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John Legend performs during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Singer John Legend from his Beverly Hills mansion tells Springfield to embrace Haitian migrants

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Supporters of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, attend a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2023. Some state governments and a federal agency are moving to block companies from selling geolocation data that shows who's been to abortion providers, among other places. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

Judge blocks Ohio’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, citing 2023 reproductive rights amendment

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator wears goggles and a mask as police with riot shields and protesters stand across from one another on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Va., where tents are set up, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Cal Cary/The Daily Progress via AP)

Student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law, Ohio AG warns

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones, right, walks with his lawyer Carole Rendon toward the courtroom at the Summit County courthouse in Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Two fired utility execs, former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in bribery scheme

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

An attendee at a gun rights rally open-carries his gun in a holster that reads &quot;We the People,&quot; from the Preamble to the United States Constitution on Jan. 18, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Advocates say permitless carry makes people safer. Opponents say it makes it more dangerous for ordinary people, and for police officers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Crime down in Ohio after state OKs permitless gun carry, but officials clash on connection

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Signs for and against a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Ohio stand in front of the Greene County Board of Elections in Xenia, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, the first day of in-person voting. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

Parental rights take center stage in Ohio’s ballot battle over abortion

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are shown a new set of proposed Statehouse maps during a meeting held Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. The panel has reconvened to redraw Ohio's legislative boundaries after five earlier sets of maps were declared unconstitutionally gerrymandered. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

Amendment aimed at reforming Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system edges toward 2024 ballot

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

A view of the scene Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio. The Ohio attorney general said Tuesday, March 14, that the state filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, File)

Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine train derailment

By John Seewer - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo the Dollar General store is pictured in Luther, Okla. Dollar General is looking to roll out more of its Popshelf stores, where most items cost $5 or less. Dollar General said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that it anticipates nearly tripling the number of Popshelf stores it has by next year and plans to have about 1,000 Popshelf locations by the end of fiscal 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Dollar General facing allegations of deceptive pricing and lawsuit from Ohio attorney general

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 2020. Yost is urging the state's five public employee retirement funds to identify Russian investments and divest them from the funds, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Yost says retirement assets of Ohioans, some of whom are of Ukranian descent, should not be used to support Russian aggression. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Ohio AG casts doubt on report of 10-year-old rape victim seeking abortion

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2020 file photo, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks in Columbus, Ohio. Yost announced on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that Ohio's largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo the collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provided in a now-tainted energy bill. Yost says the subsidy would have allowed Akron-based FirstEnergy to collect $102 million from customers in 2021. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

FirstEnergy agrees not to seek subsidy in agreement with AG

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

Ohio AG moves to block another $102M in FirstEnergy fees

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2020, file photo, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks in Columbus, Ohio. Yost sent a letter about the uproar over President Donald Trump's mail policy warning that &quot;radical changes&quot; would &quot;place the solvency of the Post Office above the legitimacy of the Government itself.&quot; (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

GOP-led Ohio asks Supreme Court to take Trump election case

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Columbus, Dayton sue to force fix of gun background checks

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. Householder's name will be on the ballot Nov. 3, 2020, as the disgraced lawmaker intends to serve his district for another term despite facing federal bribery charges for his alleged involvement in a $60 million bribery scheme that shook the Statehouse this summer and led his party to remove him from the House speaker role. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ohio files complaint on ex-House speaker’s campaign spending

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

Review finds 42 people ineligible for conceal carry permit

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 23, 2020 file photo, A woman holds up a sign saying &quot;police the police&quot; as she confronts a police line while demonstrators protest in Washington, over the death of George Floyd. Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd's death would fail to account for thousands of problem officers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin File)

US police registry would fail without changes in states

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Ohio eliminates jobs at state police training academy

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

In this July 10, 2018, file photo, former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, following a status hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Republican state attorneys general tell Michael Flynn’s judge to dismiss case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Troy Smith delivers a package, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Moreland Hills, Ohio. The pandemic has delivered unforeseen consequences, good and bad, for business across almost every sector. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio extends stay-at-home order; logs record jobless claims

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press