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Moms Weekend encourages family time FIONA PETTICREW HUMAN INTEREST STAFF WRITER Ohio University’s Moms Weekend led to packed streets, with moms traveling to spend time with their Bobcats. Moms could be seen relaxing on Greek house porches, wearing matching T-shirts or sipping a drink on Court Street. Attractions like the Athens Farmers market and International Street Fair were also open.
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A video released by the city of Minneapolis shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement chase and scuffle ending in a shooting. The nonfatal shooting happened in January, and the federal officers were suspended, the AP reported.
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The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved more than 8,500 acres of state land for fracking in a 20-minute meeting on March 27. The approvals included 8,233 acres of the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont County and 513 acres of Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County.
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Ohio House passes bill restricting drag FINN SMITH NEWS STAFF WRITER Ohio House Bill 249 is a piece of legislation that would place higher restrictions on public drag performances across the state. The bill, known as “Enact the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act,” restricts drag performers, go-go dancers, strippers and exotic dancers from performing in any public space where minors may be present and anywhere apart from “adult cabaret” venues, as passed by the House. Proponents of the bill argue it is necessary to protect children from indecent exposure and preserve innocence.
Drag queen "Judy Chiffon" performs at the Welcome Week Drag Show in the Baker Ballroom in Athens, Aug. 30, 2025. (ETHAN HERX | FOR THE POST)
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UNC Chapel Hill disgraces collegiate journalism DAWNELLE BLAKE | FOR THE POST NYLA GILBERT | ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR On April 1, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, and its late-night show “Hill After Hours,” released a series of offensive content for April Fool’s Day. The Daily Tar Heel released a series of satire articles with the intention to “highlight the medium of satire, one that is grounded in centuries of journalistic tradition of holding structures of power accountable,” Alli Pardue, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, said in the first of two apologies. “We intended to depict ‘moral outrage transformed into comic art.’”
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