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When Justine Siegal and Keith Stein envisioned the nation’s first professional women’s baseball league in 70 years, they wanted to do it right. So, they examined the blueprints of successful women’s leagues and studied the pitfalls that caused promising ventures to fail. Their research helped shape the Women’s Professional Baseball League, launching next year, the [...]
AT&T will spend $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, an expansion of AT&T’s low- and mid-band coverage networks. AT&T said that the licenses cover nearly every United States market — more than 400 total — which the company plans to deploy as soon as possible to lure more home internet subscribers [...]
California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn earlier this month found what Duffy called significant [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems this week announced it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern about the purpose of their investigations. Flock Safety, the cameras of which are mounted in more than 4,000 communities, put a hold last week [...]
BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations that affect American technology companies. Trump didn’t mention specific places but his comments were taken as a threat against the European Union’s digital rules to rein in companies such as Google, Apple and Meta. [...]
More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said last week. California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen shrimp sold under the brands Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street. The bagged products were distributed between July 17 and Aug. 8 to stores and wholesalers in [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]