Crews work to recover 3 barges that got loose on Ohio River
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying methanol.
Nashville shooting highlights security at private schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An alarm blared and lights flashed as a heavily armed assailant stalked the hallways of The Covenant School.
Poll: Cut federal spending — but not big-ticket programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs.
New Hampshire court dismisses latest Pamela Smart petition
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990.
Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billion
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations.
Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will no longer give the U.S. advance notice about its missile tests, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday, as its military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s massive nuclear capability amid fighting in Ukraine.
FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.
Former Wapak utilities clerk pleads to theft in office
WAPAKONETA — Christine Steinke, a former utility clerk for the City of Wapakoneta, pleaded guilty on Monday to three felony counts and three misdemeanors related to her theft of city funds.
United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A United Airlines flight bound from Houston to Rio de Janeiro has returned to Bush Intercontinental Airport for an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, the airline said.
Mixed verdict in trial of former Lima cop
WAPAKONETA — An Auglaize County jury deliberated for less than two hours Monday before returning a split verdict in the trial of a former Lima police officer charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest during an incident last summer in Wapakoneta.
