DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co.’s new headquarters, the carmaker’s first central office switch since Dwight Eisenhower was president, is double the size of its old one with room for twice as many employees. The new HQ, for which a grand opening event was held last weekend, has seven restaurants as part of a [...]
As the nation’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Many utilities say they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a fast-growing artificial-intelligence economy. The challenges — some say the impossibility — of building new power plants to meet that demand so quickly has set off alarm [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of foreign students enrolled at American colleges has only declined 1 percent this school year, according to a new report compared with last year, according to a survey from the Institute of International Education. That figure, however, is propped up by large numbers of students who stayed in the United [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week announced that he was scrapping American tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities, a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump’s retreat from his signature tariff policy on many staples key [...]
A judge last week said that he planned to approve a deal for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids, allowing money to start flowing to victims as soon as next spring. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The longest federal government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit two groups particularly hard for months to come: federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent. Thousands of court-appointed lawyers, known as Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys, along with paralegals, investigators, expert witnesses [...]
Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance. The drugmaker said it has started selling higher doses of the injectable obesity treatment for $349 a month to patients paying the full bill. That’s down from $499, and in line with terms of a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who turned the nation’s largest retailer into a tech-powered giant since taking over in 2014, will retire in January. John Furner, 51, a longtime insider and head of Walmart’s United States operations, will take over, the company said. Analyst were surprised by the retirement announcement from McMillon, [...]
Airlines say they are optimistic they can resume normal operations just a few days after the federal government lifts its order to cut some flights at 40 busy airports. Currently, it’s not clear how soon that will happen even though the federal government shutdown is done. The Federal Aviation Administration did announce last week that [...]