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The front view of dispensary Bliss Ohio on January 31, 2023.

Ohio turns green: Recreational marijuana sales begin Tuesday

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter August 6, 2024

In November 2023, about 57.19% of Ohioans voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, and Tuesday, Aug 6, marks the beginning of legal recreational marijuana sales in Ohio. James Crawford,...

Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision on her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice. | Jim Vondruska/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Harris decides on Tim Walz as running mate

(CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision on her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice. The selection caps the Midwestern...

McCoy Watkins appears in trial at the Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna, in January, 2024.

Former Kent State student enters guilty plea over two charges of rape

Michael Neenan, Reporter August 3, 2024

A former Kent State student entered a guilty plea Wednesday, July 31, stemming from two charges of rape, which allegedly occurred in November 2022. McCoy Watkins agreed to charges on two counts of...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images.

Kamala Harris has earned enough votes to win the Democratic presidential nomination, party chair announces

Ethan Cohen and Arit John, CNN August 2, 2024

CNN— Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Harris...

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says

Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN July 30, 2024

(CNN) — Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, Iranian state media Press TV reported Wednesday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Hamas...

President Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 summit in Fasano, Italy, on June 13. | Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Biden will not seek reelection

Michael Williams, CNN July 21, 2024

CNN — President Joe Biden says he is not seeking reelection in a letter posted to X on his official account. Biden says he will speak to the nation later this week in more detail. “It has been...

Jim Tasker, a semi-retired Anglican priest, has called Ohio home for more than 40 years. When he watched Sen. J.D. Vance receive the Republican nomination for vice president, he said he felt a "sense of pride."

Ohio Republicans find neighbor in J.D. Vance

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief July 20, 2024

In the Portage County Republican Headquarters, there aren’t any signs with Sen. J.D. Vance’s name on it yet. But voters there cannot hide their enthusiasm for Ohio’s junior senator joining former...

Ellen Glickman, then-director of Kent State University School of Health Sciences, called 911 on May 9, 2024, to tell police she was locked out of Nixson Hall and had to use the bathroom. | Screen grab from police body camera footage

Prosecutors dismiss charges after Kent State police arrest director of School of Health Sciences

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter July 18, 2024

Prosecutors have dismissed charges against Ellen Glickman, director of Kent State University’s School of Health Sciences, after police charged her on May 9 with disorderly conduct by intoxication. Body...

President Joe Biden, here in Las Vegas, on July 16, has tested positive for Covid-19. | Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19

(CNN) — President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House. Biden, 81, tested positive following his first event in Las Vegas,...

Trump picks Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate

Trump picks Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief July 15, 2024

Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform: "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering...

Trump safe, two dead after assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally

Trump safe, two dead after assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally

CNN — Former President Donald Trump was wounded Saturday evening while speaking onstage at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in an incident that’s being investigated as an assassination attempt...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13.

Trump injured in incident at rally

CNN – Former President Donald Trump was rushed offstage with blood on his ear and face after loud bangs during a Saturday evening rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump fell to the ground, seemingly...

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