NEW YORK — Internet companies are readying for a showdown with telecoms and a Republican-controlled government over a policy near and dear to their hearts: net neutrality. Net neutrality basically prevents broadband providers from playing favorites or steering users toward (or away from) particular internet sites. Under rules enacted during the Obama administration, the likes [...]
DETROIT — Three architecture students from the Netherlands are on a mission to fight climate change, and they plan to do so by rehabbing a blighted, vacant home in the heart of the city. The 23-year-olds graduated from the Technological University of Delft last year and decided to put their knowledge to use by designing [...]
NEW YORK — Halfway through Valentine’s Day, florist Ajay Kori realized he was in the midst of a disaster. His company wasn’t going to be able to deliver many of the promised roses and other flowers by the end of the day. Angry customers started venting online, posting negative reviews of UrbanStems on sites like [...]
The U.S. Small Business Administration Columbus District Office and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are highlighting resources and tips to help small businesses earn and save money by going green. “Small businesses have to be efficient and innovative with their resources to be profitable,” said Ricardo Garcia, SBA Columbus District director. “Sustainability is another tool [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Old cars can learn new tricks. For a few hundred dollars, drivers can add new safety technology — like forward collision warning systems or backup cameras — to older cars. Cars are lasting longer than ever thanks to improving quality. The average U.S. vehicle is now 11.6 years old, according to the [...]
An onerous provision of Ohio’s Concealed Carry Law is the target of a freshman lawmaker’s bill that would strike from the books a licensed handgun carrier’s duty to notify police of a gun in his possession during a lawful stop. Republican Rep. Scott Wiggam of Wooster told members of the House Federalism and Interstate Relations [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a region that takes food seriously, feral hogs are despised as destructive, but their rich, dark meat is winning fans among Louisiana chefs. A small slaughterhouse is butchering the wild pigs, which cause the state $76 million-plus in annual damage, and selling sausage to grocery stores and meat to restaurants, [...]
BOSTON (AP) — The rate at which minorities are subjected to stops, searches and frisks by police doesn't appear to be improving in Boston in the year since the department claimed it was narrowing racial disparities in its tactics. At least 71 percent of all street level, police-civilian encounters from 2015 through early 2016 involved [...]
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Fearing a return to violent protests that roiled campuses in the 1970s, colleges and universities are re-examining how to protect free speech while keeping students and employees safe in a time of political polarization. Campus police are trying new tactics to try to keep events peaceful, while other schools have abruptly [...]