CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 39 points, Kevin Love added 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fourth straight, 118-113 in overtime on Friday night over the skidding Los Angeles Clippers, who dropped their seventh in a row. Love drained a pair of 3-pointers in OT, when the Cavs outscored the Clippers 13-8. Dwyane … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Bauer chopped slugger Aaron Judge and New York’s other big bats down to size, and Jay Bruce drove in three runs as the Cleveland Indians began chasing their first World Series title in 69 years with a 4-0 win over the Yankees on the Thursday night in the opener of the … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fired by the city of Cleveland on Tuesday, and the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the November 2014 shooting was suspended. Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the discipline against officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, who were … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attention to other missing-persons cases in a daily segment. As the new host of the segment on WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/2kF65UT ), Amanda Berry said she wants to help … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland said the … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — The recipient of the nation’s first uterus transplant said Monday, March 7, that she prayed for years to be able to bear a child, and is grateful to the deceased donor’s family and surgeons who’ve given her that chance. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said Monday that the 26-year-old woman is recovering … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of stymied efforts to address the nation’s aging and congested highways and transit systems, Congress found the sweet spot for passage on Thursday — a 5-year, $305 billion bill laden with enough industry favors, parochial projects, safety improvements and union demands to gain overwhelming support. The bill was approved 359 … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio on Saturday released a frame-by-frame analysis of the surveillance camera footage first made public a year ago that shows a white Cleveland police officer fatally shooting a black 12-year-old boy who had a pellet gun. The additional images taken from surveillance video at a recreation center where Tamir Rice … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — A white Cleveland police officer had no choice but to fatally shoot a 12-year-old black boy carrying a pellet gun, an expert on police use of force said in a report released publicly Thursday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Retired Florida police officer W. Ken Katsaris is the third expert who … Continue reading
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