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ACLU of Ohio finds more police departments and sheriffs are signing agreements with ICE
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Contracts between Ohio police departments and sheriff’s offices with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have increased since President Donald Trump’s second term in office began. An American Civil… Read More
The US Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling prompts Columbus and other Ohio cities to review bans
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Columbus, Westerville and Whitehall leaders are all reviewing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that struck down a state law in Colorado banning conversion therapy on… Read More
Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigns over an ‘inappropriate relationship’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Ohio State University President Ted Carter has resigned. This comes after the OSU Board of Trustees held a rare meeting on Saturday to discuss personnel matters. Carter… Read More
The Epstein files named Les Wexner as ‘co-conspirator’ in a 2019 sex trafficking investigation
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Newly released documents written days after Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019 name Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner as one of Epstein’s co-conspirators, but the documents… Read More
How a SOAR text alert system is saving lives one “bad batch” at a time
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A new harm reduction technique that started as a student project at Ohio State University is getting attention — and thousands of dollars in opioid settlement… Read More
Toxic chemicals contained by the shuttering Chillicothe Pixelle plant could infect the air and groundwater
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WOSU) — Chillicothe’s Pixelle paper mill, which is set to close in August, has a secondary function: it helps contain a toxic plume of cancer-causing chemicals underground that were… Read More
More trees in the Wayne National Forest will be cut after a Trump administration executive order
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Trump administration wants to increase timber harvesting in the more than 100 million acres of national forests and is targeting Ohio’s only national forest as… Read More
Scioto County was the ‘epicenter’ of the opioid epidemic. Some think it deserves more settlement funds
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WOSU) — As Portsmouth resident Jay Hash drives through town, he’s quick to show off the city’s history and charm, from its famous floodwall murals to historic breweries…. Read More
Ohio families and victims of police misconduct are sounding the alarm on higher fees for body cam footage
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Family members of people shot by police and their lawyers are raising the alarm about a recent law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine allowing police to charge up… Read More
Low information voters in a high turnout election could sink or swim Ohio’s Issue 1 redistricting amendment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — This November’s election marks the fifth time in 20 years Ohioans will vote on how the state draws its congressional maps with Issue 1 on the… Read More
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdraws his Independent candidacy from Ohio’s ballot after suspending campaign
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on the general election ballot for millions of Ohio voters this November. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office confirmed… Read More
Intel plants in Ohio and Arizona will receive nearly $20 billion in federal funding
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday that nearly $20 billion in funding will be spread across Intel’s various expansion projects throughout the country, including the new… Read More
Circleville settles with a fired officer who instructed police dog to attack truck driver and the victim
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WOSU) — The city of Circleville is settling with both former Officer Ryan Speakman and the man who Speakman ordered his K-9 police dog to bite as the… Read More
Ex-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo requests to move his criminal trial from Cincinnati to Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Samuel Randazzo is requesting that the judge in charge of his criminal case move the trial from Cincinnati to… Read More
Ohio abortion advocates will submit signatures for a constitutional amendment Wednesday
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Pro-abortion rights advocates in Ohio are preparing to turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures this week in an effort to put a constitutional amendment on the… Read More