PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut last week sued the Trump administration for halting its construction. Danish energy company Orsted said it filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia arguing that the administration lacks the [...]
A Columbus state senator recently introduced bipartisan legislation that officially would designate the buckeye candy as the state candy of Ohio. The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 247, emphasizes the buckeye candy’s historical and cultural significance while highlighting its unique role in traditions, cuisine and community pride in Ohio, according to a news release. “The buckeye [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s profit and sales slipped in the second quarter with the department store grappling with customers that have grown cautions about spending. Yet the New York retailer raised its outlook for the year after beating Wall Street expectations and it posted its best comparable store sales in three years. Those surprisingly [...]
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is taking a $4 billion stake in PepsiCo, saying there’s an opportunity to revive the snack and drinks company. Years of double-digit price increases from PepsiCo and changing customer preferences have weakened demand for its drinks and snacks, the company said in February. In July, PepsiCo said that it is [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address. In an update to the customer service section of its website, the online behemoth says it will eliminate the sharing on Oct. [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers and other users asking questions about suicide or showing signs of mental and emotional distress. OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, said it is preparing to roll out new controls enabling parents to link their accounts [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump earlier this week announced that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado. The decision from Trump caps a four-year tug of war between two states and opposing administrations about where to locate U.S. Space Command, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.2 million job vacancies in July, according to a new federal government report. The Labor Department this week reported that job openings fell from 7.4 million in June and came in modestly below what economists had forecast. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that layoffs rose slightly. [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge earlier this week ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the federal government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints. Analysts say the 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta [...]