September 22, 2016 Man held in jail after crash kills 4 Ohio softball players A Florida man is being held without bond following a crash that killed four softball players from Ohio who were playing in a tournament in Panama City.
September 22, 2016 2 in Ohio charged with dealing tranquilizer-laced heroin Two Ohio residents have been indicted on federal charges of distributing heroin laced with carfentanil (kahr-FEHN'-tuh-nihl), a substance used to tranquilize large animals that authorities say is 10,000 times more powerful than morphine.
September 21, 2016 Vegas lawyer's 'Black Lives' protest may follow Ohio example A Las Vegas defense attorney isn't the only African-American lawyer in the nation to refuse a judge's request to remove a "Black Lives Matter" pin in a courtroom.
September 21, 2016 Police: Child dies after fall from Ohio high-rise apartment Police say a 2-year-old child has died after falling from a high-rise apartment building in northeast Ohio.
September 21, 2016 The Latest: Trump says he's troubled by Tulsa shooting The Latest on the death of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Oklahoma (all times local): 10:40 a.m.
September 21, 2016 Fentanyl blamed for spate of overdoses in West Virginia city Authorities say the heroin that led 27 people to overdose in a five-hour span in a single West Virginia city had been mixed with the powerful painkiller fentanyl.
September 21, 2016 Ohio slaying suspect being looked at in death of 5th woman Police in Ohio are looking at whether a man linked to the slayings of four women was involved in the disappearance or death of a fifth woman over a year ago.
September 21, 2016 The Latest: Governor to meet with mayor after mall attack The Latest on the knife attack at a Minnesota mall being investigated as a potential act of terrorism (all times local): 6:15 a.m.
September 20, 2016 Man convicted of ordering hit carried out at wrong house A man who served prison time for a murder-for-hire plot in 2004 has been convicted of aggravated murder and other charges in a contract killing two years later in which a hired killer went to the wrong home and killed someone with the same name as the intended target.
September 19, 2016 Ohio man charged in slayings, kidnapping pleads not guilty An Ohio man charged with murder in the slayings of two women and with kidnapping in the abduction of a third woman has pleaded not guilty.