Bierman Autism Centers, which offers one-on-one therapy sessions for children diagnosed with autism, has opened its first Ohio location in Dublin. “(Last) week we finished setting up everything for the center and kids arrive(d) after the holiday, which we are very excited about,” said Alexis Ducharme, vice president of marketing for Bierman. The center provides [...]
Hours before Canada beat the United States to win women’s hockey gold at the Beijing Olympics in February, International Ice Hockey Federation officials lamented having only two medal events on sports’ biggest stage. The IIHF and IOC have discussed adding to that, and a new 3-on-3 league that debuted last month could be another step [...]
The threat of sinking property values and rising crime rates served as the impetus for a bipartisan bill that will require the owners of vacant structures in the most populous Ohio counties to file and update contact information with the local county auditor. The joint sponsors of the measure, titled the Neighborhood Protection Act, said [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate. With the legality of abortion now up to individual states to determine, an issue long debated by legislators and philanthropists — when it was largely theoretical because only [...]
REMINGTON, Va. (AP) — For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea — it's also the law, but some drones have recently gotten permission to soar out of their pilots' sight. They can now inspect high-voltage power lines [...]
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the "100% Satisfaction Guarantee" was all the rage among many hotels. The gist was simple: Encounter a problem and receive your money back. In theory, this approach addressed fairly serious issues such as early-morning pool renovations that made the jackhammer an unwelcome alarm clock. Bed bugs. No hot water. [...]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department settled a decades-old lawsuit this week filed by a group of men who were rounded up by the government in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and held in a federal jail in New York in conditions the department's own watchdog called abusive and harsh. The settlement calls [...]
WASHINGTON — Many Americans don't expect to rely on the digital services that became commonplace during the pandemic after COVID-19 subsides, according to a new poll, even as many think it's a good thing if those options remain available in the future. Close to half or more of U.S. adults say they are not likely [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court limited the power of the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, but its ruling didn't touch the power of the states. That's putting a renewed focus on efforts across the country to limit the reliance on power plants that spew emissions into [...]