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AG: Rescued Ohio children ‘almost feral’

HAMDEN, Ohio — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. Some of the children discovered Tuesday were unable to speak and one — an 18-year-old who was developmentally disabled — could not even write her name, investigators said. “Most of our livestock was kept in better conditions than the children,” said Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain. “Just a disgusting scene.” The ...

War sparks fuel crisis in Russia

The lines are growing at Russian gas stations — and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong ...

Pennsylvania State House OKs university funds

The state began its new fiscal year Wednesday with no budget in place and events in the House — a testy faceoff on one education-related bill, but bipartisan passage of another — made it unclear if a deal will occur anytime soon. Closed-door negotiations failed to produce a 2026-27 budget by the Tuesday deadline, the fifth year in a row the June 30 deadline has been missed. On Wednesday, state Rep. Jesse Topper of Bedford County, the top Republican in the Democratic-controlled House, raised his voice in irritation after Democrats in a committee scuttled language in a bill related to ...

US, Iran agree to continue discussions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with “positive progress made,” and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. The next meeting will be scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after the funeral of Iran’s previous supreme leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said on X. The funeral is set to start Saturday in Tehran. U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Reservoir Road sewer project delay stirs criticism

Several Reservoir Road residents lambasted Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority engineer Dave Cunningham of Keller Engineers at an authority meeting Wednesday over issues with a sewer project, including a missed a deadline that will keep the authority from using a $2.5 million American ...

Myrtle Beach flight earns high marks for convenience

MARTINSBURG — Jackie Ivock of Johnstown didn’t realize she was part of history Wednesday when she boarded Contour Airlines’ first flight from the Altoona-Blair County Airport to Myrtle Beach to celebrate her 60th birthday there. Ivock, alongside her relative Maggie Ivock, ...