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Trade in mythical fish threatening real species of rays rare and at risk
(THE CONVERSATION) From the Loch Ness monster to Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, to the jackalope of the U.S. West, mythical animals have long captured human imagination.
Some people are so fascinated with mythical creatures that they create their own, either working from pure fantasy or by modifying real animals. In a newly p ... (full story)
Most Americans believe misinformation is a problem — federal research cuts will only make the problem worse
(THE CONVERSATION) Research on misinformation and disinformation has become the latest casualty of the Trump administration's restructuring of federal research priorities.
Following President Donald Trump's executive order on "ending federal censorship," the National Science Foundationcanceled hundreds of grants that s ... (full story)
Sports
Running world records falling like leaves
Over the past several months I’ve gotten dizzy watching one professional runner after another break world records - almost on a weekly basis - and I’ve had to ask myself, “What in the heck’s going on here?”
As of late America’s Yared Nuguse broke the mile world record at New York’s Millr ... (full story)
Midway along the Appalachian Trail, weary thru-hikers find refuge and an ice cream challenge
GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream challenge.
Nearly 40 minutes and 2,500 calories later, the dairy farmer from Chapel Hill, Tennessee, was po ... (full story)
State
Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts.
When Trump, a Republican, took office, politically connected private-prison giants CoreCiv ... (full story)
A look at Ohio’s exotic animal laws
On the evening of Oct. 18, 2011, Muskingum County authorities began receiving calls from residents reporting sights of wild animals roaming their neighborhoods. The sheriff’s office would soon discover that a Zanesville homeowner freed about 50 exotic animals kept on his farm before he died by suicide. Authorities had to use l ... (full story)
Jail-time credit did not reduce time before offender could apply for early release
When an Ohio offender receives a mandatory prison term, jail-time credit cannot reduce the waiting period for the offender to apply for early judicial release, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed a Tenth District Court of Appeals decision, which allowed Aarin Clinkscale to apply f ... (full story)
'Gas station heroin' is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops.
Sometimes called "gas station heroin," the products are usually marketed as energy shots or cognitive supplements but actually conta ... (full story)