Workers’ compensation rates in Ohio remain among the lowest in the country, according to a new study by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The biennial study ranks all 50 states and Washington, D.C., based on premium rates that were in effect as of Jan. 1, 2024, a news release detailed. Ohio ranked [...]
Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 200,000 electric Mustangs because the door latches could falter, potentially trapping passengers in the back seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford is recalling 197,432 Mustang Mach E midsize SUVs, model years 2021-2025. The government agency that regulates automobile safety said that the electronic door [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump this week called for the United States and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile after the U.S. struck key Iranian nuclear facilities with a barrage of 30,000-pound bunker busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles. Trump urged stepped-up production as the White House sharpened its [...]
Lawmakers in the House Education Committee are mulling a bill that would integrate character curriculum into the education of Ohio school students in grades 7 through 12. The model curriculum must include the value of finishing high school, working full time and getting married before having children, among other subjects, testimony of House Bill 269 [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest rate, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “For the time being, we are well positioned to wait to learn more about the likely course of the economy before considering any adjustments to [...]
The nation’s largest health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that often leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health-care claims subject to prior authorization, standardize parts of the process and expand responses [...]
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will be sent to local governments, people who became addicted to the drug and other impacted groups after a judge’s ruling last week. The nationwide settlement advanced by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane was hammered out in negotiations [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day. According to a report published last week, Cybernews researchers recently discovered 30 exposed datasets that each contain a vast amount of login [...]
LONDON (AP) — Google faced a setback last week in its attempt to overturn a multibillion-dollar European Union antitrust penalty involving Android after a top court’s legal adviser sided with regulators. The European Court of Justice’s advocate general, Juliane Kokott, recommended in a non-binding opinion that Google’s appeal against the fine worth more than $4.7 [...]