Minnesota GOP tap new event speaker after Vance bows out
March 19, 2022 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Republicans have enlisted a new speaker for an annual dinner after U.S. Senate candidate and author J.D. Vance cancelled.
Vance’s cancellation comes after he received criticism both inside and outside the party over a recent comment he made that seemed dismissive of Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Pro-Trump Ohio candidates realize endorsement may never come
March 18, 2022 GMTMANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.
Russia business deals muddy GOP US Senate primary in Ohio
March 15, 2022 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several Republicans competing for the party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio are facing scrutiny for their ties to Russia as the country intensifies its war against Ukraine.
Russia conflict separates GOP traditionalists from newcomers
February 25, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — As Russia intensified its aggression toward neighboring Ukraine earlier this week, Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio blasted President Vladimir Putin’s provocations as a “clear violation of international law.”
In fatal shooting, some political foes take aim at Baldwin
October 26, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set, but some political onlookers swiftly assigned guilt to one of Hollywood's most prominent liberals.
Biden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
September 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.
Biden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
September 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.
GOP state Sen. Matt Dolan exploring US Senate run in Ohio
July 12, 2021 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan launched a listening tour Monday to explore a bid for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat, casting himself as a tough but pragmatic politician in the tradition of exiting GOP Sen.
Review: Journalist brings rare nuance to take on Appalachia
June 21, 2021 GMT“Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning” by Alan Maimon (Melville House)
In the preface to his new book, Alan Maimon writes that he's “not here to take shots at J.D. Vance's ‘Hillbilly Elegy,'" but then he eviscerates Vance's bestseller with stiletto precision.
Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan to seek open US Senate seat in Ohio
April 26, 2021 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, a 10-term representative from Ohio's blue-collar Mahoning Valley, officially launched his bid Monday for a coveted open Senate seat in Ohio...
‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio
April 16, 2021 GMTMIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Rodney Muterspaw figures J.D. Vance has already shown he's got what it takes to be a U...
Review: A ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ adaptation, hold the politics
November 10, 2020 GMTJ.D. Vance's “Hillbilly Elegy,” an election-year explainer to liberal America about the white underclass that fueled Donald Trump's rise, has been reborn as blandly overbaked awards bait...
“Crawdads” flies off Cincinnati-area library shelves
January 1, 2020 GMTCINCINNATI (AP) — Delia Owens' "Where the Crawdads Sing," the best-selling novel about a young girl's life in a North Carolina coastal marsh, has proved to be popular with book borrowers, too...
Hollywood coming to Middletown for “Hillbilly Elegy” filming
July 26, 2019 GMTMIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — The Ron Howard-directed movie "Hillbilly Elegy" will film for a few days in the Ohio city where most of the book is set...
OVEC takes Treehuggers’ Ball fundraiser to Bahnhof
September 16, 2018 GMTHUNTINGTON — The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition's annual meeting and Treehuggers' Ball fundraiser took place Saturday evening at Bahnhof WVrsthaus and Biergarten with live entertainment, food and door prizes.
“Hillbilly Elegy” author decides against Senate run in Ohio
January 19, 2018 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The author of the 2016 election-year best seller "Hillbilly Elegy" has decided against joining the U...
AOL co-founder brings $100,000 tech contest to Pennsylvania
July 1, 2017 GMTLANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — This worry motivates AOL co-founder Steve Case: America's prosperity could be at risk if venture capital continues to flow to Silicon Valley and other elite tech hubs at the expense of the rest of the country...