LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — It's a big day for General Motors in Ohio as it launches its Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan at its factory near Youngstown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a man wanted in a bow-and-arrow assault has surrendered in Georgia.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Hermine began to lose its punch as it pushed north Tuesday, after causing landslides in northeast Mexico and leaving one Texas town almost entirely without power.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The girlfriend and parents of an Ohio Marine say they were informed over the weekend that he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

CHICAGO (AP) — Experts are set to testify in a federal lawsuit in Chicago, where five states are asking a judge to close Illinois shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes.