Combatants on both sides of the war over gender-altering drugs and surgeries for minors are crying out: “We’ve got to help these distressed children!” But trying to chart a course toward that goal is like trying to see clearly through a dust storm. Arguments over medical standards, morality, and money are swirling through statehouses and…

Combatants on both sides of the war over gender-altering drugs and surgeries for minors are crying out: “We’ve got to help these distressed children!” But trying to chart a course toward that goal is like trying to see clearly through a dust storm. Arguments over medical standards, morality, and money are swirling through statehouses and…

The cellphone and other electronic devices of “Juror X,” whose social-media posts during a high-profile federal case created controversy, will not be subjected to forensic examination, a federal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, refused to issue an order allowing a probe of the…

A dream career as a high school social studies teacher in Maryland’s upscale Montgomery County ended this summer when Brenda Diaz saw the school’s new curriculum. The new content was “insidious, deceitful, and divisive,” said Diaz. The tenured teacher with seven years of teaching experience in the county said that the Covid mandates also were…

A federal jury has convicted a man of 10 federal fraud charges involving an $800,000 investment scheme in which he claimed to be a “prince” and a “prophet.” Daryl Robert Harrison, 44, was convicted after a jury deliberated at least 15 hours over the course of two days, concluding a two-week trial in U.S. District…

Among the eight homicide victims scattered across four rural Ohio crime scenes, two young women were nursing infants when they were gunned down. The gunmen spared the babies’ lives. But, at one scene, a singularly sickening scenario unfolded, a prosecutor says. While his 2-year-old daughter was safe elsewhere, Edward “Jake” Wagner entered a home under…

The man known as “Daryl Attipoe” displayed all the apparent hallmarks of success, power, and wealth. He wore nice clothes, exuded charisma, and drove two high-end cars: a sporty red Dodge Viper and a sleek black Mercedes-Benz. He boasted of exotic business ventures, such as mining for chrome and diamonds. He asserted that he was…

Wrongfully imprisoned in a 6-by-10 foot Ohio prison cell, Dean Gillispie let his mind and his artwork transport him to an even smaller world. He converted junk into miniature versions of places he wished he could be. Gillispie used “procured” materials—such as teabags, soda cans, and foil paper from cigarette packs—to make models of nostalgic…

A leader of Delta Air Lines’ pilots union says he has been authorized “to send a strike authorization ballot to the membership,” if needed, according to a letter sent to union members. It’s the latest in a series of actions that pilots’ unions across the United States have taken in recent months, as airlines continue…

A battle over the cellphone data of “Juror X,” who repeatedly posted on Facebook about her involvement in a high-profile Ohio case, has intensified. In a recently released order, Judge Douglas Cole allowed prosecutors and defense lawyers to question two more jurors about possible improper influences during the trial of P.G. Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati…