JERUSALEM — When travelers shop at dozens of duty free shops at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or box of chocolates. The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous and sometimes controversial philanthropic empire in Israel that [...]
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a measure to increase the lowest wage paid to county employees to $15 per hour during a regular session earlier this week. The move, which is expected to cost taxpayers $1.3 million, is the board’s first step taken under the Rise Together poverty initiative announced on June [...]
WASHINGTON — With North Korea, President Donald Trump puts on the charm. But with Iran, he cranks up the pressure with economic sanctions and a stronger military presence in the Persian Gulf. He has warned its leaders they are “playing with fire.” Nuclear weapons are at the heart of the difficult U.S. relations with both [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The SLS hotel on the Las Vegas Strip is going back to the Sahara name. The iconic hotel that dates to 1952 and over the years hosted the Rat Pack, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, the Beatles and a NASCAR cafe came full circle with an announcement last week by new owner [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If your summer travel plans involve traveling through Ohio and you’re still a fan of paper maps, it’s time you meet Bruce Hull. He’s the guy who’s been injecting visual flair, handy information and a hidden bit of his own family history into Ohio’s road maps for almost two decades. Hull’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it enters its 11th year, America’s economic expansion is now the longest on record — a streak that has shrunk unemployment, swelled household wealth, revived the housing market and helped fuel an explosive rise in the stock market. Yet even after a full decade of uninterrupted economic growth, the richest Americans [...]
NEW YORK — We’ve all seen reports about head injuries, traffic accidents and even deaths that electric scooter riders have suffered as the popular new mobility option has pushed onto the streets in more than 100 cities worldwide. Despite the dangers, riders are exposing themselves to liability and are most likely not insured for the [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Can the congressman who took on an entrenched machine politician in Rhode Island also stand up to Big Tech? David Cicilline, the Rhode Island Democrat now leading a House antitrust investigation into the market dominance of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple, is about to find out. But he has experience going [...]
Local travel agents continue to deal with the fallout from reported deaths of at least eight Americans in the Dominican Republic. The wave of such fatalities, whether mysterious or statistically normal, have prompted some central Ohio travelers to cancel their plans to visit the Caribbean nation, say local travel agents. Tiffany Hughes, owner of Destination [...]