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A Columbus lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would create an exception for antique firearms relative to the state law governing the sale, lending or giving of firearms to another individual. Rep. Adam Miller, a Democrat, crafted the measure to protect owners of antique firearms as would-be sellers of those items from running afoul of [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators have closed a five-year investigation into seat belt failures in some General Motors SUVs after the company issued extended warranty coverage. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website that warranty coverage issued in June 2019 addressed the problem that caused the recall. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital. At least nine of those guns have now been found at crime scenes and/or with [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that the state Board of Tax Appeals must consider a Union County school district’s challenge to the tax valuation of an apartment complex despite a 2022 amendment to the law to limit such challenges. Justice Melody Stewart wrote for the 6-1 court that because the language of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has seized a luxury jet used by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to [...]
 WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the United States won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a [...]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn went on trial Tuesday on charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the corporate scandal over Volkswagen’s use of rigged software that let millions of cars cheat on emissions tests and emit high levels of harmful pollutants. Prosecutors say Winterkorn knew about the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has failed to report some child sexual abuse allegations to local law enforcement or social service agencies even after changes prompted by its handling of the case against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released last week. In a review brought on [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of technical glitches, most prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is down 9 percent compared with this time last year, according to [...]
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Treasury Department has issued regulations aimed at making it more difficult for criminals to launder money by paying cash for residential real estate. Under rules finalized last week, investment advisers and real estate professionals will be required to report cash sales of residential real estate sold to legal entities, [...]