Author: Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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20 years for Chinese national in U.S. aviation spying case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge Thursday handed down a 20-year prison sentence to a Chinese national who was convicted of trying to steal trade secrets from multiple U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including the theft of proprietary airplane engine fan technology. Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati rejected arguments by Yanjun Xu’s attorneys that…
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Ohio governor facing primary: No pandemic response regrets
COLUMBUS, Ohio • GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic even if Republican voters who thought he went too far are angry enough to vote him out in the upcoming May primary. DeWine, 75, is running for a second four-year term, which he has said…
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Denver, other local governments seek negotiating power in opioid lawsuit
Lawyers suing over the toll of opioids asked a judge Friday to allow a structure for all 25,000 municipal and county governments in the U.S. to be paid — if a settlement can be reached with companies that make and distribute powerful prescription painkillers. Denver is one of the “proposed negotiating class representatives” listed in…
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Charges against Stormy Daniels dropped hours after arrest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save COLUMBUS, Ohio — Prosecutors dropped charges Thursday against Stormy Daniels just hours after the porn star was arrested and accused of illegally rubbing undercover police officers’ faces against her bare breasts during a performance at an Ohio strip club. Her attorney said she was “set…
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New details released in the death of a teen who was crushed inside his mini van
COLUMBUS, Ohio— A 16-year-old Ohio boy who got pinned in the back seat of his minivan and died despite voice-dialing 911 was unable to communicate properly with dispatchers because his phone was in his back pocket, according to an initial police investigation. Cincinnati police chief Eliot Isaac presented the results of an internal investigation before…
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Dangerous opioid combo ‘gray death’ is latest mixing trend
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s being called “gray death” — a new and dangerous opioid combo that underscores the ever-changing nature of the U.S. addiction crisis. Investigators who nicknamed the mixture have detected it or recorded overdoses blamed on it in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio. The drug looks like concrete mix and varies in consistency from…
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Happy birthday to Colo: Oldest gorilla in US turns 60
COLUMBUS, Ohio — She is a mother of three, grandmother of 16, great-grandmother of 12 and great-great-grandmother of three. She recently had surgery to remove a malignant tumor, but doctors say she’s doing well. She’s Colo, the nation’s oldest living gorilla, and she turned 60 on Thursday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Colo was…
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Official: Ohio attacker was angry about treatment of Muslims
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Somali-born student who went on a car-and-knife rampage at Ohio State University railed on Facebook against U.S. interference in Muslim lands and warned, “If you want us Muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace” with the Islamic State group, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. The posts from…
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Colo., 12 other states ask Justice Department for execution help
The Justice Department says it’s reviewing a request by Colorado and 12 other states looking for the government’s help obtaining supplies of a scarce execution drug. States are scrambling to find enough sodium thiopental after its sole U.S. manufacturer ceased production and some overseas supplies dried up. The states asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…
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State hiring freezes allow numerous exceptions
COLUMBUS, Ohio • Financially strapped states that have announced a freeze on all but essential hiring have made thousands of exceptions for zookeepers, dog wardens, golf-course groundskeepers, boxing inspectors, state fair workers and the like, an Associated Press review of hiring records has found. “What’s the point of the order if you’re not going to…