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‘Persistent Engagement’: The Phrase Driving A More Assertive U.S. Spy Agency
By: Greg Myre | NPR
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For the director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Paul Nakasone, it means relentlessly tracking adversaries in cyberspace and increasingly taking action against them.
Oklahoma Judge Rules Against Drugmaker in Opioid Lawsuit, Orders $572M Payment
By: Sean Murphy | AP
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay… Read More
State’s Largest School District, Teachers OK 3-year Contract
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s largest school district and its teachers union have approved a three-year contract that includes pay raises and some smaller class sizes. The Board of… Read More
Court Lets Purdue Pharma Court Records be Made Public
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The secret testimony from former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler and other records in a Kentucky opioids lawsuit must be made public after the state Supreme… Read More
Bipartisan Ohio Mayors’ Group Lobbying Lawmakers On Gun Policy Changes
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Mayors are actively lobbying state lawmakers to consider a package of changes to gun laws and mental health policy unveiled by Gov. Mike DeWine in the wake of the Dayton mass shooting… Read More
Trump Tries To Project Unity At G-7 Amid Global Turmoil And Mixed Messages
By: Dana Farrington | NPR
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The U.S. and French presidents are jointly addressing the media in Biarritz, France, about the gathering of global economic powers.
Wall Going up Between GOP, Democrats in Frankfort
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A wall is going up between Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky’s Capitol. The Courier-Journal reports Senate President Robert Stivers said he authorized building a wall in… Read More
WOUB’s 2019 Back to School Playlist
By: Emily Votaw
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Classes are officially back in session on Ohio University’s Athens campus, where WOUB and Radio Free Athens are located. As the kids return, and some of us professionals head back… Read More
State Supreme Court Offers New Learning Program for Schools
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms. The court’s… Read More
Loaded Handgun Detected in Man’s Belongings at W.Va. Airport
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man from Washington state has been caught with a loaded handgun at a West Virginia airport. The Transportation Security Administration says in a news release… Read More
ABC Players Announce 2019-2020 Season
This season get ready to solve a murder, journey through the cold with two sisters, join a convent, stand up against corporate greed and fight to take over a kingdom… Read More
Group to Give Nearly $2M to Ohio Shooting Victims, Families
By: Associated Press
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio nonprofit is convening more than a dozen volunteers to oversee disbursement of nearly $2 million raised to help those affected by the recent mass… Read More
Sneakthief II Radio A Sessions
By: Emily Votaw
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Hopped up folk punk rockers Sneakthief performed three songs in WOUB’s Radio A; two of them from their delectably frantic 2019 self-titled debut EP: “Fallacy” and “Choke Me Out,” as… Read More