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November 14, 2016

Ohio prosecutor weighs options after ex-officer's mistrial

Prosecutors will decide before the end of the month whether to continue the case against a white Ohio police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man during a traffic stop.

November 12, 2016

Mistrial: Ohio police shooting trial jury deadlocked

A judge declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked Saturday in the case of a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist.

November 12, 2016

Hearing set for man accused of trying to join Islamic State

A bond hearing is set for an Ohio man accused of trying to travel to Libya to join the Islamic State group.

November 11, 2016

Correction: Treasure Hunter Fugitive story

In a story Nov. 9 about a former deep sea treasure hunter, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the ship that sank in an 1857 hurricane and from which gold was recovered.

November 11, 2016

Men sentenced for live-streamed shooting threat on Periscope

Two men accused of live-streaming a threat to shoot up their Ohio neighborhood if their video feed scored enough viewers have been sentenced to six months in a low-level correctional facility.

November 11, 2016

Deliberations entering third day in Ohio cop shooting case

Jury deliberations will stretch into a third day in the murder trial of a white former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year near the University of Cincinnati.

November 10, 2016

Ohio mom charged after young son drinks vodka from sippy cup

An Ohio woman has been charged with child endangerment after she sneaked a sippy cup of vodka into a high school football game and her toddler son drank from it and became ill.

November 10, 2016

Ohioan who fled US gets 20 years in prison for Ponzi scheme

A man who spent more than a decade as a fugitive has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for charges related to a Ponzi scheme that victimized hundreds of investors.

November 9, 2016

Closing arguments set in trial of officer who shot driver

Closing arguments are scheduled for Wednesday in the case of a white former police officer on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in Ohio.

November 9, 2016

Ohio man pleads guilty to hate crime in attack on black man

A white man in Ohio has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge after saying in court that he and another man beat a stranger because he was black.