LOS ANGELES (AP) — When artificial intelligence-backed tractors became available to vineyards, Tom Gamble wanted to be an early adopter. He said he knew there would be a learning curve, but Gamble decided the technology was worth figuring out. The third-generation farmer bought one autonomous tractor. He plans on deploying its self-driving feature this spring [...]
TourismOhio has launched the official 2025 Ohio Spring Events Guide. Available online at Ohio.org, the guide showcases 440 events and experiences throughout the state, according to a news release. The guide, which is organized by month and region, is designed to be a roadmap to Ohio’s spring adventures. “Spring is nearly here, and Ohio is [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court this week rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change lawsuits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states. The justices acted on a Republican effort to file suit in the Supreme Court over the Democratic states’ use of their own [...]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500-mile project snaking through five Midwest states. Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind the estimated $8.9 billion pipeline, vowed to keep pursuing the [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said, including two new facilities in California and Texas. The United States is the largest market for the company. The recent investments in the Siemens’ U.S. manufacturing footprint and the planned acquisition of Altair, a Michigan-based [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream acceptance. Under Trump’s new order, the federal government will retain the estimated 200,000 bitcoin it’s already seized in criminal and civil proceedings, according to Trump’s “crypto czar” David [...]
GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief urged America’s global trading partners to listen to American concerns about tariffs and engage in dialogue with Washington rather than embrace tit-for-tat measures on tariffs. WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said it’s important for trade partners not to panic but to embrace dialogue in reaction to President [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel upheld a trial court’s denial of a southwest Columbus man’s motion for postconviction relief and a new trial related to his conviction in 2021 on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping. The appellate panel found that the Delaware County Common Pleas Court ruled correctly that 44-year-old Kenneth Lewis’ [...]
PORT SULPHUR, La. (AP) — The planned expansion of a massive liquified natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for American energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald Trump, two members of his cabinet told a crowd of cheering workers last week. “The prior administration had a [...]