COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) � A new lawsuit challenges Ohio’s newly drawn state legislative districts as giving an extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party. The litigation filed Thursday is believed to be the first in the nation against district maps drawn under the 2020 census. An ACLU-led legal team filed the suit on behalf

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) � Trustees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Friday that financial abuses by four former executives cost the institution more than $630,000. A forensic analysis ordered by the zoo’s board of trustees showed money from a zoo levy that pays for animal care was not involved. The review was ordered after

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) � A judge has denied a defense attorney’s request to move the trial of the former police officer charged with the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio. The 47-year-old Hill, who was Black, was fatally shot by ex-Columbus officer Adam Coy, who is white, on Dec. 22. Hill was shot as

CLEVELAND (AP) � A judge in Columbus has frozen $8 million in assets of a former Ohio utility regulator and current target of an FBI investigation to preserve the assets for future collection. The freeze issued Thursday came at the request of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who says it would be harder to hold