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Appellate panel upholds assault, robbery convictions

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A central Ohio appellate panel overruled a Toledo man’s assertion that his felonious assault and robbery convictions stemming from an attack of a Polaris-area hotel housekeeper in 2023 were contrary to the evidence presented at trial. The three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals determined there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction of Christopher Lee Watkins, 40, who was not a registered guest at the Hilton Columbus-Polaris at the time of the [...]

Some cities considering cuts to their mass transit systems

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier than usual on Monday to navigate service reductions that the region’s public transit agency has called more drastic than any undertaken by a major transit agency in the country. The cuts took effect as the school year began in the nation’s sixth-most populous city and could herald similar moves by major transit agencies around the country as they struggle with rising costs and [...]

Consumer confidence dips slightly

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the nation’s economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board earlier this week said that its consumer confidence index ticked down by 1.3 points to 97.4 in August, down from July’s 98.7, but in the same narrow range of the past three months. The small decline in confidence was in line with the forecasts of most [...]

Number of professional women’s sports leagues is booming as interest increases

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When Justine Siegal and Keith Stein envisioned the nation’s first professional women’s baseball league in 70 years, they wanted to do it right. So, they examined the blueprints of successful women’s leagues and studied the pitfalls that caused promising ventures to fail. Their research helped shape the Women’s Professional Baseball League, launching next year, the latest in a wave of ventures looking to capitalize on the unprecedented rise in popularity of women’s sports. At least [...]

AT&T acquires licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion

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AT&T will spend $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, an expansion of AT&T’s low- and mid-band coverage networks. AT&T said that the licenses cover nearly every United States market — more than 400 total — which the company plans to deploy as soon as possible to lure more home internet subscribers and meet its growth goals. The deal also fortifies the long-term services agreement between AT&T and EchoStar, enabling the latter [...]

Trump threatens state funding over enforcing trucker rules

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California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn earlier this month found what Duffy called significant failures in the way all three states are enforcing rules that took effect in June after one of President Donald [...]

License plate camera company halts cooperation with feds

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems this week announced it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern about the purpose of their investigations. Flock Safety, the cameras of which are mounted in more than 4,000 communities, put a hold last week on pilot programs with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection and its law enforcement arm, Homeland Security [...]

Countries with digital rules targeting U.S. tech warned

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BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations that affect American technology companies. Trump didn’t mention specific places but his comments were taken as a threat against the European Union’s digital rules to rein in companies such as Google, Apple and Meta. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would “stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech [...]

More frozen shrimp recalled for possible contamination

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More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said last week. California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen shrimp sold under the brands Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street. The bagged products were distributed between July 17 and Aug. 8 to stores and wholesalers in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Washington. The products have the potential to be contaminated [...]

Korean Air plans to buy more than 100 Boeing aircraft

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Korean Air has announced a $50 billion deal to buy more than 100 Boeing aircraft and several spare engines and obtain engine maintenance for 20 years. The deal was formalized at a signing ceremony this week in Washington as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with President Donald Trump. The deal includes $36.2 billion for 103 next-generation Boeing aircraft; $690 million for 19 spare engines from GE Aerospace and [...]

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