DETROIT — Robin D. Stephens lived through Jim Crow and thought the worst days of racism were behind her. Then President Donald Trump told four American congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they came from. “It was very hurtful to see the person who is the leader of the country that I live [...]
Home improvements typically are afforded the luxury of a lot of planning. Unlike emergency maintenance to a home’s roof or siding after a hailstorm or the central air going kaput during a heatwave, homeowners plan the projects that ultimately add value to the investment of their home. Still, there are some crucial tips that Ohio [...]
WASHINGTON — Eight years ago, Washington’s power players reluctantly sealed a pact to curtail federal spending and the debt. Now, with help from President Donald Trump, they are writing its epitaph. The budget deal reached this week by Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leaders represents the last gasp of the 2011 Budget Control Act, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — When David Winters’ staffers ask for financial help, advice or to borrow a company car, the answer is yes. “We have single working mothers, single working fathers, folks with four and five children,” says Winters, owner of a Screenmobile franchise in Charlotte, N. C. “If you don’t support the team, what’s [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Big Tech headed for a big breakup? The U.S. Justice Department has announced a major antitrust investigation into unnamed tech giants, while the House Judiciary Committee has begun an unprecedented antitrust probe into Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple over their aggressive business practices, and promises “a top-to-bottom review of the [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — On a hot July day in 1919, a black 17-year-old swimming in Lake Michigan drifted in a dangerous direction — toward the white section of a Chicago beach. White beachgoers, angry at Eugene Williams’ intrusion, hurled rocks at him. One struck him in the head, and he drowned. And so began a [...]
TEHRAN, Iran — Stay-at-home mom Maryam Alidadi used to lead a comfortable middle-class life. The 35-year-old and her husband, a mechanic, could afford a spacious rental apartment in a central neighborhood of Tehran, along with a car, occasional restaurant meals and holidays abroad. Now they are barely hanging on, even after drastically cutting spending. Like [...]
WORCESTER, Mass. — When 50-year-old Pete Crozier of Columbus decided to play 50 golf courses in 50 states in 50 days, he knew where his journey would end — at Green Hill Municipal Golf Course in Worcester. Crozier planned his trip of a lifetime to honor his late father, George, who learned to play the [...]
Central Ohio’s unemployment rate was 3.7 percent last month, down from 4.3 percent in June 2018, according to data the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released Tuesday. The rate is not seasonally adjusted. The 10-county metro area’s civilian labor force increased to 1,104,300 workers last month — 10,900 more than June 2018. There [...]