Federal authorities in Ohio join probe into death of Black man shot at grandmother's home

A convicted murderer and rapist who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection more than a decade ago died Monday in an Ohio prison of possible coronavirus complications, officials said. Romell Broom, 64, was placed on the "COVID probable list," though his official cause of death is pending a death certificate, the state prison system said Tuesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the parents of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself because he was repeatedly bullied can sue the Cincinnati school district.   The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S.

A Columbus, Ohio law enforcement officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man seconds after their encounter was fired, officials said Monday. A hearing was held Monday to determine whether Adam Coy should be fired because of the Dec.

as his most aggressive client.Ronnie Renucci QC said Richey’s conduct made him question whether the decision to free him was the right one.He also told how his client tried to intimidate police when he was interviewed in connection with an assault and robbery.The former US Marine, originally from Edinburgh, was sentenced to death for the murder of two-year-old Cynthia Collin who died in a fire at her mother’s apartment in Columbus Grove, Ohio, in June 1986.He claimed it was a miscarriage of

A former upstate New York politician who fled before his 1997 jail sentencing was found by police limping on the side of an Ohio road this week, a report said. Fugitive William Jones, once the supervisor for the town of Mentz in Cayuga County, had been living in the Buckeye State under a fake name when he was caught, authorities told Syracuse.com.

Officials in Columbus, Ohio released police body camera footage that shows the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man holding a cell phone, the second shooting in the area of a Black man by authorities this month.  The video shows the deadly encounter between police and Andre Hill, who was shot seconds after an officer found him emerging from a garage early Tuesday morning. Police initially responded to the area around 1:30 a.m.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine didn’t say which way he was leaning on a "Stand Your Ground" bill that the state's Republican-led Senate approved Friday -- and that now heads to DeWine's desk.

An upcoming special election to fill Rep. Marcia Fudge’s seat in Ohio’s 11th congressional district could prompt a clash between progressive and moderate Democrats, according to a report on Tuesday.

A police department in Ohio is calling for parents to be more responsible after 60 maskless young people celebrating a 14th birthday flooded out of a tightly packed party bus into a mall parking lot Saturday. Officers on a routine patrol saw the rowdy group getting out of the bus at 9:50 p.m.

An Ohio restaurant is thanking a customer for his “heartfelt generosity” after he left a $5,600 tip. A diner at Souk Mediterranean Kitchen & Bar in Toledo left the huge tip on Sunday night, asking that it be divided among all the staff whether they were working or not, according to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page.The restaurant didn’t identify the big tipper, just calling him “Billy” and sharing a photo of the receipt.

The body of one worker was recovered Saturday, and another remained unaccounted for, as crews continue to search through the debris left after a power plant in Ohio collapsed last week. Search crews recovered the body of one man Saturday evening beneath rubble left at the Killen Generating Station in Adams County, Manchester Fire Chief Rick Bowman said.

Ohio police say their search for two 15-year-old runaway girls has ended with one’s safe return after being found in California and the other’s tragic death in Nevada. The girl who died was identified as Kathryn McGuire.

Two workers have been hospitalized and three others are still trapped under rubble after a building at an Ohio power plant collapsed early Wednesday morning.  Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers said rescue workers are in contact with one of the trapped workers who is stuck beneath rubble at the Killen Generating Station in Adams County.That worker is able to communicate as rescue efforts continue, while two others remain unaccounted for.  It is unclear what caused the building to collapse around

Trey Songz reportedly headlined a 500-person indoor concert at an Ohio nightclub that authorities said demonstrated a flagrant disregard for COVID-19 safety protocols.  The 36-year-old singer, who revealed to his followers in October that he tested positive for the coronavirus, was advertised as the headliner of the Aftermath nightclub’s “Champagne Saturdays” over the weekend.  People reports that the nightclub received citations from the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) after its agents attended

Trey Songz concert faces investigation after approximately 500 people packed into an Ohio nightclub to see the singer perform.Songz performed at the Aftermath nightclub in Columbus on Saturday (December 5), with footage showing tightly packed fans at the venue.As NBC News reports, the venue has now been given an official warning for improper conduct after attendees were seen to be openly violating Covid-19 regulations.Fans were seen sharing drinks and flouting social distancing laws, Ohio’s

Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game, a cornerstone rivalry in college football for more than a century, has been canceled because Michigan is still battling a surge of Covid-19 infections.

Ohio’s Kings Island is best known for its roller coasters and blue ice cream, but soon it will double-down on being a vacation destination.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Body Brokers, a new crime thriller written and directed by Run with the Hunted helmer John Swab and starring Jack Kilmer and Alice Englert. A release in select theaters nationwide is set for February 19, 2021.