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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,...
Vance doesn't back away from false claims about migrants in Ohio even amid threats to the community
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
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...
Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are abducting and...
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...
An ex-Pentagon official accused of electrocuting dogs pleads guilty to dogfighting charges
BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Pentagon official who was federally indicted last year on dogfighting charges in Maryland has pleaded guilty to some of the counts against him. Frederick Moorefield Jr., 63, entered the guilty plea Friday. Investigators found evidence he had engaged in...
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...
From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a practice that's about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink, a kind of shorthand for saying they don't belong. The latest...
The debate opened voters' eyes in suburban Philadelphia and Harris is getting a closer look
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres' lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the former president's “eye opener” encounter with Kamala Harris. ...
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...
