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Your Turn The phrase: “Standing on the shoulder of giants”, has never been more applicable than today, following President Biden's nomination for the next United States Supreme Court Justice. For the two nominees who had Florida roots, their giant is Ada Sipuel, whose 1948 lawsuit mandated the desegregation of her university and enabled her to became the first black woman to graduate from a ...

Referee Nika Amashukeli stops an Italian scrum after they went down to 13 players during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and Italy at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images) There was widespread anger online after Italy, already heavy underdogs, were forced to play with thirteen players against Ireland due to an ...

Ukrainian soldiers take positions outside a military facility as two cars burn, in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022. (Emilio Morenatti/AP) Top Israeli legal experts condemn “in the strongest terms” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying it is illegal under international law and refuting Moscow’s justifications for the offensive. In an open letter, 21 international law experts call on Is...

Cliff Biggers hopes his diversity training program for Licking County law enforcement agencies helps people become better and give more. Biggers served as a detective with Newark Division of Police until he retired in 2010. He also served on Coshocton City Council, as a pastor for Shiloh Baptist Missionary Church in Coshocton, and headed the chaplain division of the Licking County Prosecutor...

Ten years ago when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot, Florida was one of the few states with “stand your ground” laws that eased use of deadly force in the face of danger. Now, upwards of 30 states have some form of the law and recent research indicates they're associated with more deaths. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for mor...

Key Tower has landed a major office tenant.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 23 years and have two children. Is it okay for my mother-in-law to tell my husband something and demand that he not tell me? The “secret” is: His sister, who has two children, is getting divorced. We don’t see either of them often, and there has never been a time when we were on bad terms or gossiped about his family. His mom is just v...

In 2021, 636 Mainers died from a drug overdose. That’s almost two a day. Twelve every week. In 2020, there were 504 deaths. In 2019, 380. Now, if you’re like me and you’re bad at math and statistics, you might be wondering, are those numbers bad? And yes. I’ve done the research, and those numbers are really bad. The numbers are also going in the wrong direction. Every time I see a new death i...

Law enforcement candidates in short supply in Cedar Valley, across US  Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 23 years and have two children. Is it OK for my mother-in-law to tell my husband something and demand that he not tell me? The “secret” is: His sister, who has two children, is getting divorced. We don’t see either of them often, and there has never been a time when we were on bad terms or gossiped about his family. His mom i...