After American Eagle rolled out its new ad campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney over the summer, the fall denim campaign sparked a debate about race, Western beauty standards and the backlash to “woke” American politics and culture. Reactions centered on ads that used the word “genes” instead of “jeans” featuring the blonde-haired, blue-eyed actor [...]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Some lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in several Western states. House Republicans last week voted to repeal land management plans adopted in the closing days of former President Joe [...]
Ford Motor Company is rebranding its motorsports program to Ford Racing. The rebrand and new logo were announced last week in a letter to employees by Will Ford, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford. The motorsports arm of the company had previously been called Ford Performance. The company, noted Global Director Mark Rushbrook, was [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans would save roughly $100 billion a year in interest costs if President Donald Trump’s campaign proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent were implemented, according to a paper published by Vanderbilt University. Further, the banks and credit card companies would be able to withstand, and even still [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil giant ConocoPhillips is planning to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, amounting to thousands of jobs, as part of broader efforts from the company to cut costs. A spokesperson for ConocoPhillips confirmed the layoffs last week, noting that 20 percent to 25 percent of the company’s employees [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Carrying photos of their loved ones into court last week, family members of victims killed in Boeing 737 Max crashes urged a judge to reject a deal that would spare the company from criminal prosecution. Some of the relatives of the 346 victims — killed in crashes off the coast [...]
The number of new apartments available for rent in central Ohio next year is expected to fall by nearly half compared to this year, according to a new report from a real estate consulting firm. This year there are approximately 9,100 multifamily units expected to become available for rent, but the region is expected to [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Transportation Department is going to train 163 track inspectors to increase the number of people trained to spot problems with railroad bridges, but the railroad operators themselves will still be responsible for inspecting their own bridges and the results will still be kept confidential. Currently, there are seven Federal Railroad [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual alliance emerged in the House last week as some lawmakers who rarely agree on legislation rallied support for a bill that would prohibit members of Congress and their families from owning and trading individual stocks. The group included members of the right, the left, moderates and many in between. They [...]