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FBI Recognizes International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM) has broad implications for the health and human rights of women and girls, as well as societies at large. International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on February 6 served as an opportunity to reflect on victims who have suffered from FGM, including those who have died or suffered lifelong health complications from the practice. Partners of the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC)—including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federa...

CANTON TWP. Township officials adopted new zoning regulations for skill game parlors that will require them to have a state license before opening. The new regulations also parlor operators to get a township conditional-use permit and have their businesses in industrially zoned districts. Canton Township has seven skill game parlors in its jurisdiction. And officials are look to pursue legal action against four skill game operations. That action is pending, and township Law Director Charles Hall is collaborating with the Ohio Casino Control Commission on the matter. The issue is whether t...

CANTON TWP. A couple picnic shelter pavilions and a concrete slab likely make for a drab impression at Faircrest Park. But with the help of $250,000 in state funding, the township park is on the verge of receiving a facelift. The fresh look will include a new covered pavilion, a stage with a hood over it for performances and a veterans memorial area with a display featuring flags of the military armed forces. Faircrest Park, located in the 1000 block of Faircrest Street SW, lacks indoor plumbing now for restrooms and running water.  "We want it to be a nicer place for people to go," tow...

After losing nearly everything in a mobile home fire, the family is receiving some help from a kind stranger.

Lending a helping hand, San Diego Zoo Global researchers stationed in the Land Down Under provided relief for koalas whose homes were devastated in the blaze. One member of their koala search and recovery team was Smudge, an adorable pooch who had a nose for sniffing out the marsupials. Smudge used his remarkable sense of scent to aid his human counterparts in locating koalas, who were then rescued from the fires and placed into safety. Local Puppy Bowl Superstar Portraits of puppies during Puppy Bowl XVI As winter progressed, we grew closer to Super Bowl LIV and munched on delicious snacks a...