A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the Delaware County Municipal Court’s restitution order for the damage caused to an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser that resulted in a drunk-driving arrest of a northwest Columbus man. The three-judge appellate panel denied 36-year-old Jing Yang’s assertion that the trial court violated R.C. 4511.19(G)(7) when it [...]
Uber is shifting into a new gear in Austin, Texas, with its ride-hailing service dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers. The autonomous option is being provided through a partnership that brings together Uber and robotaxi pioneer Waymo, which already sells self-driving vehicle rides through its own app in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles. [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Target earlier this week said it plans to invest anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year in new store expansions, speeding up its online delivery and shortening its production cycle. The company said it plans to add 20 new stores this year, and it expects to add $15 billion [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump said earlier this week. That’s in addition to $65 billion in investments the company had previously announced. TSMC, the world’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer, produces chips for companies including Apple, Intel and Nvidia. The company [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said it won’t hear a challenge from some college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias. Two of the nine justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, publicly said they would have heard the case. The students say Indiana [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese manufacturers reported an uptick in orders in February as importers rushed to beat higher American tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, as a Chinese state media report said that Beijing was considering ways to retaliate. Trump earlier imposed a tariff of 10 percent on imports from China, and that last week [...]
The Ohio State University College of Engineering has announced that it will offer a new graduate degree program designed to prepare students to advance their engineering careers while learning many aspects of the aerospace industry. The master of applied aeronautics program will be offered entirely online through a partnership between the College of Engineering, the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will not enforce a President Joe Biden-era small business rule intended to curb money laundering and shell company formation. Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties now or in the future if companies fail to register for the agency’s beneficial [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A piece of election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, raising concerns among state election officials about how it would be implemented and who would pay for it. In recent interviews, secretaries of state from both parties said they were wary of federal lawmakers creating [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Ed Yaker, treasurer of a New York City co-op with nearly 1,500 units, and fellow board members have dealt with gas leaks. It can mean the gas at an entire building is shut off, leaving residents unable to use a stove for months until repairs are made to gas [...]