Should students learn cursive? Some states say yes
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Jaeden Alvarez practices cursive writing at Cleveland K-6 School, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. In years gone by, penmanship helped distinguish the literate from…
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Ohio jury convicts ex-fugitive in $100M fraud case
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Bobby Thompson, who authorities have identified as Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody, rolls his eyes as he is found guilty Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in Cleveland.…
2 Pa. HS football players killed in crash ID’d
Rescue crews from four departments respond to a deadly two-vehicle crash along the Shenango Valley Freeway, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Sharon, Pa. Two high school football players died Friday…
WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast
By DAN SEWELL FILE – In these April 18, 2012 file photos, surviving Doolittle Raiders Richard Cole, left, David Thatcher, center, and Edward Saylor take part in a commemoration for…
Historic items from JFK assassination on display
By DAN SEWELL Lonna McKinley, of the National Museum of the US Air Force, looks through the log for President John F. Kennedy’s Air Force One, rear, Friday, Nov. 8,…
Psychologist: Ohio man who shot wife was depressed
By JOHN COYNE FILE – John Wise is seen in an undated file photo provided by the Summit County Sheriffs Department. Wise, who believed his wife’s medical condition was worsening,…
Judge won’t stop condemned Ohio killer’s execution
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS In this undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Ronald Phillips. Phillips, a death row inmate who raped and killed his girlfriend’s…
Cleveland kidnap survivor sits down with Dr. Phil
CLEVELAND (AP) — One of three women who escaped from a ramshackle Cleveland home after more than a decade in captivity is about to share her story. Michelle Knight will…