Ohio
FBI arrests Ohio man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Randy Fine, his family
"I cannot wait to take a trip to your lovely home and light the whole place on fire and murder you and your entire family in the middle of the night while you sleep," the man wrote to Fine.
Owner of San Francisco 49ers, Leeds, Rangers busted in prostitution crackdown
Williams sisters team up for first time in four years, lose in Cincinnati Open opening tennis match
US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak
Swastikas found on gravestones at Cleveland Jewish cemetery
The Cleveland Jewish Federation called the vandalism "absolutely sickening."
Two antisemitic incidents near Ohio State University within 24 hours
The first of these incidents was an assault on two students "near 15th Avenue and High Street." One of the students was treated at the Wexner Medical Center.
Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections
Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday – including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky.
Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati
Rehfeld cited “financial constraints” and enrollment among the reasons for discontinuing the programs.
Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls
In 2021 a Boston-area school was found to have used terms including “Auschwitz,” “yarmulke” and “rabbi” in its own plays for at least a decade.
Violet Spevack, weekly chronicler of Cleveland Jewry for 50 years, dies at 107
Although she came from what she called “the Wild West,” she was passionate about Cleveland.
Ohio school board member apologizes for giving Nazi salute at public meeting
The local federation CEO said she did not believe Zakkour “had antisemitic intent.”
Neo-Nazis picket Jewish center outside Toledo after first protesting LGBTQ event
They had come directly from picketing Toledo Love Fest, an LGBTQ event. Federation officials said it appeared that their decision to head to the Jewish community immediately after was spontaneous.
Man pleads guilty to raping Ohio child who sought abortion in Indiana
Gerson Fuentes, who was the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother, confessed to raping the child in a police interview.
Toddler dies after mother left her alone for 10 days to go on vacation
A woman in the US was arrested for murder after leaving her toddler, just a year and a half old, alone at home for 10 days while taking a vacation.
