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• Mom of teen found dead at Super 8 charged

  08-04-2016 15:41
  
  The mother of the teenager found dead at a Super 8 hotel in Green Wednesday is now facing charges.
  
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• Man evading police jumps in Shaker Hts cop car

  08-04-2016 14:37
  
  It started with a man and a breaking without entering, police reported, but it led to him stealing an officer's cruiser and hitting three cars before the suspect was arrested.
  
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• All eyes on Cleveland: Countdown to Republican National Convention begins

  08-04-2016 14:00
  
  CLEVELAND– The countdown is on to the Republican National Convention here in Cleveland. Saturday marks 100 days until this summer’s convention at Quicken Loans Arena. Thousands of people will visit the Cleveland area when the convention is held from July 18-21. Here’s a look at the numbers, according to the RNC: 50,000 visitors are expected 15,000 credentialed media 4th time the Republican Party will convene in Ohio Wednesday, the City of Cleveland held their ver
  
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• First ride tickets for Valravn go on sale today

  08-04-2016 12:59
  
  Want to be the very first to ride Cedar Point's new roller coaster? Well it's going to cost you.
  
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• Ohio board to OK rules for school barricades

  08-04-2016 12:00
  
  An Ohio building standards board is ready to approval final rules allowing schools to deploy portable barricade devices in the event of an active shooter.
  
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• Suspect wanted in fatal CLE shooting arrested

  08-04-2016 11:47
  
  The man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in Cleveland last July is now in custody.
  
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• Winter weather arrives tonight in Cleveland area; up to 5 inches of snow possible

  08-04-2016 11:12
  
  A winter weather advisory takes effect at 9 p.m. Friday and will continue until 6 p.m. Saturday.
  
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• Five ways to keep Cleveland's babies alive: editorial

  08-04-2016 11:00
  
  The December announcement that the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County would come together to create First Year Cleveland, an infant mortality commission, was quite promising. Now the new commission, which is still in the planning stages, has to find a way to decrease infant deaths. There are promising options, writes the editorial board.
  
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• Cuyahoga Land Bank, with developers lined up, acquires ailing Glenville enterprise center (photos)

  08-04-2016 11:00
  
  Developer Fred Geis and broker-investor Rico Pietro are key players in the land bank's salvation strategy for the complex on Cleveland's East Side.
  
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• Cleveland International Film Festival 2016: Powerful 'Embers' is the best kind of sci-fi film

  08-04-2016 11:00
  
  The best science fiction isn't about gadgets or rockets or robots. It's about who we are, what does it mean to be human, how do we fit into the world. Count "Embers" among the best science fiction.
  
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• Dorver Ave house destroyed by fire in Cleveland

  08-04-2016 10:59
  
  Cleveland firefighters battled a large house fire on Dorver Avenue just off Warner Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Driver crashes into FirstMerit Bank in Cleveland

  08-04-2016 10:57
  
  A woman crashed her SUV into the side of the First Merit Bank at the corner of East 71st and Harvard just after 3:15 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Fire that destroyed house being called ‘suspicious’

  08-04-2016 10:19
  
  CLEVELAND– Arson investigators with the Cleveland Fire Department are working to determine who set the fire that destroyed a home on the city’s east side. Firefighters responded to a home on Dorver Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames. Neighbors told Fox 8 that two people lived in the home. It’s unknown if they were home at the time of the fire. Firefighters said there were no reports of any injuries.
  
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• Akron officer convicted of assault; marijuana amendment moves forward; 2 service department vehicles stolen: Overnight News Links

  08-04-2016 07:19
  
  Also, man steals Shaker Heights police car, crashes into two other police cars; Cleveland man wrongfully incarcerated for 39 years to receive $2.65 million from state; Oberlin College sues city over requirements added 'illegally'
  
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• RNC police bike bid goes to Florida company

  08-04-2016 05:33
  
  Three hundred police bicycles will be rolling into Cleveland for the Republican National Convention from Florida -- because no local companies put in a bid.
  
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• 911 caller at Ohio Wal-Mart could be charged for role in fatal shooting, judge says

  08-04-2016 05:33
  
  Fairborn Municipal Court Judge Beth Root ruled this week that there was sufficient evidence to show Ronald Ritchie could be prosecuted.
  
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• 'Scandal' Season 5, Episode 17 recap: controversial episode 'Thwack!' (poll)

  08-04-2016 05:30
  
  But tonight's episode is a big departure from the norm. It's dark, shocking, controversial and potentially polarizing. Our girl Olivia does something that many viewers may see as unforgivable.
  
