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In Uganda's chaotic capital, boda-boda motorcycle taxis are a source of life and death
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The young men perched on motorcycles looked dazed in the morning heat. But at the sight of a potential passenger, they furiously kick-started their machines and tried to outrace each other for the business.
For tens of thousands of men in Uganda's capital, Kampala, this is how to make a living. For o ... (full story)
Teens and money
Q. Where can teens learn about investing and money management? -- P.K., Nampa, Idaho
A. You can be a great source of information and guidance for them if you talk frequently about your own financial habits, goals, challenges and successes. If you invest, you might let them watch you do so -- as you study and choose various inves ... (full story)
Can AI truly replicate the screams of a man on fire? Video game performers want their work protected
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For hours, motion capture sensors tacked onto Noshir Dalal's body tracked his movements as he unleashed aerial strikes, overhead blows and single-handed attacks that would later show up in a video game. He eventually swung the sledgehammer gripped in his hand so many times that he tore a tendon in his forear ... (full story)
State
Biden administration's negotiated price cuts for 10 common prescription drugs likely to save Medicare billions, beginning in 2026
(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration announced on Aug. 16, 2024, the reduced prices of the first 10 drugs it has negotiated with pharmaceutical companies over their Medicare prices.
Provisions authorizing these negotiations were part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which took effect in 2022, but these lower prices aren't ... (full story)
Walz's China experience draws GOP attacks, but Beijing isn't counting on better ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a history with China. And Republicans are seizing on it.
At 25, Walz taught a year of high school in China. He returned for his honeymoon and many more times with American exchange students. As a congressman, he served on a committee tracking China's human rights and met figure ... (full story)
10th District appellate panel vacates prevailing-wage ruling
A Franklin County appellate panel vacated a 2023 ruling by a lower court in a prevailing-wage case, having determined that the common pleas court never should have accepted the administrative appeal.
The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel relied upon a plain-text reading of the statute that governs a prevailing-wage dispute, ... (full story)
Tax value of natural gas pipeline reached through settlement cannot be contested
A county auditor may not appeal a final settlement entered into by the state tax commissioner that determines the value of a natural gas pipeline, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court determined that the state tax commissioner’s settlement with Nexus Gas Transmission that its 256-m ... (full story)
Backers of Ohio redistricting measure vow lawsuit over ballot language they call 'deceitful'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action after the state ballot board approved language describing their proposal for voters that they decried as inaccurate, devious and manipulative.
Over the objections of Citizens Not Politicians' lawyer, the Republican-controlled p ... (full story)
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita drops suit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled to the state for an abortion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's attorney general has dropped a lawsuit that accused the state's largest hospital system of violating patient privacy laws when a doctor told a newspaper that a 10-year-old Ohio girl had traveled to Indiana for an abortion.
A federal judge approved Attorney General Todd Rokita's request to dism ... (full story)