By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years after a stampede left 11 people dead and 23 injured at a Who concert in Cincinnati, Pete Townshend says he’s always regretted not sticking …
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Cleveland-Cliffs buying AK Steel in $1.1B stock deal
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs will buy AK Steel in a stock deal valued at about $1.1 billion. The companies say the tie-up will create a vertically integrated company that pairs Cleveland-Cliff’s …
Report: Lobbyists aided lawmakers with health care columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lobbyists were involved in drafting or revising opinion columns about health care written by state lawmakers in Montana and Ohio, officials said. Lobbyists were involved in producing…
Logging company buys 550K acres of UP timberland for $300M
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A New Hampshire-based logging company has purchased more than a half-million acres (202,342 hectares) of timberland in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser Co…
Rock tragedy: Music superstars, small suburb forever linked
By DAN SEWELL Associated Press FINNEYTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The concrete bench in a small northern Cincinnati suburb depicts a guitar, with the message “My Generation” just below it. In the background are …
Ohio man graduates from felony veterans treatment court
By KEVIN GRASHA The Cincinnati Enquirer CINCINNATI (AP) — For five decades after his honorable discharge from the Marines in 1970, Gano Gibson lived with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder. Gi…
Michigan, Illinois set to usher in recreational pot sales
By DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — James Daly is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the leng…
Trooper accused of misusing database amid split from wife
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors say an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper misused a law enforcement database to look up information about his estranged wife’s acquaintances while on duty. Brian Bracy, of …
Firefighter’s lesson saved 2 lives before his own death
By MICHAEL K. McINTYRE The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND (AP) — Nine-year-old Troy Cavadas was in the burn unit of MetroHealth Medical Center, sitting next to the bed where his father, Jed, lay, when Columbi…
Official: Russian-owned company attempted Ohio election hack
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio detected and thwarted an election-related cyber attack earlier this month, the state’s elections chief said. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the “relat…