Ohio lawmakers weigh bills to ban student phone use in class
Ohio legislators discuss House Bill 485 to limit cell phones and social media in schools. Parma City Schools already restricts phones in classrooms and emphasizes a health course on social media harms. Governor DeWine supports prohibiting student phones, but critics urge local control and flexibility to avoid unintended consequences.
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Parma
Charles Smialek
Smialek
News 5
Cleveland
DeWine
Young
Columbus
Youngstown
Ohio Senate backs ending spousal rape exception in HB 161
The Ohio Senate unanimously voted to remove spousal rape exceptions in House Bill 161, aligning with a similar near unanimous House approval last November. The bill broadens protections by allowing spouses to testify in sex offense prosecutions and covers rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross and sexual imposition, and importuning. Governor DeWine now faces the measure.
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State Senate
State House of Representatives
Bill Dean
R-Xenia
Mike DeWine
Ohio
Stephanie Kunze
Dublin
WBNS
Gazette letter guidelines for submissions
The Medina Gazette outlines letter to the editor rules including a 250 word limit, possible edits for brevity and accuracy, and the requirement to include name full home address and telephone number for verification. Submissions accepted by email or mail with the address provided.
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the Gazette
W. Liberty St
Medina
Boiling human hope and the drowning rat myth
A Gazette column examines experiments by Curt Richter on rats to link extreme stress and perceived hope with survival. It contrasts the drowning outcome with periodic respite, critiques the boiling frog legend, and links these ideas to societal pressure, leadership tactics, and public outrage at policy.
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Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Curt Richter
Walter Cannon
Cannon
Richter
United States Surgeon General
Office of Naval Research
Victor H. Hutchison
University of Oklahoma
Hutchison
al Gore
Supreme Court
Humans and the Anthropocene epoch debate explained
A Bloomberg Opinion column explains how scientists debated naming the current era the Anthropocene. The piece notes Crutzen's proposal, 1952 markers like plutonium, and argues the epoch could mark human impact or simply an event. It cites Richard Alley and discusses long term consequences.
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Paul Crutzen
Earth
Americas
Australia
Humanity
New York Times
Stephen Lezak
Cambridge
Oxford
The
Richard Alley
Penn State University
Alley
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