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Q. What are "PBCs"? -- T.N., Greenville, South Carolina
A. First launched in 2010, Public Benefit Corporations are a type of business that aims to balance the interests of shareholders with those of employees, customers and communities, often including the environment as well. They're a bit like nonprofits, but they're ... (full story)
Tiny patients, big fight: NICU parents win leave in 2 states and push for more
NEW YORK (AP) — As his daughter Olivia was born, Marlon White felt his wife's hand slacken as she fainted. The baby, born at 29 weeks and weighing about 2 pounds, wasn't making a sound as she was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit. Terrified, he waited in the hall while the doctors stabilized his newborn and wife.
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Local
Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam.
Lately, there’s been a lot to celebrate in elementar ... (full story)
State
Hawaii’s worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market
WAIALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a tangle where his lemongrass, cucumber and okra once flourished.
His niece, Jeni Balanay, lost her crops too — a mustardy green called choy sum, bitter melon, tomato. The l ... (full story)
As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits, as governors, attorneys general and others protesting rising electricity bills say cash-strapped residents are stuck in a broken system.
Officials and lawmakers in at least six states — including ... (full story)
Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it
CANNES, France (AP) — The day John Lennon was shot, on Dec. 8, 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York's Dakota Apartments.
They were promoting their new album “Double Fantasy,” but the two-hour conversation was wide ranging. Though the interviewers had ... (full story)