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Attorneys: Utility’s ex-CEO planned payments in Ohio scandal

By JOHN SEEWERMarch 23, 2022 GMT

Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp.'s former chief executive and a top official masterminded payments to public officials in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to win a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants, attorneys representing investors in the utility said Wednesday.

University begins taking applications for new president

December 29, 2021 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia State University has begun taking applications for its next president.

Interested parties have until Feb. 11 to apply “for full consideration,” according to a presidential search timeline, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

Texts detail how Ohio regulator gave FirstEnergy inside help

By MARK GILLISPIE and JULIE CARR SMYTHOctober 21, 2021 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Newly surfaced texts between FirstEnergy Corp. executives detail a series of favors delivered to the company by Ohio's top utility regulator, a man under scrutiny in an ongoing federal corruption probe.

CEO, Speaker worked closely to pass tainted energy bill

By MARK GILLISPIEJuly 30, 2021 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — One was a millionaire CEO of a large publicly traded utility looking for 11th-hour help to save two nuclear power plants that hung like millstones around the neck of his company’s bottom line.

FirstEnergy fires another executive over consulting contract

By MARK GILLISPIEMay 27, 2021 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — A FirstEnergy senior vice president was fired Thursday for her “inaction” regarding a 2015 amendment to a “purported” consulting contract with someone who was later appointed as Ohio's top utility regulator, the company announced in a U.S.

FirstEnergy Corp sets goal to become carbon free by 2050

By MARK GILLISPIENovember 13, 2020 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid intense scrutiny of the roles company officials played in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to obtain a $1 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants, Ohio's largest electric utility has announced a goal to become “carbon neutral” by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030...

FirstEnergy had big stake in tainted nuclear plant bailout

By MARK GILLISPIE and JOHN SEEWERAugust 27, 2020 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — FirstEnergy Corp. was once blamed for its part in triggering North America's largest blackout nearly 20 years ago...

Sanders plans jobs rally with union leader in Indianapolis

August 17, 2017 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning an Indiana rally with a labor union leader who clashed with President Donald Trump over job cuts at the Carrier Corp. factory in Indianapolis...

Can appreciation of animation get beyond kiddie fare and edgy humor?

By Tyler RowlandGeneration NextOctober 7, 2016 GMT

Whether you consider the true origins of film animation to be the advent of Athanasius Kircher’s “magic lantern” at the turn of the 17th century or Émile Cohl’s 1908 animated hand-drawn cartoon Fantasmagorie, one thing is certain: Cartoons have captivated audiences of all ages for well over 100 years.