All Posts from David Forster
Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses
By: PBS Newshour
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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
By: PBS Newshour
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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
Minnesota returns voting power to thousands. The question is whether they’ll use it
By: Brian Bakst | Minnesota Public Radio
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MINNEAPOLIS — Inside layers of heavy steel doors and locked gates of the Stillwater correctional facility in Bayport, Minn., Secretary of State Steve Simon stood before 15 inmates approaching their… Read More
Why unpaid internships still exist despite hardships for young workers
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — Internships can give a leg up to students starting their careers. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, more than half of internships… Read More
How high tensions between China and the U.S. are impacting American companies
By: David Gura | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Tensions between China and the U.S. are running high — and that’s leaving American companies having to carefully navigate their approach to a key player in… Read More
AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Kelsey Davis had what might seem to be an odd reaction to seeing blatant racism on her computer screen: She was elated. Davis is the founder… Read More
Ohio University is on track to top last year’s fall enrollment record
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – One week out from the start of the fall 2023 semester, Ohio University is on track to set another fall enrollment record. As of May 21,… Read More
A former Pike County deputy has been convicted of using excessive force against a restrained prisoner
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A federal jury has convicted a former Pike County sheriff’s deputy who repeatedly punched and pepper sprayed a man in custody who was strapped to a… Read More
A state auditor’s report finds mishandling of $33,000 in fines collected in Pomeroy
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — An investigation by the state auditor’s office found that nearly $33,000 in fines were collected the by village of Pomeroy but never deposited. While investigators concluded… Read More
A husband and wife have been arrested and charged in the death of Pomeroy woman
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A husband and wife were arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of a Pomeroy woman, which is being treated as a murder. Charles Scott Burton,… Read More
A Nelsonville man is arrested after a standoff with officers
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Nelsonville man who allegedly shot a firearm in his basement while children were home was arrested early Wednesday morning after a more than two-hour standoff… Read More
Officers are searching for suspects in the death of a Pomeroy woman
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Deputies are searching for suspects they identified after a Pomeroy woman was killed early Tuesday morning. Meigs County Sheriff Scott Fitch said deputies responded to the… Read More
As clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know what it’s like to provide controversial health services that government officials have sought to ban or restrict…. Read More
Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. Here’s what they’re doing
By: Ashley Lopez | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Young voters have historically had the lowest voter registration and participation rates of any age group in the United States. But in recent years, more states… Read More
What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier
By: Yuki Noguchi | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — I was born and raised in the American Midwest, but love visiting my parents’ homeland in Japan. Central to every trip there is always the food:… Read More
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