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Ohio’s secretary of state jumped into the U.S. Senate race this week. Our attorney general said he wanted access to out-of-state abortion records, and House Republicans introduced a plan to restrict drag shows in public places. We break down what it all means on this week’s episode of Ohio Politics Explained. A USA TODAY Ohio Bureau Network podcast designed to share the state’s political news in 15 minutes or less. This week, anchor Anna Staver was joined by reporter Haley BeMiller. 1) LaRose is running for the United States Senate After months of speculation and not-so-subtle tweets, Ohio Secretary of…

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Hundreds of propane tanks are scattered across a neighborhood near the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport as firefighters work to put out a massive fire at a nearby propane business Thursday afternoon. It happened at Bill’s Propane Service at 40th Street and Washington Street. Phoenix Fire Capt. Rob McDade said propane tanks are being shot 500 yards in the air. “They literally become missiles,” he said. “Very dangerous situation.” Phoenix Fire confirms so far, no one is injured. Firefighters cleared a one kilometer radius around the business. The Arizona Animal Welfare League has its main shelter nearby,…

New from BI: NexGard Plus The US Food and Drug Administration has approved NexGard Plus (afoxolaner, moxidectin, and pyrantel chewable tablets), a monthly soft chew formulated to protect dogs from fleas, ticks, heartworms, roundworms, and hookworms. According to the manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, veterinarians can order the beef-flavored parasite prevention starting July 31. AVMA presidents have NVA connection The current and future presidents of the American Veterinary Medical Association have another thing in common: they each work for the owner of the National Veterinary Associates hospital. The president of the period 2023-2024, Dra. Rena Carlson, is a mentor in…

White House officials say the administration’s no-intervention stance won’t change, even as growing job cuts threaten to disrupt people’s lives and complicate the economic case it wants to make to voters. “Obviously, it’s better for the economy if we can have these kinds of win-win deals before there’s a strike deadline,” Celeste Drake, deputy director of the labor-focused National Economic Council, said in an interview before Biden spoke to a union. -Abundant public here on Thursday. “But frankly, the president has said time and time again that he supports the right to strike.” Biden’s strategy toward labor disputes is a…

A Cañon City teenager was arrested Thursday after reports of shots fired at several downtown locations. According to a press release Thursday night, Ashton Beicker, 19, of Cañon City, was arrested on charges of criminal attempt to commit assault in the first degree, unlawful discharge of a firearm, endangerment threatening and reckless. Cañon City Police offers responded at 12:19 p.m. Thursday to multiple reports of shots fired in the Historic Downtown area (between 400 and 500 blocks of Royal Gorge Boulevard, Main Street, Macon Avenue and Greenwood Avenue ). Officers interviewed several victims and witnesses who reported a dark-colored sedan…

Dozens of Afghan women protested a ban on beauty salons on Wednesday after the Taliban ordered their closure across the country. Security forces used fire hoses, tasers and fired their weapons into the air to break up the protest. The Taliban said earlier this month they were giving all salons in Afghanistan a month to wind down their businesses and close shop, raising concerns among international officials worried about the impact on female business owners. The Taliban say they are banning the salons allegedly because they offer services forbidden by Islam and cause economic hardship to the families of bride…

A prominent Democratic and Jewish leader who served for decades as a New York lawmaker and now leads a group committed to fighting anti-Semitism announced Thursday that he will leave his lifelong political party and become a Republican, arguing that the Democrats have “radicalized” and “turned their backs.” about the Jewish people. “It’s official: My wife and I have changed our party affiliation from Democrat to Republican!” Dov Hikind, who spent 36 years in the New York State Assembly and later founded Americans Against Antisemitism, tweeted. “[People] they’ve been asking for a while, “Dov, when are you leaving the Democratic…

NEEDHAM – On August 5 and 6, more than 6,000 runners from around the world, including 81 residents of the Greater Newburyport area, will pedal in the 44th Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC). These riders will come together with the common goal of raising a record $70 million for cancer research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber). If successful, this would be the largest gift Dana-Farber has ever received, bringing PMC’s total contribution to the fight against cancer to $970 million since 1980. As the nation’s most successful sports fundraiser, the fully supported bike-a-thon features one- and two-day routes,…