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Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed that uplifting balm more than ever. Their community is reeling — confused,...
Days of preparation and one final warning. How Kamala Harris got ready for her big debate moment
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was almost time for the presidential debate, but Kamala Harris’ staff thought there was one more thing she needed to know. So less than an hour before the vice president left her Philadelphia hotel, two communications aides got her on the phone for one of the strangest...
Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats
Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric. ...
Ohio city continues to knock down claims about pets, animals being eaten
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city remains in an unwelcome spotlight after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that members of its recently expanded Haitian immigrant population were abducting and eating pets, elevating in a televised presidential debate the type of inflammatory...
Man convicted of killing 4 at a Missouri motel in 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man has been convicted of fatally shooting four people inside a Missouri motel room, nearly 10 years after the killings occured. A jury in Springfield on Thursday found Scott Goodwin-Bey, 57, guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and armed...
Father of Ohio boy asks Trump not to invoke his son's death in immigration debate
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — The father of an Ohio boy killed last year when a Haitian immigrant driver hit a school bus is imploring Donald Trump and other politicians to stop invoking his son's name in the debate about immigration. Nathan Clark spoke Tuesday at a Springfield City...
An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Many cities have been reshaped by immigrants in the last few years without attracting much notice. Not Springfield, Ohio. Its story of economic renewal and related growing pains has been thrust into the national conversation in a presidential election year...
Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. ...
Smith & Wesson: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (SWBI) on Thursday reported a loss of $2.1 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Springfield, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. Losses, adjusted...
Illinois man convicted in fatal stabbing of child welfare worker attacked during home visit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state child welfare worker to death as she was making a home visit to check on children has been found guilty but mentally ill in her killing. Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Madonia convicted Benjamin Howard Reed on...
