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The United States Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania. In a letter, a group that includes mayors in Pennsylvania and Indiana denounced the head of the United Steelworkers union over his refusal to negotiate in good faith with Nippon Steel its plan to acquire U.S. Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2024
Mayors urge Biden to approve Nippon Steel acquisition of U.S. Steel
A total of 20 people, including the heads of administrative districts where U.S. Steel facilities are located, underlined the importance of the deal to the local communities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023
Solar panels are the U.S. Midwest’s new cash crop as green energy booms
Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led U.S. states long dependent on coal power — are set to see major expansion of solar farms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2022
Indiana governor latest U.S. official to visit Taiwan amid China tensions
Gov. Eric Holcomb tweeted that he would also be visiting South Korea, while Taiwan's presidential office said he would meet President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday morning.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2021
In a spasm of violence, Indianapolis faces its third mass shooting in 2021
'It is a national embarrassment, what's going on,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in a news conference Friday, as he repeated his support for a ban on assault weapons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 5, 2021
Indiana to host entire 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament
The NCAA, in an attempt to limit the threat of coronavirus among teams, announced an agreement Monday to hold its signature men’s basketball tournament entirely in Indiana in March and early April.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2019
Trump tried to stop 'American Taliban' John Lindh's early release from U.S. prison
John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, was freed early from federal prison on Thursday after serving 17 years amid concerns he might still harbor extremist views.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2018
Targeting Trump strongholds, Mexico slaps tariffs on U.S. steel, pork and bourbon
Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon on Tuesday, retaliating against import duties on metals imposed by President Donald Trump and taking aim at Republican strongholds ahead of U.S. congressional elections in November.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2018
Koch network starts ads in Indiana and Missouri plugging Trump tax plan and attacking Senate Democrats
The political network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch is launching a $4 million advertising campaign against two Senate Democrats facing re-election in 2018, as it starts to fulfill a pledge to spend $20 million selling the federal tax overhaul passed late last year.
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BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018
More layoffs at Indiana factory trumpeted by Trump for job-saving deal
More than 200 workers clocked in for their final shifts on Thursday at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis in the latest round of layoffs at a plant President Donald Trump toured in December 2016 to trumpet a deal to save jobs and prevent its closure.
WORLD
Feb 23, 2017
Winning Powerball ticket is worth $435 million in Indiana
A Powerball ticket that was sold in Indiana has matched the winning numbers of a drawing on Wednesday for the game's $435 million jackpot, one of the largest in the lottery's history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2016
Trump touts victory as plant stays in Indiana but Sanders warns of job losses as layoffs continue elsewhere
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump visited a factory in Indiana on Thursday to kick off a "thank you tour" for his election win and celebrate persuading air conditioner maker Carrier Corp. to preserve around 1,000 jobs in the state rather than move them to Mexico.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016
Central Indiana twisters wreak havoc, flatten homes, Starbucks cafe
Thunderstorms and tornadoes plowed through central Indiana on Wednesday, demolishing numerous homes and a Starbucks cafe in Kokomo and cutting power to thousands of Indianapolis-area residents, but no serious injuries were immediately reported.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2016
Armed Indiana probationer with 'anger problems' caught near LA gay pride parade charged with three felonies
An Indiana man was charged Tuesday with three felony weapons violations after authorities say they found three assault rifles and explosive chemicals in his car before a major Los Angeles gay pride parade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2016
Cruz quits race after his hoped-for Indiana 'firewall' fails to halt Trump juggernaut
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz abruptly ended his presidential campaign Tuesday night after falling to Donald Trump in Indiana's primary, a devastating loss that left him with no viable path to the Republican nomination. Trump, considered a fringe candidate a year ago, now is poised to represent Republicans in...
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WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2016
Clinton treads on Trump turf in ailing Appalachia, faces backlash over Obama's 'war on coal'
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talked to steel workers in the Appalachian region about their economic struggles on Monday, as she tried to win over blue-collar voters in a part of the country where support for Republican Donald Trump is strong.
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WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2016
Trump says it's over for Cruz before Indiana, urges voters to back his 'mandate for genius'
Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Indiana, Arkansas approve religious-freedom laws that some call discriminatory
Indiana and Arkansas revised on Thursday new religious freedom acts that had drawn criticism from rights groups and U.S. companies that assailed them as discriminatory against gays.

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