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Assad's fall opens window for Syrian refugees to head home − but for many, it won't be an easy decision
(THE CONVERSATION) For more than a decade, Syrians have been the world's largest refugee population.
More than 6 million Syrians have fled the country since 2011, when an uprising against the regime of Bashar Assad transformed into a 13-year civil war. Most ended up in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq ... (full story)
Health and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America's health
(THE CONVERSATION) The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American's access to health care and in the nation's overall well-being.
Under the secretary's leadership, the multiple agencies that constitute HHS oversee the financing of Medicare and Medicaid, conduct re ... (full story)
Sports
AP's all-College Football Playoff team features an all-Ohio State offensive backfield
Ohio State's run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press' all-College Football Playoff team.
The AP changed the way it put together its postseason all-star teams this season as college football introduced an expanded 12-team playoff that had some schools playing as man ... (full story)
YouTubers worth a watch Part 2
Now I’m not much of a TV person, but during these cold winter months when it gets dark before 6 p.m. and I’m in bed by 9 p.m., I typically chill on the couch to watch the tube for a couple hours each evening.
And rather than suffer network television brain rot I defer to the fascinating world of YouTube, where every ... (full story)
ESPN pleased with 1st season of expanded College Football Playoff as it looks to the future
The inaugural season of the 12-team College Football Playoff had its share of highlights and criticisms from fans and the media.
The same can be said for the network carrying the games.
Nick Dawson, ESPN's vice president of college sports programming and acquisitions, said the first year was a success from their standpoint a ... (full story)
State
Ohio pastor convicted in dispute over sheltering homeless vows to continue his mission
BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — For more than a year, a pastor who opened his church around the clock to shelter and give hope to homeless people has been at odds with an Ohio city over the building housing his ministry.
Recently, a city judge found Pastor Chris Avell guilty of violating zoning and fire codes in a criminal case. But hi ... (full story)
Appellate panel affirms ruling on man’s encounter with police chief
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Licking County Municipal Court judgment against a Utica man arrested during an early-morning encounter with the village police chief.
The 2-1 panel upheld Police Chief Cameron Dailey’s arrest of 44-year-old Ryan McKenzie, who was walking behind a closed business while carr ... (full story)
Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt in prayer, flanked by the flags of Haiti and the United States.
Many had come to receive his blessing and hear his guidance o ... (full story)