CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo is using the third birthday of its beloved hippo, born premature, as a way to raise money for Australian wildlife affected by the recent bushfires. Instead of send…
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Ohio ballot effort underway to streamline voter registration
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans would be automatically registered to vote when conducting business at state Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices if voters approve a proposed ballot measure to change aspects…
Federal government backs Ohio on Down syndrome abortion law
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The federal government took Ohio’s side Tuesday in a lawsuit over a state law prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a …
Teen dead in chimney was missing 2 days before first report
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager who police believe got accidentally trapped in the chimney of a vacant home and who was found dead after a three-week search was no…
Legislator proposes gun restrictions, gets threatening memes
HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio state representative who has proposed gun restrictions said he found memes that he considers threatening printed out and placed in his mailbox. Rep. Casey Weinstein, a Demo…
Feds allow use of opioid funds to stem meth, cocaine surge
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation’s drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked…
What’s hiding in Ohio police department’s evidence room?
By KAITLIN DURBIN The Blade TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Every time Sgt. Edward Mack passes the box of evidence in Jane Doe’s unsolved 1987 homicide, he raps his knuckles on the cardboard and tells her, “I’ll …
Disabled couples navigate red tape on way to altar
By RITA PRICE The Columbus Dispatch LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — As the wedding photographer snapped away, Sherri and Bill Adams leaned over their wheelchairs for a kiss. One felt good, so they enjoyed ano…
Records reveal concerns of deceased GOP redistricting expert
By DAVID A. LIEB and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican victories in state legislative and gubernatorial elections in 2010 put them in a commanding position the next ye…
Ohio State doctor abuse investigation, suits have cost $9.8M
By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The investigation and related lawsuits about alleged sexual abuse decades ago by an Ohio State University team doctor have cost nearly $10 mill…