By CUNEYT DIL Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Six large regions nationwide that have economies reliant on fossil fuels have been targeted for federal investment and aid to create renewable e…
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Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statem…
GOP-backed voting law rewrite in Ohio offers mix of changes
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A significant rewrite of Ohio’s election laws will call for prohibiting off-site ballot drop boxes, eliminating a day of early voting a…
Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and…
Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healing
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started sp…
Man pleads guilty in fatal shootings of 8 from Ohio family
By MARK GILLISPIE and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press A man pleaded guilty Thursday in the murders of his child’s mother and seven members of her family in 2016 — a grisly crime that spread terror acr…
EXPLAINER: Training limits officer’s choice for deadly force
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The second-guessing of a Columbus police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl Tuesday as she swung a knife toward another girl …
Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and…
Police kill Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera footage from other officers released Wednesday in the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia …
Ohio Supreme Court takes case over voting machines purchase
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A dispute over the purchase of voting machines tied to unfounded allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election has reached the O…