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Finding a job after prison comes with extra challenges. Here are ways to overcome them
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Christian had never held a regular job when he left prison. A conviction at age 19 for selling drugs kept him confined through young adulthood and into his early 40s.
When he got out after serving 23 years and started looking for work, “I had to start from the bottom. The very, very bottom,” ... (full story)
Local
Sidney Must Submit City Recall Election Proposal to Board of Elections
The city of Sidney misapplied state law when rejecting a proposed charter amendment that would establish a process for recalling elected city officials, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Sept. 3.
In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court directed city officials to submit a charter amendment petition containing 561 signatures to t ... (full story)
State
Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nationwide outbreak of cyclospora tied to contaminated lettuce has heightened safety concerns about imported food, while underscoring a longer-term trend: U.S. regulators are conducting fewer international inspections to catch contaminated produce before it lands on American plates.
Food and Drug Admini ... (full story)
A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued — he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat, triggered by tick bites.
The problem, known as alpha-gal syndrome ... (full story)
Records reveal safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster
SEATTLE (AP) — A pulp mill in Washington state where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals, records reviewed by The Associated Press show.
State inspectors had planned to visit the plant to interview workers about two un ... (full story)
Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theft
WASHINGTON (AP) — They pulled off one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million. They tried to hide their digital fingerprints, carrying out a sophisticated scheme to launder the proceeds.
And then the party started.
The scammers — a network of ... (full story)