Columbus-based DNO Produce has eliminated traditional single-use plastics from its FRESHEALTH product line, officials said in a news release. The family-owned fresh-cut produce manufacturing company has been able to accomplish the feat by using integrated film packaging with enhanced biodegradation and compostable cups for its individually packaged fresh food products. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...]
WASHINGTON — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable sent last week to all embassies and consulates. The warning came after the department discovered that an impostor posing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army announced this week it is moving toward a future without ceremonial horses and will put most of them up for adoption. The Army, however, will keep operating the Old Guard ceremonial caisson units at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington National Cemetery for burial honors. Ceremonial cavalry units will [...]
Pharmaceutical giant Merck is buying Verona Pharma, a company that focuses on respiratory diseases, in an approximately $10 billion deal. With the acquisition, Merck gets access to Verona Pharma’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medication Ohtuvayre. The Food and Drug Administration approved Ohtuvayre in June 2024 for the maintenance treatment of COPD in adults. “Ohtuvayre complements [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — As job-seekers look for work in a challenging environment, an increasing number are falling victim to job scams that promise good pay for completing easy online tasks, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The scams start innocuously, often with a tailor-made text or WhatsApp message, and the scammers take time to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a court filing that it now will defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Defense contractor Anduril Industries has been awarded a $310 million grant from Ohio’s job creation office, as the company prepares to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility near Columbus. JobsOhio announced execution of the 30-year economic development agreement this week. The deal calls for Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Anduril to create 4,008 new [...]
A Franklin County Appeals Court panel this week affirmed a trial court’s judgment that a state law devised to preempt Ohio cities’ regulation of tobacco products is unconstitutional. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel found that R.C. 9.681 blatantly disregarded the state constitution’s Home Rule Amendment, which grants municipalities independent authority to exercise all [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson. [...]