By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Legal arguments for and against Ohio’s new maps of state legislative districts centered Wednesday on whether it was okay for a powerful…
AP All-Big Ten: Walker, Stroud, Hutchinson take top honors
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud are The Associated Press Big Ten co-offensive players of the year, and the Spartan…
Could others be charged, liable in Michigan school shooting?
By ED WHITE Associated Press A prosecutor continues to criticize the decision to keep a teenager in a Michigan school before a shooting that killed four students last week, raising questions about whe…
Buckeyes’ Stroud 1 of 4 Heisman Trophy finalists
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett and Ohio State quarterback C…
‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies
By AARON MORRISON, HELEN WIEFFERING and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Eight years after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Geoffrey Easterling remains astonished by the Confede…
AP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world
By KRISTIN M. HALL, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the president…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
The Associated Press Kyle Rittenhouse did not sue LeBron James for defamation CLAIM: Federal magistrate approved Kyle Rittenhouse’s $110 Million defamation suit against LeBron James. THE FACTS: No suc…
US jobless rate sinks to 4.2% as many more people find jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow thei…
Roe v. Wade nearly fell 30 years ago. Can it survive again?
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — We’ve been here before, with the fate of abortion rights throughout the United States in doubt and awaiting a decision by th…
What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
By TOM KRISHER Associated Press What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S.? It’s on hold indefinitely because of legal challenges, but employers can still require the shots. T…