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California braced for more stormy weather as rain began to sweep into the northern part the state and the San Francisco Bay area, raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides.

The group leading the effort to legalize and regulate marijuana says it has collected nearly 10 times the number of additional signatures it needed to put the issue before voters in November.

Members of the AFSCME union representing city, county and state employees rallied Thursday at Sensenbrenner Park in downtown Columbus raising attention about the public service staffing shortage.

Earlier this month, AEP Ohio announced plans for another rate increase that the company said will pay for reliability-focused improvements to the electric grid. Under the plan, rates will go up about $1.50 a month or an average annual increase of less than 1 percent.

Social media is crying out with calls for Saturday Night Live veteran Maya Rudolph to bring back her Kamala Harris impression.

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals who will one day elect his successor.

The elections come as China, the U.S. and others wrangle for influence in the South Pacific region. Tuvalu is one of 12 countries that have official diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Ohio State fired men's basketball coach Chris Holtmann on Wednesday. The move comes one day after Ohio State's ninth defeat in the last 11 games, which will likely cause the team to miss the NCAA tournament for the second straight season.

The decision involved mifepristone, one of the most common medications used for abortion in Ohio and the U.S.

Listener Seth Copans of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays the puzzle with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.