By JAY REEVES and KAT STAFFORD Associated Press As protests grip the nation, officers have doused crowds with pepper spray, struck protesters with batons, steered police cars into throngs, shoved demo…
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Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in protests
By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials sought to determine Sunday whether extremist groups had infiltrated police brutality protests across …
Groceries, not guns: Guard challenge includes misinformation
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As members of the Ohio National Guard headed into the field this spring to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, guard members faced anoth…
Governor calls out Ohio National Guard amid protests
COLUMBUS (AP) — The governor of Ohio said he was calling out the Ohio National Guard and also asking the highway patrol to help enforce laws in Columbus as the mayor of that city and Cleveland both an…
Veteran AP journalist Alvin Orton Jr. dies in Ohio at age 84
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Al Orton, a veteran Associated Press journalist who spent much of his career on the overnight shift, mentoring dozens of reporters along …
Columbus protest over George Floyd’s death turns violent
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Protesters angry over the death of George Floydin Minneapolis police custody turned out for a demonstration in Columbus that began peacef…
Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario that is fue…
About 1.3 million Ohioans file jobless claims over 10 weeks
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — About 1.3 million people filed unemployment claims in the past 10 weeks as Ohio’s economy cratered during stay-at-home or…
Human services chief: jobless claims came ‘in a tsunami’
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio faced an unprecedented surge in unemployment claims almost overnight as the pandemic led to widespread business shutdowns, leaving the sta…
‘Master Thief’ burglar hopes to catch break on sentence
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A self-described “master thief” career criminal is hoping to catch a break on his prison sentence from burglarizing a Brink’s warehouse d…