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80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed

80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day.
Terens, a gregarious and energetic ... (full story)


Housing Secretary Fudge resigning. Biden hails her dedication to boosting supply of affordable homes

Housing Secretary Fudge resigning. Biden hails her dedication to boosting supply of affordable homes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced recently that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving "with mixed emotions."
A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary ... (full story)


Warning shot enough for jury to consider self-defense claim

A Clark County man was entitled to argue self-defense when he intentionally shot toward a person, and was not required to show he intended to kill or harm the man who threatened him, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
A divided Supreme Court vacated the felonious assault conviction of Tyler Wilson for his altercation at a ... (full story)


Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws' exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
Instead, GOP leaders accuse abortion rig ... (full story)


Republican Matt Dolan lands former US Sen. Rob Portman's endorsement in Ohio's Senate primary

Republican Matt Dolan lands former US Sen. Rob Portman's endorsement in Ohio's Senate primary

COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the fractious three-way primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall, a potentially important boost in the final run-up to the contest.
In a letter addressed to fellow Ohioans, the Cincinnati Republican an ... (full story)