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Attempted Kidnapping of Girl, 6, Caught on Video

Home security camera captures her getting away from would-be abductor

(Newser) - A terrifying incident in Ohio was caught on a home security camera last Tuesday, when a man walking down a residential street in Hamilton allegedly tried to abduct a 6-year-old girl. The girl's mother, Mandie Miller-Nash, was putting groceries away and told her daughter she could throw some boxes...

Pharmacy Chains Ordered to Pay Ohio Counties $650M

They lost a landmark opioids case last year

(Newser) - A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance. US District Judge Dan...

Truth Social Posts Linked to Gunman at FBI Office

User with the name Ricky Shiffer issued 'call to arms' after Mar-a-Lago raid

(Newser) - The man fatally shot by police in Ohio Thursday after trying to breach the FBI's Cincinnati field office may have taken part in the Capitol attack, according to law enforcement sources. The sources, who identified the suspect to the AP and other outlets as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, say he...

Shooting Suspect Caught After Multi-State Manhunt

Stephen Marlow accused of killing 4 people in Ohio

(Newser) - A man suspected of killing four people at two different homes in Ohio on Friday is in custody after a multi-state manhunt, reports CNN . Police in Lawrence, Kansas, arrested Stephen Marlow about 10pm Saturday, per WLWT . The 39-year-old is the primary suspect in the fatal shootings of 82-year-old Clyde Knox,...

Rhoden Family Massacre: The Allegations Are Stacking Up

Jake Wagner's brother is set to go on trial in late August

(Newser) - The 2016 murders of eight members of the Rhoden family sent shock waves through their rural southwest Ohio community. In late August, the first member of the Wagner family will go on trial for their deaths. In a lengthy piece for the Washington Post , Chris Graves writes that it's...

Man Pleads Not Guilty in Rape of Ohio Girl Who Had Abortion

The case attracted national news after it was revealed the child had the procedure in Indiana

(Newser) - Update: The man held in the rape of an Ohio girl who had an abortion at age 10 in Indiana pleaded not guilty Monday to two felony counts. Gershon Fuentes is being jailed in Franklin County without bond pending a hearing, which hasn't been scheduled, the AP reports. Conviction...

Indiana Doctor Has Faced Threats. So Has Her Daughter

Caitlin Bernard performed abortion on 10-year-old girl who had been raped

(Newser) - Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who recently performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio girl , has faced threats before—including one to kidnap her daughter reported by the FBI. The Indiana OB-GYN stopped going to a clinic in South Bend, 2½ hours away, to provide abortions after her daughter was threatened, the...

Ind. AG Gets Cease-and-Desist Letter From OB-GYN

Warning sent by attorney for Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who performed abortion on 10-year-old rape victim

(Newser) - The doctor at the center of a story about a 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio who had to travel to Indiana in order to get an abortion has sent the Indiana state attorney general a cease-and-desist letter, for remarks that the doctor's lawyer is calling defamatory. "Please immediately...

How a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Became &#39;a Political Pawn&#39;
Inside the Doubt Around Case
of 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 15, 2022 10:50 AM CDT

Inside the Doubt Around Case of 10-Year-Old Rape Victim

One pundit says to expect more one-source abortion stories, if any at all

(Newser) - There was plenty of scrutiny applied to the story of a 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio who needed to travel out of state for an abortion following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But now that it's been proven true , scrutiny is falling on those...

Jayland Walker's Autopsy Is Out, With One Key Number

25-year-old Black man from Ohio was shot, grazed 46 times in hail of police gunfire: medical examiner

(Newser) - Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday by the Summit County medical examiner's office, per the AP . Akron police have acknowledged...

Indiana Investigating Child Rape Victim's Abortion Doctor

AG Todd Rokita calls her an 'abortion activist acting as a doctor with a history of failing to report'

(Newser) - "There's a strong public interest in understanding ... [if] any woman is having an abortion in our state." So Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita told Fox News on Wednesday, explaining why his office will investigate the Indianapolis OB-GYN who admitted to treating a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio....

Every Ohio Republican Senator Mailed Envelope of Feces

'Just another crappy day'

(Newser) - Envelopes sent to every Republican member of the Ohio Senate marked what state Sen. Jay Hottinger on Thursday called "just another crappy day" in politics. Inside were feces. "It's gross and stupid, immaturity at its highest level," Hottinger, R-Newark, told the Columbus Dispatch . None of the...

In Swing State, Biden Says He's Helping Workers

President attacks GOP in announcing completion of plan keeping pension funds solvent

(Newser) - President Biden reassured a gathering of union workers in Ohio on Wednesday, telling them he'll protect them and their pensions. "Who is the backbone of this country? It's you, the American worker," Biden said at Max S. Hayes High School in Cleveland, the Hill reports. "...

Bereaved Father Attacks Son's Accused Killer in Courtroom

The target in the attack faces two capital murder charges

(Newser) - A father in Ohio must serve seven days for contempt of court after attacking his son’s accused murderer during a pretrial hearing. Per the Washington Post, the attack was caught on courtroom surveillance video . In it, defendant Desean Brown is seen seated at a table conferring with his attorneys...

Teachers in This State Can Now Carry Guns With 24 Hours' Training

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill into law; school districts still need to sign off on staffers with firearms

(Newser) - Local school boards in Ohio have been able to give the OK for years for teachers and other school employees to carry firearms at work. But a new law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday just made a significant change on training requirements to do so, knocking down the...

'It's Just a Joke,' Teen Said Before Fatal Beating

Ethan Liming of Akron, Ohio, died June 2 in fight outside school

(Newser) - A set of parents in Akron, Ohio, are pleading for answers after their 17-year-old son was beaten to death near an elementary school basketball court. On the night of June 2, Ethan Liming and friends were driving around Akron, firing a toy SplatRBall gun that shoots tiny water beads that...

Outrage Follows Graduation Speaker's Marriage Remarks

He urged Ohio high school students to follow 'Biblical principles'

(Newser) - A public school district in Ohio says it will be "reviewing its processes" after a graduation speaker urged students to avoid same-sex marriages. "Choose a spouse, I suggest. I also strongly suggest to make sure to choose Biblical principles, you know, a male with a female and female...

Signs Over Water Fountains at High School: 'My Heart Dropped'

Cincinnati students are being disciplined for 'whites only,' 'Blacks only' signs, photos shared online

(Newser) - Students at an Ohio high school are in hot water after racist signs were placed in the school and used as props for social media posts. NBC News reports that those signs at Cincinnati's Colerain High School read "whites only" and "Blacks only" and were placed over...

6-Year-Old Completes Full Marathon, Causes Firestorm

Many aren't happy that Cincinnati race organizers let this happen

(Newser) - The family that runs together ... causes controversy together. That's the case in Cincinnati, where organizers of the annual Flying Pig Marathon are taking heat for not stopping a 6-year-old boy from running (and finishing) the 26.2-mile race with his parents on Sunday. WLWT reports that the mom and...

Ohio Votes in Hard-Fought GOP Senate Primary
JD Vance Wins Hard-Fought
GOP Primary in Ohio
UPDATED
May 3, 2022 8:53 PM CDT

JD Vance Wins Hard-Fought GOP Primary in Ohio

Race was seen as a test of Trump's endorsement power

(Newser) - This story has been updated with election results. The AP has called the hard-fought Ohio Republican US Senate primary for JD Vance. The race, one of the most contentious and closely watched Senate primaries in the country, was seen as an early referendum on Donald Trump's hold on the...

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