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County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
COLUMBUS (AP) — The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down recently by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.
Enforcement of the 2019 law banning most abortions once cardiac activity is ... (full story)
Court rules traffic stop leading to gun discovery Is constitutional
When an officer stops a vehicle with reasonable suspicion the owner does not have a valid license but later discovers someone other than the owner is driving, the officer can ask the unknown driver to produce a driver’s license, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
A divided Supreme Court found a Geauga County police ... (full story)
AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
WASHINGTON (AP) — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with generating hyper-realistic sexually explicit images of childre ... (full story)
Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn't fixed.
Some of these adoptees live in hiding, fearing that ... (full story)
Sheriff must release records created by private company operating county jail
The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office must obtain and provide public records in possession of the private companies contracted to operate the county jail, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a 6-1 per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court found the sheriff’s office could not redirect requests for jail records t ... (full story)