“It is clear to us that your positions have removed you from any association with Franklin County Republicans,” chapter chairman Allen Coffman wrote. “Therefore, the Franklin County Republican Party is withdrawing support for you and any future office you may seek.” In the August 19 letter, Coffman condemned Fogal for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, which he called “radical and violent.” In June, shortly after the George Floyd protests began, Fogal wrote a letter in response to the issue of racism in the country supporting the demonstrators in Franklin County....

Franz Gayl, the 64-year-old former U.S. Marine once praised by then-Senator Biden for his whistleblower efforts in 2007, told Newsweek he approached China’s state-owned tabloid Global Times “as a last resort” after his articles were rejected by other media outlets. “My audience is American foreign policy decision makers,” Gayl said in an emailed response on Thursday. His two opinion pieces, which ran on April 27 and May 27, included sharp criticisms of U....

The Pentagon jointly released on Thursday three major policy documents, the National Defense Strategy, the Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review. The reports outlined a range of measures the United States was taking to deter and defend against a number of challenges, including those posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. But after another critical Biden administration policy piece, the National Security Strategy, gave only brief mention of North Korea earlier this month, U....

This never would have happened during Saddam’s regime. At a meeting today convened by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Barham Salih, to present the Iraqi government budget for 2007, in a week when suicide vest bombers were ambushing Shia pilgrims, when the much-vaunted Baghdad Security Plan was ramping up, the administrator of the city of Baghdad stood up to lodge a complaint. The Public Integrity Commission, said Sabir al-Essawi, had arrested one of his staff officials....

Today Moggridge, who has since founded the influential Silicon Valley-based design firm IDEO, holds the watch up as an unshining example of bad industrial design. In his new book, “Designing Interactions,” Moggridge conducts 40 interviews with industry pioneers who do the job right. Ever wonder why Google is the dominant search engine or how the mouse on your desktop came into being? This accessible book endeavors to answer those questions and more....

Unlike President Bush, who never came back to talk to reporters on Air Force One when I was covering the White House, Powell was no stranger to the press cabin. First he dropped by to greet the reporters he knew (several of them for more than a decade) and to meet those he didn’t, like me. I assumed that visit would be the first and last time we’d see the secretary until we landed in Santiago 12 hours later....

The deal, if it is sealed, would create a hybrid telecommunications and computer-services giant that could one day rewrite the rules for the information business. For EDS that would fulfill a dream: severing its ties to the automaker for a chance to compete in the alluring, if murky, multimedia arena. The $9 billion company is already the leader in ““outsourcing,’’ in which companies turn over their computer operations to outside experts....

Balotelli heading for the football scrapheap Lille have been without a permanent coach since Frederic Antonetti was sacked earlier in the season, with the club struggling towards the foot of the standings. Last week, Franck Passi, who has been tipped to be the Argentine’s assistant at Stade Pierre-Mauroy took over caretaker charge and led his new side to a 1-0 win over Caen on Saturday. Meanwhile, 61-year-old Biesla has been out of work since his brief stay at Lazio last summer, which lasted a matter of hours....

Costa returns to Chelsea training The Welsh club are bottom of the Premier League and one point adrift of safety, with their third head coach of the season, Paul Clement, tasked with rescuing their top-flight status. And he now has more to work with after Carroll signed on Tuesday, a few hours after Martin Olsson joined Swansea from Norwich City. Carroll, who spent the 2014-15 season on loan at Swansea from Tottenham, has left White Hart Lane to sign a three-and-a-half-year deal....

Mou: Targets must commit to Man Utd The England international has been linked with an Old Trafford exit for months, although it was expected he’d sign a lucrative deal in the United States or China. But, six weeks after ruling out a £52 million move to the Chinese Super League, Rooney has ended any lingering suspicions of an MLS switch with a shock decision to join the world of wrestling....

