Job openings fell in December to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million in November, the Labor Department reported earlier this week. They were down from 8.9 million a year earlier and a peak of 12.2 million in March 2022 when the economy was rebounding from COVID-19 lockdowns. The openings fell short of the 7.9 million that [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After a New Year’s Day attack struck at the heart of the French Quarter, officials in New Orleans say they are confident in the security plans they have in place for the Super Bowl. Upwards of 125,000 visitors are expected to converge on the Big Easy this week for parties, concerts [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Hockey League Players’ Association and Professional Hockey Players’ Association are affiliating with the AFL-CIO and joining the labor organization’s sports council, they announced this week. Their membership brings the number of unions involved in the AFL-CIO, the biggest labor federation in the United States, to 63, representing more than 15 [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge in Ohio, but he will remain behind bars for now. U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley agreed last week to end [...]
Drugmaker Merck surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected 2025 sales forecast due partly to a pause in shipments of one of its top-selling products to China. The drugmaker plans to temporarily pause shipments of its Gardasil vaccine to China at least through the middle of the year. Chairman and CEO Robert Davis told analysts the [...]
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government’s move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and tangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s. The investigation was one of several Chinese retaliatory measures announced in response to a 10 percent tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on [...]
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died as a result of the 2023 East Palestine train derailment has been filed amid a flurry of new litigation. The new lawsuit contains the first seven wrongful death claims filed against Norfolk Southern railroad company — including the death of a 1-week-old baby. It also [...]
Last year, the Columbus office market experienced its first year of positive net absorption since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from real estate consulting firm CBRE. The region saw a net absorption of 204,524 square feet, including a net absorption of 88,619 square feet in the final quarter of 2024. Net absorption [...]
Andrea Meneses stumbled on a direct primary-care clinic because of a crisis. Her grandmother, visiting Wisconsin from Bolivia, did not have insurance but needed to see a doctor fast. One of the grandchildren accidentally put her insulin in the freezer instead of the refrigerator. Meneses reached out to friends in a panic and one recommended [...]