By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The day Youngstown’s steel mills began shutting down 40 years ago remains fresh in the minds of those who live in the blue-collar corner of Ohio. Community leader…
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Woman who fled to U.S. from Asia gets college education
By CHARITA GOSHAY The Repository NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The road to a college graduation can be a long one, but none perhaps longer than the route taken by Dilafruz “Dilia” Samadova. Wh…
GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not
By GRANT SCHULTE and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors …
Dismissal of Ohio lawsuit against pipeline company is upheld
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio appeals court this week upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the state against the builders of a natural gas pipeline over spills of d…
Mom of boy missing since ’94 doubts claim man is her son
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Eds: MAJOR UPDATE: This story has been updated following an AP phone interview with the boy’s mother, who is unsure if the man is her son. A byline and contrib…
Ohio wins appeal rehearing on Down syndrome abortion ban
CINCINNATI (AP) — A full federal appeals court has agreed to rehear a case about an Ohio law that would prohibit doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. A federa…
Backers of gun background checks won’t try for 2020 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A gun safety group seeking a change of state law in Ohio to require background checks on virtually all guns sales said Friday that it now plans a 2021 ballot issue. Ohioans for G…
Police: 2 students arrested for false active shooter reports
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities arrested two 11-year-old students on suspicion of calling 911 with false reports of active shooters at three nearby schools. Newark police announced two students w…
Man claims to be Detroit boy reported missing since 1994
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A man has told police that he may be a Detroit boy reported missing by his mother at a suburban shopping mall a quarter-century ago. The man, whose name has not been released, to…
Foster care, mental health, guns on DeWine’s 2020 agenda
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will soon propose “rather dramatic changes” to the foster care system and significant additional investment in mental h…