HBO and Showtime have released the first official commercial featuring the two biggest stars in the modern era of boxing. After watching the commercial, who is ready for May 2? Steven Muehlhausen is a boxing and MMA writer and contributor for Sporting News. You can email him at [email protected] and can find him on Twitter @SMuehlhausenMMA . 

A press release issued by the sheriff’s office in August said that deputies were called to an area in the river where a “possible human lower jawbone” was found intact by conservation staff out doing a biological and wildlife survey. Three other bones were also found. “With the lack of rainfall over the last several weeks this has created low water levels in the Iowa River uncovering many river characteristics that are continually changing and normally under water,” the release said....

According to a Facebook post shared by Texas Game Wardens, officials performed an inspection of a local seafood restaurant on April 13. “During the inspection, Texas Game Wardens located 381 whole shark fins and an additional 29.2 lbs. of frozen shark fins inside of the restaurant’s commercial freezer,” the post read. “Case is pending against the restaurant/owners and all shark fins were seized as evidence.” In 2015, ocean conservation organization Oceana reported that Texas banned the trade of shark fins....

Takeoff was with third Migos member, Quavo, at a private party at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas, on November 1, 2022, when Takeoff was shot and killed at age 28. Offset took to Twitter this week calling for Takeoff—whose given name was Kirsnick Khari Ball— to “come back.” “Come back bra !” Offset tweeted alongside an emoji of a rocket, which symbolizes Takeoff’s name and the name of his last solo album, The Last Rocket....

The new stay-at-home order went into effect at midnight on Monday night and will remain in place until at least May 1. Governor Mike DeWine said: “We understand that this is tough—it is very difficult. But, I would not be making these decisions if it wasn’t a matter of life and death. We have to keep this monster down. It’s not dead—it’s very much alive.” The initial Ohio stay-at-home order rules will generally remain in place, but there are new exceptions and additional closures:...

“We’re going the wrong direction, we’re at a crucial time,” DeWine told NBC News’ Meet the Press in an interview, pointing out that his state initially did very well at curbing the pandemic’s spread and flattening the curve of new infections. “This week you may see a lot more counties under that mask requirement,” he said. DeWine explained that he may issue a “statewide” mask mandate, as the current one only applies to hard-hit counties, and that there would be a new television ad campaign to promote masks throughout his state....

Ohio sports betting is set to launch on New Year’s Day, which means there is still time to lock-in a number of great pre-registration offers. This includes a $100 bonus from Caesars Sportsbook, which you can register for in advance of the app’s launch. There are five pre-launch offers that we’ve chosen to outline below. Each of these offers are among the best in Ohio sports betting. Ohio Sports Betting Promos Available Before Launch It’s critical to note that legal online sports betting is not available in the Buckeye State until January 1, 2023....

President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to reopen businesses in the U.S. but has said that that will happen at the discretion of state governors. “Our country has to get open and it will get open,” Trump said during a Tuesday news conference, “and it’ll get open safely and hopefully quickly—some areas quicker than other areas.” But some fear opening the U.S. too early may lead to another round of new coronavirus cases....

So far, investors have barely batted an eye. Average prices for energy stocks plunged earlier this year–forecasting less demand as business slowed. Now, however, there’s hope for a recovery by mid-2002. Starting in late September, average prices turned and rose. Consumers, too, have put away their worry beads. Just last May, drivers screamed when gasoline reached an average of $1.72 a gallon at the pump. Now it’s $1.25 and could drop by an additional 10 cents, says Fred Rozell, retail-pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service in Lakewood, N....

The Oilers are headed to the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs after blanking the Kings 2-0 in Game 7, defeating Los Angeles 4-3 in the first-round series. Cody Ceci and Connor McDavid had the two goals for Edmonton, while Mike Smith stopped all 29 shots he faced. The Oilers dominated from start to finish. The only reason why it was so close on the board was because of Jonathan Quick, who was sensational for the Kings in net, making 39 saves in the effort....