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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C., surrounded by family. She was 87. "Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague....

First Energy downtown Akron — TIM RUDELL / WKSU

Ohio Regulators Decline to Force FirstEnergy to Hire an Independent Auditor

Akron Student-Athletes Chase Football And College Dreams Despite COVID-19

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U.S. To Bar Downloads Of TikTok, WeChat

Updated at 2:41 p.m. ET The Trump administration is banning Americans from downloading popular video-sharing app TikTok and limiting the use of WeChat because of national security concerns, the Commerce Department announced on Friday. As of midnight on Sunday, TikTok will also not be able to receive system updates, which could affect its functionality, including slowing down the app, but the app's current version will still work for American users. Over time, however, TikTok may stop working...

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Poll: Biden Maintains Lead Over Trump With Likely Voters

HB6 Supporters, Opponents Debate Decoupling Provision

By Andy Chow • 2 hours ago

Lawmakers are discussing the potential repeal of a sweeping energy law that bails out nuclear power plants. HB6 is at the center of a federal racketeering investigation. The legislation does several other things that are up to debate, including a utility policy term known as "decoupling."

Ohio Coronavirus Recommendations Say Trick Or Treat Is Ok But Skip The Hayride

By Jo Ingles • 2 hours ago

No hayrides, haunted houses or Halloween parties. Those are some of the recommendations in the newest coronavirus guidelines from the Ohio Department of Health.

Republican Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Cancel COVID State of Emergency

By Karen Kasler • 2 hours ago

A Republican representative who’s been critical of Ohio’s response to coronavirus has proposed a bill to cancel the state of emergency order from March - the foundation of many of the state’s COVID restrictions.

Summit County Organizations Develop New Partnership Aimed at Reducing Recidivism

By Melissa Meyers • 7 hours ago

Truck and container for lquid nuclear waste — U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Three local organizations are joining forces to help people who’ve served time behind bars get their life back on track.

The program will help former felons earn a commercial driver’s license from Stark State College.

E.J. Brinson, the leader of Summit County Think Tank Coalition, says the program addresses education and employment, two of the main factors that lead to recidivism.

Board Votes on Lake Erie Wind Turbine Project, Removes "Poison Pill" Ruling

By Jeff St. Clair • 8 hours ago

Project layout of Icebreaker Wind Farm — LEEDCo / WKSU

There’s renewed hope for an off-shore wind project on Lake Erie.

The Ohio Power Siting Board voted Thursday to remove a provision that would have made the Icebreaker wind project financially unfeasible. The requirement, known as ‘feathering’, would have required the turbines to stop spinning every night between March and November to reduce risk to migrating birds and bats.

Morning Headlines: Portage Rises, Summit Drops on COVID-19 Alert Map; 2 Shot at Akron Football Game

By Amanda Rabinowitz & Jon Nungesser • 13 hours ago

Map of ohio coronavirus alert levels by county. — OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, September 18:

Ohio Regulators Decline to Force FirstEnergy to Hire an Independent Auditor

By Kathiann Kowalski/Eye on Ohio • 14 hours ago

Regulators are requiring FirstEnergy to show that its Ohio utility ratepayers didn’t foot the bill, "directly or indirectly," for political or charitable spending in support of the state’s nuclear and coal bailout bill.

Kent State Students Offer Perspective on Returning to Class During Pandemic

By Kelsey Paulus & Jay Shah • 16 hours ago

It's a couple of weeks into the fall semester on Kent’s main campus. While some classes are being held in-person, in many ways the place feels empty and it certainly looks different.

Informed Communities: Infant Mortality and Minimizing Pregnancy Stress During COVID-19

By Kelly Woodward • 17 hours ago

The cloud of COVID-19 is especially heavy for expectant parents. As part of our Informed Communities Series on Infant Mortality, WKSU brings you insights from Northeast Ohio doctors and researchers on how to stay safe and minimize stress during pregnancy.

Revamped Cleveland Health Department To Focus On Racism As Health Crisis

By Anna Huntsman • Sep 17, 2020

After being investigated for complaints of racial discrimination, Cleveland’s health department has been reorganized to better focus on addressing issues such as racism, crime and violence as public health crises, Mayor Frank Jackson said Thursday.

That's why, he said, the department is now under the city’s Office of Prevention, Intervention and Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults, which was created in 2017 to improve the quality of life for children in impoverished neighborhoods.

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Biden: Senate Shouldn't Take Up Supreme Court Vacancy Until After The Election

By Philip Ewing • 17 minutes ago

The Senate shouldn't take up the vacancy on the Supreme Court opened by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after voters have expressed their choice in the election, former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday.

The Democratic presidential helpful kept in lockstep with his colleagues now in the Senate minority, who wasted little time after the announcement of Ginsburg's death in stating their belief that Washington must wait.

Republicans do not agree.

Trump And GOP Look To Cap Record Throughput Of Judges With 3rd High Court Pick

By Philip Ewing • 41 minutes ago

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., already had remade the federal judiciary before the hinge of fate swung again on Friday night.

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed no fewer than 200 federal judges, many of them young, and each to a lifelong term, as NPR's Carrie Johnson has reported.

Trump Has Detailed His Supreme Court List. Will Biden Release One?

By Philip Ewing • 48 minutes ago

President Trump has revealed the names of people he'd consider nominating to the Supreme Court in the event of a vacancy like the one opened by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump's Democratic challenger, hasn't.

Justice Ginsburg's Death Sets Up Political Battle In The Senate

By Nina Totenberg • 57 minutes ago

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at age 87 will inevitably set in motion what promises to be a nasty political battle over who will succeed her at the Supreme Court.

Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."

Lawmakers React to Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Alana Wise • 1 hour ago

Reactions to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday focused, in large part, on how the court vacancy should be filled and whether President Trump, who is up for re-election on Nov. 3, could justifiably seek to appoint a new justice to the court so close to the election.

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