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Trial court decides which firearm specification to impose at sentencing
When an offender is convicted of two or more firearm specifications related to the same felony, the trial judge, not the prosecution, decides which specification to impose, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Oct. 29.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court affirmed an Eighth District Court of Appeals decision, which upheld a tri ... (full story)
EPA response to 2023 Ohio train derailment will be investigated by agency watchdog
The Environmental Protection Agency's response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review.
The Inspector General of the EPA announced the investigation Oct. 27 to assess the ... (full story)
Sports
Small colleges are starting football programs, hoping to boost enrollment as student shortage looms
A bagpiper in a kilt led hundreds of Azusa Pacific University students and the school president into the Cougars' stadium before kickoff against Whittier College earlier this season, a sun-splashed celebration of what once were two of the biggest brands in California small-college football.
Azusa Pacific had dropped the sport in ... (full story)
Brain endurance training
Ever heard the adage, “Endurance is 80% mental?”
Well, there’s definitely a some meat on the bone with respect to this proclamation because over the last few years we’ve accumulated some interesting research that tends to indicate how critical mental fortitude is to one’s success in sports.
Seve ... (full story)
Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'
BEIJING (AP) — Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments in which he apparently referred to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China, as a dictator, after facing backlash and losing brand deals with at least three different Chinese companies.
“My comment was ill-judged, and I now understand t ... (full story)
State
6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders
In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs.
A lawsuit filed Oct. 26 on behalf of six such citizens — essentially representing the wider pu ... (full story)
Dangerous levels of lead and other toxins taint soil at Minnesota homeless encampment
Randolph Avenue meets Shepard Road in St. Paul near the banks of the Mississippi River, hemmed in by railroad tracks still serving the industrial corridor. Beyond the intersection, nearing the river, a winding network of dirt paths and pitched tents have become a makeshift neighborhood – St. Paul’s largest encampment &nd ... (full story)
Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 killing through DNA testing
DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Oct. 27, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter.
Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. He killed at least 30 women a ... (full story)