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WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation's capital is introducing a groundbreaking plan: It will begin offering free bus fares to residents next [...]
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is suing a coastal town that repaired beach erosion from a fall storm in defiance of a state order not to do so. The town, North Wildwood, remains defiant: It says it will place material to build a prohibited bulkhead on the sand this week. The state says [...]
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — People are asking questions about a storm protection proposal for New York and New Jersey that would be among the most massive and costly flood control projects ever done in America, aiming to prevent the type of catastrophic flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. At a public hearing last week [...]
Central Ohio is adding construction jobs at a faster rate than any other major metro area in Ohio, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America. In the past year, the Columbus region has added more than 2,400 construction jobs, an increase of 5 percent from a year ago. The area has [...]
Most people no longer get a tax deduction when they donate to charity. That shouldn't keep you from making donations, but you may want to change your approach. Typically, only taxpayers who itemize deductions can write off charitable contributions. The vast majority of taxpayers instead take the standard deduction, which was nearly doubled by the [...]
WASHINGTON — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. What they haven't named yet is a suspect or a motive. Whatever the reason, the shooting serves as a reminder of why experts have stressed the need to secure the country’s power grid. Authorities have warned that the nation's [...]
LUSAIL, Qatar — Less than a month before it is set to host the World Cup final, Lusail City is oddly quiet. Wide empty streets, idle lobbies and construction cranes are everywhere in the sleek district 12 miles north of the capital, Doha, built to accommodate World Cup fans and hundreds of thousands of host [...]
The Ohio artist who created a sculpture measuring 15 feet by 12 feet wide to memorialize the victims and survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic recently was joined by state officials at Great Seal State Park near Chillicothe for its unveiling. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz and Gov. Mike DeWine were on hand [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Since the recovery of sunken treasure from an 1857 shipwreck began decades ago, tens of millions of dollars’ worth of gold has been sold, but some entities — including The Ohio State University — have non-monetary interest in the findings. Scientists, historians and collectors say the real fortunes began to hit [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation’s capital, thought they were prepared for this year’s annual pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Helpers food giveaway. The pandemic had faded, but inflation was high, so they budgeted to give out 12,000 meals, 20 percent higher than normal pre-pandemic levels. They were quickly [...]