NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount will become the new home to all Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the United States under a seven-year agreement with TKO Group. Under the deal, Paramount exclusively will distribute the UFC’s full slate of its 13 marquee numbered events and 30 “Fight Nights” on its streaming platform Paramount+ — with [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel determined that state law precludes the Ohio attorney general’s office from appealing a trial court’s award of attorney fees to an individual at the center of an auditor’s investigation of unlawful compensation of more than $195,000. The three-judge panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals found that R.C. 2335.39 [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week said that he will impose a 100 percent tariff on computer chips. “We’ll be putting a tariff of approximately 100 percent on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. “But if you’re building in the United States of [...]
Most Americans receive more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, those tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, according to a new federal report. Nutrition research has shown for years that ultra-processed foods make up a big chunk of the country’s diet, especially for kids and teens. For the first [...]
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese entertainment and electronics company Sony said that its profit surged 23 percent in the last quarter from the year before, as damage from President Donald Trump’s tariffs was less than it had expected. The Tokyo-based manufacturer reported its April-June profit totaled $1.8 billion, up from $1.4 billion. Quarterly sales edged up [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said it is removing age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement, as it aims to expand hiring after a massive infusion of cash from Congress. The department said in a news release that it would waive age limits for new applicants so [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. The Food and Drug Administration issued two alerts last week about electrical problems tied to the company’s heart-zapping defibrillator systems and a separate issue with a heart implant [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the United States fell 4.5 percent last year, according to a new FBI report, which also shows an 8 percent drop in property crime from the year before. The FBI statistics show murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2024 fell nearly 15 percent from a year earlier, continuing a decline [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mall-based teen accessories retailer Claire’s, known for helping to usher in millions of teens into a rite of passage — ear piercing — but now struggling with a big debt load and changing consumer tastes, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Claire’s Holdings LLC and certain of its United States [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said last week. The account deletions, which Meta said took place during the first six months of the year, arrive as part of wider company efforts to [...]