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Tensions mount in flap over prayers at West Branch

Some West Branch Schools students said their academic environment has become tense after the district curtailed prayer before athletic games in January.


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Hoerig trial set for April 16; prosecutor says he's ready

Claudia Hoerig is escorted out of Judge Andrew Logan's courtroom Tuesday at the Trumbull County Courthouse in Warren after a pre-trial hearing in Hoerig's aggravated murder trial in the 2007 death of her husband, Karl Hoerig, in their Newton Falls home.


White House chief: Dreamers not a priority for deportation

Associated Press WASHINGTON “Dreamers” protected by an Obama-era program that President Donald


redistricting Ohio lawmakers, groups reach deal on proposal

Staff/wire report COLUMBUS A compromise between state lawmakers and voting-rights advocates over


Trump, official meet over Dem memo

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with a top Justice Department official


Former Olympic coach faces probe

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. Former U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team coach John Geddert


Justices issue legal blows to 2 Ohio abortion clinics

Associated Press COLUMBUS A pair of abortion clinics claiming hardships related to Ohio’s


Ohio juror who voted for death penalty 20 years ago now seeks mercy

Associated Press COLUMBUS Ross Geiger had doubts about recommending a death sentence 20 years


US congressman comes to aid of deported immigrant

Jose Escobar was deported after attending what he thought would be a routine check-in with immigration authorities


Investigators discount political motive for GOP train crash

Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. An Amtrak train carrying dozens of Republican congressmen to a


Union sues over freeze placed on cost-of-living pay

Associated Press COLUMBUS An Ohio union’s lawsuit aims to block a planned freeze on costs-of-


Trump: Probe memo ‘totally vindicates’ me

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday asserted complete vindication


Trump, Dems clash over declassified memo on Russia probe

President Donald Trump declassified a top-secret congressional memo Friday and suggested it proved the investigation of his presidential campaign and Russia was fatally flawed from the start.

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Russia investigation Trump to approve release of GOP memo

Associated Press WASHINGTON Over the strong objections of his own Justice Department, President


‘Grave concerns’

FBI weighs in on release of Russia memo Associated Press WASHINGTON The FBI said Wednesday it