COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s debut of its new license plate failed to take off — because a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers’ historic first…
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EXPLAINER: How mental illness law is changing Ohio death row
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe mental illness at the time of their crime has begun seeing its first im…
Cities seek to loosen rules on spending federal pandemic aid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press At the Loma Verde Recreation Center south of San Diego, demolition work is underway on a $24 million project that will rebuild the facility from the ground up, comple…
Democrats push for action on sexual assault lawsuit bills
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House Democrats are calling for action on legislation that would remove time limits restricting when sexual assault victims could file la…
Q&A: La Nina’s back and it’s not good for parts of dry West
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West and …
A look at Ohio bills aimed at restricting teaching of racism
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A pair of Republican-backed bills in the Ohio House would restrict how the topic of racism is taught in K-12 schools as part of a conserv…
Ghost towns: Nursing home staffing falls amid pandemic
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — When Natalie Walters arrived at her father’s nursing home, the parking lot was nearly empty and, inside, the elevator made no stops. On the 13…
Instagram and teens: How to keep your kids safe
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers…
Hearings resume on Ohio House anti-vaccine mandate bill
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The right of individuals to decline the coronavirus vaccine and the right of businesses to require it as a condition of employment are at…
Ex-Trump aide files defamation suit over abuse allegations
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Trump aide and congressional candidate in Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit over allegations of physical abuse that his former gir…