A year after the launch of the short-lived Coca-Cola Spiced, Coke is adding another new flavor to its lineup. Coca-Cola Orange Cream is scheduled to go on sale Feb. 10 in the United States and Canada. It will be sold in regular and zero sugar varieties. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. said that it developed the soda, [...]
An increasing number of adults are being diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Diagnoses have been rising for decades but seem to have accelerated in the last few years. A recent study suggested that more than 15 million adults — roughly 1 in 17 — have been diagnosed with ADHD. The condition always starts in childhood, but [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has ordered a sweeping freeze on new funding for almost all American foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt. The order threatened a quick halt to many of the billions of dollars in American-funded projects globally to support health, education, development, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court last week revived a requirement that owners of millions of small businesses register with an arm of the Treasury Department charged with fighting money laundering and other financial crimes. The justices granted an emergency plea made by the Justice Department in the waning days of the Biden administration to [...]
Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the United States last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton helped push total economic losses from natural disasters in the United States to $217.8 billion last year, according [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost announced last week that he is running to be the next governor of Ohio, wedging the news between the departure from the race of a top rival and the expected entry as soon as this week of a new one. Yost, 68, seeks to succeed two-term Gov. [...]
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink told agency staff leaders that an “immediate pause” had been [...]
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 272,827 Broncos and Mavericks due to a power problem that can cause vehicles to stop unexpectedly or fail to start. Information from the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration says the problem is related to a 12-volt battery made by Camel Battery of China that has “internal manufacturing defects,” including [...]
CNN expects to lay off about 200 people as part of a restructuring that pivots the news organization toward a more digitally oriented future. The company’s CEO, Mark Thompson, said he expects the job cuts in CNN’s television business to eventually be offset by new hires for the digital plans, which include a series of [...]