Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige,Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton.
What’s next for bill that could ban TikTok?
The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue.
Wildfire puts Hawaiian vacation rentals in lawmakers’ sights
HONOLULU (AP) — A single mother of two, Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick’s home to white dust, the cheapest rental she could find for her family and dogs cost $10,000 a month.
Marijuana legalization’s impact on Black, minority communities
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation’s first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion’s share of a four-year sentence.
Victims identified in Columbus Grove house fire
COLUMBUS GROVE — Columbus Grove Fire Chief Bob Brubaker on Monday identified the individuals who perished in a Putnam County house fire Saturday. Shane Springer and Bobbi Gross died at the scene, the chief said.
Ford’s most profitable business defies EV slump
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Free preschool doesn’t solve child-care challenges
CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — A year before I-Ting Quinn’s son was old enough for kindergarten, she and her husband had the option to enroll him in “transitional kindergarten,” a program offered for free by California elementary schools for some 4-year-olds.
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Israeli airstrike kills at least 9 in Rafah
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Community gathers for river cleanup
LIMA — It is a yearly event meant to help bring the community together and foster civic pride. On Saturday morning, that event returned with the city of Lima, Allen Soil and Water District, LACNIP and Omnisource partnering together for the Ottawa River Cleanup.
