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DAYTON (AP) — The Dayton Landmarks Commission has denied the city's request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers' first bike shop. The city wants to tear down the site because the building has deteriorated to a point where it can no longer be maintained and redeveloped, [...]
An Ohio State University study confirms what generally has been reported about motorists’ driving habits during the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lower traffic volumes — people have been driving at greater speeds in the lighter traffic. Published this week in Transportation Research Record, the study specifically analyzed Franklin County driving patterns from Feb. 1, [...]
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Kelli Normoyle was nervous as she arrived at the Coast Guard Academy campus in Connecticut in 2008. She had come out as a lesbian to a few friends near the end of high school, but she faced a military environment where "don't ask, don't tell" was still the policy prohibiting [...]
Retired NASA scientist and Columbus resident Tony Powell joins nine former Glenn Research Center researchers who comprise the center’s 2021 hall of fame class. Officials at the federal space agency’s Cleveland facility credit Powell, 83, for his innovation of silicon carbide applications, which resulted in a “multimillion-dollar industry” encompassing aeropropulsion, power generation and space applications, [...]
A year ago, Robin Bruce never thought she would be living in Fayetteville, Ark., and liking it. That was before she took advantage of a program, largely financed by the Walton Family Foundation, that is offering $10,000 incentives to entice new residents to the Ozarks region. Bruce, a singer, visual artist and writer, was eligible [...]
QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Clutching a bag full of duct tape and snacks, Woody Faircloth climbs aboard a motorhome complete with carpet and drapes. At his side, his 9-year-old daughter, Luna, quizzes a family who has just donated the recreational vehicle, appropriately called Residency. In the distance, above hills dotted with sagebrush, smoke billows from [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students' lunchboxes, telling parents it's "now hiring." Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning. Now that schools have welcomed students back to classrooms, they face a [...]
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world's most [...]
LONDON — Kermit the Frog. Miss Piggy. Animal. Statler and Waldorf. The Swedish Chef. The list goes on and on. Everyone has their favorite Muppet. And everyone owes a debt of gratitude to one man for bringing them to life: Jim Henson. The American creator of The Muppets was honored recently in Britain with a [...]
BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — A proposed $16 billion plan to address back bay flooding, one of the major sources of storm damage at the Jersey Shore, is raising concerns about where water would go during storms, whether barriers proposed as part of it would hinder navigation and the impact it would have on the environment. [...]