changes it seeks.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it denied the request by Swedish Match to remove warnings about gum disease and tooth loss from its chewable pouches, called snus. It’s the first decision of its kind handed down by the agency since it gained authority to scientifically review tobacco products in 2009.

The FDA delayed making a decision on two other labeling changes that would allow Swedish Match to market its pouches as less harmful than similar products, including the removal of a mouth cancer warning.

The FDA seeks more information in support of that request.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Boeing Co. will move the headquarters for its defense unit from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area.

The move announced Tuesday by Chicago-based Boeing affects about a dozen top executives and some support staff. It will not impact the day-to-day operations for defense workers in St. Louis.

A Boeing spokesman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the move reflects the company’s desire to be closer to those in power in Washington, and is unrelated to recent criticism from President-elect Donald Trump over the potential cost of the Air Force One presidential jet program.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jobs are on the rise and unemployment continues to decline in Missouri.

The state Department of Economic Development on Tuesday announced seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment grew by 1,900 jobs in November.

Jobs again hit a record high, with a total of more than 2.8 million in the state. The state gained about 57,000 jobs in the past year, which is a growth of a little more than 2 percent.

The most job growth last month occurred in the accommodation and food services industry.

Unemployment also dropped to 4.7 percent in November. That’s down from 5.1 percent in October.