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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Gina Clayton-Johnson of the Essie Justice Group about opposition to the Justice in Policing Act moving through Congress, and her proposed replacement: the BREATHE Act.

Ohio's Republican-dominated legislature has voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a bill that allows lawmakers to overturn public health and…

When it comes to reforming Ohio's criminal justice system, changing the laws tends to start at the state-level. But while lawmakers look at shifting sentencing from prison to treatment, there's also an urge by officials to increase penalties, resulting in what can be a contrasting approach to reform.

Deliberative town halls are a solution meant to help elected officials and their constituents bridge the communication gap at a time of heightened polarization.

When Albert Pujols left the Cardinals in 2011, it was right after the team won the World Series. There was some hurt then, but time seems to have healed those wounds as he makes a return to St. Louis.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is arrested trying to cross the Nigerian border into Cameroon. He vanished after authorities in Nigeria agreed to transfer him to a U.N. war crimes tribunal. He is now in Sierra Leone and will stand trial for war-crimes charges. Los Angeles Times writer, Hans Nichols, talks with Melissa Block.

The trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian begins Monday on charges he provided support to terrorists. The government, which has spent two decades building its case, says it has linked al-Arian with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which the United States has designated a terrorist group.

Shuttered businesses, disabled traffic lights, warm refrigerators and blistering, humid homes are scattered across central Ohio as AEP power outages paired with an intense heat wave left tens of thousands of Columbus residents in the dark this week.

There were five deaths and six serious injuries in the 392 crashes reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from July 2021 to May 2022. Two-thirds of the crashes involved Teslas.

In a northwest Philadelphia church, more than 40 people gathered to watch the hearings, calling for a moment of collective action.