Musk’s motives for Twitter takeover bid remain unclear
Mercurial billionaire Elon Musk now says he wants to buy Twitter outright, taking it private to restore its commitment to what he terms "free speech." But his offer, which seemed to fall flat with investors last week, raises as many questions as it answers. Among them: Is he serious? Can he get the money together? [...]
HB 607 and HJR2: Public safety must be factor when judges determine bail
A piece of legislation that awaits committee action in the Ohio House of Representatives would require judges take into consideration the public’s safety when setting bail for accused criminals. The bill, in addition to a joint resolution that proposes an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, is a direct response to a decision by the Supreme [...]
Odds favor casino jobseekers
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a casino dealer, Shamikah Townsend knows when the odds are in her favor. And they definitely are right now. While working at one Atlantic City casino last year, she went to a job fair held by a different one, and was surprised at how instantly in-demand she was when [...]
New vehicle prices rising too high for many buyers
DETROIT (AP) — Two years after the pandemic tore through the economy, America's auto market looks something like this: Prices are drastically up. Supply is drastically down. And gasoline costs drastically more. The result? A widening disparity between the richest buyers and everyone else. The most affluent buyers keep plunking down big money for new [...]
Western farmers scramble for water as drought continues in the region
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks widen. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning to weigh on residents. One of North America's longest rivers, the Rio Grande is another [...]
Justices send legislative maps back to drawing board
COLUMBUS — A divided Ohio Supreme Court issued an extraordinary fourth rebuke of the state's Republican-controlled redistricting panel last week, declaring mapmakers' latest maps for Statehouse districts were yet another partisan gerrymander. The court set a May 6 deadline for completing the next plan. In a vote by the same bipartisan 4-3 majority that ruled [...]
Sacramento shooting is latest problem for downtown strip
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The mass shooting that police say was a gun battle between rival gangs that left six dead and 12 wounded earlier this month shook the downtown core of California's capital — and created another challenge for a city trying to redefine itself as a destination for more than just government workers. In [...]
Proposed carbon-capture plant stokes fears for environment
Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was 9 months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he's out and about in Prairieville, La., part of Ascension Parish. The parish is part of the 85-mile span between New Orleans and Baton Rouge officially called the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor, [...]