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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions

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LONDON (AP) — London’s traffic cameras are under attack. Police say hundreds of license plate-reading cameras have been damaged, disconnected or stolen by opponents of an anti-pollution charge on older vehicles that comes into force across the metropolis on Tuesday.

Idalia strengthens into a hurricane, chases Florida residents away from vulnerable coast

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CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Idalia strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday and barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast as authorities warned residents of vulnerable areas to pack up and leave to escape the twin threats of high winds and devastating flooding.

Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

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Students gathered around at a sign that said “VOTE NO ON ABORTION” earlier today on the campus of Bowling Green State University. The anti-abortion group Created Equal displayed the victims of abortion and encouraged students to vote no on Issue I in November. Created Equal is a national anti-abortion organization that seeks to show what abortion does to preborn children.

Police in Ohio fatally shot a pregnant shoplifting suspect

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BLENDON, Ohio (AP) — Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said.

Need to know about lifesaving CPR? A new study says it’s probably wise not...

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Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that.

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NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio, the company announced Monday.

Convicted ex-Ohio House speaker moved to Oklahoma prison to begin his 20-year sentence

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison.

Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang...

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to try and rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.