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Northeast Ohio teen who shot himself inside school has died
A 13-year-old boy who authorities say he shot himself inside a northeast Ohio school Tuesday has passed away. According to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office, Keith Simons was found Tuesday morning inside a bathroom at Jackson Middle School near Massillon with an apparent gunshot wound.
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Toledo Ohio Man Arrested, $4.7M in Bitcoin Seized in Large-Scale Fake ID Case
A multi-year investigation into the production of fake ID cards culminated this week with the seizure of $4.7 million in Bitcoin and the arrest of a Toledo man believed to be one of the most prolific manufacturers of fake IDs in the country.
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Nuclear Reactors, Bankrupting Their Owners, Closing Early
On January 22, FirstEnergy Corporation announced that its faulty and nearly-self-destructed Davis-Besse power reactor east of Toledo, Ohio, will be closed well before its license expires. But the shutdown is not because the reactor represents reckless endangerment of public health and safety. FirseEnergy was fine with that. No, the old rattle trap can’t cover its costs any more, not with the electricity market dominated by cheaper natural gas, and renewable wind and solar.
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Silo collapse spills 10,000 tons of corn onto Ohio road
A silo collapse has sent about 10,000 tons of corn onto an Ohio road, shutting it down for days. WHIO-TV reports emergency crews first responded to calls of an explosion at the Miami Valley Feed & Grain Company in New Carlisle in western Ohio around 11:30 Sunday night. Fire officials say there was no explosion, and the sounds came from the silo collapsing. The collapse also damaged another building. The company says no employees were in the area at the time, and no injuries were reported.
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Teens face murder charges after sandbag tossed from overpass
Authorities in Toledo, Ohio, have charged four boys with murder after a sandbag they allegedly dropped from an interstate overpass killed a passenger in a car. Authorities say three 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old threw sandbags and other objects onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 on December 19.
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Christian megachurch coerced mentally ill woman into donating her entire lifesavings
An Ohio megachurch is being accused of swindling a mentally ill woman who also suffers from dementia out of her entire lifesavings. Now, the Public Guardian agency tasked with her care is fighting to get the money back. According to Chicago’s CBS 2, 76-year-old Bridget Pollard has lived alone in “hoarding conditions” since her husband died in 2015.
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Police: Ohio postal worker facing dismissal kills 2 bosses
A disgruntled mail carrier facing dismissal has been charged with aggravated murder for fatally shooting his supervisor at a suburban Ohio post office and with murder for killing a postmaster outside of her apartment complex. Twenty-four-year-old DeShaune Stewart, of Columbus, was naked during both slayings Saturday morning inside the Dublin post office and at an apartment complex in nearby Columbus, police said.
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New Ohio law prevents abortions in Down syndrome cases
Ohio is prohibiting doctors from performing abortions in cases where tests reveal the fetus has or likely has Down syndrome. Republican Gov. John Kasich signed the legislation Friday and the law goes into effect in 90 days. "The governor is pro-life and supports policies that protect the sanctity of life," press secretary Jon Keeling tells CNN.
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Suspected Cleveland gang member arrested in connection with hate crime against woman 'simply for being white'
A suspected gang member was arrested early Thursday in connection with an August incident in which he is accused of punching a 51-year-old woman in what police called a hate crime. Jermaine Hines Jr., 24, was arrested about 2 a.m. Thursday. Police have not released information regarding the circumstances surrounding his arrest. He will be held in the Cleveland City Jail until his first court appearance on Friday.
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The Browns live in Hell
Chart Party
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Hard Times in Trump Country
Over the course of a year, photographer Stacy Kranitz documented life in the Ohio River Valley, where voters went for Trump by wide margins. By Alice Speri.
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'Gross abuse of power': Footage of US jail's use of Tasers prompts call for inquiry
Disturbing footage of US jail guards firing Tasers at inmates has prompted calls for a criminal investigation. A series of videos obtained by the Reuters news agency allegedly shows stun guns being used inappropriately against inmates at Franklin County Jail in Ohio. The footage includes Sergeant Mychal Turner firing a Taser at a mentally-ill man multiple times for refusing to stand in his cell, according to Reuters.
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Police rally aid for 9 children of woman who died of heroin overdose
A Middletown, Ohio mother of nine died of a heroin overdose, and police want to give her young children a better Christmas. Police were called to a house on Yankee Road on Wednesday and found Jimeta Sanders, 31, unresponsive on the kitchen floor. Authorities said she was shooting heroin with her “supposed ‘friends,’ who then in turn left her to die in front of her nine kids.”
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Ohio judge orders drug dealer to pay for funeral of teen who overdosed
A Cincinnati man authorities say sold a lethal dose of fentanyl to a 17-year-old has been ordered to pay the teen’s family the funeral costs. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett sentenced 29-year-old Michael Chandler to nearly 17 years in prison Monday and ordered Chandler to pay $9,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to drug distribution.
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Anti-gay Ohio representative resigns after being caught in flagrante with another man
First-term Republican State Rep. Wesley Goodman did not provide a reason for his sudden resignation Nov. 14, but the Columbus Dispatch did: The married, faith-focused, anti-LGBTQ politician had been caught having sex with another man in his office. The Dispatch reported that news of the incident reached House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, who said he met privately with Goodman later in the day.
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Ill inmate suggests firing squad as execution alternative
A condemned inmate scheduled to die this month for the slaying of a teenage boy said officials should execute him by firing squad because his breathing problems and poor veins make him too ill to be killed by lethal injection. Ohio lawmakers could quickly approve legislation allowing the firing squad to be used as an alternative execution method for the first time in the state, attorneys for death row inmate Alva Campbell said in a court filing late last month.
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The Weird, Wild World of Skunk Owners
For the past 16 years, North Ridgeville, Ohio, has hosted pet owners from across the country to celebrate what founder Deborah Cipriani claims is the largest skunk convention in the world. This year, VICE's Taji Ameen went to the annual Skunk Fest to check out its competitions and meet dozens of skunk enthusiasts and the descented animals they keep as pets.
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Neighbors rescue deer with plastic pumpkin stuck on its head
For four days residents called in sightings of a deer with a plastic pumpkin stuck on its head. Just before sunset Sunday, a group of people who had been tracking the doe throughout the weekend, snared it with catch poles. They were able to remove the bucket from its head and safely release it, according to WCPO.
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Seven Days of Heroin
The [Cincinnati, Ohio] Enquirer sent 60 journalists to cover an ordinary week in this extraordinary time. This is what an epidemic looks like.
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Once the world's largest mall, now an Amazon fulfillment center
It's a sign of the times. Online retail powerhouse Amazon is constructing a shipping center on the site of an Ohio shopping complex that briefly boasted the title of "the world's largest mall." The North Randall, Ohio mayor said he expects the facility to create 2,000 jobs in the area.
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