Dec 03 Cleveland police officer who shot Tamir Rice was unfit for duty years ago, records show By Joshua Barajas The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice last week was previously “distracted” and “weepy” during his firearms qualification training at a suburban Ohio police department, new internal documents revealed Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch Why LeBron’s return to Cleveland is perfect timing By PBS News Hour Ten-time NBA All-Star LeBron James is going home to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jeffrey Brown talks to Kevin Blackistone of the University of Maryland and Glenn Moore of Cleveland.com to discuss motivations behind the move, and the expectations it has… Continue watching
Jul 11 Where LeBron James and politics intersect By Domenico Montanaro It’s been a pretty good week for Cleveland. Earlier this week the Republican National Committee announced that Cleveland was its pick to hold the party’s national presidential nominating convention in 2016. And then today the biggest news the city could… Continue reading
Jul 11 Why LeBron coming home matters so much to Cleveland By Terence Burlij Fast forward to Friday. In his Sports Illustrated announcement, the first reason James cites for his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers is that he grew up in Northeast Ohio and how the region “holds a special place” in his heart. Continue reading
Jul 08 Cleveland tops Dallas in bid to host RNC in 2016 By Philip Elliott, Steve Peoples, Associated Press Cleveland won the backing of a Republican National Committee panel on Tuesday, all but guaranteeing the GOP's next presidential pick will accept the party's nomination there in 2016. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch News Wrap: Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Found Dead of Suicide in Prison In other news Wednesday, officials say Ariel Castro, 53, hanged himself in his prison cell overnight. Castro was convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland, Ohio, home for more than a decade. Also, Chelsea Manning has requested a… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch News Wrap: Ariel Castro Faces Life Sentence Plus 1,000 Years for Rape, Murder In other news Thursday, Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years for holding three women captive for more than a decade at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, Egypt's interior ministry offered "safe passage"… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch News Wrap: Cleveland Kidnapper Agrees to Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty In other news Friday, Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three Ohio women captive for a decade, will face life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years after entering a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Also, police… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch News Wrap: In Cleveland, Kidnapping Suspect Castro Faces 977 Charges In other news Friday, Ariel Castro faces 977 charges for the kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse of three women that he allegedly held captive for a decade in the basement of his Cleveland home. Castro pleaded not guilty to an… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch News Wrap: Toronto Hit With Flash Flooding, Widespread Power Outages In other news Tuesday, a severe storm caused flash floods and knocked out power for at least 300,000 people in Toronto. Also, Congressional Democrats said they would not consider an immigration reform bill that doesn't include a path to citizenship… Continue watching