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UNION COUNTY, Ohio (WSYX) — A former youth softball coach has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Anthony Davis, who coached in Richwood, entered his plea in a Union County courtroom, admitting to two counts of rape, sexual battery, and unlawful sex with a minor.The young victim, a player under Davis, and her family were present in the courtroom as Davis was led away. A victim advocate read a statement on behalf of the victim’s mother, expressing the family’s devastation.”This whole situation is a nightmare I can’t…

Kohl’s canned its newly hired chief executive after an investigation showed he had cut a “highly unusal” business deal with a woman who had been his romantic partner, according to a report. Ashley Buchanan — hired to lead the department store chain just four months ago — directed Kohl’s to “engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest,” the company said on Thursday. Specifically, the conflicts involved 51-year-old Buchanan’s relationship with Chandra Holt, a former colleague at Walmart, according to a Wall Street Journal report. According to a company filing that didn’t specifically name Holt, the vendor signed a multimillion-dollar…

SUN CITY WEST, AZ — A family is on a mission for change following the loss of their mother to extreme heat last year after APS shut off her power due to missed payments.Temperatures soared to 102º in the days after 82-year-old Kate Korman’s air conditioning was shut off by the utility company on May 13, 2024. The Sun City West woman was found dead six days later.Kate’s death was a private family tragedy for a year, until it suddenly wasn’t. On April 24, Arizona Corporation Commission Vice-Chair Nick Myers posted on X that he was “sure the family doesn’t…

McDonald’s suffered its steepest drop in a crucial sales metric since 2020 – with the burger giant citing “heightened anxiety” among customers as President Trump’s tariffs threaten to reheat inflation. President Trump’s favorite fast-food joint said its US same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year — plunged 3.6%, which the chain attributed to bad weather and an increasingly cautious consumer. It’s the worst such drop since the COVID-19 pandemic, when same-store sales plunged 8.7%. As Americans grow more fearful that sweeping tariffs could reheat inflation or even trigger a recession, McDonald’s said it’s noticing a…

What to know for your weekend A Super Bowl, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé in D.C.? The Commanders rocked our world like the old RFK Stadium bleachers by dropping news of a $3 billion plan to bring the NFL back to D.C. The week started with that big news, and it will end with festivals galore, the National Cathedral’s Flower Mart, plus free days at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and The Kreeger Museum. Embassy open houses Free pickAround the World Embassy TourSat., 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., various locations🔗 Details You can go around the world in…

Some married women across the US are sharing that they’ve been facing unexpected hurdles in obtaining their REAL ID as the May 7 deadline looms to have the documentation to fly domestically. The common obstacle among them is proving their name change due to marriage without having in their possession their original marriage certificate needed to verify that change. It has become a logistical nightmare, for example, for Dorothy Ballone — formerly Hotchkiss — of Rochester, New York. She’s been on a mission to try to obtain her original marriage certificate from 67 years ago, she told Fox News Digital this week. The…

The European Space Agency has launched its Biomass satellite, a mission designed to enhance the global understanding of how forests affect the Earth’s carbon cycle. The satellite will use advanced radar technology to measure the amount of carbon stored in trees and monitor changes in forest structure, particularly in tropical regions. What is the Biomass satellite designed to do? ESA claimed that Biomass is the first satellite equipped with a P-band synthetic aperture radar, the first of its kind in orbit. The radar scans through thick forest cover to estimate tree biomass, focusing on structural elements like trunks and branches.…

WASHINGTON — The Kremlin on Thursday blasted President Trump’s historic mineral rights deal with Ukraine inked a day earlier, sarcastically praising the US leader for making a deal with a nation that will soon “disappear.” “Trump has finally pressured the Kyiv regime to pay for US aid with mineral resources,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram. “Now, the country that is about to disappear will have to use its national wealth to pay for military supplies.” President Trump meets with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Palestinian-born student at Columbia University and U.S. permanent resident, on April 14, 2025. He had arrived at a Vermont immigration office for what was scheduled to be the final step in his naturalization process. Instead, plainclothes federal agents arrested him without providing immediate information about where they were taking him. Mahdawi was later held at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, Vermont. What reasons did the government give for detaining him? The Trump administration accused Mahdawi of threatening U.S. foreign policy interests due to his involvement in pro-Palestinian…

Welcome to our weekend events guide, where we share what’s up around Seattle. If we’re missing something fun, email us at [email protected]. Watch Seattle Refined’s Abby Luschei talk about weekend events Thursdays on ‘ARC Seattle’ with Tyrah Majors and Steve McCarron, airing every weekday from 7 to 10 a.m. on Seattle’s CW Network!Starting Friday, May 2, through May 10 Sequim Irrigation Festival. This fest is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. The state’s oldest and longest-running festival commemorates what farmer D.R. Callen and his partners did in 1895 to design and develop the irrigation ditches that brought water from the…