Law & Justice

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

Opening arguments in the trial of Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, and Matt Borges, former FirstEnergy lobbyist, are set to begin Monday.

The court called the leak "one of the worst breaches of trust in its history." The Marshal of the Supreme Court "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible," the court said Thursday.

Prosecutors announced charges against Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the film Rust. Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.

Police departments in Northeast Ohio are not immune to the national police shortage that some are calling a crisis. Departments in the region range from being barely fully staffed to needing to hire up to 40 more officers. The issue stems from a combination of retirements, resignations and lackluster recruitment.

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

An 18-year-old college student was waiting to get off a city bus when another passenger struck her in the head multiple times.

Friday's sentencing comes after a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump's family enterprise guilty in December of tax-fraud. Trump was not charged as an individual.

Workshops on concealed carry and gun safety are being offered in Summit County this week. They consist of an overview of Ohio's new concealed carry law and a demonstration from the Summit County Sheriff's Office on gun safety.

A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.