McDonald’s is cutting prices on some combo meals to woo back customers who’ve been turned off by the rising costs of grabbing a fast food meal. Analysts say the price drop may induce its rivals, who have run into some of the same pricing issues, to follow. Starting Sept. 8, McDonald’s will offer Extra Value [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme Court sent western states and the federal government back to the negotiating table last year. Now the battle over the waters of the Rio Grande could be nearing resolution as New [...]
Online age checks are on the rise in the United States, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are older than 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they’re a tool to keep children away from adult websites and other material that might be harmful to them. Opponents, however, see a [...]
At least 95 people in more than a dozen states have been sickened since January in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning tied to recalled eggs, according to federal health officials. Country Eggs LLC, of Lucerne Valley, Calif., has recalled large, brown cage-free “sunshine yolks” or “omega-3 golden yolks” eggs and production has been suspended. The [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop providing a print edition at year’s end and go completely digital, a dramatic change for a storied newspaper founded shortly after the Civil War. The decision will make Atlanta the largest metro area in the nation without a printed daily newspaper, although some smaller metro Atlanta newspapers [...]
The number of home foreclosures in Ohio increased 13.9 percent in the past year, according to a new report from Realtor.com. There were 1,679 foreclosure filings in July with a foreclosure rate of one for every 3,140 housing units. Ohio had the fourth-most home foreclosures in the country in July and the number of foreclosure [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court in a recent ruling ended a Sylvania Township trustee’s effort to compel the local probate judge to appoint a new trustee to the board to replace a previously appointed trustee. Sylvania Township Trustee John Jennewine filed a complaint Aug. 30, 2024, seeking writs of quo warranto, procedendo and mandamus to contest [...]
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing out of a house fire, but also risks from wearing his chemically-treated gear. Last month, the Rhode Island fire department [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady in July, but a measure of underlying inflation increased. Prices rose 2.6 percent in July compared with a year ago, according to new figures from the Commerce Department. That’s the same annual increase as in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, [...]