Tag: Ohio

Ohio Governor Signs ‘Stand Your Ground’ Gun Bill Into Law

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed a new bill into law, eliminating a duty to retreat before using a firearm in self-defense in his state. The law, which passed the Republican-dominated state legislature last month as Senate Bill 175, expands the locations where an individual can shoot an attacker with a gun without first…


Ohio Attorney General Backs Lawsuit to Keep Religious Schools Open Amid Pandemic

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday filed an amicus brief in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of religious schools seeking to overturn a county health department’s shutdown order, calling the order a violation of the First Amendment. “This order violates the Free Exercise Clause,” Yost wrote in the brief. “That clause…


Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Stroller; Baby Dies on Christmas

NEWARK, Ohio—A hit-and-run driver struck a woman pushing her 1-year-old grandchild in a stroller, putting the grandmother in critical condition and causing the baby to die Christmas morning, authorities said. The child, Amara White, was being pushed on Londondale Parkway in Newark, Ohio, just before 3 p.m. Wednesday when both were struck by a vehicle….