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Appellate panel upholds assault, robbery convictions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Legal News
Appeals court throws out Trump’s civil fraud penalty
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court last week threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, [...]
High court affirms ruling dismissing suit over lack of service
The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a personal-injury lawsuit involving two Summit County sheriff’s deputies on the basis that the [...]
Ohio Supreme Court reverses appellate decision in guaranty agreement dispute
The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed an appellate decision that had determined Huntington National Bank owed the co-owner of a collection of skilled-nursing facilities a [...]
Business News
Tentative deal set with former Twitter workers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees who’d sued the company then known as Twitter for $500 [...]
Cracker Barrel unveils new logo as part of wider rebrand
NEW YORK (AP) — Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover, and to the dismay of some fans, the chain’s new logo now [...]
Regulators to probe why Tesla is slow to report crashes
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are investigating why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to quickly tell them about crashes involving [...]
Real Estate
Mortgage rate holds steady at 10-month low
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage held steady last week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers [...]
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage drops
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell last week to its lowest level in nearly 10 months, giving prospective homebuyers [...]
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage drops
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to its lowest level in four months, welcome news for prospective homebuyers who have been held back [...]
Politics
Gabbard cutting intelligence office workforce, reducing budget by more than $700M
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, [...]
Pew: Illegal immigration hit record 14 million in 2023
The number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, a research group said, a major [...]
U.S., EU issue written framework for trade deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and the European Union issued a joint statement last week that frames the ongoing deal between the trading partners [...]