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As bans on gas-powered leaf blowers grow, so does blowback from landscaping industry

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across America, but now many towns have banned or restricted blowers that operate on gasoline. The measures, however, face blowback from the landscaping industry and some property owners who say that the battery-powered blowers favored [...]

By |2024-07-02T12:26:17-04:00Tuesday, June 25, 2024|

CBO budget deficit projection rises $400B

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office earlier last week said it projects this year's federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27 percent increase compared to its original estimate released in February. Government officials said some of the reasons for the change include: higher costs from the supplemental spending package signed in [...]

By |2024-07-02T12:28:40-04:00Monday, June 24, 2024|

Retail sales increase 0.1% in May

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose 0.1 percent in May, below the pace that economists projected, according to a new Commerce Department report, and April sales were revised downward — a 0.2 percent decline, from unchanged. Sales rose 0.6 percent in March and 0.9 percent in February. That comes after sales fell 1.1 percent [...]

By |2024-07-02T12:32:09-04:00Friday, June 21, 2024|

Cities construct micro communities to offer low-cost shelter for homeless

ATLANTA (AP) — In one part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into homes for dozens of previously unsheltered people who are settled in the former parking lot. The gated micro community known as “The Melody” doesn’t look like a parking lot anymore. Artificial turf is spread across the asphalt. Potted plants and [...]

By |2024-06-20T14:01:44-04:00Tuesday, June 18, 2024|

Following recent series of near-misses, airports mull runway warning systems

DALLAS (AP) — As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly crossing the same runway, into the path [...]

By |2024-06-18T14:01:03-04:00Monday, June 17, 2024|

Thefts of charging cables another obstacle to expanding the appeal of electric vehicles

DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric-vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bolt cutters. One [...]

By |2024-06-17T11:26:15-04:00Friday, June 14, 2024|

Redesigned bank branches more welcoming, useful

NEW YORK (AP) — It's as if Sephora or Starbucks were to offer a checking account. After years of closing or mostly neglecting physical bank branches across the country, the nation's largest banks are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on refurbishing old locations or building new ones, and in the process changing the look, [...]

By |2024-06-13T15:10:06-04:00Wednesday, June 12, 2024|

Employers added 272,000 jobs last month

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 272,000 jobs in May, according to a new federal government report. Economists say last month’s jobs increase suggests that the economy is still growing, propelled by consumer spending on travel, entertainment and other services. Airports, for example, reported record traffic over the Memorial Day weekend. The new report does [...]

By |2024-06-12T15:37:20-04:00Tuesday, June 11, 2024|
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