Rick Adamczak

Ohio

Managing Editor at The Daily Reporter (Coldwater, MI)

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Ex-Columbus doctor loses defamation lawsuit

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

COLUMBUS (AP) — A former Columbus doctor who was fired before being found not guilty on murder charges in the deaths of 14 patients lost a defamation lawsuit against his former employers this week, after a judge stepped in for a jury on grounds the evidence presented by the defendants was incontrovertible.
Okefenokee mining project stalls over $2M permit bond

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one thing before regulators make a final decision: set aside $2 million for future restoration of the mining site.
Ohio GDP declines for first time in 3 years

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

Ohio’s gross domestic product decreased in the first quarter of the year for the first time in three years, according to a new report from the state’s Office of Budget and Management. The state’s GDP fell by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2025 after 11 consecutive quarters of growth, which peaked at 4.4 percent in the third quarter of 2023. The report is based on figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The last time the GDP declined was in the first quarter of 2022.
Trump family’s next venture is mobile phone company

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family said it is licensing its name to a new mobile phone service. Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s sons running The Trump Organization, said the new venture called, Trump Mobile, will sell phones that will be built in the United States, and the phone service will maintain a call center in the country as well. Eric Trump said that consumers deserve a phone that aligns with their values.
Retail sales decrease 0.9 percent last month

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales dropped 0.9 percent in May, according to a new report from the Commerce Department. Sales had declined 0.1 percent in April. The May figure was lower due to a drop in auto sales after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March. Excluding autos, sales fell 0.3 percent. Inflation has cooled steadily and unemployment remains low, which economists say could fuel steady spending in the coming months as the economy has remained mostly solid.
State AGs agree to $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma settlement

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

The attorneys general of Ohio and 48 other states, the District of Columbia and five United States territories have signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced this week. Now that the state sign-on period has concluded, local governments nationwide will be asked to join the settlement, which is subject to the approval of a federal bankruptcy judge, according to a news release.
U.S. and U.K. announce a trade deal, but steel imports are still being negotiated

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week said they had signed a trade deal that will reduce tariffs on United Kingdom auto and aerospace industry imports — but they are still discussing how to handle steel production. The pair spoke to reporters at the Group of Seven summit in the Canadian Rockies, with Trump brandishing the pages of what he said was a long-awaited agreement.
Meta bringing ads to parts of WhatsApp

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

WhatsApp said that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service. Advertisements will be shown only in the app’s Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people each day. However, they won’t appear where personal chats are located, developers said.
White farmer’s lawsuit against feds claims discrimination

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed this week that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court in Wisconsin on behalf of a white dairy farmer, Adam Faust.
Additional details of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel agreement emerge

1 week ago | thedailyreporteronline.com | Rick Adamczak

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government. Since the signing, administration officials have provided additional insight into the “golden share” arrangement that the federal government made as a condition for supporting the deal.