Mary McCarty
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Mary McCarty is a columnist and reporter for the Dayton Daily News.
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Castro case exposes gaps in Ohio law
Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro escaped without scrutiny for years — and remained in his job as a public school bus driver — despite an extensive history of violence that included threats to neighbors, physical abuse and a troubling incident involving a special-education student. Castro was fired in November 2012 ...
Can the ‘Cleveland miracle’ help change lives and laws?
The miraculous rescue of three kidnapped women in Cleveland on Monday has attracted worldwide attention, but it also spotlights a more everyday tragedy — the estimated 1,000 Ohio children entrapped by the sex trade. Sex trafficking is more common than people want to believe, according to Ginger Goubeaux, social work ...
Survivors restore our faith in humanity
Less than four months after Sandy Hook, the bombings at the Boston Marathon confront us, once again, with the presence of sheer evil. Another wide-eyed child has captured our hearts and has come to symbolize the horror inflicted on hundreds of victims. Eight-year-old Martin Richard was killed in the blast, ...
Ohio views on gay marriage shift
Ohio seems to be the epicenter of a seismic shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage. As the Supreme Court deliberates two high-profile cases — California’s Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act — many analysts are observing, “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.” In 2004 Ohioans ...
Judge orders morning-after pill available for all ages
A federal judge in New York struck down age limits Friday on access to the morning-after pill, drawing impassioned reactions among Ohioans who remain split over the controversial subject. Some praised it as an overdue, common-sense approach, while others said it violates parents’ rights to make medical decisions for their ...
Church cheers Argentine pope
Local Catholics rejoiced Wednesday over the historic election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, the first Latin American pope. Flor Ortega, a junior at the University of Dayton and a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, wept as she watched the announcement at UD’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Union. She called ...
Reactions of Pope Francis at the 266th pontiff
“As a champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among us, (Pope Francis) carries forth the message of love and compassion that has inspired the world for more than 2,000 years — that in each other we see the face of God. As the first pope from the Americas, ...
Audra McDonald to shine at Schuster 10th anniversary gala
The last time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald came to Dayton, she serenaded voters in the basement of the Montgomery County Administration Building while she observed the early voting process on behalf of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Some fans recognized her and asked, astonished, “What are you doing here?” ...
More than 215k sign local rape victim’s petitions
Sheila Thomas of Dayton feels so passionately about the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that she is delivering a petition signed by 215,000 Americans Thursday morning to the local offices of House Speaker John Boehner and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner.Thomas, who was raped at gunpoint in 1983, believes ...
Fatal campus fire prompts push for safety
When a fire broke out on New Year’s Day near the University of Cincinnati, students Chad Kohls of Centerville and Ellen Garner of Tipp City were trapped in a third-floor bedroom with no way out except a stairway filled with toxic smoke. Both died days later from smoke inhalation, ending ...
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