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Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women
By: Alison Kodjak | NPR
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To protect a developing fetus from experimental drugs or treatments that might cause birth defects, pregnant women aren’t included in many clinical trials. But that limits the safety evidence, too.

Help Wanted: White House Chief Of Staff
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump is hunting for his third chief of staff in less than two years. So far, he is not finding many takers. “You have to wonder who would want to take this job,” said one scholar.

DeWine Doesn’t Promise To Restore Funding Cuts To Counties
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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With just over a month before he takes office, Gov.-elect Mike DeWine spoke to the leaders of the state’s 88 counties – who plan to pressure him for more funding… Read More

Some “Heartbeat Bill” Supporters Want Lawmakers To Work On Christmas Day If Necessary
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Backers of the so called “Heartbeat Bill,” legislation that bans abortion at the point a fetal heartbeat is detected, are getting some help from evangelical leaders. And they are sending a strong… Read More

Audit: $5 Million IOU As West Virginia Missed FEMA Deadlines
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A state audit says West Virginia’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management didn’t comply with federal regulations, forcing localities to pay for disaster relief. The… Read More

Beshear Donates $14,000 To Atone For Tainted Contributions
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general says he has donated more than $14,000 from his 2015 campaign fund to make up for tainted contributions orchestrated by his former… Read More

Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Jason Walker spends $50 per month on bottled water. He spends three hours each week standing by the small stream that runs near his house, pumping creek water into a… Read More

Rising Country Star Rhyan Sinclair Headed to Casa Dec. 15
By: Emily Votaw
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2018 has been a big year for 17-year-old Rhyan Sinclair. Not only has she released her debut album, Barnstormer, she also has just released a shorter album full of holiday… Read More

Darlene Love to Plead ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ to OU Dec. 11
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., Darlene Love will bring her number one, Phil Spector produced holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” to the Templeton Blackburn Memorial… Read More

FC Cincinnati Soccer Team to Hold Groundbreaking for Stadium
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – FC Cincinnati says it will officially break ground on the team’s new stadium site this month. The event will occur at marked entrances near the rear of… Read More

Landowners Alongside Ohio Pipeline File Lawsuit Against It
By: Associated Press
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) – Several landowners along northeast Ohio’s NEXUS gas pipeline are suing the pipeline’s owner and its construction company, saying the companies broke agreements. Michael Thompson, the Canton-area… Read More

Top Tunes ’18: Michelle Waters
Wow! 2018 has come and gone, and it’s about time we reflect on our favorite sounds of the past year. Leading up through the end of the year, WOUB Culture… Read More

Ohio Lawmakers OK Bill Creating Database of Violent Offenders
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio lawmakers have approved the creation of a statewide database of violent offenders under legislation named for a college student who disappeared while bicycling and was… Read More

Radio Free Athens: a Playlist for December 8, 2018
Every weekend volunteer DJs fill the airwaves with their favorite sounds. Check out this playlist curated based on what those volunteer music geeks were spinning this past weekend. This week, enjoy “Fanfare for… Read More

FBI Opens Investigation Into Alleged W. Va. Traffic Stop Beating
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia county prosecutor says the FBI has opened an investigation into a traffic stop involving two state police troopers and a sheriff’s deputy in… Read More

W. Va. Justices Take Fact-Finding Tour
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s newest Supreme Court justices are spending their first few weeks in office on a fact-finding tour. Court officials say Justices Evan Jenkins and Tim… Read More

Ohio Fifth-Highest In Drug Take Back Day Amounts
By: Associated Press
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Update 2:30 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – In a story Dec. 9 about Ohio drug collections, The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount of prescription drugs that was turned in…. Read More

Ohio Newspaper Shuts Down Print Operation After Photographer Shot
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio newspaper company has said it will no longer publish its local newspapers after the shooting of the newspapers’ photographer by a sheriff’s deputy who… Read More