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Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies.
The Human Rights Campaign initially focus ... (full story)
Vulture capitalism
Q: What's "vulture capitalism"? -- S.H., Centerville, Utah
A: In the more familiar venture capitalism, wealthy people pool their money to invest in companies privately. Typically, these are small, relatively young companies before they debut on the open market, usually via initial public offerings (IPOs). Many well-kno ... (full story)
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.
Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 diffe ... (full story)
Local
Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records
(THE CONVERSATION) Health care is a defining issue in the 2024 election – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have starkly different records on the issue. Rather than focusing on what they promise to do, let's examine what their past actions reveal about their approaches to Medic ... (full story)
Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs from beyond the grave
(THE CONVERSATION) Michael Crichton, the creator of "ER" and author of "Jurassic Park," died in 2008. So why is his estate suing Warner Bros. now?
It turns out that when Crichton agreed to develop the "ER" series, he kept the right to approve – or not approve – of any sequels. That right ... (full story)
State
Attorney suspended for paying own expenses with client’s settlement funds
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently suspended a Cuyahoga County attorney for two years, with 18 months stayed, based partly on his felony conviction for using his client’s settlement funds to pay his own expenses.
In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court suspended Robert Smith III of Beachwood. The Court found Smith viola ... (full story)
Ohio Supreme Court clears ballot language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court let stand ballot language that will describe this fall's Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering, when the proposal is intended to do the opposite.
In a 4-3 ruling, the high court ordered two of eight disputed sections of the ballot description rewritten, while upholding the other six the ... (full story)
Embattled Democratic senators steer clear of Kamala Harris buzz but hope it helps
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made protecting reproductive freedom for women central to his campaign to remain the sole remaining Democrat to hold statewide elective office in Big Sky Country. He has campaigned with Planned Parenthood officials, advertised heavily in support of abortion rights, and emb ... (full story)
An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Many cities have been reshaped by immigrants in the last few years without attracting much notice. Not Springfield, Ohio.
Its story of economic renewal and related growing pains has been thrust into the national conversation in a presidential election year — and maliciously distorted by false ... (full story)