LOUIS (AP) — Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are transforming where Americans live. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the threat [...]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — U.S. Steel is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt. The combined company will be among the top three steel-producing companies in the world, according to 2022 figures from the World Steel [...]
BISMARCK, N.D. — All election ballots would be counted by hand under a proposal that could go to North Dakota voters, potentially achieving a goal of people across the country who distrust modern vote counting but dismaying election officials who say the change would needlessly delay vote tallies and lead to more errors. Backers of [...]
College recruiting may start in the homes of high school players but more than ever it never really stops once they are on campus. Job 1: Recruit. Job 2: Retain. The ready opportunities for players to transfer makes it even more important for coaches around the country to devote plenty of time to them once [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and retailers could save on labor costs. All that has happened since the rollout of self-checkout but so has this: Customers griping about [...]
Cheryl Geidner figured council members in Volant, a tiny borough north of Pittsburgh, would adopt a preliminary year-end budget despite no discussions at public meetings on the proposed financials. She never figured they'd raise property taxes by 57 percent. "There had never been a mention of that," said Geidner, a property owner who helps oversee [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young children. There was some expectation that children in a government food program might be bucking a trend in obesity rates — earlier research found rates were dropping a little about a decade ago for those kids, [...]
When Jim Selgo moved to his home in Goodyear, Ariz., in 2019, he quickly had rooftop solar installed, having had a positive experience with solar at his previous home. Less than a year later, he said, Selgo bought his first electric vehicle, a Nissan Leaf. He hasn't paid for electricity or gasoline since. With solar, [...]