Ford is recalling more than 694,000 Bronco Sport and Escape vehicles because the fuel injector may crack and leak, which may cause a fire. If fuel leaks inside the engine compartment and there’s a hot engine or exhaust components, it could increase the risk of a fire. The recall impacts certain 2021-24 Bronco Sport and [...]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new state law in New Hampshire that makes it harder to take gunmaker Sig Sauer to court is getting its first test before a judge. The two-month-old law was created by the Republican-led legislature in response to mounting lawsuits faced by the Newington, N.H.-based manufacturer over its popular P320 pistol. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, providing relief to a company that has struggled for years after being blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend. FDA regulators last week said that Juul’s studies show its e-cigarettes are less harmful for adult [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security. The move comes weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it easier for American firms to obtain from China those materials, which are critical for manufacturing and computer chip [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio justices have reasoned that because the city of Maumee never adopted a section of state law outlining the manner in which an elected official may be removed from office, its residents have no mechanism by which to undertake such action. The dispute arose from a recall-election effort in which five [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other similar industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome. Trump last week issued a series of proclamations exempting a range of industries that he calls vital to national security. The [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad company in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began during the first quarter of this year, according to a person familiar with the talks who isn’t authorized to discuss them [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Anyone firing up the grill this summer has probably noticed that hamburger and steak prices have climbed to record highs and analysts say consumers shouldn’t expect much relief soon either. The average price of a pound of ground beef rose to $6.12 in June, up nearly 12 percent from a year [...]