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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action against a decades long problem on salt farms in remote islands off South Korea’s southwest coast. U.S. Customs and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit last week against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the United States, calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ authority to run their own elections. The lawsuit seeks to block key aspects of it, including new requirements that people provide documentary proof [...]
A Grafton Correctional Institution inmate convinced a Franklin County appellate panel to vacate the trial court judgment and a plea agreement relative to the man’s felony drug possession conviction because it was based on a flawed sentencing recommendation. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel noted that neither the Franklin County Common Pleas Court’s judgment [...]
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking lead-plaintiff status in a securities class-action lawsuit accusing Target of misleading investors about the financial risks of initiatives promoting the company’s social agenda. Yost filed a motion to lead the case on behalf of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio. The lawsuit alleges that Target artificially inflated [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court last week ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen electronic cigarette use. The high court ruled that the FDA, during President Joe Biden’s administration, did not violate federal law when it denied an application from Dallas-based company [...]
Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been trying to restrict opposition voices on social media after widespread protests erupted following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, who is a key rival. “We pushed back [...]
An appellate panel affirmed judgment in favor of the defendants in a suit brought by a Columbus woman who wants the Franklin County treasurer’s office to stop sending her unpaid-tax notices for property she claims she no longer owns. The three-judge panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals determined the Franklin County Common Pleas [...]
Little has changed in the past year to fix Ohio’s capital-punishment system, according to the 2024 Capital Crimes report released this week. The report, an annual statutory requirement of the attorney general’s office, provides the procedural history and other information on every case that has resulted in a death sentence since Ohio’s death-penalty law was [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case involving a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court. The justices are considering whether the Catholic Charities Bureau should have to pay unemployment taxes because the work of [...]
The Ohio Casino Control Commission issued cease and desist notices April 1 to three companies offering event contracts on sporting events to Ohioans. An event contract is a type of financial derivative that allows traders to speculate on the outcome of a specific event, according to the website of Robinhood, one of the companies targeted [...]