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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. Army’s recent deployment of a midrange missile system to the northern Philippines was “incredibly important” and allowed American and Filipino forces to jointly train for the potential usage of such heavy weaponry in Asian archipelago conditions, an American general said. The Biden administration has moved to strengthen an arc [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a trial court failed to determine whether a claim existed between a property developer and a franchisee in light of the former having settled an alleged fair-housing violation with the federal government. The 6-1 court determined that Franklin County Common Pleas Court first must decide whether a state-law [...]
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents that it opened the probe on Oct. 17 with the company reporting four crashes [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department last week announced sanctions against two Chinese companies accused of directly helping Russia build long-range attack drones used in the war in Ukraine. It is the first time the United States has imposed penalties on Chinese makers of drone engines and parts for “developing and producing complete weapons [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in favor of a Belmont Correctional Institution inmate who submitted a public-records request for the names and positions of Columbiana County Jail employees during a certain period and policy information regarding booking and retention of records. Justices granted a writ of mandamus to Terry Brown to compel the Columbiana [...]
Gov. Mike DeWine last week touted the success of Ohio’s distracted driving law, a year after local police, deputies and state troopers began enforcing the new law, which makes drivers using or holding a cellphone or electronic device while operating a vehicle a primary traffic offense. As a primary traffic offense, use of a cellphone [...]
The Federal Trade Commission last week adopted a final rule that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships. The “click-to-cancel” rule will prohibit retailers and other businesses from misleading people about subscriptions and require them to obtain consumers’ consent before charging for memberships, auto-renewals and programs linked [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York. The U.S. Transportation Department said that the fine is the largest the agency has issued against [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel recently upheld the conviction and sentence of a Zanesville man, who was indicted on more than 60 counts of unlawful securities practices in an eight-month period ending in March 2018. Jeffrey Hall, 61, who was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of [...]
RAVENNA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to Portage County, in which a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post, federal officials announced. The Justice Department said it will monitor Portage County’s compliance with federal voting rights laws during early voting and on Election Day. The [...]