Ohio rape trial focuses on girl's intoxication
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The trial of two Ohio high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl began as a contest between prosecutors insisting the girl was too drunk to consent to sex and defense attorneys portraying her as someone who was intoxicated but still in control of her actions.
Ohio woman, 106, finally gets high school diploma
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 106-year-old central Ohio woman who completed classes but didn't graduate in a dispute over a book has received her high school diploma.
Ohio Catholic leaders applaud new Pope Francis
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Catholic leaders in Ohio are praising the new pope from Argentina.
Feds, Ohio hospital settle HIV discrimination case
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ROCK CREEK, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio hospital accused of discrimination by refusing to allow someone with HIV into an alcohol treatment program will pay more than $32,000 in a settlement.
Donations go to funerals for Ohio teens in crash
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WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Members of a northeast Ohio community are offering monetary and in-kind donations to help the families of six teenagers killed when a speeding sport utility vehicle crashed into a pond.
Ohio commerce director to lead development agency
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's director of commerce will soon become the head of the state's Development Services Agency.
Prosecutor: Ohio school rape victim didn't consent
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was "substantially impaired" after an alcohol-fueled party, was unable to consent to sex and suffered humiliation and degradation when she was raped by two high school football players, a prosecutor said Wednesday in her opening statement at the boys' trial.
A look at some recent stats on teen driving deaths
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The deaths of six teens in Ohio came the same day as an accident in Texas that killed five and a day before an Illinois crash killed four. Three teenagers died days earlier in Indiana when police said two pickups ran a four-way stop and collided. Here is a look at some recent teen driving deaths statistics from the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices: