Category: AP

Aug 5

Oregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from getting caught in trap ropes

Article content SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has extended rules restricting the state’s lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state’s fish and wildlife department has announced. Humpbacks, which migrate off Oregon’s coast, and other whales can get caught in the vertical […]
Aug 5

Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Bobby Caina Calvan Published Aug 05, 2023  •  Last updated 16 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Join the conversation Article content NEW YORK (AP) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in […]
Aug 3

A Learjet pilot thought he was cleared to take off. He wasn’t. Luckily, JetBlue pilots saw him

Article content Federal investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a charter jet took off without permission, creating a “conflict” with a JetBlue plane that was preparing to land on an intersecting runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport in February. A screen grab from video shot from the JetBlue cockpit captures the moment that the […]
Aug 2

Ohio utility that paid federal penalty says it’s now being investigated by a state commission

Article content COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio-based utility company says it’s being investigated by a state office focused on organized crime in connection with payments the company made to the state’s former House speaker and a top utility regulator, a news outlet reported Wednesday. FirstEnergy said in a financial report filed Monday that it […]
Aug 1

Fitch downgrades US credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government’s credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades. Article content The rating was cut Tuesday one notch to AA+ from AAA, the highest possible rating. […]