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As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may be your brew
NZARA COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years ago. When she grasps the small cherries, Bashiama beams.
The farmer had never grown coffee in her village in ... (full story)
Pensions vs. 401(k)s
Q: What are "defined-benefit" and "defined-contribution" retirement plans? -- I.S., Grafton, Vermont
A: You may know them by different names. A pension, for example, is a defined-benefit plan because the amount you'll receive from it is fixed in advance.
A 401(k) or 403(b) account, in contrast, is a defi ... (full story)
Here's what tariffs are and how they work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here's what they are and what you need to know about them:
Tariffs are a tax on imports
Tariffs are typically charged as a percentage of the price a buyer pays a foreign seller. In the United States, tariffs are collected by Customs and Border Protection agents a ... (full story)
Global music assn. names Akron native as female entrepreneur of the year
It’s been more than 15 years since Akron native Rozanna Lee Weinberger co-founded Rozanna’s Violins.
The company, which currently features uniquely designed acoustic violins, electric-acoustic violins, violas, cellos and multicolored Glow Bows for children and adults, has grown quite a bit since then.
The Juillia ... (full story)
Local
Bill would limit government regulations on certain short-term rental operators
A central Ohio state lawmaker seeks to protect the property rights of short-term rental operators throughout Ohio with legislation that would prohibit jurisdictions from imposing regulations on such an enterprise.
Sen. Andrew Brenner, a Delaware Republican, told members of the Local Government Committee in the Senate that signif ... (full story)
State
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
(THE CONVERSATION) Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cutshave stirredwidespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures on Medicaid even though President Donald Trump has previously indicated that he's unwilling to do that. This public health insurance program covers around 72 million peopl ... (full story)
Law school project finds slavery citations still being used today
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a white man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line is still being cited in American jurisprudence, 160 years after enslaved people throughout the U.S. were freed.
Prigg v. Penn ... (full story)
Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.
Despite being convicted and sentenced to life in prison, he maintains his innocence in the killings of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — th ... (full story)