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FBI searches office of Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files, a board member of the organization said Friday. It's the latest action by the Trump administration connected to voting or election operations in the states, and ...

Police arrest a suspect in a shooting at an Ohio festival that wounded 12

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio have arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival last weekend. Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with 11 counts of felonious assault. Court documents do not list an ...

Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that a grand jury has reindicted two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state's long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year. Yost, a Republican, joined ...

Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial

A U.S. citizen was found not guilty Tuesday of illegally voting in the 2018 election when she was a lawful permanent resident of the United States. A guilty verdict would have led to up to 18 months in prison for Maria Dearaujo, 63. But Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown sided with ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio’s state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Candidates for Ohio's top elected offices will stand before voters in a statewide primary on Tuesday, although many of them are already looking ahead to the November general election. Ohio is expected to play a high-profile role in the midterm elections, with a prominent ...