While some workers return to the office this year, many others continue to work remotely indefinitely. This seismic shift has changed where people live and work and, increasingly, how they travel. In the first quarter of 2022, nearly 25 percent of job postings at the 50,000 largest companies in the United States and Canada were [...]
A local cookie business, For the Love of Dough, a name that was inspired by a 1990s’ song, is known for creating fun, unique flavor combinations, according to its owner. “The name of the business is in reference to ‘Love the Dough’ which is a song by The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay Z,” said For [...]
A spokesman for the Franklin County Board of Elections, the agency responsible for recruitment and training of poll workers for all elections within the county, is confident the board will meet its obligations to assist voters who show up at their polling places Tuesday. The message came in response to data from the state’s online [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of a warming world. Days after nearly half the country — an estimated 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, the Biden administration July 26 unveiled heat.gov, which includes maps, forecasts [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific says it plans to spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient, but regulators still want it to do more to cut pollution from its engines. The move will accelerate the pace of upgrades [...]
Two local police departments will receive a portion of $3.5 million in grants as part of Gov. Mike DeWine's Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program. The fifth round of the program, announced last week, will award grants to 14 agencies across the state, including the Columbus Division of Police, which will receive $629,047.72, and the [...]
Subway has a new recipe for success: fewer stores and a bigger menu. In early July, the 57-year-old sandwich chain introduced the Subway Series, a menu of 12 chef-developed sandwiches that can be ordered by name or number, such as The Monster, which features steak, bacon, cheddar, green peppers and red onions on Italian bread [...]
BISMARCK, N.D. — A crypto mining company plans to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site abandoned in the 1970s into data center that may be used for the mining of bitcoin and other digital currencies, according to Gov. Doug Burgum. Bitzero Blockchain Inc., which is backed by strategic investor and “Shark Tank” star [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — Playing in the Rose Bowl was the pinnacle of a college football career for those who coached and played in the Big Ten for decades. The Rose Bowl's importance has been waning for years as college football's postseason evolved. The latest expansion by the Big Ten puts the future of the Pac-12, the [...]