TikTok, WeChat banned from state government devices in Ohio
COLUMBUS — State workers in Ohio will be banned from using TikTok, WeChat and other Chinese-owned social media apps on state-issued devices over concerns that sensitive personal information and business data collected by those platforms may be shared with the Chinese government.
Lima Community Christmas Dinner held after weather delay
LIMA — Bitterly cold weather over Christmas may have delayed organizers from holding their scheduled Lima Community Christmas Dinner that day, but participants did not have to wait long, as they were able to enjoy a hot holiday meal Sunday at the Lima VFW.
One dead, one critical in attempted murder-suicide in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Authorities are investigating what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide that left a man dead and a 21-year-old woman with critical injuries.
Biden walks stretch of US-Mexico border, amid GOP criticism
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans try to blame him for the record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.
Adam Rich, former ‘Eight Is Enough’ child star, dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has died. He was 54.
Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica.
‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A conservative Republican at the center of the tortured effort to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d welcome a hard-fought battle over the U.S. debt ceiling but said both parties should start negotiating terms for the increase now so it doesn’t go down to the wire.
RSV cases decreasing; COVID-19, flu still a concernz
LIMA — After months of being burdened with the so-called “tridemic” of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, COVID-19 and influenza, some area hospitals are finally experiencing relief.
Voucher lawsuit can move forward, judge says
LIMA — A lawsuit objecting to Ohio’s school voucher program may proceed after a Franklin County judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss. Ohio’s Attorney General’s office argued that student and school district plaintiffs lacked standing to sue and the that courts have already settled the issue.
DeWine signs bill that could raise taxes, scrap credits for developers; pledges support for...
COLUMBUS - GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Friday that could raises taxes on affordable housing developments and block their owners from claiming certain tax credits.
