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Earnie Shavers, one of boxing’s hardest punchers, dies at 78
FILE - Challenger Earnie Shavers, right, follows through with a right against champion Muhammad Ali during the fourth round of their boxing bout in New York's Madison Square Garden, Sept. 29, 1977. Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Ali and Larry Holmes, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. He was 78. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
world
Storms blamed in deaths of three in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Looking more like a boat ramp, the receding Pearl River flood waters hide the parking lot of the athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
u.s. business
Ohio looking to hire 7,000 construction workers for Intel semiconductor plants
Taylor Purdy, right, a pipe layer with Complete General Construction, and colleague Adam Clary install temporary silt protection for a catch basin near the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing plant construction site in Johnstown, Ohio, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment when there's also a national shortage of people working in the trades. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
report on business
Cenovus to buy remaining 50% stake in Toledo Refinery from BP for $300-million
Cenovus logo seen at the company's headquarters in Calgary, Alta., November 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
Attorney suggests U.S. justice department should investigate Jayland Walker’s death
Bobby DiCello, an attorney representing the family of Jayland Walker, center, answers questions from the media following the funeral service for Walker in Akron, Ohio, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Hundreds of mourners filled a downtown Akron theater on Wednesday to pay their last respects to Walker, a young Black man killed by police officers, in a city that has been on edge since his death. (Daniel Lozada/The New York Times)
opinion
The evolution of U.S. TV news: from optimism to an evil storm
John Doyle
world
Ohio rape shows how a story can spread faster than facts
The Columbus Dispatch office in downtown Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2022. For nearly two weeks, the story of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and crossed state lines to get an abortion became a flash point in the national abortion debate. (Nick Fancher/The New York Times)
canada
Evening Update: At least 13 civilians killed, over 40 injured after Russian missile strike on Ukrainian shopping mall
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine on June 27, 2022.
world
For abortion rights advocates in Ohio, fury over end of Roe v. Wade collides with political realities
Ohio Senator Amber Stanley of Baltimore, Ohio holds a sign during a rally organized by the Democratic Party at the Ohio Statehouse following the overturning of Roe v Wade by SCOTUS, Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
music
Country star Toby Keith discloses stomach cancer diagnosis
FILE - Honoree Toby Keith performs at the 46th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis on June 18, 2015, in New York. Keith announced Sunday, June 12, 2022, that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall. The multi-platinum-selling singer said on Twitter that he underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation in the past six months .(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
world
JD Vance wins Ohio’s hyper-competitive Republican Senate primary
FILE - Republican Senate candidate JD Vance listens to former President Donald Trump at a rally on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. Vance is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
u.s. politics
Ohio U.S. Senate primary will test Trump’s grip on Republican voters
FILE - Senate candidate JD Vance, left, greets former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Delaware County Fairground, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state or holding other events to give their endorsed candidates a last-minute boost ahead of Tuesday’s election. Sens. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, along with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, were among the conservative emissaries making final pitches in the critical Senate race. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)
world
GOP leaders in Ohio try to block Trump endorsement of J.D. Vance
TROY, OH - APRIL 11: Republican U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance speaks with prospective supporters at a campaign event on April 11, 2022 in Troy, Ohio. Vance, a conservative commentator perhaps best known for his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, is in a crowded field to replace the retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). (Photo by Gaelen Morse/Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Biden promotes $1-billion Great Lakes cleanup push in visit to Ohio
President Joe Biden speaks the about the long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributaries polluted with industrial toxins at the Shipyards, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Lorain, Ohio. Cleanup will accelerate dramatically with a $1 billion boost from Biden's infrastructure plan. (AP Photo/Ken Blaze)
world
Nine hospitalized after carbon monoxide poisoning at Ohio hotel
international business
Intel’s $20-billion Ohio factory could become world’s largest chip plant
FILE PHOTO: An Intel Corporation logo is seen on a sticker on a laptop for sale in Queens, New York, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
world
Celebratory New Year’s gun fire ends with Ohio police fatally shooting man, wife says
u.s. business
Jury holds three U.S. pharmacy chains responsible for role in opioid crisis
FILE PHOTO: The combination photo shows a logo of CVS in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 1, 2016, re-usable Walmart bags in a newly opened Walmart Neighborhood Market in Chicago September 21, 2011 and a Walgreens sign in the Chicago suburb of Niles, Illinois, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Jim Young/File Photo
opinion
The shocking transformation of Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance
Gary Mason
world
Haiti gang seeks $1-million each for kidnapped U.S. and Canadian missionaries, official says
Children stand in the courtyard of the Maison La Providence de Dieu orphanage it Ganthier, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, where a gang abducted 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. The 400 Mawozo gang, notorious for brazen kidnappings and killings took the group of 16 U.S. citizens and one Canadian, after a trip to visit the orphanage. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)