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A former Ohio State student health director has surrendered his medical license after being accused of failing to report complaints in the mid-1990s about sexual misconduct by university doctor Richard Strauss, who's accused of abusing young men for two decades.

The Pennsylvania State Police are agreeing to pay more than $2 million into a compensation fund and are changing physical fitness standards to settle a lawsuit over how its trooper hiring practices ruled out otherwise qualified women.

State police say two people got into a fight after a road rage confrontation on a Pennsylvania road, and one died after he was stabbed multiple times.

A prosecutor says a woman who was strangled to death in her Pennsylvania home before the structure was set afire almost two years ago was able to give authorities the proof they needed to identify her killer.

Cincinnati has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 16-year-old student who died three years ago after being accidentally trapped in a van and calling 911 twice.

The alcohol-related hazing death last month of a Bowling Green State University student has been ruled an accident.

A law firm hired by the Columbus Zoo found that the former president and chief financial officer arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by by the zoo and used sporting event tickets paid for by the zoo for their personal use without reimbursement.

Sheriff’s deputies responding to a suspicious person call at an apartment complex exchanged gunfire with a man found there in an SUV, but no serious injuries were reported.

Authorities say a shootout at a private motorcycle club in Cleveland that left seven people wounded was apparently sparked by a dispute involving a man and a woman.

Authorities say a motorcyclist riding past the scene of a fire in north Philadelphia ran over a fire hose, went out of control, and died after a crash.

A Republican congressman gave COVID-19 vaccinations to promote efforts to get reluctant people to get the shots.

Community members and family friends gathered over the weekend in Ohio to raise money for the family of one of two missing children as the search for their bodies along the Ohio River continued for another weekend.

An independent investigator has ordered six police officers in Ohio's capital city to cooperate with an investigation into allegations of police violence during anti-racism protests last year.

A former Ohio county sheriff has been sentenced to three years in prison after previously pleading guilty to theft in office and other charges.

A piece of the Wright brothers' first airplane is on Mars.

Police say an early morning shootout between two men in an Ohio restaurant killed two people and injured two others who were arrested.

A Kentucky mother has been charged with murder after her 2-year-old son consumed the drug fentanyl.

An Ohio activist has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of having spent for personal use some $200,000 in donations to what was represented as a Black Lives Matter charity.

A coalition of local governments and civil rights groups sued the U.S. Census Bureau last year to stop it from ending the 2020 census early out of fear it would undercount minority communities.

Police have announced the arrests of two suspects in the shooting deaths of a customer and a security guard in the parking lot of an Ohio sports bar over the weekend.

A Bowling Green State University student’s death from alleged alcohol-related hazing last week is invigorating a push to increase criminal penalties for hazing in Ohio.

Police in Ohio say a gunshot was fired into a Columbus school gymnasium where scores of students were taking a test Tuesday, but no one was injured.

Authorities say a worker died after falling into a lead refining furnace at an eastern Pennsylvania plant over the weekend.

A Bowling Green State University student's family says the 20 year old has died after an alleged hazing incident involving alcohol.

Police say a child died after sustaining a gunshot wound in Ohio.

An Indiana School for the Deaf teacher has been fired after he was charged in Ohio with felony sexual misconduct charges involving a student.

Wolf administration officials say Pennsylvania will extend a key feature of its response to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, albeit on a scaled-down model after federal funding ran out in December.

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools.

Ohio's attorney general has sued a residential mental health facility for children alleging that staff members illegally restrained children and failed to tell authorities when children were injured during such incidents.

Pennsylvania’s Republican Party has expressed its disapproval of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial.

Authorities say a head-on crash caused by a wrong-way driver in Ohio’s capital city has left both drivers dead and one person injured.

Massive fraud in the nation's unemployment system is raising alarms even as President Joe Biden and Congress prepare to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into expanded benefits.

A 32-year-old Ohio man has been charged in eastern Michigan with directing terrorist threats at a Port Huron elementary school and police officers.

Prosecutors have announced a death penalty indictment against a man now accused of having killed not only his girlfriend but also her 3-year-old child, whose body has never been found.

Authorities say a man found dead in a partially frozen pond in northwestern Pennsylvania was apparently trying to rescue two dogs who were also found dead in the water.

Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife, Fran DeWine, received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, the governor's office reported. 

Philadelphia police are searching for a man who hid in a department store bathroom and raped a woman.

Penn State students managed to raise more than $10.6 million dollars for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon despite mostly virtual fundraising efforts throughout the year and having the event online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 17-year-old boy sought in connection with a bowling alley shooting near Philadelphia that left one person dead and four others injured has turned himself in.

Authorities say a 17-year-old youth is being sought in a shooting at a bowling alley near Philadelphia that left one person dead and four others injured.

Police say a head-on crash on a western Pennsylvania road killed four people and seriously injured one other person over the weekend.

A lack of ice in cold weather states this year has made it difficult for scientists to study the population of an ecologically important fish.

Authorities say a woman was found dead after a fire in a western Pennsylvania home.

A Delaware man has been arrested in connection with a series of jewelry store robberies in New Jersey and is a suspect in similar robberies in other states.

A Michigan court has reinstated lawsuits against two universities over mistaken results that were discovered years after two sisters were tested for a high risk of skin cancer.

Gov. Tom Wolf has commuted the life sentences of 13 Pennsylvania inmates, clearing the way for their release to halfway houses.

Representatives of minor political parties in Ohio are conferring on whether to appeal after suffering their latest blow in a legal battle for more visibility and access in state elections.

The federal prosecutor leading an investigation into a $60 million bribery probe at the Ohio Statehouse has announced his resignation.

The estate of a man who was run over by a bulldozer while being chased by Pennsylvania State Police for illegally growing a handful of pot plants is nearing settlement of its federal wrongful death lawsuit against the state.

Authorities say three Ohio police officers have been placed on administrative leave while the shooting death of a shoplifting suspect is investigated.

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a longtime attorney from southern Ohio who’s charged with human trafficking involving his former clients.

Authorities say a pickup truck went out of control on an icy interstate onramp and plunged into an Ohio river, killing two youths and injuring two other people.