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Ohio executes man convicted of raping 6-month-old child
An Ohio man convicted of raping and murdering a six-month-old baby was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday after a last-ditch plea for mercy was dismissed. Steven Smith, 46, was declared dead at 10:29 am (1429 GMT), prison authorities in Lucasville, southern Ohio, confirmed after the execution. Smith was sentenced…
Ohio police chief hospitalized after eating ‘cannabis cake’
An Easter morning craving turned into a cause for concern for the chief of police in Lawrenceville, Ohio, after the cake he ate turned out to be laced with cannabis oil. “All I can describe is, it was the worst feeling in the world,” Mike Berkemeier told WBNS-TV on Friday.…
Watch live: Steubenville rape trial
A juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, hears testimony from witnesses in the trial of two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl last summer. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on March 13. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
86-car pileup in Ohio kills 12-year-old girl and leaves at least 20 injured
Blowing snow and slick, icy roads led to several multiple-car highway accidents in Ohio on Monday, including an 86-car pileup in Cincinnati, Ohio that killed a 12-year-old girl and left more than 20 injured. According to the New York Daily News, the huge crash took place on Interstate 275, close…
Ohio anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill sees action in lame duck session
An Ohio bill aimed at restricting abortion access will get another shot in the legislature this upcoming lame duck session, reported the Community Press and Recorder, thanks to new cooperation among anti-abortion rights groups. Called the heartbeat bill, it would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which…
WATCH LIVE: Romney campaigns in Ohio
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney makes a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio ahead of Election Day. Watch live video, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Ohio Republican Secretary of State sued over order to discard provisional ballots
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, whose decision to try to restrict early voting was thrown out first by an Ohio judge, then a federal appeals court and denied a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court, will be back in court again this month after he issued a last-minute directive…
Watch live: Obama stops in Springfield, Ohio
President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event in Springfield, Ohio. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 2. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Watch live: Clinton and Biden campaign in Ohio
Joe Biden and Bill Clinton campaign in Youngstown, Ohio. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 29. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Union members campaign for Obama in battleground state Ohio
There are few places in America where the dividing line in the 2012 election is as clear-cut as the desolate stretch that is Harrison Avenue on the outskirts of Canton, Ohio. On one side of the street is the massive, smoke-belching Timken steel plant, its owners generous contributors to the…
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