JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is challenging a group of roughly 450 like-minded conservative political donors to advocate for ending “corporate cronyism” – policies that in many cases help their businesses.

Along with his brother David, Koch has long pressed for a federal government that collects fewer taxes and issues fewer regulations.

He told a group of donors at a conference Saturday south of Los Angeles that cutting back special treatment for business is the first step to ending a “two-tiered society” and encouraging “principled entrepreneurship”

The Koch brothers and their network of donors are preparing to spend $890 million to influence elections next year. As such, among those in attendance were several of the GOP candidates for president, including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former business executive Carly Fiorina.

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s lasted six years. But now welcome relief from rising U.S. health care costs seems to be winding down.

Health care spending will outpace the nation’s overall economic growth over the next decade, the government forecast on Tuesday. That could be a problem for the next president, not to mention millions of other Americans.

Projections from experts at the Health and Human Services Department cite several reasons, including:

— Expanded insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s law.

— An aging population.

— Stronger general economic growth.

Expensive new drugs for hepatitis C add to the cost pressures.

By 2019, midway through the next president’s term, health care spending will be increasing at roughly 6 percent a year, compared to an average annual rise of 4 percent from 2008 through 2013.

DETROIT (AP) — In the age of Apple’s CarPlay, a lot of cars on the road still have tape decks. IHS Automotive says the average vehicle in the U.S. is now a record 11.5 years old. The consulting firm says that’s a sign of the cars’ increased reliability and the sharp drop in new car sales during the recession.

Drivers behind the wheel of older cars aren’t enjoying some of the latest advanced safety features or infotainment systems found in newer cars. But then they don’t have to worry about hackers finding their way in to the car’s computer network through the cassette or CD player.

ST. JOHN, Kan. (AP) — A small Kansas town finally has the spelling it desires.

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names this month officially changed the spelling of the small Stafford County town of St. John back to its original spelling.

The Wichita Eagle reports the town was spelled St. John for nearly a century. But in the 1970s, the U.S. Postal Service inadvertently began spelling out Saint John while transitioning to computers that had no punctuation.

Last year, St. John High School alumni began a petition drive to get the Postal Service to change the town’s listing to the abbreviated version. The Postal Service made the change quickly but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names declined to make the change until it met in early July.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has reached the final phase of a competition for a large federal grant that would be used to ease flooding in the Manhattan area.

The state Agriculture Department says the state’s grant application to remodel the Wildcat Creek Watershed to address flooding reached the final phase of a Department of Housing and Urban Development competition. The grant could bring up to $40 million of emergency and long-range improvement money into the Manhattan area.

The Manhattan Mercury reports the money comes from a $1 billion surplus from the federal government’s efforts to rebuild portions of the East Coast after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Manhattan and Riley County qualified because of the Wildcat Creek flood in 2011.

HUD’s expected to announce the awards in January.

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 322,000 sedans worldwide because side air bags can inflate if doors are slammed too hard.

The recall covers certain Dodge Chargers from the 2011 to 2014 model years, mainly in the U.S. and Canada.

Last week, more than 843,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks were recalled for the same problem. The company says the Charger recall came from an internal investigation launched because of the truck recall.

Fiat Chrysler says the air bag control modules may be too sensitive and need to be recalibrated. The company says it knows of three minor injuries from the problem.

Owners will be notified when they can bring cars in for repairs. In the meantime, the company says people should use caution when closing doors.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Wichita police officer who fatally shot a man last year will not face charges.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Friday the officer who shot 40-year-old Chad Leichhardt at a Haysville apartment was lawfully defending a woman being threatened by Leichhardt.

Investigators say Leichhardt was holding his girlfriend with a knife to her throat and threatening to kill her when the officer shot him last August.

Bennett says the woman was afraid for her life and other officers at the scene thought Leichhardt might kill her. He says the knife was at the woman’s throat until the officer fired a single shot, killing Leichhardt.

The officer’s name has not been released. He’s an 18-year police veteran and was the senior officer at the scene.