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WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans, as of Jan. 1, may qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit, part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. A complex web of requirements, however, including where vehicles and [...]
Taking down the Christmas tree is only one task after the holiday season. For those with a real tree, figuring out what to do with it can be as easy as placing it by the curb. In most states, it can be the gift that keeps on giving. Discarded Christmas trees can be picked up [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Lamb could not maneuver his wheelchair into the rows of pews at his church. It wouldn't fit. Nor could he sit in the aisles without awkwardly blocking the way. So he adapted. It's a regular part of his new life with limited mobility that requires near-constant calculations of how to navigate [...]
BATH, Maine — Making the switch from building corporate jets to building Navy warships has been reinvigorating for a soldier-turned-business executive who's leading Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works. Charles "Chuck" Krugh said he wasted no time in getting his hands dirty, meeting daily with workers on the ships' "deck plates." "I'm a hands-on guy that [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City had been set to choose a development proposal centered on high-end sports cars for a historic former airport property but dropped those plans earlier this month after New Jersey officials asked them not to take the vote. The delay opens the door, or at least buys more time for, [...]
Community organizer Pete Woiwode was walking to meet a friend at a street festival near downtown Oakland in November when a signature gatherer approached and asked if he wanted to sign a petition to lower gas prices. Woiwode said that in reading the petition he realized it actually was for a referendum to overturn SB [...]
In addition to a new Ohio Department of Agriculture program in which regional farmers sell their products to participating food banks, the state Department of Natural Resources offers grants to these organizations to offset costs associated with the processing of venison harvested by Ohio hunters. Ohio CAN, which stands for Community, Agriculture and Nutrition, allows [...]
This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest United States hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and widespread deadly heat waves. Yet this wasn’t climate change at its worst. With all that death and destruction in 2022, [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic endured from 2020 well into this year, mothers tended to drink an additional alcoholic beverage or two, a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University found. Study co-author Bridget Freisthler, an Ohio State professor of social work, said although mothers were drinking less frequently as the pandemic progressed, the [...]
DENVER (AP) — When Kevin Erickson fires up his 1972 Plymouth Satellite, a faint hum replaces what is normally the sound of pistons pumping, gas coursing through the carburetor and the low thrum of the exhaust. Even though it's nearly silent, the classic American muscle car isn't broken. It's electric. Erickson is among a small [...]