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Updated online catalog makes legal research easier
Since 1987, the Law Library at the Supreme Court of Ohio has produced an electronic catalog of their materials and resources. Last month, the library updated the page for people to easily view its interactive online catalog.
The new interface complies with new ADA requirements, making it more user-friendly. In the top rig ... (full story)
Summit County Court of Common Pleas Valor Court & Warriors Journey Home of Northeast Ohio host annual Witness Tree ceremony
Summit County, Ohio: Judge Susan Baker Ross who serves as the Presiding Judge of Summit County Valor Court is once again partnering with Warriors Journey Home of Northeast Ohio to host their annual Witness Tree Ceremony.
The ceremony began Sunday, November 1st at 9:00 A.M. at the Summit County Court of Common Ple ... (full story)
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Top Vatican official says pope's cancer diagnosis a 'game-changer' for the papacy
ROME (AP) — Even though Pope Leo XIV is recovering well from lung cancer surgery and is going ahead with a big trip to Latin America next week, the diagnosis is “a bit of a game-changer” for the Vatican and Leo’s still-young papacy, a top Vatican official said Oct. 27.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, t ... (full story)
Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women speak of being drugged and raped by them
NEW YORK (AP) — Three brothers convicted of leveraging their wealthy lifestyle to drug and rape dozens of women were each sentenced Oct. 27 to 30 years in prison after one victim described her attack as an “eternity of terror” and the judge slammed their behavior as shameful, degenerate and monstrous.
Tal, Oren ... (full story)
A US cruise ship suspends a global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark.
The MV Odyssey set sail two years ago on a voyage to the seven continents marketed as combining ... (full story)