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Current Ohio Lawmaker Tapped For Judicial Post In Montgomery County

A Republican state representative has been tapped to fill a judicial seat in Montgomery County.

A display at a fireworks chain store outside of Columbus.

Bill To Change Fireworks Laws Unchanged On Independence Day Week, But Sponsor Is Hopeful

This Independence Day, many fireworks retailers in Ohio have abandoned the form that buyers had been required to sign saying they’d take their purchases...

Women grieve as the coffin of one of the 24 migrants who drowned while trying to reach Italy, is buried in Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery on the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, on April 23, 2015. The migrants died as a smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off the coast of Libya.

'I Do This For The Families': The Daunting Task Of Identifying Missing Migrants

The International Commission on Missing Persons in The Hague has identified remains of 18,000 people in the Balkans. Its new challenge: to I.D. the remains of migrants who died trying to reach Europe.

A volunteer collects signatures for the Stop Puppy Mills amendment outside Nationwide Arena in Columbus in February.

Signing Of "Puppy Mill" Crackdown Law Has Activists Calling Off Their Ballot Issue Campaign

New regulations on so-called puppy mills will take effect in a few weeks, with Gov. John Kasich signing a bill into law on Friday. And that has animal...

The booming real estate market has driven up prices to the point where Rhode Island now has the most expensive farmland in the country. The state is trying to preserve some land for farmers.

Rhode Island Bets The Farm That Cheap Land Will Help Local Agriculture Thrive

The state is about to offer bargain basement prices on something that's become increasingly unaffordable: real estate. But the land must be used for farming only.

What Trump's Recent Letters To NATO Allies Mean For Upcoming NATO Summit

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute about the upcoming NATO summit and President Trump's letters he reportedly sent to leaders of NATO allies.

Migrant Parents Face Major Obstacles Before They Can Regain Custody Of Their Children

Guatemalan migrant Yeni Gonzalez was reunited with her three children in New York City for the first time since they were separated at the Southwest border. Their reunion was emotional but temporary.

Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith talks to reporters during a May news conference in Seattle. Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming, alleging the sport's national governing body knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor and covered it up.

As USA Swimming Grapples With Sexual Abuse, Athletes Cite Lack Of Female Coaches

A former Olympic athlete sued her former coach for alleged abuse and USA Swimming because she says it failed to protect her.

Communities Across The West Cancel Fireworks Because Of Wildfire Threats

Dry conditions are causing holiday fireworks celebrations to be canceled. A geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder says the single biggest day for wildfires to start is July 4.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, on Capitol Hill in May 2017. A former IT staffer who worked for Wasserman Schultz pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of lying on a loan application.

Plea Deal For Former Congressional IT Staffer Debunks Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories

An attorney for Imran Awan said his client, who worked for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others, was the subject of "political persecution," fueled by conservative media sites and President Trump.

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