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‘Urban explorer’ finds 89 sets of ashes in abandoned church
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio investigators have found the cremated remains of 89 people stored in boxes and bags at an abandoned church in Akron, authorities said. The rema…
Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn congressional map
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map was rejected by the state’s high court Friday, giving hope to national Democrats who ha…
Ohio governor facing primary: No pandemic response regrets
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic even if Republican voters…
Biden to double free COVID tests, add masks to fight omicron
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the government will double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americ…
Ohio takes big step by sending body cams to all its prisons
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will deploy more than 5,000 body cameras in all 28 prisons and its adult parole authority offices by May, the state corrections agen…
Honda exec: High auto prices may drop, but not dramatically
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Honda expects its factories to make more vehicles this year despite a computer chip shortage and supply chain troubles. But because it’s starting the…
Ohio marijuana legalization campaign adds more signatures
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group seeking to legalize marijuana possession and cultivation in Ohio submitted nearly 30,000 additional signatures to state officials in an effort to put the issue in front o…
2 former top executives to repay thousands to Columbus Zoo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former top officials will repay thousands of dollars to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium after audits found improper spending and questionable business practices cost the instit…
Court can consider Ohio death row inmate’s juror bias claims
CINCINNATI (AP) — The claims of juror bias by an Ohio death row inmate who killed two girls in a robbery including a 3-year-old can be further explored, a divided federal appeals court ruled. At issue…
Partisan divide on COVID policy widens in state legislatures
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Democratic-led Washington state, just four lawmakers were present in the 98-member House this week as they convened a mostly remote sess…
Democrats try to stamp out school closures as omicron surges
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press When Chicago teachers voted to work remotely last week to protest COVID-19 safety protections in the nation’s third-largest school district, De…
Police find no evidence Dayton mass shooter targeted sister
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The gunman who killed nine people in 2019 outside a crowded strip of nightclubs in Dayton apparently shot all his victims — including his younger sister — at random, po…
