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CAIR-Ohio fires executive director for allegedly spying for an anti-Muslim hate group
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The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has fired its executive and legal director citing what it says is evidence he’d been spying on the organization… Read More

John Glenn Being Treated In Columbus
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Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn is in the hospital and undergoing treatment. No details are being given about his condition or possible illness. Hank Wilson with Ohio State… Read More

Cincinnati-Based Proctor & Gamble Downsizing
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The world’s largest maker of consumer products is preparing to downsize. Tide and Pampers stay but the smaller brands are going. Cincinnati based Procter and Gamble said it’s streamlining its… Read More

Biden Talks Infrastructure At National Urban League Conference
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Vice President Joe Biden told the National Urban League Conference Thursday morning that the Obama administration is committed to job training and infrastructure repair. Biden said that will go far… Read More

Cincinnati, Hamilton County Start National LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Initiative
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Among homeless kids and teens, LGBTQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning) youth have an especially hard time. Lighthouse Youth Services is among a handful of groups trying to identify… Read More

Freedom Summer Remembered At Miami University
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When Berea College in Kentucky turned away groups planning to train volunteers to do voter registration in Mississippi, Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio gladly stepped up. Some 800… Read More