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Vatican signals openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (380+ words) AP Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2025. VATICAN CITY " The Vatican is sending new signals about how…...
Ghost Walk turns a new page
7+ mon, 54+ min ago (442+ words) Extra! Extra! Read all about it. Ghost Walk has a newspaper theme for 2025. CJ Adkins, who co-wrote and co-directed this year's Ghost Walk with Stephanie Young, said the idea started with a story given to her by Don Novorsky, who…...
Trump seeks to toughen transgender passport rules
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (366+ words) The Justice Department appealed a lower-court order allowing people use the gender or "X" identification marker that lines up with their gender identity. It's the latest in a series of emergency appeals from the Trump administration, many of which have…...
Humpty Dumpty caper at New Jersey mini-golf course sparks police probe
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (242+ words) CAPE MAY, N. J. (AP) " Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case. A playful, colorful statue of the nursery rhyme icon was forcibly removed from a structure at a miniature golf course in Cape…...
Hey, Ursuline: It's not "just boys being boys'
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (473+ words) Rumor and innuendo about the Ursuline High School football team's summer trek through the South have been swirling for the better part of three months. Now, after the filing of a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the school, officials, coaches and…...
Keeping the wolves at bay
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (850+ words) For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn't have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they're using them to blast AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," movie clips…...
3 elves bike from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to Finland's Santa Claus Village
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (226+ words) Three postal workers set off Saturday on their nearly 1, 860-mile bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of Rovaniemi, Finland, which is home to Santa Claus Village, according to German news agency dpa. The cyclists are traveling…...
988 crisis line marks 3rd year
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (253+ words) The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline commemorated three years of service on Wednesday. Since launching in 2022, the Lifeline's trained specialists have responded to nearly 600, 000 calls, texts and chats from Ohioans experiencing emotional distress or a behavioral health crisis. In Ohio, 988 is administered…...
Color me safe on the roadways
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (282+ words) A few letters back, I discussed how, with the increase in driving during these Ohio summer days, drivers need to refresh themselves on the roadway laws. I'd like to continue that refresher training concept and share the following: Did you…...
Pride fills downtown Warren with cheer
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (485+ words) WARREN " An estimated 7, 000 to 8, 000 attendees enjoyed Saturday's Pride in the Valley festival, which celebrated the region's LGBTQ+ community. The sixth annual event kicked off with a parade around Courthouse Square consisting of cars, floats and individual community members. Full Spectrum…...