NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court last week threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, while narrowly upholding a finding he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades. The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two [...]
Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar’s Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said. The Jarratt, Va., factory is set to resume operations in the coming months. It will face at least 90 days of heightened monitoring and inspections by federal [...]
As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus. AI is largely powered by data centers that field queries, store data and deploy information. As AI becomes ubiquitous, the power demand for data centers increases, leading to grid reliability problems for people living nearby. “Since [...]
A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the United States about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data shows. Many communities along the rail lines aren’t [...]
TALATAN, China (AP) — Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world’s largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 235 square miles, which is the size of Chicago. China has been installing solar panels far faster than anywhere else in the world, and [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a personal-injury lawsuit involving two Summit County sheriff’s deputies on the basis that the plaintiff failed to properly serve the summons to the respondent. The 5-2 decision hinged on the notion that service to Deputy Robert Alderman Jr. did not comply with the due-process [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees who’d sued the company then known as Twitter for $500 million in severance pay. The parties disclosed the deal last week in a court filing asking for a scheduled Sept. 17 hearing in the case to be postponed. The San [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover, and to the dismay of some fans, the chain’s new logo now ditches the barrel itself. The man leaning on that barrel also is gone, as are the words “Old Country Store.” Instead, the new emblem features a simpler design with just [...]
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage held steady last week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs. The long-term rate was unchanged from the previous week at 6.58 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said. A year [...]