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Walmart Chief Responds To Furor Over Treatment Of Greeters With Disabilities
By: Alina Selyukh | NPR
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Store managers are told to make “every effort” to offer new job options as the greeter position goes away. Workers and their families tell NPR about chaos and anxiety of being in limbo.
Otto Warmbier’s Parents Dispute Trump’s Seeming Absolution Of Kim Jong Un
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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“Now we must speak out,” Fred and Cindy Warmbier said after President Trump said he believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not have anything to do with Otto Warmbier’s death.
Could Your Mindset Affect How Well A Treatment Works?
By: Esther Landhuis | NPR
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Researchers are learning that attitude can have measurable effects on health. For a food allergy therapy, thinking of stressful side effects as positive signals helped patients complete the treatment.
YouTube Bans Comments On Videos Deemed Vulnerable To Pedophiles Amid Ad Pullback
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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YouTube says it has already disabled comments on “tens of millions of videos that could be subject to predatory behavior.”
Serving Survivors: In Rural States, Telemedicine Brings Treatment For Sexual Abuse
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Gillette, Wyoming, isn’t the kind of place you just happen to come across. “It’s about a four hour drive through vast, unimpacted, wide, sweeping plains,” said Matt Gray, a professor… Read More
Kentucky Lawmakers Approve NRA-Backed Concealed Carry Bill
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training. The bill, backed by the National… Read More
Sherrod Brown Wrapping Up Tour Of Early Primary States
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is starting the final leg of his tour of the early presidential primary and caucus states. As he visits South Carolina, Brown says he’s learned a… Read More
Man Who Struck, Killed Ohio Police Officer Pleads Guilty
By: Associated Press
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PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) – A man who struck and killed an Ohio police officer directing traffic and then fled the scene has pleaded guilty to charges. Twenty-four-year-old Brian Anthony, of… Read More
DOJ: Kentucky Jail Uses Excessive Force on Inmates
By: Associated Press
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CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says an investigation found evidence that a Kentucky jail routinely uses excessive force against inmates through the use of chemical agents,… Read More
Ohio Prison Inmates, Staff Treated for Carbon Monoxide
By: Associated Press
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CALDWELL, Ohio (AP) – Officials say 29 inmates and four staff members have been treated for exposure to carbon monoxide at a medium-security state prison in southeastern Ohio. The Marietta… Read More
Yost Joins Two Federal Court Cases Dealing With Gun Regulations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state has joined two briefings filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on cases dealing with gun ownership and regulations. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says one of the legal… Read More
Diocese Releases Names of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A Roman Catholic diocese based in Ohio’s capital city has made public the names of 34 priests it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing… Read More
The Crooked Spines Release ‘Bent Out of Shape’
By: Emily Votaw
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Memories can be slippery things, something that The Crooked Spines‘ frontman and chief songwriter Conor Stratton knows all too well, and has expressed poignantly, in the band’s first single, “Bent Out… Read More
Ohio Auditor: Owner of Coventry Lane Home Owes OU $20k
By: Susan Tebben
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An audit from the state shows a local landlord owes Ohio University more than $20,000 after improperly billing for work done on a Coventry Lane home leased for the former… Read More
Gunshot Detection Coming To Ohio Police
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s capital city is continuing its rollout of a system that can quickly detect gunshots and their source. Police in Columbus said Thursday the ShotSpotter detection… Read More
Judge: Police-Level Weapons Training Too Much For Teachers
By: Associated Press
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge has ruled an Ohio school district’s policy allowing trained teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons in school doesn’t need to require the many… Read More
Jacey Justice Carries Peebles Past Waterford
By: David Butz
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High school basketball in the great state of Ohio isn’t about a player’s highlights or stats, it’s about a players passion and their will to win. On Thursday night, the… Read More
Athens’ Memorable Season Comes to a Close
By: Joey Madore
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A sectional title along with cutting down the nets as conference champions is a successful year for any team. But for this years’ Athens Bulldogs it was even more special… Read More