Wright State Campus during fall | Photo by Soham Parikh | The Wright State Guardian

From local happenings to national topics and global events, here is the news worth knowing from the week of Oct. 28, 2024. 

Local

Ohio Supreme court ruled attorney general overstepped in rejecting voting amendment 

On Monday, Oct. 28, the Ohio Supreme court ruled Attorney General Dave Yost overstepped his authority by rejecting a voting related amendment’s ballot petition solely based on the title, according to the Associated Press. 

The court sided with a coalition of civil rights organizations behind the “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” and ordered Yost to revisit his January decision within 10 days. They stopped short of ordering Yost to advance the constitutional amendment directly to the state Ballot Board. 

National 

475 damaged ballots retrieved from burned drop box in Washington state

On Monday, Oct. 28, incendiary devices were set off at two ballot drop boxes in Washington state, destroying hundreds of ballots, according to the Associated Press. 

Authorities have said that enough material from the incendiary devices was recovered to link the two fires. About 475 damaged ballots were retrieved from a ballot box on Wednesday, Oct. 30. 

Global 

Monstrous flash floods in Spain that claim at least 158 lives

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, floods in Spain turned roads into rivers, destroyed buildings, disrupted transportation and killed at least 158 people according to the Associated Press. 

On Thursday, crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes. Cars were piled on one another in dozens of communities in Valencia, a region south of Barcelona. 

“Unfortunately, there are dead people inside some vehicles,” Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente said.