PHILADELPHIA — College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled last week in a setback to the NCAA. The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of "amateurism" in college sports, said that a test should [...]
A state lawmaker from Columbiana has introduced legislation that declares the General Assembly’s intent to regulate carbon capture and storage technologies — a move she hopes will place Ohio in a good position as an industry develops around the emerging technology. “Make no mistake — carbon capture technology is coming,” Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel said [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Up to two additional offshore wind projects were proposed for the New Jersey coast last week, and the developers of a third project that already has preliminary approval sought to re-bid its terms. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities received three bids the July 10 deadline in the state's fourth [...]
The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil last week for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said the settlement requires Marathon to reduce climate- and health-harming emissions from those [...]
NEW YORK — A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds. Since the drones began flying in May, flocks of birds have repeatedly swarmed the devices, forcing the police department and other city agencies to [...]
SEATTLE — The U.S. and Canada said last week they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North America's largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries. The "agreement in principle," reached [...]
MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope will strengthen the nation's energy future. They aren't mining the coal that powered the steel mills and locomotives that helped industrialize [...]
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is trying to chart the course for a new mass settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids after the U.S. Supreme Court last month rejected its previous deal, which was years in the making. State, local and tribal governments and individual victims want a sense of justice — [...]
LOS ANGELES — Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s locations south of Los Angeles, took orders at the register on a recent day and emptied steaming hot baskets of french fries and chicken nuggets, salting them with a flourish. Cheng used to have nearly a dozen employees on the afternoon shift at his Fountain [...]