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Haitian group seeks charges against Trump and Vance over false Springfield claims

1:29am September 25, 2024

Charges brought by private citizens are rare, but not unheard of, in Ohio. State law requires a hearing to take place before the affidavit can move forward.

2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3

J.D. Vance's hometown, Middletown, Ohio, reacts to his VP nomination

7:53pm July 18, 2024

by Tana Weingartner

Some in Middletown, where Vance grew up with his grandparents, said he has never been an advocate for them. Even so, Vance’s roots could be enough for folks eager to see the “hometown kid” succeed.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 27, 2016 at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Politics & Government

Ohio has been a bellwether and a battleground: What is it telling us now?

5:00am March 23, 2024

by Ron Elving

Ohio was the model bellwether state until 2020. In that year, Ohio gave a solid majority of its vote to then-incumbent President Donald Trump, but he still lost the White House to Joe Biden.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd at a campaign rally Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio.

Trump says some migrants are 'not people', and warns of 'bloodbath' if he loses

5:26am March 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

Former President Trump claimed he will protect Social Security and warned of a "bloodbath" in the auto industry if he loses the election at a rally for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio.

Greg McDougle walks near debris on Friday, following a severe storm in Lakeview, Ohio.

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Suspected tornadoes kill at least 3 in Ohio as severe storms tear through central U.S.

9:43am March 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be discovered, authorities said.

Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, offered lodging to homeless people partly in response to the city's housing shortage, according to the church's lawsuit against city officials.

Charges dropped against Ohio pastor who housed homeless people at his church

4:36pm February 09, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation with Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to put guardrails around the use of billions of opioid settlement funds.

Proposed federal law would put limits on use of $50 billion in opioid settlements

5:00am January 22, 2024

by Aneri Pattani

Lawmakers want to ensure the funds are actually used to fight the addiction crisis, not "as a piggy bank for other projects."

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How we found criminal trials where Ohio prosecutors acted improperly

2:15pm December 15, 2023

In a two-year investigation, we built a dataset of some 450 claims of prosecutorial misconduct by analyzing thousands of pages of appellate decisions from 2018 to 2021. Detailed here is how we did it.

Ernie Haynes stands next to a memorial for his daughter, Jennifer, at his home in Risingsun, Ohio. Following her drug overdose death in 2017, he was charged with abduction after trying to gain custody of his grandchildren. The action sparked a five-year legal battle to clear his name.

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Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and got away with it

7:36am December 14, 2023

About 100 prosecutors across Ohio violated standards meant to protect a defendant's civil rights in criminal trials, an investigation by NPR and its reporting partners found. Some did so repeatedly.

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Both directions of Interstate 70 are closed in Licking County, Ohio, near the State Route 310 interchange after a fatal accident on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.

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Ohio highway crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, 18 hurt

2:18am November 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, in a five-vehicle crash that left six people dead and 18 injured, officials said.