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Ohio Republicans move bill on school bathroom use by transgender students forward in Legislature
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers advanced a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity in a late-night state House vote Wednesday just before they left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed bill was sent back to the Senate with the...
Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent. Fifty-five years later, the two longtime friends finally got back to the garden,...
Worthington Steel: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Worthington Steel (WS) on Wednesday reported profit of $53.2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Columbus, Ohio-based company said it had net income of $1.06. The steel processing company...
Worthington Enterprises: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (WOR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $31.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Columbus, Ohio-based company said it had a loss of 65 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and...
Man turns himself in and is charged with obstruction in connection to Ohio shooting, police say
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man turned himself in at Columbus Police headquarters Sunday and identified himself as the driver of a car seen fleeing an early morning shooting in Ohio’s capital that sent 10 people to hospitals, one in critical condition, police said. Columbus Police...
Cucho's hat trick helps Crew beat Sporting KC 4-0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Juan “Cucho” Hernández scored three goals — his first multi-goal game of the season — to help the Columbus Crew beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0 Saturday night. Cucho opened the scoring when he cut back to evade a defender near the...
Google to invest another $2.3 billion into Ohio data centers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Google will invest an additional $2.3 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio, the company announced Tuesday. The tech giant has centers in New Albany and Lancaster and one under construction in Columbus to help power its services such as...
Police in Ohio fatally shoot man who they say charged at officers with knife
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man who they say charged at them with a knife after they first tried to stop him with a Taser, police in Ohio said. Police in Columbus received multiple calls Monday night about a man in the middle of the street running at vehicles...
Adam Scott in position to get into US Open through world ranking, extend majors streak to 92
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Adam Scott is going to make the U.S. Open field after all, keeping his major championship streak alive. Days after losing a playoff in a qualifier Monday in Columbus, Ohio, Scott was in position Sunday to get a spot from the world ranking to play at Pinehurst...
Big Lots: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Big Lots Inc. (BIG) on Thursday reported a loss of $205 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Columbus, Ohio-based company said it had a loss of $6.99. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs and...
