China’s exports jump 5.8% in June amid tariff reprieve
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s exports accelerated in June as a reprieve on United States tariffs prompted a rush of orders by companies and consumers ahead of an August deadline. Exports climbed 5.8 percent from a year earlier, up from a 4.8 percent rise in May. Imports also recovered, growing 1.1 percent in the first increase [...]
Appellate panel upholds lower court’s judgment in civil protection order case
A Franklin County appellate panel affirmed the conviction of a 29-year-old northeast Columbus man, despite his claim that the judgment of the lower court was against the manifest weight of the evidence. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel held that Carlos Brime’s conviction for violating a civil protection order was not against the manifest [...]
With decades of falling sales, cereal industry has yet to reverse trend
Breakfast cereal could use a lucky charm. Sales of the colorfully packaged morning staple have been in a decades-long decline, a trend back in the spotlight with news that Italian confectioner Ferrero Group plans to purchase WK Kellogg, maker of Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other familiar brands. Except for a brief period [...]
Possible Democratic ’28 presidential candidates are making visits to some early primary states
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — The first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another two and a half years and yet, over the span of 10 days in July, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina. Nearly a half dozen others have made recent pilgrimages to South Carolina, New Hampshire and [...]
Wyoming coal mine to extract rare earths
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel to extract hard-to-get metals that are crucial for tech products and military hardware. Analysis by national laboratories shows Ramaco Resources Inc.’s Brook Mine, outside Ranchester in far northern Wyoming, contains [...]
Ohio Supreme Court reverses decision in real estate dispute
The Supreme Court of Ohio determined a trial court was correct to rule that a Bay Village property owner need not identify a sanitary-sewer running through his lakefront property as a “material defect” in a real estate transaction. Just as the dissenting appellate judge wrote in consideration of the appeal of the original claim brought [...]
U.S. has again closed its southern border after a parasite moves north in Mexico
The United States has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported. Mexico’s president last week was critical of the decision, suggesting that the U.S. is exaggerating the threat to its beef industry from the parasite, the New World screwworm fly. The [...]
State Department lays off more than 1,300 employees as part of Trump’s reorganization plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees last week in line with a reorganization plan from the Trump administration. The department sent layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States, according to a senior department official who spoke [...]