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A "boneless chicken wing" is displayed in Glenside, Pa., on Feb. 8, 2023. On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Ohio Supreme Court rules ‘boneless’ doesn’t mean chicken without bones

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Ohio high court upholds 65-year prison term in thefts from nursing homes, assisted living facilities

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FILE - Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts, Nov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio's unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn't in the best interests of Ohio voters. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Ohio will keep GOP-drawn congressional maps in 2024 elections, ending court challenge

By Samantha Hendrickson - Associated Press

FILE - Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts, Nov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio's unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn't in the best interests of Ohio voters. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Supporters and opponents of a GOP-backed measure that would make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution packed the statehouse rotunda on May 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. A ballot question seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution was cleared for an August ballot on Thursday, May 18, and teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers assigned to write pro and con arguments, respectively, to be presented to voters. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File)

High court clears August election in Ohio, says lawmakers within rights to violate law they passed

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Protesters gather inside the Ohio Statehouse on May 3, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio, to protest a group of Republican legislators' attempt to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. A ballot question seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution was cleared for an August ballot on Thursday, May 18, and teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers assigned to write pro and con arguments, respectively, to be presented to voters. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos, File)

Supreme Court: Ohio ballot board must fix language describing August supermajority question

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose speaks to the Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club in Pickerington, Ohio, on March 24, 2022. LaRose on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, announced a new public integrity unit in response to what he called Americans' “crisis of confidence” in the electoral process even while acknowledging the state's own reputation for secure voting. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Ohio Supreme Court orders Democratic candidate onto November ballot

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Andre Brady poses for a photo outside the Barnes &amp; Noble in Youngstown, Ohio. The fired bookstore employee continued the yearslong battle for his job in appellate court on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Brady lost his union job as a sales manager at the Youngstown State University bookstore in 2016. His employer and other public universities were under pressure to reduce costs and pass the savings along to students (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Justices decline to take up ex-campus bookstore worker case

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

FILE - Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts in this file photo from Nov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's scheduled primary election is just six weeks away, but candidates still don't know whether the voting contest will happen then. A series of court rulings invalidating Republican-drawn redistricting maps has threatened to delay the state's May 3 primary by a month or more. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Political mapmaking body approves previously rejected plan

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press

The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, is shown on Jan. 13, 2021. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Group of GOP voters sue to force Ohio legislative map fix

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2019, file photo, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during an interview at the Governor's Residence in Columbus, Ohio. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has cited restrictions on his emergency powers as a reason he is no longer issuing orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, even as Democratic opponent Nan Whaley has called on him to issue a mask mandate for K-12 schools. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ohio redistricting battle heads to state Supreme Court

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Ohio Supreme Court takes case over voting machines purchase

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - This April 6, 2000 file photo shows a concrete walkway, foreground, that allows golfers access to the top of an ancient American Indian mound at Moundbuilders Country Club in Newark, Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in the debate over public access to the set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks. The case pits the state historical society against the country club where the earthworks are located. (Jeff Adkins/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Ohio court hears arguments over ancient earthworks access

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

‘That lady is drunk!’ Court weighs citizen tip validity

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Ohio high court: State must decide on cultivators request

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Ohio high court dismisses convicted school shooter’s appeal

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In this 2016 photo, Muskingum County Common Pleas Judge Mark C. Fleegle reads during a court proceeding in Zanesville, Ohio. In December 2020, Fleegle, who failed to adopt written rules for mask wearing and other coronavirus prevention measures, has been barred from overseeing two upcoming trials. His lack of written procedures makes it difficult for jurors and others to know what's expected of them, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor said in an order. (Chris Crook/Times Recorder via AP)

Ohio judge pulled from cases over coronavirus concerns

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Ohio Supreme Court: Sentence in child’s death isn’t too long

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Death sentence rejected for teen who killed Kent St student

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