NEW YORK (AP) — Copper prices have hit record highs as an ongoing trade war between the United States and its key trading partners threatens to squeeze supplies of the vital metal. Buyers in the U.S. have been stocking up on copper ahead of potential tariffs. Future prices for the base metal’s most traded contract [...]
Daily Reporter Staff Consumers who were charged too much for certain generic drugs may be eligible for compensation from a $49.1 million settlement between a majority of the states — including Ohio — and two manufacturers, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. Apotex of Toronto and Heritage Pharmaceuticals of Eatontown, N.J., were accused of participating [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Synthetic dyes used to make brightly colored cereals, drinks and candies are coming under scrutiny in states across the country, where lawmakers say the federal government has stalled in taking action despite evidence of harmful effects. West Virginia, which ranks at the bottom for many health metrics, last week became the [...]
BANGKOK (AP) — The United States this week added dozens of companies to its export control list, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes. Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in [...]
An appellate panel reversed a Fairfield County Municipal Court ruling that excluded one of the previous OVI convictions of a Canal Winchester man from the trial that resulted from a subsequent OVI offense. The Fifth District Court of Appeals panel found that it was mistaken to not permit the prosecutor for the state to include [...]
DENVER (AP) — As housing rental prices remain elevated, builders are turning to other methods to create more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of millions of homes [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — A growing number of states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures. Senators in Georgia earlier this week voted 54-2 to give final approval to a bill that would ban students in grades K-8 from using phones or other personal [...]
Federal health officials earlier this week said they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public-health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation. “The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years [...]
Kroger is denying Albertsons’ claims that it didn’t do enough to ensure regulatory approval of the companies’ planned supermarket merger. In court papers filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kroger said Albertsons disregarded the companies’ merger agreement and worked secretly with a partner, C&S Wholesalers, to try to force Kroger to divest more stores [...]