Checker to Rock Hall: Induct me or 'drop dead'
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chubby Checker wants the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to know it's time to induct him into its exclusive club before it's too late.
Father, son pastors plead not guilty in sex case
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ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — The son of a northeast Ohio pastor has joined his father in pleading not guilty to charges that they molested the same teenage girl.
3 indicted in fatal northwest Ohio arson fire
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TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury in northwest Ohio has indicted three people who investigators say had roles in an arson fire last month that left two people dead and one hospitalized.
Judge orders 3 early voting days restored in Ohio
Written by ANN SANNER, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge ordered Ohio's elections chief Wednesday to set early voting hours on the three days before elections in a ruling that gives Democrats a victory going into the fall election.
$3M bond for man accused of killing 2-year-old son
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man suspected of fatally shooting his 2-year-old son in the head during a dispute with the child's mother is being held on $3 million bond.
Ohio man convicted of killing 4 in townhome
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A 22-year-old man could face the death penalty after a jury convicted him of aggravated murder in the slayings of four people in a northeast Ohio townhome last year.
Ohio prosecutors charge gang with racketeering
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors have charged 43 teenage members of a notorious street and prison gang with racketeering for a series of crimes allegedly committed inside a Cleveland juvenile detention center.
Ohio shields interviews with execution workers
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state is shielding interviews its attorneys conducted with about 20 prison employees involved in the January execution of an inmate who repeatedly gasped and snorted as he was put to death.