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A Franklin County Appeals Court panel upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a Philadelphia real estate buyer’s motion to compel Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin to set deposit amounts on properties subject to foreclosure auctions at the amounts prescribed in R.C. 2329.211. The three-judge panel affirmed the Franklin County Common Pleas Court ruling which rendered [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A federal appeals court earlier this week upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist in a $60 million bribery scandal described as the largest corruption scheme in state history. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States began Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays. The day ahead of the deadline, people lined up at government offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs. In Chicago, officials established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments, while officials [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Columbus of any criminal liability in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. The officers were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter Milwaukee County District Attorney Kent [...]
The U.S. Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking it to give up the underlying technology powering the company’s digital ad network. The proposed remedy joins a separate federal effort to separate the Chrome browser from its dominant search engine. The government’s latest proposal was filed in a [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently ruled in favor of a southeast Ohio school board that suspended the contracts of four district administrators as part of a reorganization plan devised by a newly hired superintendent. The 7-0 court affirmed a Seventh District Court of Appeals panel’s denial of a writ to compel the Switzerland of [...]
Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad operator said it would “make it right” after five tank cars of vinyl chloride were intentionally burned, sending up a huge black plume of smoke that spread more toxic chemicals over homes, schools and [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio may enforce its ban on so-called gender-affirming care for minors while an appeal proceeds, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week. The law also bans transgender women and girls from participating in female sports. The high court’s 4-3 decision reverses a lower court ruling from March that had blocked the [...]
A federal judge has rebuked Apple, finding that the iPhone maker willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had ordered Apple to lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digital transactions and allow developers to display links [...]
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and babies being born with low birth weight. In a decision with consequences for tens of millions of Americans, the Trump administration is expected to [...]