Search results for

The practice is on the decline in many countries. But the population boom in Africa and the Middle East will put millions of girls at risk unless more progress is made.

Ohio State University has fired band director Jon Waters after an internal investigation found that he knew about and ignored "serious cultural issues"…

Roger Alvarez didn't make it to graduation, but he still wants to thank his high school English teacher. (This StoryCorps interview first aired Jan. 29, 2012, on Weekend Edition.)

In the wake of Arizona's botched execution, Steve Inskeep talks with Amherst professor Austin Sarat, author of the recent book Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty.

Authorities want to cut down on cigarette butts in the sand, so they're moving to ban smoking on all 362 miles of the state's Pacific Coast. Repeat offenders could face a $110 fine.

Hocking County coroner David Cummin is scheduled to appear in court next month to face obstruction of justce and dereliction of duty charges. Prosecutors…

An Ashland woman has been sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for enslaving a mentally disabled woman and her young daughter for two years using…

Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich is standing by the head of the state education department in the wake of the controversy surrounding a Dayton charter…

A Cuyahoga County judge has approved the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation settlement of a class-action lawsuit claiming it overcharged employers…

Columbus police say the case of a couple found dead in their South Side home on Tuesday is a murder-suicide. Police say 46-year-old Troy Stone shot and…