All Posts from David Forster
An Athens County judge puts a hold on the state’s decision to strip the Smiling Skull Saloon of its liquor license
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Smiling Skull Saloon in Athens that had its liquor license revoked last month may be able to keep it after all. The state Liquor Control… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2023 General Election results for Harrison County
By: WOUB News Team
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HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Harrison County. R. Kevin Jones earned a position as mayor of Cadiz village… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2023 General Election results for Tuscarawas County
By: WOUB News Team
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TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Tuscarawas County. Shane Gunnoe earned a position as mayor of the city of… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2023 General Election results for Belmont County
By: WOUB News Team
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BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Belmont County. Republican Ben Neiman earned a position as council member at large… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2023 General Election results for Coshocton County
By: WOUB News Team
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COSHOCTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Coshocton County. Democrat Mark Mills earned a position as mayor of Coshocton with… Read More
School board elections are latest battleground for polarized national politics
By: Sarah Mueller
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — On Halloween in downtown Coopersburg, a borough nestled in the Lehigh Valley, Doug Durham is handing out candy to trick-or-treaters young and old. “We’re running for… Read More
How states are using legislative privilege to drag out redistricting lawsuits
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In 2021, each state redrew its congressional district lines to reflect the 2020 census results. Two years later, the maps in many states are the… Read More
Families face difficult task of talking to kids about Israel-Hamas war
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In the last few weeks, horrific images have emerged from Israel and the Gaza Strip, many involving young people. Here in the U.S., Jewish and… Read More
Lessons from brain science — and history’s peacemakers — for resolving conflicts
By: Yuki Noguchi | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Deeply entrenched conflicts are dividing the world – and many people’s social circles. The violence in Israel and Gaza is triggering often overheated discussions among friends,… Read More
The Smiling Skull Saloon in Athens appeals the revocation of its liquor license, but the state claims it’s too late
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The owners of the Smiling Skull Saloon in Athens that had their liquor license revoked last month by state regulators have filed an appeal, but the… Read More
Data show Athens County home values are up 20 percent, and that means higher taxes
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — If they haven’t heard already, homeowners in Athens County will soon learn that the value of their home has gone up significantly over the past three… Read More
How ‘thinly veiled’ social media ads are influencing what we eat and drink
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — News about food safety can be hard to keep straight. That’s been complicated by a little-known tactic used by the food and beverage industry to… Read More
It’s a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs
By: Julia Simon | NPR
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PARIS — In the 11th arrondissement, a middle-to-working class neighborhood in the east of Paris, if you walk out your front door, you can arrive at a preschool in one… Read More
Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been sent to jail and held as potential witnesses in human smuggling cases,… Read More
Criminal mastermind or hapless dude? A look into Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial so far
By: David Gura | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. government says disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried committed one of the largest financial frauds in history. His defense lawyers, however, argue he was just… Read More
U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?
By: Rachel Treisman | Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses across the U.S., as students, staff, and administrators grapple with how to respond. Pro-Israel… Read More
An Ohio University meteorology professor warns melting Antarctic ice threatens penguins with extinction
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Melting Antarctic ice could contribute to rising sea levels and doom Antarctica’s penguin population to extinction by the end of the century. 2023 saw the lowest… Read More
Piketon is poised to again become a nuclear hub with the launch of a uranium enrichment plant
By: David Forster
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PIKETON, (Ohio) – With the flip of three switches, 16 giant cylinders lined neatly in a row came to life and began enriching uranium that will fuel the next generation… Read More
Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court formally opened a new term on Monday, with all manner of political lightning rods already on its docket, or on their way…. Read More
Advocates see a bright future for large-scale solar projects in Ohio
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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YELLOWBUD, Ohio (WOSU) — Allen Hull has spent almost all of his life in Yellowbud, Ohio, as a third-generation paper mill employee. After 32 years, he switched careers – to… Read More
A lawsuit alleges Ironton police attacked a man for trying to record them
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A man who says Ironton police officers attacked him because he was going to record them as they searched his truck has filed a civil rights… Read More
Ohio University sets fall enrollment record for the second year in a row
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – For the second year in a row, Ohio University set a new fall enrollment record. Ohio University saw 4,516 incoming students for fall 2023, exceeding its… Read More
A couple appeals the denial of a short-term rental permit in Athens for a second time
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A lawyer representing a Dublin couple who want to operate a short-term rental in Athens did not mince words at a hearing last month. “It doesn’t… Read More
Why sunscreen in the United States is behind the rest of the world
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, everyone older than six months should use sunscreen every day to decrease the risk of skin cancer. But today’s… Read More
Deadly Jacksonville shooting is latest racist attack amid rise in hate crimes
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Black people by a white gunman in Jacksonville, Florida, is a brutal reminder that race-based hate is still present in… Read More
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