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Breweries Call for Stronger Clean Water Policies
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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Several craft beer companies gathered at Land Grant Brewing in Columbus to urge government leaders for help in protecting the waterways. As Colin Vent with Seventh Son Brewing explains, most… Read More
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Appeals Board Sets Value Of Gov. Bevin’s Home At $2 Million
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – An appeals board says the home Gov. Matt Bevin purchased from a friend and campaign donor last year is worth $2 million. Bevin paid $1.6 million… Read More
![Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. On Tuesday, Facebook announced it had shut down accounts using deceptive behavior to stir political division in the U.S., with evidence they are linked to Russia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ap_18085723825325-defe0062b88a2f06fc4cc677a73013bce75ba9c1-e1533058197345-900x422.jpg)
Facebook Says It Removed Pages Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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The activity on Facebook and Instagram included organizing counter-protests for a white nationalist rally in Washington. There’s evidence of links to previous Russian disinformation efforts.
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Inmate Wants Mandatory Payments Decreased
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments on behalf of a death row inmate who wants his court-ordered payments adjusted, saying he’s so poor he can’t… Read More
![At Shanghai's weekly "marriage market," parents advertise their unmarried adult children with signs taped to umbrellas. Chinese parents and the government are doing what they can to reverse the trend of falling marriage rates. The sign above the entrance reads: "Comprehensively manage the marriage market, maintain the order of the park together."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1452-3-f6d3d4722f92e89f3f855ef163e02f0e6558e9c1-e1533054674586-900x422.jpg)
WOUB • WORLD: China’s Marriage Rate Plummets As Women Stay Single Longer
By: Rob Schmitz | NPR
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“Before, in China, you married to survive,” says a Shanghai magazine editor. “Now I’m living well by myself, so I have higher expectations in marriage.”
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LA-bound LeBron Leaves Lasting Gift, Akron ‘Always Home’
By: Associated Press
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James stood on a stage near one of the streets he walked as a troubled kid and looked out at thousands of faces. He felt… Read More
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Group Seeks To Halt Prayers At West Virginia Council Meeting
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia city that opens its council meetings with The Lord’s Prayer is being sued by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The Madison, Wisconsin-based group… Read More
![Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., for a hearing on June 15.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-975252262manafort-a40045fb41aef674d2d2414b74868ba10b47cb29-e1533054183220-900x422.jpg)
Manafort Trial Begins, Ushering In New Phase In Mueller Probe
By: Carrie Johnson | Ryan Lucas | Miles Parks | NPR
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The bank and tax fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is the first prosecution by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office to go to trial.
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2nd West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Faces Fraud Charge
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second West Virginia Supreme Court justice is facing federal felony charges related to the personal use of state-owned vehicles and fuel cards. U.S Attorney Mike… Read More
![Good hospice care at the end of life can be a godsend to patients and their families, all agree, whether the care comes at home, or at an inpatient facility like this AIDS hospice. Still, oversight of the industry is important, federal investigators say.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-86080446-hospice-808e20139d506a7e49973e9382746e5ed3fd5a9b-e1533054422348-900x422.jpg)
HHS Inspector General’s Report Finds Flaws And Fraud In U.S. Hospice Care
By: Ina Jaffe | NPR
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Medicare pays more than $16 billion a year for hospice services. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services says hospice patients don’t always get the care they’re promised.
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WATCH: Building A Probe That Will Survive A Trip To The Sun
By: Becky Harlan | Maia Stern | Madeline K. Sofia | NPR
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The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but we still have a lot to learn about it. So this summer, NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe closer to the sun than we have ever been before.
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Cleveland to Begin Citing Residents for Improper Recycling
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – Cleveland is ready to cite residents for improper recycling to address the growing problem of contaminated recyclables. The city’s citation program begins Wednesday after several weeks of… Read More
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Light Green: Medical Marijuana Cultivator Can Begin Planting
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – State regulators have given the green light to a northeast Ohio medical marijuana cultivator so that it can start planting its crop. Ohio’s Department of Commerce… Read More
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PBS Nominated for 44 News & Documentary Emmys®
PBS programs received 44 nominations for the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, the most earned by any organization. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced… Read More