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![Sam Steele serves the ball against Northern Illinois](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/good-volleyball-900x422.jpg)
Ohio earns a 3-1 victory over Northern Illinois
By: Maria Monesi
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Ohio battled to earn a 3-1 win against Northern Illinois on Thursday night. Both teams battled in the opening set. The Bobcats struggled to get in… Read More
![A person holds up their COVID-19 vaccination card.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ap21308636777782_custom-74f1bbdad6bb3f99b2c07e1684160e738b7612c9-scaled-e1696560182516-900x422.jpg)
The CDC will no longer issue COVID-19 vaccination cards
By: Ayana Archie | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The CDC will no longer be issuing COVID-19 vaccination cards, the agency said in guidance updated on Wednesday. It will also not be keeping records of people’s… Read More
![Ohio Governor Mike DeWine talks about new distracted driving law in Delaware county at a podium with a state trooper over one shoulder and some older looking white guy in a suit over his right shoulder.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-1-e1696537664681-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s new distracted driving law is now in effect
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans who text and drive can now be fined for doing that. The grace period for enforcing the new distracted driving law passed back… Read More
![An illustration shows an old man in a suit pushing an Earth on fire toward a young girl who is pushing back.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gettyimages-1354849968-72fb6a1dbabe5558f1f16d0dfe0c3a41c4e717f6-scaled-e1696538681522-900x422.jpg)
People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories
By: Ari Shapiro | Julia Simon | Huo Jingnan | David Folkenflik | Arielle Retting | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Communities big and small are trying to rein in climate change. But many people working on these climate solutions are running into a big obstacle: falsehoods and… Read More
![Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23278796175736-e1696559399874-900x422.jpg)
Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Advocacy groups fighting Ohio’s Statehouse maps in court formally objected Thursday to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn… Read More
![Ohio defender Rayann Pruss (12) battles for the ball against the Toledo Rockets](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/OUvToledo11-Large-e1696551011145-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio fails to convert against Toledo in a 1-0 loss
By: Zachary Knight
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Bobcats (4-6-2) fell short in a hard-fought MAC matchup against the Toledo Rockets (5-5-2). Early on, the Bobcats controlled possession. Freshman Jaimason Brooker picked… Read More
![An empty public bathroom](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-e1696529411714-900x422.webp)
Ohio lawmakers hear questions and misinformation on the ‘bathroom bill’ for schools and universities
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee heard from the Republican sponsors of a bill to require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms… Read More
![A person rests under an umbrella as the sun sets](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ap23277823317577-c6ebf3fefa8e39d72f39633d4369b29fadcecf6a-scaled-e1696521084252-900x422.jpg)
Earth is on track for its hottest year yet, according to a European climate agency
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the… Read More
![Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gettyimages-1713659511-1d3fd42a4738046fd261c193d1a6ded2f8a3bc58-scaled-e1696508300968-900x422.jpg)
The House can’t work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy’s successor?
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The House is without a leader — and in uncharted territory — after eight hard-line Republicans and unified Democrats voted to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in… Read More
![View of underwater basilica from above](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PvdiUxR-asset-mezzanine-16x9-6uQin7Q-900x422.jpg)
Explore a 4th-century church in western Turkey in “The Sunken Basilica” on SECRETS OF THE DEAD – Oct. 11 at 10 pm
SECRETS OF THE DEAD “The Sunken Basilica” Wednesday, October 11 at 10 pm 2014, Turkey. A normal survey flight over Lake Iznik unexpectedly reveals the sunken remains a 4th… Read More
![A few school desks pushed together.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/classroom_empty_desks-scaled-e1666478656576-900x422.jpg)
The future of Ohio’s education system is unclear after a judge extends the restraining order on K-12 overhaul
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of Ohio’s public education system hung in the balance Wednesday after a judge once again extended an order preventing the state from moving forward… Read More
![In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18020016106706-e1545419978265-900x422.jpg)
Ohio lawmakers are again considering abolishing the death penalty
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Bills to abolish the death penalty in Ohio have been proposed for more than a decade. But the latest bill to do that appears… Read More