USPS rescinds ban on parcels from Hong Kong, China
HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong. The post office announced Tuesday that it would no longer accept parcels from China and Hong Kong after the United States imposed an additional 10 percent tariff [...]
Toyota pushing EVs, batteries in China, U.S.
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, the Japanese automaker said, under a new partnership with the Shanghai government. Toyota Motor Corp. also announced it will start producing batteries for EVs, hybrids and plug-ins at a new $14 billion facility in North Carolina, with shipping starting for [...]
Estee Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs by 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Estee Lauder may trim as many as 7,000 jobs by fiscal 2026, more than 11 percent of its workforce, after the global beauty cosmetics maker lost money in its most recent quarter and reported a 6 percent sales slump. The company behind such brands as MAC, La Mer and Aveda tempered [...]
Apple chides iPhone porn app maker, EU rules allowing it
LONDON (AP) — Apple has chided a newly introduced pornography app available in the European Union, warning that the bloc’s digital rules opening the way for third-party app store downloads undermines consumer confidence in the tech giant. AltStore PAL, an alternative app marketplace made possible under Europe’s Digital Markets Act or DMA, unveiled the Hot [...]
Bill would allow publicly funded child care for foster caregivers
Among the first pieces of legislation introduced in the 136th Ohio General Assembly is a bill guaranteeing publicly funded child care for foster caregivers and family members raising a relative’s child. Republican Reps. Andrea White of Kettering and Sharon Ray of Wadsworth resurrected the measure that was introduced during the previous session but never advanced [...]
Trump administration may redraw the boundaries of some national monuments
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand the nation’s energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources. The review — laid out in an order this week from new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum [...]
Researchers say China’s DeepSeek chatbot is linked to state telecom, raising privacy concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say. The web login page of DeepSeek’s chatbot contains heavily obfuscated computer script that when [...]
Appellate panel rejects appeal from Detroit man on gun charge
The arguments raised by a Detroit man who appealed his conviction on a gun charge that he previously agreed to in a plea deal were deemed moot by a Fifth District Court of Appeals panel. Fifth District Judge Craig Baldwin noted that 27-year-old Joseph W. Bradley challenged the Delaware County Common Pleas Court’s denial of [...]
Trump orders creation of sovereign wealth fund for federal government
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump earlier this week signed an executive order directing the United States to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to profit off of TikTok if he’s successful at finding it an American buyer. Trump signed an order on his first day [...]