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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security last week announced that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener, accusing both of being involved in the use of forced labor in China’s far-west region of Xinjiang. The action broadens the scope of the [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Betting on the outcome of congressional elections can resume, at least temporarily, a federal appeals court ruled last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dissolved an order it had previously issued that prevented New York startup company Kalshi from taking bets on which political [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel reversed a trial court ruling that ran counter to a Dublin woman’s right to due process in a collections action against the woman. The 3-0 Tenth District Court of Appeals panel determined that the Franklin County Municipal Court committed reversible error when it granted Credit Corp Solutions Inc.’s motion for [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio has affirmed the decision to deny a death-row inmate’s application to reopen his direct appeal nearly 30 years after it had been decided. The 6-1 court determined that the First District Court of Appeals correctly reasoned that 63-year-old Jeffrey Wogenstahl failed to show good cause for the delay in his [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two NASCAR teams, one of them owned by Michael Jordan, earlier this week filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its suppliers. 23XI Racing and Front Row [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel reversed a lower court ruling requiring the father of a 12-year-old boy to shoulder half the costs of sending his son to and from Australia three times a year so the boy’s mother may have parenting time. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel determined that it was unreasonable and [...]
Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600 million deal has been filed, lawyers in the case said earlier this week. Many residents of East Palestine expressed outrage about the appeal because it will [...]
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle division will pay a $1.5 million penalty after the unit failed to fully report a crash involving a pedestrian, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. The crash on Oct. 2, 2023, prompted Cruise to suspend driverless operations nationwide after California regulators said that its cars posed a danger to [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung this week, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices. At issue is Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature, which only allows for apps from authorized sources, such as the Samsung Galaxy Store or Google Play [...]
Smaller benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people may seek new coverage as major insurers cut costs and pull back from markets for Medicare Advantage plans, the privately operated version of the federal [...]