RALEIGH, N.C. — Frank Martin never got caught up in wins and losses, the highs and the lows, as he worked to build South Carolina into a contender for conference championships. Gonzaga’s Mark Few dismissed questions of whether his Bulldogs would be a failure as long as they failed to get to a Final Four [...]
Two Northeast Ohio men were awarded $1.45 million settlements by the Ohio Court of Claims after they were declared wrongfully imprisoned for more than 16 years. The men, Robert Gondor and Randy Resh, were implicated in the 1988 strangling murder of Connie Nardi in Portage County. They were released from prison in 2007 and officially [...]
House committee members are scheduled to hear further testimony today on a piece of legislation that would require photo identification added to Ohio Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, debit cards. Prompted by an audit of the state’s program that assists low-income Ohioans with the purchase of food items, House Bill 50 is directed at [...]
An Ohio company has developed a new mobile cooking app to teach kids, parents and families about cooking, nutrition, world cultures and health and wellness. Black Streak Entertainment LLC is a meal delivery service combining culinary arts, music, animation and comic art, according to its website. The company created the Black Streak Kitchen App to [...]
OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant’s cooling tower, which soars above Lake Erie in Ohio like an oversized lighthouse, brings with it some give-and-take. On the plus side, it generates tax money that once paid for a high school swimming pool and auditorium. Then there are the [...]
The Republican Party of “no” for Democrat Barack Obama’s eight years is having a hard time getting to “yes” in the early Donald Trump era. The unmitigated failure of the GOP bill to replace Obamacare underscored that Republicans are a party of upstart firebrands, old-guard conservatives and moderates in Democratic-leaning districts. Despite the GOP monopoly [...]
ROCKPORT, Maine — The cod isn’t so sacred in New England anymore. The fish-and-chips staple was once a critical piece of New England’s fishing industry, but catch is plummeting to all-time lows in the region. The decline of the fishery has made the U.S. reliant on foreign cod, and cod fish fillets and steaks purchased [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Associated Press used dozens of interviews and multiple public records requests to determine that North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years. This is how the largest elements were compiled and used: PAYPAL A state Commerce Department analysis shows officials [...]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the “big, beautiful wall” that he’s promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge barrier to those attempting to enter the U.S. illegally faces impediments of its own. It’s still not clear how Trump will [...]