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FILE - President Joe Biden boards Air Force One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 27, 2024. The White House says President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023.

Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state's fall ballot

On Tuesday, Republican House Speaker Jason Stephens expressed support for doing something to fix the problem with Ohio's deadline not just for this election cycle, but on a longer term basis.

President Joe Biden visits gun control advocates in Columbus in 2020

There's optimism but still no resolution to get President Biden's name on Ohio's November ballot

Democrats won't certify Biden as their official candidate until after Ohio's early August deadline, and no legislation to change that deadline has been proposed.

The Lake Erie lighthouse at Headlands Beach State Park, one of the Ohio state parks on the path of totality.

Ohio state parks plan for big crowds for April 8 eclipse. Officials say come early

State parks in the Ohio area are ramping up for the April total solar eclipse, meaning reservation restrictions and safety precautions for all visitors.

Eastern Gateway Community College faculty given layoff notices

Amid ongoing financial difficulties, the board of trustees voted recently to shutter the troubled community college by the end of May if no other new funding comes through.

A rendering shows pedestrians and bicycles enjoying a section of the proposed two-mile Capital Line trail that would loop through downtown Columbus. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther estimated the cost of the project at around $100 million.

Columbus plans $100 million downtown pedestrian and bike loop

The Capital Line trail would run along Gay, Rich and Fourth streets and across the river to the Scioto Peninsula.

An empty elementary school classroom in Westerville.

Westerville City Schools votes to put combined bond issue and levy on November ballot

The district is asking to issue bonds worth up to $140 million and for a levy that would generate another $20.8 million.

Tessie Prevost, center, and 7-year-old Elan Jolie Hebert are escorted by U.S. Marshal Michael Atkins up the steps of McDonogh 19 Elementary School as Prevost was escorted in 1960, during a New Orleans 61st anniversary ceremony in 2021. Prevost was one of the first African-American women who integrated the all-white public schools in New Orleans.

Tessie Prevost, pioneer of Deep South school desegregation, dies at 69

Tessie Prevost was one of the young Black girls who integrated New Orleans public schools in the 1960s after federal courts forced the system to abide by the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling.

Vice President Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.

A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Kamala Harris

Harris was mentioned 19 times on the account, according to the complaint, including several times in the days after announcing she was running for president in place of Biden.

Denise Williams, president of the NAACP Springfield Unit, speaks at a press conference of faith and community leaders.

Faith leaders, Haitian residents respond after bomb threats in Springfield

The FBI is investigating bomb threats made in Springfield. This comes after former President Trump spreading debunked claims that Haitians were killing and eating pets.

Workers set up sand bags in front of a beachfront property in anticipation of high surf hitting the shore on Friday in Ventura, Calif.

Powerful Pacific swell brings the threat of more dangerous surf to California

The ocean was less violent Friday but the National Weather Service warned that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return Saturday.

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