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• Powerball prize hits $168 million; Thursday's Ohio Lottery results

  08-04-2016 05:25
  
  Powerball is the top jackpot, with Mega Millions at $65 million.
  
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• Man convicted in Barberton triple murder

  08-04-2016 04:42
  
  Eric Hendon, 33, was found guilty Thursday night on all counts of his indictment. He now faces the death penalty.
  
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• Archer: Seventh season continues with uneven second episode

  08-04-2016 04:40
  
  "Archer" returned on Thursday with an uneven follow-up to Thursday's strong premiere.
  
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• Cincinnati man indicted in 2015 shooting death of 17-year-old

  08-04-2016 04:37
  
  Rico Mosley, 19, is being held on an $800,000 bond in Hamilton County Jail.
  
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• CLE Ohio City theft, call for more security

  08-04-2016 04:24
  
  The Xhibition Clothing store on West 25th Street in Cleveland was hit by thieves once again and police said it marks the fifth incident at the store in the past year.
  
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• Cross on Los Angeles County seal unconstitutional, federal judge rules

  08-04-2016 04:18
  
  A federal judge says the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors violated the constitution when it voted to add a Christian cross to the county seal in 2014.
  
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• Ohio man accused of feeding mother pot-laced brownies

  08-04-2016 03:38
  
  Kurtis Lee Kemper, 45, admitted Thursday to making the brownies and feeding them to his mother without her knowledge, the sheriff's says.
  
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• Man charged in July 2015 fatal shooting arrested in Cleveland

  08-04-2016 03:36
  
  Cleveland police arrested a 21-year-old man Thursday afternoon who was wanted in a July 2015 fatal shooting, the U.S. Marshals said.
  
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• Man hit by car nat Kinsman Road and East 140th

  08-04-2016 03:13
  
  A man was hit by a car while he was near the intersection of Kinsman Road and East 140th Street on Thursday, police said.
  
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• 2 vehicles stolen from E. CLE Service Dept.

  08-04-2016 03:06
  
  Two cars were stolen on Thursday from the East Cleveland Service Department, according to police. 
  
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• Software startups leaving Cleveland

  08-04-2016 02:31
  
  A recent string of Cleveland-based startups departing for cities like San Francisco has raised a debate in the entrepreneurial community.
  
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• Jack ThistleDown $70 million expansion to open

  08-04-2016 02:28
  
  The new $70 million addition to the Jack ThistleDown Racino is one more befitting a place to gamble than a converted grandstand with slots. "The first couple of years we just didn't have enough assets to compete in the market and now with this new $70 million reinvestment plan, we have more restaurants, more slot machines," said General Manager Scott Lokke.
  
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• Here's how John Kasich's team pitched supporters on his prospects at a contested convention

  08-04-2016 01:57
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Key advisers to John Kasich's presidential campaign briefed supporters this week on their strategy to win a contested Republican convention here this summer. The plan, shared at a closed-door meeting Wednesday in Washington, rests on the Ohio...
  
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• Neighbors angry about "flower house" in CLE

  08-04-2016 01:37
  
  A Cleveland house that is covered with fake flowers and decorations has some neighbors fed up and the city's building and housing department investigating.
  
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• New info on female remains found in Lorain Co.

  08-04-2016 01:33
  
  Lorain County officials released more information Thursday about remains that were found in Huntington Township last month, in hopes that someone will be able to identify the victim.
  
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• Wash. psychiatric hospital patient on loose was accused of torturing woman to death

  08-04-2016 01:16
  
  Anthony Garver, 28, escaped Wednesday night with Mark Alexander Adams, 58, a patient who had been accused of domestic assault in 2014 and was captured Thursday morning, police and hospital officials said.
  
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• Man dies after shooting in Cleveland, homicide unit investigating

  08-04-2016 00:58
  
  CLEVELAND – The Cleveland police homicide unit is investigating after a man died following a shooting on East 35th Street in Cleveland. According to Cleveland police, the 22-year-old man was shot in the stomach and taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. He passed away from his injuries at the hospital. There are currently no suspects. Stick with Fox 8 and Fox8.com for updates.
  
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• Man shot dead on Cleveland's East Side

  08-04-2016 00:45
  
  A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday evening on Cleveland's East Side, police said.
  
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• Akron cop guilty of misdemeanor assault in Playhouse Square fight, West Salem cop acquitted

  08-04-2016 00:11
  
  An Akron police officer on Thursday was found guilty of a lesser charge in the beating of a man at Playhouse Square, while a jury cleared his co-defendant, a West Salem police officer.
  
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