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Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
VIENNA (AP) — It was late at night when they came for Dmytro Shabanov, a security assistant in eastern Ukraine at the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
His seizure from his home in the Luhansk region in April 2022 — weeks after Moscow's full-scale invasion — ... (full story)
How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played.
It was called a "baby parade."
The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing ... (full story)
1oth District upholds lower court decision of man convicted of Hilltop murder
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel upheld a trial court decision denying an inmate’s motion in which he ultimately sought a new trial related to his conviction on charges in the shooting deaths of two people in 2017 in Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood.
The three-judge panel overruled the arguments of 29-year-old D ... (full story)
President Trump's EPA is targeting key vehicle pollution rules. What does this mean for carmakers?
DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's plan recently to relax rules aimed at cleaning up auto tailpipe emissions is the latest Trump administration move to undo incentives for automakers to go electric.
As part of a larger effort to undo climate-based governmental regulations, the EPA said it wants to revoke ... (full story)
Appellate panel reverses lower court’s decision in data breach case
A Franklin County appellate panel determined that a trial court was wrong to dismiss an individual’s complaint which asserted breach of fiduciary duty, among other allegations, when her personal information was exposed during a data breach of the state’s unemployment compensation system.
The Tenth District Court of A ... (full story)