All Posts from David Forster
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
Court cases targeting abortion highlight digital privacy concerns
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In July, a Nebraska teenager and her mother were convicted after the teen terminated her pregnancy using abortion pills. Among the prosecution’s key evidence was… Read More
Trump’s defense in 2020 election case could conjure ghost of Nixon once more
By: Ron Elving | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The multiple criminal charges against former President Donald Trump are often described as unprecedented, and so they are. But Trump is not the first president to… Read More
Local nurses get critical trauma care training with lifelike ‘patients’
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A group of nurses stand huddled around a patient who was rushed to the emergency room after their tractor rolled over. The patient has multiple lacerations… Read More
Issue 1 is drawing an unusually large turnout, straining some election offices
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A hastily called summer special election over a Republican-pushed measure that would make it harder for Ohio voters to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on… Read More
Group behind marijuana legalization proposal submits what it hopes will be enough signatures for ballot
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The group that wants Ohio voters to legalize marijuana on the November ballot was short signatures when it filed petitions last month. The group… Read More
West Virginia University president given contract extension amid serious challenges
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia University Board of Governors gave President E. Gordon Gee a one-year contract extension Monday amid a budget shortfall, falling enrollment and plans to… Read More
The Yellow trucking company meltdown, explained
By: Emma Bowman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It’s the end of the road for one of the nation’s largest freight carriers. Yellow, a trucking company that just three years ago took a $700… Read More
Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to toss reproductive rights amendment off November ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lawsuit asks the Ohio Supreme Court to block the proposed reproductive and abortion rights amendment that’s been certified to appear on the ballot in… Read More
Discharged over sexual orientation, military still owes thousands of vets
By: Quil Lawrence | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Bob Alexander joined the Air Force in 1990, planning to make it his career. He knew there was a big issue to deal with: Alexander was… Read More
What AM radio’s waning reach means for the future of politics and public safety
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s another threat: electric automakers are installing radios without… Read More
Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here’s how
By: Sandhya Dirks | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In 2015 Edward Blum, the conservative activist behind the push to end affirmative action, stood in front of a group of a dozen or so mostly… Read More
Ohio’s $86 billion state budget clears the Legislature and heads to the governor
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new budget could include almost $3 billion in income tax cuts, funding for universal school vouchers, bans on flavored vape products, and hundreds of other… Read More
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