Facebook will pay a $5 billion fine for privacy violations and will be subject to broader oversight, but ongoing probes in Europe and the U.S. could present even bigger headaches for the company. The FTC fine is by far the largest the agency has levied on a technology company. The settlement also comes with restrictions [...]
LOS ANGELES — In just 2 1/2 years, the Trump administration has put its stamp on the nation’s immigration court system, appointing more than 4 in 10 judges while dramatically expanding the bench and issuing new rules that make it harder for migrants to win their cases and stay in the country. An Associated Press [...]
WASHINGTON — In 2012, as the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis mounted, drug companies shipped out enough of the powerful and addictive painkillers for every man, woman and child in the U.S. to have nearly a 20-day supply. In some counties, mostly in Appalachia, it was well over 100 days. An Associated Press [...]
CINCINNATI — Bengals owner Mike Brown thinks the NFL’s current 16-game schedule for the regular season is long enough, and he doubts that the league will be able to shorten the preseason and add games that count in the standings because of the players’ opposition. Brown said last week that he strongly opposes a suggestion [...]
The reported sale of small businesses in central Ohio remained almost the same for the first half of 2019 as a year ago, according to the internet’s largest business-for-sale marketplace. There were 34 closed transactions representing brokers reported to BizBuySell for the first half of 2019 compared with 35 in the first half of last [...]
SPRING LAKE, N.C. — The heating and air conditioning in Carrie Johnson’s home — damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 — still wasn’t fixed when Hurricane Florence flooded her house last September. Now, her home of over 50 years is gutted, the flooring and walls nothing more than bare wooden beams smelling faintly of river [...]
As Americans flocked en masse to cities and suburbs during the last century, most lost some of the common sense of their farm grandmothers and great-grandmothers. One such pearl of wisdom is the healthful benefits of farm kids getting dirty — the subject of an Ohio State University-led study. Scientists from the university found that [...]
MARGATE, N.J. — Perhaps nowhere in New Jersey was the resistance to a protective sand dune project after Superstorm Sandy more fierce than it was in this well-to-do beach town just south of Atlantic City. Insisting its wooden bulkheads provided better protection without blocking ocean views, Margate launched a series of court battles against the [...]
The Cleveland Democrat sponsoring a new antibullying measure in the Ohio Senate said her intent is not to criminalize school children. Rather, Senate Bill 143 is proposed with the hope that prospective bullies would think better of picking on classmates. The bill would prohibit a public primary or secondary school student from knowingly causing another [...]