By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Some people heading to Thanksgiving gatherings predict it’s not just the turkey that will get roasted. Already polarized over Republican Donald T…
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AP: Catholic boards hailed as fix for sex abuse often fail
By REESE DUNKLIN, MATT SEDENSKY and MITCH WEISS Associated Press Facing thousands of cases of clergy sex abuse, U.S. Catholic leaders addressed their greatest crisis in the modern era with a promised …
Families of inmates who died, hurt at jail seek answers
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (AP) — Families of inmates who died or were seriously injured at a small Ohio county jail in the last year are seeking answers about what happened t…
Lawmaker: Ohio State should do ‘right thing’ for abused men
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives says he wants Ohio State University to “do the right thing” for men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team docto…
Medical board taking longer to review sex misconduct cases
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The State Medical Board of Ohio says it will need to work past an original February deadline to finish reviewing about 2,000 closed cases of alleged sexual misconduct or impropri…
Sketching live animals helps college students hone talents
By ERIC LAGATTA The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All eyes were on Luther as he entered the classroom, his mouth agape, tongue lolling to the side. As the black-coated wolf hybrid sized up h…
Ohio says study finds many pregnancy deaths were preventable
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Health says nearly 200 women died from pregnancy-related causes over a recent eight-year period and many of their deaths were preventable. A report the dep…
Ohio House OKs bill expanding religious freedom in schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has approved a bill expanding religious freedom in public schools and allow students to engage in religious expression in their school assignm…
AP Exclusive: FBI eyes how Pennsylvania approved pipeline
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion…
State agency says Ohio suicide deaths rose 45% since 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of suicides in Ohio increased 45% from 2007 to 2018 amid a growing national public health crisis, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of He…