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Six People Killed In Separate Local Fires

Fire authorities say four children and two adults died in two separate fires on Tuesday. Three juveniles died and a fourth was injured in a Coshocton…

Nurses At Ohio Hospital Reject Contract Agreement

Nurses at Toledo's Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center will continue to work under their old contract after rejecting a new agreement. Nearly 60…

Feds Accept Corrective Plans For Three Local Hospitals

Columbus-based Mount Carmel Health System says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has accepted its plans to fix issues at Mount Carmel West,…

EMA: Technical Problem Kept Doors Of Local Shelter Locked During Weather Emergency

Delaware County Emergency Management Agency officials blame a technical problem for keeping the doors of a tornado shelter at Delaware State Park locked…

Rohingya refugees gather in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's barbed-wire-lined border in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, in 2018. Some 700,000 refugees fled into Bangladesh following a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017.

Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide As Of 2018, U.N. Report Says

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

The White House honored economist Art Laffer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. For decades, Laffer has promoted the idea that tax cuts pay for themselves, against all evidence to the contrary.

From A Napkin To A White House Medal — The Path Of A Controversial Economic Idea

Art Laffer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday. For decades, Laffer has promoted the idea that tax cuts pay for themselves, against all evidence to the contrary.

Workers makes shoes at a factory in Jinjiang, in southeast China's Fujian province. Nearly all shoes sold in the U.S. are foreign-made. China's share has declined, but it's still a major source.

Why The American Shoe Disappeared And Why It's So Hard To Bring It Back

Footwear companies face big costs in potential new tariffs on more Chinese imports. Almost all shoes sold in the U.S. are made overseas. Only about 200 factories remain. One man tried to change that.

Joy Harjo will become the 23rd poet laureate of the United States, making her the first Native American to hold the position.

Joy Harjo Becomes The 1st Native American U.S. Poet Laureate

A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, the 68-year-old poet and musician says she bears "the honor on behalf of the people and my ancestors" and aims to serve as an "ambassador" of the art form.

Zahura Sinan with a grandchild. She and her son's family have taken care of almost 150 Yazidi women and children rescued from ISIS.

'I Want To Go Back': The Yazidi Girls Who Did Not Want To Be Rescued From ISIS

The girls, ages 10 and 11, were held captive for years and remember nothing of their Yazidi heritage. They miss the ISIS woman who looked after them and tell rescuers they want to return to her.

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Hope Hicks Declined To Answer Questions About Time In White House In House Testimony

The former Trump aide's appearance before the Judiciary Committee is the first time an official from the White House agreed to show up. But Democrats said she declined to answer many questions.

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