(The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday activated around 300 Ohio National Guard troops to help with security surrounding next week’s presidential debate in Cleveland.

(The Center Square) – Illinoisans, even former Illinoisans, with a Facebook account have likely seen a notification that they’re entitled to a cash settlement from the social media giant. Here’s why. 

(The Center Square) - A tense night of protests and violence in Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday ended with calls from Kentucky’s governor and Louisville’s mayor for an end to the bloodshed and a plea for demonstrators to go home. 

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump declined to make an overt commitment to a peaceful transfer of power if he should lose the Nov. 3 election, citing concerns he has with the accuracy of vote totals.

(The Center Square) – About 870,000 workers filed new unemployment claims last week, a slight increase from the week prior though the overall unemployment rate continues its slow decline.

The new poll of voters in the key battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania found Biden leading Trump and a stark contrast between their voters in what they view as the most important issues facing the country.

(The Center Square) – Two Louisville Metro Police Department officers were shot Wednesday night as protesters hit the streets in the Kentucky city’s downtown district to speak out against a grand jury’s decision earlier in the day not to indict officers in the Breonna Taylor case. 

A video Gov. Kristi Noem posted to her Twitter page on Wednesday had more than 1.1 million views by around 8:15 p.m. The short video begins with Noem in a corn field, dressed in hunting gear and holding a shotgun. 

“I’m afraid you’re going to be joined by many other conservatives, anybody who questions authority in a town that’s run by liberal socialists are going to be discriminated against ... You can guarantee that.” -- U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colorado