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Authorities seized Chase Cominsky's fishing boat and trailer as a tool of crime, after he and his fishing partner were indicted on charges of cheating in a fishing tournament.

Fishermen face felony charges over a cheating scandal at an Ohio tournament

9:11am October 14, 2022

by Bill Chappell

A grand jury indicted the fishing team on charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools. They had stood to win nearly $30,000.

A 22-year-old Ohio man admitted in federal court that he planned a mass shooting at an Ohio university in 2020, according to the Justice Department.

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An Ohio man pleads guilty to plotting a mass shooting of college women in 2020

8:51am October 13, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The suspect expressed admiration for Elliot Rodger, the gunman who killed six people and injured 14 others in Isla Vista in May 2014, according to the DOJ.

Carl Allamby recently completed all of his training and was hired as an attending physician at Cleveland Clinic's Hillcrest Hospital. He's 51.

What's it take to go from mechanic to physician at 51? Patience, an Ohio doctor says

11:11am October 05, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Talk about a late bloomer. Carl Allamby, who ran an auto repair shop for more than 20 years, was recently hired as an attending physician at Cleveland Clinic's Hillcrest Hospital at age 51.

Protesters rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in support of abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade on June 24, 2022. A judge temporarily blocked Ohio's ban on virtually all abortions on Wednesday, again pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the Supreme Court in June.

A judge temporarily blocks an Ohio law banning most abortions

5:54pm September 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the state law means abortions through 20 weeks' gestation can continue for now.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, speaks during an abortion rights rally in June at the Indiana Statehouse.

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Indiana doctor says she has been harassed for giving an abortion to a 10-year-old

8:29pm July 26, 2022

The harassment began soon after her young patient became flashpoint in the national debate over abortion, Dr. Caitlin Bernard told NPR. "It's honestly been very hard for me, for my family," she said.

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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was sent a "cease and desist" letter last week asking him to stop making what an attorney for Indiana abortion provider Dr. Caitlin Bernard describes as defamatory statements. Rokita's office responded that "no false o

Indiana's AG could face a lawsuit by the abortion provider for 10-year-old rape victim

6:16pm July 19, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Dr. Caitlin Bernard has threatened to sue Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita for "false and misleading statements" he made after she provided a medication abortion for the girl from Ohio.

In May, demonstrators gathered in Dayton, Ohio, to protest in favor of abortion rights after the leak of the draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. A raped 10-year-old Ohio girl's abortion in Indianapolis recently became n

A rape, an abortion, and a one-source story: a child's ordeal becomes national news

10:51pm July 13, 2022

The Indianapolis Star's story about an anonymous child rape victim from Ohio who crossed state lines to get an abortion became a political lightning rod. Now a man has been arraigned for the rape.

Shawnee State University in southern Ohio has agreed to pay philosophy professor Nick Meriwether $400,000 after disciplining him for not using a transgender student's pronouns.

A university pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student's pronouns

5:30am April 20, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Nick Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, sued the college in 2018 after he was disciplined for not using she/her pronouns to refer to a transgender student.

Intel Corp. is planning to invest investment more than $20 billion in two computer chip plants in central Ohio to help address a global semiconductor shortage.

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Intel is building a $20 billion computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage

10:59am January 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Two chip factories on a 1,000-acre site just east of Columbus are expected to create 3,000 company jobs and 7,000 construction jobs, the company and local and state officials say.

Pro-life activists participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

On both sides of the abortion debate, activists say this could be the last anniversary before Roe v. Wade is overturned or significantly rolled back.

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