Economy Aug 17 Judge says pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650 million in opioids suit A federal judge in Cleveland has awarded $650 million in damages to two Ohio counties that sued CVS, Walgreens and Walmart over the way the national pharmacy chains distributed opioids to their communities.
Politics Jun 13 Ohio gov. Mike DeWine signs bill allowing armed school employees The Republican governor said he's directing the Ohio School Safety Center to require the maximum 24 hours of training spelled out by the law, as well as the maximum eight hours of annual training.
Nation Oct 04 Trial against pharmacy chains’ opioid sales begins Jurors have heard opening statements in a federal court trial to determine whether retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance in how they dispensed addictive painkillers in two Ohio counties.
Nation Oct 16 Jury selection begins in opioid trial despite delay request Two Ohio counties claim drug companies that made, distributed and sold prescription painkillers engaged in a deadly conspiracy that has inflicted massive damage on their communities and created a public nuisance that costs the counties hundreds of millions of dollars…
Health Jul 17 Federal data shows opioid shipments ballooned as crisis grew Federal data shows that companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to commercial pharmacies in 2006 and 12.6 billion in 2012.
Economy Mar 06 Last car to roll off assembly line at Ohio GM plant The Lordstown plant along with three other plants in the U.S. and one in Canada are set to close at some point this year.
Nation May 02 Southwest plane with cracked window diverted to Cleveland A cracked window on a Southwest Airlines plane forced a plane heading from Chicago to New Jersey to land in Cleveland Wednesday.
Politics Jul 17 How is Cleveland preparing security for the RNC? Recent events, including a terror attack in Nice, France, last week and the fatal ambush of police officers in Dallas have heightened concerns about what might happen in Cleveland.
Politics Jun 23 Cleveland, ACLU agree on protest rules for GOP convention A federal judge says Cleveland's rules governing protests and marches during next month's Republican National Convention infringe on rights of free expression, and he is ordering the city and a civil rights organization to begin negotiating new rules.