SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Korean Air has announced a $50 billion deal to buy more than 100 Boeing aircraft and several spare engines and obtain engine maintenance for 20 years. The deal was formalized at a signing ceremony this week in Washington as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with President Donald Trump. [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel vacated the guilty pleas, reversing the conviction, of a Marion man indicted on 51 counts of theft-related offenses for collecting deposits from prospective customers for home-improvement projects that he never completed. The panel determined that 34-year-old Ryan Needels could not have entered his guilty plea knowingly, intelligently and [...]
Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroad operators have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroad companies — BNSF and Norfolk Southern — launched partial trials, but [...]
Pricey prescriptions and rising medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers. Patients may start paying for it next year. Health insurance will grow more expensive in many corners of the market in 2026, and coverage may shrink, according to health-care analysts. That could leave patients paying more for doctor visits and dealing with prescription [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ken Martin is in the fight of his political life. The low-profile political operative from Minnesota, just six months on the job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is charged with fixing the Democratic brand. “I think the greatest divide right now in our party, frankly, is not ideological,” said Martin. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week announced the federal government has secured a 10 percent stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal that was completed. “The United States of America now fully owns and controls 10 percent of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” Trump [...]
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside of their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little more than 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. Last year was a good year, and Rynd said he [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Keurig Dr Pepper will buy the owner of Peet’s Coffee in an $18 billion deal, then break itself in two, with one company selling coffee and the other selling cold beverages such as Snapple, Dr Pepper, 7UP and energy drinks. The agreement announced Monday will essentially unwind the 2018 merger of [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and last week he’ll keep extending the deadline for the popular video-sharing platform until there’s a buyer. Congress approved a United States ban on TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sold its [...]
The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island. Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project is about 80 percent complete, with 45 out of its 65 turbines already installed. Despite that progress — and the fact that the project had cleared years of federal [...]