Over 130,000 pop culture devotees are descending on San Diego’s Gaslamp District on Wednesday for the annual four-day comic book convention Comic-Con, the big, bright and very heavily branded confab of costumed superfans...
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling about 550,000 cars and SUVs in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly. The recall covers certain 2013 through 2016 Fusion sedans and some...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are off to a mixed start as gains by industrial and financial companies are offset by energy and technology companies. United...
Read MoreDAYTON, Ohio (AP) — When I was growing up in greater Dayton, Ohio, in the 1960s and ’70s, the city already had been to the top of prosperity hill and was coasting down the other side. Early 20th century Dayton was a...
Read MoreMASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — Foxwoods Resort Casino has named an interim CEO following the sudden death of its previous CEO last month. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council announced Tuesday that Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. homebuilders sharply curtailed the pace of construction in June as housing starts plummeted 12.3 percent. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that housing starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Lawmakers confronted U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on her plans for leaving the European Union on Wednesday, with testy exchanges in the House of Commons underscoring her weakening grip on power. May’s...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside of public facilities, but the watered-down measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen as toothless. The legislation aims...
Read MoreBANGKOK (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so. There was no immediate public reaction...
Read MoreSINGAPORE (AP) — World markets mostly rose Wednesday, spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s positive assessment of the U.S. economy and signs that industrial production is steady. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX added...
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