Astronaut Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first person in the world to set foot on the Moon, died in the United States. In early August, 82-year-old Armstrong received surgery to reduce the clogging of coronary arteries. Today, the family of the legendary astronaut said that he died due to post-surgery complications. U.S. President Barack Obama made a statement in connection with astronaut’s... 

Graphic shows the X-51A Waverider as it is set to demonstrate hypersonic flight. The US Air Force confirmed on Wednesday that the test mission one day earlier of an unmanned hypersonic plane hoped to travel at six times the speed of sound was a failure. The Pentagon revealed on Wednesday that Tuesday’s test run of the X-51A WaveRider aircraft was unsuccessful. “It is unfortunate that a problem... 

Frail: Dallas Watts at home. He suffered a savage beating at the hands of a gang of youths he says shouted, 'This is for Trayvon. Get that white' A 78-year-old white man says he was savagely beaten by a gang of six youths shouting: ‘This is for Trayvon. Kill that white.’ Six youngsters aged between 11 and 17, both white and black, allegedly launched a merciless attack on Dallas... 

While many Anabaptist groups struggle to grow, the Amish continue their steady rise in numbers, bolstered by new settlements beyond traditional population centers. From 2009 to 2011, the Amish population increased by about 10 percent, to 261,150, according to a new study. For years, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana have been home to almost two-thirds of the Amish. But the number of Amish in other states... 

From Louisville to Cincinnati to Dayton to Cleveland, beginning yesterday afternoon there have been thousands upon untold thousands of earthworms coming out of the ground which have subsequently ‘fried’ on the surface from the rays of the sun. Some local mainstream media outlets are reporting that the cause of the earthworm die-off is from heavy rain or acidic soil. The problem is, some of the... 

Twenty-nine people have been indicted in a sex trafficking ring in which Somali gangs in Minneapolis allegedly forced girls under age 14 into prostitution in Minnesota, Tennessee, Ohio and other unnamed places, according to an indictment unsealed Monday. The indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Tennessee, said one of the gangs’ goals was recruiting females under... 

Varugan Amroyan is led in handcuffs from FBI headquarters in New York Wednesday, Oct, 13, 2010. Amroyan is one of 73 people across the country charged by federal prosecutors in a scheme to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program's history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom... 

Local officials in Ohio’s Andover Township have denied the use of their public square for a celebration of Constitution Day because of the “political affiliation” of its organizers. Several residents of the small central Ohio town formed The Andover Tea Party in May 2010, and in that same month, they asked to use the square for a rally to commemorate Constitution Day, which celebrates the anniversary... 

In Ohio, your maternity leave might be permanent. Even in the enlightened, family-friendly world of 2010, you can still get fired for getting pregnant. In Ohio, anyway. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that companies can fire relatively new employees who take time off for pregnancy. Justices ruled 5-1 that new employees risk getting fired when they take extended leaves for any reason. It’s... 

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is the single most powerful lobby in the world. So powerful that Washington politicians carefully weigh each and every vote they cast based on the approval of this lobby. Yes, a foreign lobby has that much clout, power and control over American leaders and thus, the American people. AIPAC has become so overpowering that they have risen above government... 

As an American and Ohio resident for 57 years, as well as a Vietnam veteran, I, as well as many I know, were offended by the photograph and caption about the Somali Community Association of Ohio in last Thursday’s Dispatch, especially on a day so close to our Independence Day. The picture of a Somali flag being flown over the Statehouse is both unpatriotic and offensive to all Ohioans. Brave... 

Jersey City & Kearny, NJ (TRN Staff) — At a 3:30 PM hearing held yesterday in the Superior Court of New Jersey at 595 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, the Honorable Judge Kevin Callahan ordered that Hal Turner be freed on bail. At about 2:30 AM Tuesday morning, Turner was released from jail after posting $25,000 bail. Turner had been held without bail at the Hudson County Correctional Center in... 

A pregnant Ohio attorney who admitted that she fabricated her kidnapping left her family behind because she “experienced a meltdown,” her husband said Tuesday. She never was abducted last week outside a the city’s juvenile court building or forced into a vehicle, said police Capt. Ray Carroll. Instead, she drove by herself to the Atlanta area, where she was found three days later outside an...