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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Indigenous leaders called on Sunday for a week of silence and reflection after a referendum to recognise the First Peoples in the constitution was decisively rejected by a majority of the population. More than 60% of Australians voted "No" in the landmark referendum on Saturday, the first in almost a quarter of a century, that asked whether to alter the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people through the creation of an Indigenou...

Sheriff’s officials arrested a murder suspect after a high-speed pursuit ended when his fleeing vehicle flipped.

According to the Economic Policy Insitute, nearly 200,000 people in Ohio make less than $10.10/hr and stand to benefit. However, EPI expects nearly 300,000 more to get bigger checks.

Carl Miller can still remember Kojak’s shaved head.

An economy professor with the University of Cincinnati said mounting pressure on supply chains and incentives increasing competition for new employees could further change the way companies operate.

EAGLEVILLE -- A big second half and some timely execution allowed Eagleville (1-1) to pick up its first win of the season, 49-14, over Houston County on Friday night.

Pastor hopes talking to elementary school kids about gun violence can help stop it “There’s still guns on the street, so I think our strategy should be to try to save our younger generation.” and last updated 2021-07-20 18:51:55-04 CINCINNATI — In Winton Terrace, Marcedez Brown has four sons, two daughters and pressure coming in from all sides. She tries to keep her children busy, she said Tuesday. “If they’re not in activities or doing something with themselves pr...

Bill would leave intact tax by Forest Resources Institute Senate changes skirt controversy, but House also has to approve forest products harvest tax rates. The Oregon Senate has passed a bill that skirts a controversy about the Oregon Forest Research Institute, a quasi-governmental agency that has come under criticism from some lawmakers and drawn scrutiny from news accounts. The Senate voted 19-10 on Wednesday, June 23, to approve new rates for forest products harvest taxes for vario...

Columnist Dean Karau recalls the day Kewanee lost its marbles over marbles Star Courier Marble games were played by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans in ancient times, and Aztecs and Native Americans in more recent times. The marbles were made of, well, marble, as well as of clay, stone, nuts, and flint. The marbles we know got their start in Germany in the mid-1800s and made their way to America soon after that. But those marbles were still made by hand and were not commonly available. In the ...

February 19 2021 Regan Fisher is a Southeast Portland resident. She argues that state towns and cities should reap the benefits of timber harvests. Many of Oregons small towns are cash-strapped and struggling.? Some blame these financial woes on a decline in revenue from logging due to environmental ?protections, and they advocate for larger harvests. However, the truth is that despite ?conservation efforts, timber harvests on state and federal land have remained about the same ?for the pa...