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Wounded West Virginia Trooper Kills Fugitive in Gunfight
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POCAHONTAS COUNTY, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia state trooper has killed a man who shot him during a pursuit in the woods. The West Virginia State Police… Read More
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FBI Reviewing Ohio Shooter’s Interest in Violent Ideology
By: John Seewer | Kantele Franko | AP
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators… Read More
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Protesting Blackjewel Miners To Get Some Overdue Pay From Bankruptcy Sale
By: Brittany Patterson | Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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More than a thousand coal miners left unpaid by the abrupt bankruptcy of Blackjewel mining could soon be getting some – but not all – of the money they are… Read More
![Mourners bring flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19218610659782-e1565121795868-900x422.jpg)
Mass Shootings Can Be Contagious, Research Shows
By: Rhitu Chatterjee | NPR
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Unfortunately it may not be a coincidence that several mass shooting incidents took place in one week. Research shows perpetrators are often inspired by media coverage of other shootings.
![Authorities work the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19216331282803-e1564936771508-900x422.jpg)
37 People Treated for Injuries in Ohio Shooting
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Ohio hospital officials say 37 people have been treated for injuries connected to the mass shooting in Dayton over the weekend. Authorities have said 14 people… Read More
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Deportation Journeys Wind Through Ohio Detention Facilities
By: M.L. Schultze | WKSU
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Ohio is far from the U.S. southern border, but the policies and practices there are playing out here daily. The Cleveland Immigration Court has a caseload numbering in the thousands. Ohio jails… Read More
![Advocates of stricter gun legislation hold a candlelight vigil for victims of recent mass shootings outside the headquarters of the National Rifle Association on Monday in Fairfax, Va.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gettyimages-1166303783-6b0e320f5f3cba00a35b4c3a13284b4809529258-e1565107955106-900x422.jpg)
With NRA’s Internal Turmoil, Opponents See Opportunity To Advance Gun Restrictions
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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Gun control groups say the National Rifle Association has been “distracted” by recent investigations, financial troubles and turnover. But the organization clearly still holds sway in Washington, D.C.
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Second Career: Becoming a Sorority or Fraternity House Director
By: Diane Eastabrook/Next Avenue
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The ‘house mother’ job is now for both sexes, with decent pay and perks When I was in college in the early 1980s I had a second mother, so… Read More
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Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88
By: Karen Grigsby Bates | NPR
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Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Preschool Teacher Sentenced Over Playground Fighting Video
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a former teacher at an Ohio preschool accused of recording and posting a video online of children fighting at the school playground has been… Read More
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GOP Governor Urges Gun Sale Background Checks
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is responding to the mass shooting in Dayton by urging the GOP-led state Legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for… Read More
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Kentucky AG Rules Education Department Violated Records Act
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s Attorney General’s Office has ruled the state’s Education Department violated the Open Records Act by not properly fulfilling a request for staff sick leave records…. Read More
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Kentucky Pension Law Seen as ‘Negative’ for Credit Rating
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s new pension law looms as a “negative” for the state’s credit rating, according to a credit rating agency’s report. Gov. Matt Bevin, who urged lawmakers… Read More
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California Man With Marijuana in Suitcase Sentenced in W.Va.
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A California man who admitted having about 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) of marijuana in his suitcase when he flew to West Virginia has been sentenced to… Read More
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Few Answers For Unpaid Miners After Day One of Blackjewel Sales Hearing
By: Brittany Patterson | Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Blackjewel coal miners will have to wait at least another day to learn if the sale of the bankrupt coal company’s mines and equipment will deliver their overdue paychecks. The… Read More
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Jon Anderson of YES Headed to People’s Bank Theater Aug. 16
By: Emily Votaw
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Jon Anderson is the legendary creative catalyst behind beloved progressive rock band YES, and he will be performing some of the most enduring YES hits as well as a few… Read More
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From Busking in NYC to Playing Festivals: Mike Wilbur of Moon Hooch
By: Emily Votaw
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Moon Hooch is an inventive instrumental trio from Brooklyn, NY that has been making unique saxophone and percussion-heavy music for almost 10 years. The band will return to Nelson Ledges… Read More
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“Family Pictures USA” | Concludes Tuesday August 13
New Three-Part Series Premieres Monday and Tuesday, August 12-13, on WOUB Producer and Host Thomas Allen Harris Travels Across the Country, Meeting People Whose Family Photos Reveal Our Nation’s History,… Read More