ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard says a lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska. That is according to a statement late Saturday.

The 19 crew members of the ship, Genius Star XI, were uninjured and technicians from the Salvage and Marine Firefighting team remain on board to ensure the fire doesn’t return.

The vessel was shipping lithium-ion batteries from Vietnam to San Diego. The crew alerted the Coast Guard early Thursday morning to the fire, after pumping carbon dioxide into hold No. 1 — where the blaze began — and sealing it, fearing an explosion.

An investigation into the fire’s origin will begin after response efforts have wrapped up.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, with a pay bump kicking in as the clock ticked over to 2024.

In the first of a series of annual increases slated for the Empire State, the minimum wage increased to $16 in New York City and some of its suburbs, up from $15. In the rest of the state, the new minimum wage is $15, up from $14.20.

The state’s minimum wage is expected to increase every year until it reaches $17 in New York City and its suburbs, and $16 in the rest of the state by 2026. Future hikes will be tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, a measurement of inflation.

New York is one of 22 states getting minimum wage rises in the new year, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute.

In California, the minimum wage increased to $16, up from $15.50, while in Connecticut it increased to $15.69 from the previous rate of $15.

This most recent pay bump in New York is part of an agreement made last year between Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature.

The federal minimum wage in the United States has stayed at $7.25 per hour since 2009, but states and some localities are free to set higher amounts. Thirty states, including New Mexico and Washington, have done so.

Boeing is warning Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and other major carriers about “a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system” in its 737 Max jets.

Southwest, American, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines confirmed inspections will be done on the 737 Max jets that they fly.

Boeing’s alert comes after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut while performing routine maintenance on a mechanism in a jet’s rudder-control linkage. The company also found an undelivered jet with a nut that wasn’t tightened.

Boeing also alerted the Federal Aviation Administration, the nation’s air safety regulatory agency.