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Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, speaks during an abortion rights rally in June at the Indiana Statehouse.

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  • Politics

Indiana doctor says she has been harassed for giving an abortion to a 10-year-old

The harassment began soon after her young patient became flashpoint in the national debate over abortion, Dr. Caitlin Bernard told NPR. "It's honestly been very hard for me, for my family," she said.

July 26, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Becky Sullivan
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was sent a "cease and desist" letter last week asking him to stop making what an attorney for Indiana abortion provider Dr. Caitlin Bernard describes as defamatory statements. Rokita's office responded that "no false or misleading statements have been made."

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  • National

Indiana's AG could face a lawsuit by the abortion provider for 10-year-old rape victim

Dr. Caitlin Bernard has threatened to sue Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita for "false and misleading statements" he made after she provided a medication abortion for the girl from Ohio.

July 19, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
In May, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Dayton, Ohio to protest in favor of abortion rights after the leak of the draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. A raped 10-year-old Ohio girl's abortion in Indianapolis became national news.

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  • Media

A rape, an abortion, and a one-source story: a child's ordeal becomes national news

The Indianapolis Star's story about an anonymous child rape victim from Ohio who crossed state lines to get an abortion became a political lightening rod. Now a man has been arraigned for the rape.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Sarah McCammon
Shawnee State University in southern Ohio has agreed to pay philosophy professor Nick Meriwether $400,000 after disciplining him for not using a transgender student's pronouns.

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  • Education

A university pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student's pronouns

Nick Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, sued the college in 2018 after he was disciplined for not using she/her pronouns to refer to a transgender student.

April 20, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Intel Corp. is planning to invest investment more than $20 billion in two computer chip plants in central Ohio to help address a global semiconductor shortage.

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  • Business

Intel is building a $20 billion computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage

Two chip factories on a 1,000-acre site just east of Columbus are expected to create 3,000 company jobs and 7,000 construction jobs, the company and local and state officials say.

January 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Pro-life activists participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe

On both sides of the abortion debate, activists say this could be the last anniversary before Roe v. Wade is overturned or significantly rolled back.

January 20, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Tamala Payne (center) and attorney Sean Walton participate in a Dec. 11, 2020, protest of the shooting of her son, Casey Goodson Jr., by a Franklin County deputy sheriff in Columbus, Ohio.

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  • National

The deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. 5 times in the back is charged with murder

Jason Meade, the white Ohio sheriff's deputy fatally shot Goodson, who was Black, in an encounter that led to racial justice protests. Goodson's family has filed a federal civil rights suit.

December 02, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and attorneys general for Ohio and Tennessee filed a lawsuit claiming the new federal vaccine mandate is government overreach. He's pictured in 2020.

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  • Law

Hours after the White House issues its new vaccine mandate, GOP-led states sue

Dozens of Republican state officials are suing over the White House's COVID-19 vaccine mandate that they say is unconstitutional and threatens business.

November 05, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
On Sunday, Bishop Sycamore High School lost to the second-ranked high school football team in the U.S., IMG Academy of Florida, 58-0.

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  • Sports

People Are Wondering If An Ohio School Even Exists, After A Football Blowout On ESPN

Questions continue to be raised about how the game was scheduled and whether the Columbus, Ohio, high school even exists.

September 02, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
FirstEnergy Corp., which has operated the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, for years, was at the center of a bribery scheme that included Ohio lobbyists and political officials.

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  • Law

An Energy Company Behind A Major Bribery Scandal In Ohio Will Pay A $230 Million Fine

FirstEnergy Corp. agreed to pay as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal Patel calls it the "largest criminal penalty ever collected" by his office

July 23, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A federal indictment includes startling detail of the months-long efforts prosecutors say an Ohio man took to plan a mass shooting and to purchase weapons and other equipment to fulfill that goal.

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  • Law

Police Foiled An Ohio Incel's Plot To Kill Women In A Mass Shooting, Prosecutors Say

Tres Genco, 21, is charged with attempting a hate crime involving a plot to kill women, as well as charges of illegally possessing a machine gun.

July 22, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
In a bid to get more Ohioans vaccinated, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a $1 million lottery offer to adults who get at least one COVID-19 dose. Kids under 18 who get the vaccine will be entered into a lottery to get a scholarship.

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  • National

Ohio Wants To Make 5 People Millionaires — If They're Vaccinated

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is pitching the $1 million lottery drawing and school scholarships as a scheme to boost vaccination levels in the state.

May 13, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A sample ballot is shown using the Dominion Voting system, the machines that have been under attack by former President Trump following the 2020 elections.

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  • Elections

Ohio County Rejects Dominion Voting Systems After Trump Supporters Balk

Commissioners in Stark County voted to reject a recommended purchase of Dominion voting machines. Former President Trump falsely accused the machines of switching votes for him to President Biden.

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Advocates against police brutality organized a caravan protest after the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio.  Officer Adam Coy was fired from the Columbus Police Department on Monday for his role in fatally shooting the 47-year-old on Dec. 22.

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  • Race

Columbus, Ohio, Officer Who Shot And Killed Andre Hill Is Fired

"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."

December 28, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A health professional walks out of a drive-through coronavirus testing site at the University of Dayton in Ohio earlier this year. Ohio will go on a statewide curfew Thursday for at least three weeks.

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  • Health

Ohio Governor Orders 3-Week Statewide Curfew As Coronavirus Cases Rise

The curfew will last from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. with exceptions for work, commuting, grocery shopping and contactless food services.

November 17, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
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