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Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate Again
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve is cutting rates for a second time this year while saying it’s prepared to continue doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S…. Read More
Court Document Says Computer Seized from Grimes’ Office
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Attorneys for Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes say Kentucky State Police seized a computer from her office this week in an investigation of how she… Read More
Chief Recommends Firing 2 Officers in Stormy Daniels Arrest
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The interim police chief in Ohio’s capital city is recommending two officers from the department’s now-disbanded vice unit be fired for their roles in an undercover… Read More
Yost: Purdue Settlement Money Should be Spent Locally
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says any money the state receives from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should be spent at the local level…. Read More
Ohio Soccer: A bond on and off the field
By: Michael Roth
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Forwards Abby Townsend and Alivia Milesky have been crucial to Ohio’s teriffic start to the season. “I think it starts with off the field honestly throughout the whole first year… Read More
Trump Names Robert O’Brien, Top Hostage Czar, As National Security Adviser
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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O’Brien has been working in the State Department as the administration’s hostage negotiator. He’ll replace former Ambassador John Bolton, who parted company with Trump.
Nilüfer Yanya: Tiny Desk Concert
By: Bob Boilen II NPR
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There’s a hush to the music of Nilüfer Yanya that made the Tiny Desk the perfect stage for her sound.
Number of Abortions in US Falls to Lowest Since 1973
By: David Crary | AP
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NEW YORK (AP) — The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to… Read More
Report: Ohio Conducted Executions After Drugmakers’ Warnings
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A report says Ohio went ahead with executions in recent years even after drugmakers threatened to cut off supplies if medications were used for lethal injection…. Read More
State Patrol: 1 Person Dies in Plane Crash at Madison County Airport
By: Associated Press
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Update 4:25 p.m. LONDON, Ohio (AP) – State troopers say a single-engine plane attempting to land at a county airport in Ohio has crashed and the pilot has died. The… Read More
New West Virginia Delegate Appointed to Fill Vacancy
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Trenton C. Barnhart to a vacant state House of Delegates seat. Justice’s office said in a news release that… Read More
Investigation: IT Company Used to Launder $12M in Contracts
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Investigators say over $12 million in state contracts was improperly laundered through a shell company to benefit a group of companies. The Inspector General’s Office investigation found nearly… Read More
Fed Eyes Another Interest Rate Cut To Prop Up The Slowing Economy
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. That could give a lift to the stock market but may not do much to help the economy amid the trade war.
Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Kentucky AG Candidate from Ballot
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit is alleging the Republican nominee for Kentucky attorney general has not been a practicing attorney long enough to serve. The suit filed in Jefferson… Read More
REVIEW: Paul Kingsnorth’s ‘Savage Gods’
By: Gabino Iglesias I NPR
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Paul Kingsnorth moved to a small farm in Ireland to be closer to the land and to reconnect with the essence of being. Instead of contentment, he found that it was tough to find meaning in writing.
‘Blood Money?’ Purdue Settlement Would Rely on Opioid Sales
By: Geoff Mulvihill | Claire Galofaro | AP
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The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by … selling more OxyContin. That would amount to blood money,… Read More
Reward Offered in Death of Woman Struck by Piece of Tree
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the death of a woman hit by… Read More
Slow Progress Reported in Talks as GM Strike Enters 3rd Day
By: Tom Krisher | AP
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DETROIT (AP) — Union and company bargainers are making progress toward a new contract as a strike by United Auto Workers that brought 33 General Motors factories to a halt… Read More
Over 3,600 Ohioans Reach Out to Governor After Mass Shooting
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More than 3,600 people have written letters, emails and made phone calls to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in the month following the deadly mass shooting in… Read More