NEW YORK (AP) — Sales at Target fell in the first quarter, and the retailer warned they will slip for all of 2025 as its customers reduce spending. Sales fell 2.8 percent to $23.85 billion in the quarter. That was short of the $24.23 billion Wall Street expected, according to data firm FactSet. Sales are [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating the use of cellphones in schools in 2023. Just two years later, half of all states have laws in place, with more likely to act soon. Bills have sprinted through legislatures this year in states such as New York and Oklahoma, reflecting [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court this week reversed an Eighth District Court of Appeals ruling that affirmed a lower court decision that failed to appropriately sentence a defendant who committed a felony offense while in possession of a firearm. The majority reasoned that R.C. 2929.13(F)(8) requires a trial court to impose a prison sentence on an [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Levi Strauss is set to finally part ways with Dockers, inking a deal to sell the brand once credited with propelling the popularity of “Casual Fridays.” In an announcement, the denim giant said it had agreed to sell Dockers to Authentic Brands Group for up to $391 million. The transaction will [...]
Google has unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-long makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites. The next phase outlined at Google’s annual developers conference includes releasing a new “AI mode” option in the United States. [...]
Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights soon will be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium-ion battery fires in a new policy that other airlines may adopt. Southwest announced the new policy that will go into effect May 28 and said passengers [...]
A Newark lawmaker in the Ohio House of Representatives has outlined details of a bill designed to reduce delays and poor patient outcomes associated with health insurance company requirements for prior authorization for treatment. Citing 2021 data from an American Medical Association survey of doctors, Republican Rep. Kevin Miller told members of the Insurance Committee [...]
For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, earlier this week announced that it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear [...]
Home Depot doesn’t expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves. Billy Bastek, executive vice president of merchandising, said during a conference call earlier this week that Home Depot’s suppliers have shifted sourcing across several countries and that the company doesn’t expect [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump earlier this week signed into law the Take It Down Act, a measure that imposes penalties for online sexual exploitation that first lady Melania Trump helped usher through Congress, and he had her sign it, too, despite what sounded like a mild objection on her part. “C’mon, sign it [...]