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The grinding battle over congressional redistricting is drawing to a close. And, contrary to expectations that the process would result in big Republican gains, the final House of Representatives map may well improve somewhat for…

Roughly one year ago, I decided I wanted to lose weight. I had zero idea how I was going to do this, I only knew that I needed to start. After years of writing cookbooks, hosting a cooking show, owning a restaurant and bakery, and…

The two-part documentary "JANET," which aired Friday and Saturday, revealed new details about Janet Jackson's career in the music industry, including the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime "Nipplegate" scandal.Jackson recalled growing up…

Even with weather wreaking havoc on some events held Jan. 17, the weekend featured a packed slate of high school basketball games beginning Jan. 14 and concluding on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The final day of the three-day Battle in…

Ohio State got back in the win column on Sunday. It was a game that wasn’t what you’d watch your kid for a basketball clinic, but OSU did what it needed to win a slow and scrappy type of game against the Penn State Nittany Lions.As with…

It was a pair of beautiful scenes: The stands filled with fans at Gahanna Lincoln and a steady stream of folks watching a five-game slate just a few miles away at Africentric.There still were capacity limits during the 2020-21 season for…

When C.J. Stroud took a one-week break, sitting out the Sept. 25 game against Akron, the main goal was to help rest a separated shoulder the Ohio State quarterback injured in the opening game of the year. This worked as Stroud…

To whom it may concern at The Walt Disney Company and / or Lucasfilm: Show me the damn lightsaber. I know you have a real one now. And it’s time to fess up. Let’s backtrack a bit. Yesterday, at a seemingly routine press event for the…

Boston University courtyard outside of the College of Communication at Boston University in Boston on Sept. 23, 2020. BU was among schools that says it investigated academic misconduct linked to remote learning during Covid.Boston Globe…

One year ago Saturday, the country went into its first stage of lockdown, though some adhered to guidelines better than others. Three hundred and sixty-five days later, Covid-19 has snuffed out more than 530,000 lives in the world's most…