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MEDINA — The city is one step closer to adopting nondiscrimination laws that will protect people’s rights regardless of sexual orientation and expression. The Special Legislation Committee unanimously passed two ordinances Monday night, →

Local Medina County News

New Brunswick middle school on track, under budget

BRUNSWICK –– Roads are flooded and crop planting is delayed. Ohio’s rainy spring has not been kind to Medina County, but Monday evening Brunswick Superintendent Michael Mayell offered some good news when asked about the new middle →

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Floodwaters soak region; county under flood watch until 10 a.m.

The National Weather Service predicts further rainfall that could cause new flooding or exacerbate existing emergencies. →

Cops & Courts

Retired Medina County Sheriff's Office K-9 dies

MEDINA — A retired Medina County Sheriff’s Office K-9, Hero, died over the weekend. The police dog, 14, served the sheriff’s office for 10 years before he retired in 2015. During his decade of service, the German shepherd made →

Egypt TV says ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies in court

CAIRO — Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country's first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died, state TV →

10 things to know, Monday, June 17

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. →

Iran says it will break uranium stockpile limit in 10 days

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country's atomic agency said Monday while also warning that Iran has the need for uranium →

Hunt for cause of massive South America power outage begins

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout that hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the →

Progressive climate policy poised to pass in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program, a market-based approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions behind global warming. Supporters call it the United →

Hong Kong police clear streets as protesters move to park

HONG KONG — Protesters cleared out of Hong Kong's streets Monday, averting possible clashes with police, but stayed near government headquarters to press their demands that the city's leader resign and abandon an extradition bill that stoked →

Trial set for Navy SEAL in Islamic State prisoner's killing

SAN DIEGO — The trial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in his care is set to begin Monday following months of turmoil in one of the Navy's most prominent war crimes cases. The court-martial of Special →

Huawei founder says revenue will be billions below forecast

SHENZHEN, China — Huawei's founder said Monday that the Chinese telecom giant's revenue will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years, as he compared the company to a “badly damaged plane” in the face of U.S. →

Pakistani women sold in marriage, then prostitution in China

FAISALABAD, Pakistan — At first, in her desperate calls home to her mother in Pakistan, Natasha Masih couldn’t bring herself to say what they were doing to her. All the 19-year-old would say was that her new husband — a Chinese →

Overcrowding, abuse seen at Mexico migrant detention center