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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher, but don't expect a repeat of the catastrophic price hikes and long lines at the gasoline pump, oil industry officials say. The Israel-Hamas war is [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration last week announced plans to spend $3.5 billion on 58 projects across the country designed to strengthen electric grid resilience as factors such as natural disasters and increased demand put a strain on the nation’s aging transmission systems. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said it was the largest federal investment [...]
BEIJING (AP) — China has protested the U.S. Commerce Department’s latest update of export controls to prevent exports to China of advanced computer chips and the equipment to make them. The revisions to the rules were announced Tuesday, approximately a year after the export controls were first launched to counter the use of the chips [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials announced sanctions this week against a group of 10 Hamas members and the Palestinian militant organization’s financial network across Gaza, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar in response to the surprise attack on Israel that left more than 1,000 people dead or kidnapped. Targeted for sanctions by the Treasury Department's Office [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department earlier this week updated and broadened its export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and the equipment to manufacture them. The revisions came roughly a year after the export controls were first launched to counter the use of the chips for military applications that include the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said this week they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews. Amazon, reviews site Glassdoor and Trustpilot, as well as travel companies Expedia Group, Booking.com and Tripadvisor, said in an announcement they’re launching a coalition that aims to protect [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Clean-energy projects in seven states have been selected by the Biden administration for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a component of President Joe Biden's agenda to slow climate change. His goal is to establish seven regional hydrogen hubs to help replace fossil fuels such as [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Passenger railroad operators nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said the new rule is flawed for excluding freight trains, such as the one that derailed and caught fire in East Palestine earlier this year. The Federal [...]
COLUMBUS — Increased voter turnout is expected as early voting began this week in Ohio’s closely watched election to decide the future of abortion access and marijuana legalization in the state. Of greatest interest nationally is Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment giving every person “the right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive [...]
COLUMBUS — A schism between Ohio's House Republicans appears to only be widening after a rival GOP-contingent sued fellow conservative House Speaker Jason Stephens to seize control of over $1 million in campaign funds. State Rep. Derek Merrin, of Monclova, filed a lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court against Stephens for control over the [...]