Easter church shooting in Ohio leaves questions on motive
Reshad Riddle, 28, charged with aggravated murder for killing his father, 53, during an Easter Sunday service in Ashtabula. He appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit as investigators note no clear motive and family members describe a loving relationship amid a tense scene with worshippers fleeing.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Reshad Riddle
Riddle
Ann Riddle
Richard Riddle
Gunman
Sargent
Sean Adams
Bea
Con
God
Robert Stell
Stell
Ashtabula County
Joseph Cellitti
Adams
Groups seek removal of Jesus portrait from high school
Two civil rights groups filed a federal suit seeking removal of a Jesus portrait from Jackson High School, after moving it from the middle school. They allege the display promotes religion in a public school, while district officials cite a limited public forum and club ownership. The case follows months of debate over religious displays in the Jackson City Schools.
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Cincinnati
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
Madison, Wis
Southern Ohio
Jackson
Appalachian
Ohio
Phil Howard
Hi-Y Club
Howard
Greeting card maker agrees to go private
American Greetings agreed to be taken private by a Weiss family led group in a deal valued around 580 million dollars. The transaction pays 18.20 per share in cash with financing from Koch Industries and debt facilities, valuing the company at about 878 million including debt and options.
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Cleveland
American Greetings
Weiss
Morry Weiss
Zev Weiss
American Greetings Corp
American Greetings’ Board
Koch Industries Inc
Carlton Cards
Recycled Paper Greetings
Papyrus
Akron clinic fights suit over alleged abortion failure
The Akron Women's Medical Group and two doctors deny negligence after Ariel Knights of Cuyahoga Falls alleged a failed abortion led to the birth of her daughter. The suit, filed March 4 for Knights, cites uterine didelphys and threats to her life as context while attorneys exchange records and seek dismissal.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron Women’s Medical Group
Ariel Knights
Cuyahoga Falls
D. Cheryl Atwell
Atwell
Knights
James Gutbrod
Record algae bloom on Lake Erie marks largest in history
A 2011 Lake Erie algae bloom covered 1,930 square miles, driven by phosphorus from farming and weather. Experts warn warming climate and farming practices may trigger future blooms, risking tourism and aquatic life in the Great Lakes region.
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Traverse City
Mich
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Erie
Anna Michalak
Carnegie Institution For Science
U.S
Canada
World Health Organization
Proceedings of
The
National Academy of Sciences
Maumee River
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Senate leader calls Medicaid expansion remark inartful
Senate President Keith Faber said his comparison of Medicaid expansion to an ultimatum with a loaded gun was likely inartful. He noted the federal government has limited state flexibility under Obama care and that incentives for work training and treatment could improve expansion while costs remain uncertain.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Keith Faber
Faber
Celina
Lima
Barack Obama
Haid
Supreme Court
John Kasich
Ohio
Obama
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