DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August, citing possible electricity shortfalls in the central United States. State regulators immediately fired back, saying it’s unnecessary to keep Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell plant open. It was supposed to close May 31. “We currently [...]
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — About 3,000 machinists at jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut approved a new four-year contract, ending a three-week strike over wages, job security and other issues. Union members were expected to return to work this week after 74 percent of them voted in favor of the new deal, according [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — American travelers flying with United Airlines will have to check in to domestic flights a little earlier starting next week. That is, if they’re customers only taking carry-on bags. Effective June 3, United’s “check-in cutoff” for most flights will be 45 minutes before departure. That’s the same deadline United has for [...]
MILAN (AP) — Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest carmaker, named Italian auto executive Antonio Filosa as its new chief executive officer, replacing Carlos Tavares, who resigned under pressure last year. Filosa, who currently is Stellantis’ chief operating officer for the Americas and chief quality officer, takes the post effective June 23, when he is expected to [...]
President Donald Trump’s media company said this week that institutional investors will buy $2.5 billion in the company’s stock with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve. About 50 institutional investors will put up $1.5 billion in the private placement for common shares in the company and another $1 billion for convertible senior [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said, another step in the president’s dispute with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion during the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. The financial incentives to re-enlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased from 2022 through last year, with the Navy [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drones have harassed airports and bedeviled local police, trespassed over nuclear plants and prisons and on the battlefield, they can kill. Aside from shooting down the devices, which may create further danger, there’s often not much anyone can do to stop drones when they pose a threat or wander where they’re not [...]