By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unsuccessfully pushed a last-minute compromise with fellow Republican lawmakers over a bill re…
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Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The suspect in the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket was convicted of assaulting a high school classmate but still got a gun. The man accused of opening…
Ohio auditor: Release separate COVID-19 death category data
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Health Department should begin releasing data on coronavirus deaths in two categories: those whose death was caused by COVID-19,…
Family: lawsuit over police killing of teen must continue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The white Ohio police officer who shot and killed 13-year-old Tyre King does not have legal immunity from claims in a civil rights lawsuit brought by the Black teenager’s g…
GOP lawmakers give DeWine first override over health bill
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP lawmakers on Wednesday made good on their promise to check the authority of fellow Republican G…
Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small swatch of fabric from the…
EXPLAINER: How states are seeking to loosen controls on guns
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado that left at least 18 people dead since last week are reigniting calls from gun control advocates for tighter restrictions on…
Biden expands ‘Obamacare’ by cutting health insurance costs
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that his $1.9 trillion rescue package would build on the promise of the Afford…
US colleges tout hopes for return to new normal this fall
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Colleges throughout the U.S. are assuring students that the fall semester will bring a return to in-person classes, intramural sports and mostly ful…
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group
By CLAUDIA LAUER and THALIA BEATY Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizi…