By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio pressed forward Wednesday with their plan to make it harder to amend the state’s constit…
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FACT FOCUS: NYC crime is not worst ever, despite claims
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following Monday’s congressional hearing on violent crime in New York City, claims spread across social media that the bad old days are back in the n…
GOP states targeting diversity, equity efforts in higher ed
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Frustrated by college diversity initiatives he says are “fomenting radical and toxic divisions,” Texas state Rep. Carl Tepper set out to put an end to diversity, equi…
Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press CASA of Lexington has tried just about everything to find volunteers to serve as advocates for abused and neglected children with the Kentucky nonprof…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
Drama plagues bid to restrict changes to Ohio Constitution
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s constitution is caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential…
Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills
By LAURA UNGAR and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they will continue to provide the most common type of abo…
Judge temporarily blocks clean water rule in 24 states
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is intended to protect thousands of small streams, wetlan…
Michigan researchers find 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan researchers have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake Superior in 1914 and hope the discovery will lead them to a third…
Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judic…