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Towboat owner pleads guilty to a pollution charge in the oil spill along West Virginia-Kentucky border
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a towboat that sank and resulted in pollution of a river along the West Virginia-Kentucky border pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal pollution… Read More
A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio’s Republican House Speaker over campaign funds
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Three Republican state representatives have filed a lawsuit against the speaker of the Ohio House over the administration and use of campaign funds. Republican representatives Derek… Read More
The Supreme Court rejects an appeal from former coal company CEO Don Blankenship
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The justices left… Read More
A new lawsuit claims the overhaul of Ohio’s K-12 education system is unconstitutional
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Seven Ohio school board members are alleging that a Republican-backed overhaul of how the state oversees K-12 education — including decisions on academic standards and school curricula —… Read More
A West Virginia trooper charged with domestic violence will be fired
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state police officer charged with domestic violence is losing his job, officials said. State Police served Cpl. Joseph Comer with a notice of intent to… Read More
Kroger agrees to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — One of the nation’s largest grocery chains is the latest company to agree to settle lawsuits over the U.S. opioid crisis. In a deal announced Friday, the… Read More
A former Meigs County Sheriff has been found guilty of theft in office
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former Meigs County Sheriff has been found guilty of taking public funds for personal use. Keith Wood entered an Alford plea Thursday in Meigs County… Read More
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss their lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn’t… Read More
An Ohio anti-vouchers coalition says state GOP leaders are trying to intimidate their school districts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio public school districts that support a lawsuit against the state over private school vouchers say Republican leaders are bullying and intimidating them. According… Read More
Judge sets March 4, 2024 as Trump trial date in election interference case
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The federal judge overseeing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump for interfering with the 2020 presidential election has set a trial date of March 4,… Read More
A prosecutor asks the judge to throw out charges against the Black truck driver mauled by a police dog in Ohio
By: Patrick Orsagos | AP
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio wants a judge to dismiss charges, at least for now, against a Black truck driver who was bitten by a police dog… Read More
Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone – but nothing changes yet
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | Diane Webster | NPR
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NEW ORLEANS (NPR) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortions should not be sent through the mail, however, a previous… Read More
3 reasons the latest charges against Trump could be hard for him to shake
WASHINGTON (NPR) — It may be the fourth criminal indictment for Donald Trump in five months, but in a few ways, the charges brought by a Georgia grand jury on… Read More
Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the 2020 election
By: Stephen Fowler | GPB
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Updated August 14, 2023 at 11:38 PM ET ATLANTA (GPB) — A grand jury in Georgia has indicted Donald Trump for his role in failed efforts to overturn the state’s… Read More
Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and members of the Sackler family who own… Read More
Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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Updated July 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count… Read More
Scioto County waits for a new opioid settlement deal with Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen
By: Caleb McCleskey
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Two years ago, Ohio officials announced they had negotiated a multimillion dollar settlement with major drug distributors, money intended to help the state address the devastation… Read More
Trump classified documents trial in Florida to begin in May 2024
By: Greg Allen | NPR
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Updated July 21, 2023 at 2:33 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A federal judge says former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges of withholding and concealing classified documents will… Read More
A judge rules West Virginia can’t require an incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming… Read More
A Florida cannabis company is suing an Ohio grower and dispensary in a $23 million suit
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A Florida-based medical cannabis company is suing an Ohio grower and distributor in a $23 million lawsuit filed last week in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. In… Read More
Trump says he received a letter saying he’s a target of DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump says he has received word that he’s a target of the grand jury probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump says… Read More
U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here’s what it means
By: Laurel Wamsley | Shannon Bond | NPR
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Updated July 5, 2023 at 7:20 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The government’s ability to fight disinformation online has suffered a legal setback that experts say will have a chilling… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery
By: Jared Clayton Brown | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to spend 20 years in prison on Thursday for bribery. The judge gave Householder the maximum sentence… Read More
Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 29, 2023 at 11:39 AM ET Follow NPR’s live coverage for the latest updates and reaction to this ruling WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court has found… Read More
The Supreme Court has rejected the Independent State Legislature theory
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, in a key opinion… Read More
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