COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Proposed state legislation that could allow phone companies to get out of the landline business is drawing opposition from consumer groups who say the bill would hurt older and low-income Ohioans in rural areas. Various consumer groups held a news conference in Columbus on Monday to oppose Senate Bill 271, which was […]
By KATHERINE CORCORAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing at least 60 homes near the epicenter and a pedestrian bridge in the capital where people fled shaking office buildings in fear. One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) says a decision by Moody’s to upgrade Ohio’s credit rating, marks the first time in nearly five years that all three major rating agencies have deemed the state “stable.” Kasich announced the Moody’s upgrade from negative to stable on Friday. Standard & Poor’s similarly improved the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market cleared another barrier Thursday in its long recovery from the Great Recession: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed above 1,400 for the first time since June 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average, driven higher like the rest of the market by more good economic news, set a four-year […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are climbing further out of the hole they sank into during the Great Recession. A stock rally at the end of 2011 helped rebuild more of their lost wealth — a trend that carried into 2012. Households responded by borrowing more for the first time since the financial crisis began, even […]
By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum says “this was a big night tonight” and is calling the day’s biggest race in Ohio “too close to call.” Santorum on Tuesday told supporters that “we’re going to win a few and we’re going to lose a few.” But he delivered his remarks in […]
By KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — The teenager accused of killing three students in a shooting rampage in an Ohio high school cafeteria chose his victims at random and is “someone who’s not well,” a prosecutor said Tuesday as the slightly built young man appeared in juvenile court. T.J. Lane, 17, admitted taking a .22-caliber […]
Death toll rises to 3 in Ohio school shooting CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A Cleveland hospital says another student wounded in an Ohio high school shooting has died, bringing the death toll to three. MetroHealth System said Tuesday that Demetrius Hewlin died Tuesday morning. He had been in critical condition. Hewlin was a student at Chardon High […]