By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Responding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and clo…
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Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a lin…
2 nuke plants, 1 bribery scandal, no answers: Towns on edge
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — For much of the past four years, the residents of a pair of villages along Lake Erie have been on edge over the fate of their nuclear plants, which …
Ohio Statehouse, state offices to close amid protest threat
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Statehouse and other state buildings in downtown Columbus will be closed through Inauguration D…
Cleveland school therapist charged in Capitol Hill riots
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland school occupational therapist who resigned after the riots at the U.S. Capitol was charged Thursday with taking part in the breach. Christine Priola, 49, was arrested at h…
Ohio to roll out online tool to look up vaccine locations
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is rolling out an online tool to allow state residents to look up locations where the coronavirus vaccine is available by county and…
Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinated
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, TERRY TANG and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers beg…
Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
By ED WHITE, DAVID EGGERT and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after …
Ohio gov. activates National Guard ahead of potential riots
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JULIE CARR SMYTH Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine activated 580 National Guard members Tuesday in preparation for what the FBI iden…
Union still deciding action on officer fired in Hill’s death
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The union that represents Columbus police officers hasn’t decided yet whether to formally challenge the firing of the officer who s…