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Journalist in Ohio | Read me @natgeotravel @BBCWorld @us.theguardian.com etc Lived in Turkey til 2017; Syria til 2012 Wrote a book about the Syrian uprising Gmail: kilruanesstar

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Trump cuts have fueled โ€˜rage-givingโ€™ to US rural public radio. Will it be enough? Across the US, federal public media cuts have galvanized many communities to donate to their local radio stations

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

10.02.2026 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Venezuelan immigrants enliven midwest food and culture โ€“ now DHS wants to send them home From food stalls to revitalised downtowns, Venezuelans have shaped midwestern towns, but new US policy threatens their future

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Veteran fights to save emotional support chickens An Iraq War veteran fights to keep his emotional support chickens who help him cope with PTSD at his Dayton, Ohio home.

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10.02.2026 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Despite TPS stay, thousands of Haitians in Ohio face uncertainty and fear of ICE Springfield businesses are closing and families are making contingency plans for their children

Bomb threats, school shutdowns & a community in fear. My latest for @theguardian.com from Springfield, Ohio

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Infectious diseases are killing deer and risking rural US economies: โ€˜You smell the dead everywhereโ€™ Climate crisis contributing to spread of diseases as hunting industry takes a hit from growing number of dead deer

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JD Vance exploited a brawl to paint Cincinnati as crime-ridden. The fallout has divided the city National spotlight, after video of violent fight went viral, has led residents to question just how safe their city is or isnโ€™t โ€“ and who is responsible for sparking the debate

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US police involved in fatal incidents use victims privacy law to hide their identity In dozen of cases officers have used Marsyโ€™s Law, which gives victims of crime anonymity, to shield their names

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How progressives are taking over swing states โ€“ and driving fear into Democratic elites Left-leaning challengers in the Rust belt are throwing chaos into a divided party struggling to rebuild after Trumpโ€™s win

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling โ€“ just as US data centers move in Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities โ€“ but some residents are fighting back

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

09.01.2026 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s tariffs are choking small US manufacturers โ€“ even those making music magic EarthQuaker Devices has served Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey and Radiohead but says tariffs add costs up to 30%

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist A growing group has found community around Cincinnati. Trumpโ€™s ICE crackdown threatens to send them back to Mauritania, rife with human rights problems

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

09.01.2026 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump cuts have fueled โ€˜rage-givingโ€™ to US rural public radio. Will it be enough? Across the US, federal public media cuts have galvanized many communities to donate to their local radio stations

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

09.01.2026 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dayton Journalism Summit The Journalism Lab is excited to announce a two-day community journalism summit in Dayton on Thursday, January 22, and Friday, January 23, 2026. Join us for two days of workshops and panel discussions...

Sign ups here: thejournalismlab.org/dayton-journ...

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How Buffalo, New York has adapted to and embraced an influx of climate migrants | Great Lakes Now For the first time in 70 years, Buffaloโ€™s population is rising, partly due to Puerto Ricans relocating after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The last in a three-story series for @greatlakesnow.bsky.social on climate change and the Great Lakes:

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/10/how-...

08.10.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I donโ€™t feel safe any moreโ€™: Dearbornโ€™s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia Residents in Michigan city on edge as threats against their community rise, and some are reassessing their support for Trump

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When Amirah moved it away, she saw a long, deep cut across her daughterโ€™s neck. A man had approached her on the playground, grabbed her head and slit her throat with a knife.

08.10.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Boom or burden? Climate migrationโ€™s impact on Michiganโ€™s Upper Peninsula | Great Lakes Now Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michiganโ€™s Upper Peninsula, or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth?

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/clim...

01.10.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration | Great Lakes Now Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

Latest for @greatlakesnow.bsky.social

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/how-...

01.10.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ohio requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride School districts are responsible for transporting private and charter school kids, leaving thousands of public school students behind

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.09.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Families are dyingโ€™: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plantโ€™s closure As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜I was rebornโ€™: Cincinnati imam reflects on 10 weeks in Ice custody after release Ayman Soliman recalls isolation, abuse and fear of deportation and the community that fought for his release

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.09.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Indiana town suffering under the shadow of a BP refinery: โ€˜Theyโ€™ve had way too many accidentsโ€™ Whiting residents worried after facility, which has had multiple problems, shut down temporarily after rain

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.09.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration | Great Lakes Now Cleveland hopes to thrive as a climate refuge, but some fear gentrification and extractive development will leave longtime residents behind.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/09/how-...

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25.09.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dream turns to nightmare for midwest town in grip of US migrant crackdown An imamโ€™s detention, firings and police violence have sown fear among immigrants who helped revive an Ohio town

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

02.08.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ohio mosque worshippers reel after imam is detained by Ice: โ€˜No one is ever truly safeโ€™ Egyptian-born Ayman Soliman was detained while attending a regular check-in with immigration officers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

18.07.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vanceโ€™s home town The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold

โ€œItโ€™s very upsetting because Iโ€™m more worried about everybodyโ€™s health around here. Itโ€™s already bad. We were hoping for something that was going to make it better.โ€

by @stephenstarr.bsky.social via @theguardian.com

15.07.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vanceโ€™s home town The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.07.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy xAIโ€™s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. Itโ€™s also scooping up a ton of data that people post on X. Hereโ€™s how to keep your posts out of Grokโ€”and why you should.

speaking of grok spreading baseless rumors... a reminder that the chatbot is unhinged compared to its competitors. it's also scooping up a ton of data that people post on X. Hereโ€™s how to keep your posts out of grokโ€”and why you should.

08.07.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 258    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Cleveland Browns owner drops $25M on oceanfront Lost Tree Village home Cleveland Browns owner Susan โ€œDeeโ€ Bagwell Haslam bought an oceanfront home in North Palm Beachโ€™s gated Lost Tree Village community for $25 million.

therealdeal.com/miami/2025/0...

08.07.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The desperate drive to secure passports for thousands of US-born Haitian kids โ€“ before itโ€™s too late Advocates in Springfield, Ohio โ€“ a city thousands of Haitians now call home โ€“ fear the fallout of Trumpโ€™s DHS revoking temporary protected status for Haitian nationals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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