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A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

Sep. 19, 2024 10:56 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a...

Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over

Sep. 19, 2024 09:00 AM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the...

Woman suffers leg burns after hiking off trail near Yellowstone Park's Old Faithful

Sep. 18, 2024 16:00 PM EDT

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman suffered burns on her leg after hiking off trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said. The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New...

What to know about the threats in Springfield, Ohio, after false claims about Haitian immigrants

Sep. 17, 2024 19:24 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week's presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield's Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. Trump's running mate,...

Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians eating pets

Sep. 17, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian...

AP PHOTOS: Life continues for Ohio community after Trump falsely accused Haitians of eating pets

Sep. 17, 2024 16:57 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Their city has been in the eye of a political storm since former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, falsely accused legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield of eating dogs and cats. One consequence: a rash of hoax bomb threats...

Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants in Springfield

Sep. 16, 2024 20:16 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants, the governor announced Monday, while local officials canceled an annual celebration of cultural diversity in the fallout over former President Donald Trump’s...

Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

Sep. 16, 2024 06:46 AM EDT

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,...

Vance doesn't back away from false claims about migrants in Ohio even amid threats to the community

Sep. 15, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance did not back away on Sunday from the false claims he and Donald Trump have been making that Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state's GOP governor and other officials insist there is no...

Dogs bring loads of joy but also perils on a leash

Sep. 14, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The cuddles. The loyalty. The worshipful eyes. There's a lot of joy in having a dog, not the least of which is heading out for a brisk walk. And therein lies a peril some dog people should pay more attention to. Over the past 20 years, injuries related to dog...