EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in — some surprised by its quick acceleration — they gave real-time feedback to the Michigan [...]
The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general last week sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics. The FTC said Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have deceived artists and consumers by advertising lower [...]
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Meta’s newest artificial-intelligence powered smart glasses include a tiny display and can be controlled by a neural wristband that lets users control it with “barely perceptible movements,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last week. Zuckerberg continues to evangelize the glasses as the next step in human-computer interactions — beyond keyboards, touch [...]
Ohio last week was awarded the 2025 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management from the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and the National Recreation and Park Association. Ohio earned the gold medal award over fellow finalists Florida and Wyoming, according to a news release. “Our state parks protect [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says it’s making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health-care plans for its American fulfillment and transportation workers. The Seattle-based company last week said the average pay is increasing to more than $23 per hour and said that some of its most tenured employees [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Is Steamboat Willie “For the people?” That’s a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the country is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, “For the people,” in its ubiquitous television commercials, sued Disney [...]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an effort underway to bring New England shrimp back to seafood customers, but fishermen have found few of the crustaceans, and the fishing industry that harvests them may face an even longer shutdown. Fishermen have been under a moratorium on catching shrimp for more than a decade because of low [...]
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid retreated significantly after surging to a nearly four-year high a week earlier. Filings for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 13 fell by 33,000 to 231,000, the Labor Department reported. That’s less than the 241,000 analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast. The previous [...]
Costco is recalling bottles of store brand Prosecco because they could shatter without warning. In a notice on the company’s website, Costco said the recall affects Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene purchased between April 25 and Aug. 26. The affected bottles were sold in Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South [...]