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Sports

How much sedentary time is too much

If you’re a regular aerobic exerciser and believe your cardio workouts more than compensate for all that inactivity you incur when at your work cubicle and in front of the TV, well, there’s some research out there that begs to differ.
That’s right, and for me it was kind of like watching a fastball blast acros ... (full story)

Boston plans to renovate a crumbling stadium for its new women's soccer team. Not everyone is happy

BOSTON (AP) — As the quarterback for the storied Boston Latin Academy, Jack Shapiro has long relished playing some of his high school games at historic White Stadium.
But this season, the closest Shapiro will get to the 75-year-old stadium is a grassy practice field in the shadows of the 10,000-seat facility. The stadium g ... (full story)

Donald Trump said he wants to ban trans athletes from competing. The reality is more nuanced

One of President-elect Donald Trump 's most popular talking points during his campaign centered on the future of transgender athletes.
Trump revisited the topic multiple times in the months and weeks before the election, suggesting at his rallies that one of the goals of his second term would be to "keep men out of women's ... (full story)

State

Appeals court panel upholds bail decision in murder case

A Franklin County Appeals Court panel upheld a trial court decision to deny bail to a Columbus man convicted on charges related to the shooting deaths of his sister and another woman who were fighting outside of a local bar.
The 3-0 panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals found in its review of the lower court ruling that t ... (full story)

Legislation would prohibit solar radiation modification in Ohio

A Montgomery County lawmaker has proposed a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would outlaw the deliberate release of pollutants into the atmosphere to affect the amount of sunlight or radiation that reaches the earth.
During a recent hearing of House Bill 529, Rep. Tom Young of Washington Township offered fellow Hou ... (full story)

Investment in Ohio’s shale energy sector rises to $3.1 billion

Total investment in Ohio’s shale-energy sector was approximately $3.1 billion in the second half of 2023, according to a study by the Energy Policy Center at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs.
The report, the 16th of a series prepared for the state’s private non-profit ec ... (full story)

Bill aims to ensure accuracy of labels on meat products

Committee members in the Ohio House of Representatives heard from the sponsors of a bill devised to increase transparency to consumers while protecting the interests of Ohio meat, poultry and egg producers as more cell-cultured foods appear in grocery stores.
Rep. Roy Klopfenstein of Haviland said House Bill 661 is designed to k ... (full story)

A few young women in buck trends by becoming Catholic nuns

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant.
But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and "took a leap of faith," revealing to them that she wanted to become a nun.
And though there were momen ... (full story)

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, clad in tuxedo and black tie, took the stage at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort shortly after the election with all the swagger of the winning candidate himself.
"The public has given us a mandate that could not be more clear, the clearest mandate. The people have spoken. ... (full story)