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Deborah Goodrich Royce was drawn to Lake Erie College in Painesville in the late 1970s for its study abroad program. The travel experience and the school were so important to Royce that she included them in her debut novel, “Finding Mrs. Ford,” published by Post Hill Press. “Every aspect of my life, and I would say everybody's life, comes into who we are now and it affects us completely,” Royce said. Lake Erie College honored Royce with a Distinguished Alumni Award during homecoming last weekend.

Iraq's president has asked the prime minister to resign and called for new elections, two key demands of protesters there.

President Barham Salih said Thursday that the premier, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, has agreed to resign, though timing is unclear. Abdul-Mahdi's ouster has been a major demand in weeks of widespread protests.

NPR's Scott Simon ruminates about news of 39 people found dead in a trailer in Essex, U.K., and why people would risk their lives for that journey.

Private insurance companies in Ohio are now required to cover doctor visits over the phone or on the computer. The recently approved state budget includes a provision requiring insurance companies to cover remote doctor visits called telemedicine. Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed the two-year budget bill July 18. Authorization of telehelath coverage is just one of the many state programs the sweeping $69 billion document covers.

"The pink lady is changing her trademark to an orange jumpsuit," a North Carolina sheriff said. She got her nickname because she often wore a hot pink purse. A suspected accomplice was also arrested.

Prosecutors have not accused the shipping company of any wrongdoing, but at least three of the company's ships have been subject to drug raids this year.

The rule, which had support from the Trump administration and consumer rights advocates, is a blow to the White House searching for ways to pressure pharmaceutical companies to lower prices.

Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer had been attempting a route in Canada's Banff National Park. The park said that all three are "presumed to be deceased."

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on a citizenship question proposed for the 2020 census. The court's ruling could affect Ohio in several ways. The state is expected to lose a congressional seat and an electoral vote after the 2020 Census, due to population declines. Those seats are apportioned on the basis of all residents in a state, not just citizens.