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Soccer player gets 14-month jail sentence for causing death of cyclist in England
LEEDS, England (AP) — A soccer player from a third-division English club was sentenced to 14 months in prison for causing the death of a cyclist three years ago, West Yorkshire police said.
Lucas Akins, a forward for League One team Mansfield, was driving a Mercedes when it struck 33-year-old cyclist Adrian Daniel at an in ... (full story)
Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O'Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field.
Howard was introduced to O'Neil as a modern-day Josh Gibson, one of ... (full story)
Can exercise help lessen the risk of dementia?
Over the past decade there’s been a considerable amount of research that’s gone into studying several different theses on how we might reduce the risks (onset, severity, and mortality related issues) associated with dementia.
Now one of the more popular theses here involves the use of exercise as a kind of “pr ... (full story)
Cleveland's Evan Mobley wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year award
Evan Mobley said his goal coming into the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers was to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
He got it done.
The Cavs consider Mobley to be their best defensive player, and the league thought even more highly of him. Mobley held off fellow finalists Dyson Daniels of Atlanta and Draymon ... (full story)
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Study: Stress, depression may be links to insomnia, drinking
A new Ohio State University-led study examines the relationship between insomnia and heavy drinking and how stress and depression may affect either activity.
The research, which functioned on the premise that perceived stress and depression are factors in the relationship between the two conditions, found the influence of either ... (full story)
Law would establish 21 as legal age to purchase or use hemp-based products
The sponsors of legislation devised with the intent to regulate Ohio’s growing hemp industry say their effort strikes the appropriate balance between protecting consumers and fostering business opportunity.
House Bill 198 builds upon the Hemp Cultivation and Processing Program created in 2019 and establishes a statutory fr ... (full story)
Bill would allow Ohio to regulate state’s carbon-capture industry
The sponsors of a bill that puts Ohio in control of efforts within the state to capture carbon dioxide and store it in injection wells recently outlined the details of the bill and their rationale for it.
Republican Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel of Columbiana told members of the Natural Resources Committee in the Ohio House of Repres ... (full story)
Bill would implement sales, use taxes on short-term rental stays in the state
A pair of lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives is championing a bill to extend state and local sales and use taxes to short-term rental stays.
Current law only allows hotels to collect a tax that goes directly to the convention and visitors bureau in the county in which the hotel operates, according to Rep. Adam Bird o ... (full story)
Billy Idol on his first album in over a decade, surviving addiction, the Rock Hall and more
NEW YORK (AP) — When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early '80s, leather-clad and bleached hair in tow, he not only brought a punk rock sound to the mainstream. The Englishman brought a new attitude, a new, rebellious way of being.
In the time since, songs like "White Wedding," "Rebel ... (full story)
College journalists wrestle with transparency as students fear deportation for speaking out
CHICAGO (AP) — Over the past few weeks, Greta Reich, editor-in-chief of Stanford University's student newspaper, has had almost two dozen requests to take down quotes, bylines, photos and opinion articles from current and former sources and writers.
She and her staff at the Stanford Daily have been reviewing them on a case ... (full story)