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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis…
Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns in days
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers t…
Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Danielle Russell was in the emergency department at an Arizona hospital last fall, sick with COVID-19, when she made the mista…
Ohio GOP Senate hopeful: Middle class doesn’t pay fair share
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don’t pay “a…
EXPLAINER: Why disputed maps won’t stop Ohio’s May 3 primary
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Despite the uncertainty raised over the date of Ohio’s primary election, the state is ready to move forward with early voting Tuesday for a l…
African refugees see racial bias as US welcomes Ukrainians
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Wilfred Tebah doesn’t begrudge the U.S. for swiftly granting humanitarian protections to Ukrainians escaping Russia’s devastating invasion of their homeland. But the…
Firm pays back $20M, insists petrochemical project viable
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical has repaid Ohio’s private economic development office $20 millio…
Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long…
Witness: Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty to planning a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told jurors Wednesday that he and his allies wanted to attack before the 2020 election …
Attorneys: Utility’s ex-CEO planned payments in Ohio scandal
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp.’s former chief executive and a top official masterminded payments to public officials in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to …
Democratic gains in legislative maps might not last long
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the nation’s congressional maps may be short-lived, creati…
Ohio pauses preparations for May 3 primary amid map flap
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official is pausing certain preparations for the May 3 primary in the face of a court decisioninvalidating a third…