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As U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised, the Justice Department on Thursday evening filed a "statement of interest" in the swath of lawsuits being heard in Cleveland that accuse drug manufacturers and distributors of heavily contributing to the nation's opioid epidemic. But instead of a display of force and support for the local and state governments that allege the drug companies caused the addiction problems, the Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Dan Polster for 30 days to decide whether it wants to intervene.
The U.S. Department of Justice will get involved with a federal case in Cleveland that consolidates hundreds of government lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday. Sessions said the Justice Department will file a "statement of interest" in the case, currently being heard by a federal judge in Cleveland , filed by local governments, including Cincinnati and Cuyahoga County.
Dennis Kucinich stands outside the open back door of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Saturday. Kucinich went to the building to cast an early vote for the Sept.
A forensic analyst at the Lake County Crime Laboratory handles a sample of an opioid in powder form. [Nick Castele / ideastream] Opioids are flowing into Ohio in a way that would be familiar to anyone who's shopped online.
Police agencies across the country would likely solve cold cases - murders and rapes - if they entered finger and palm prints from older crimes into an upgraded national database, a move the FBI encourages. Investigators linked Rafiq Jones to a rape and robbery case last year after a fingerprint lifted from a beer bottle in 1996 was matched the to the 40-year-old.
The Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Monday asked Jeff Mixon , who has a group called Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County, to resign from the party's executive committee in light of an endorsement by Mixon's group of a Republican U.S. senator's reelection. By endorsing Sen. Rob Portman when the party has endorsed Portman's Democratic challenger, former Ohio Gov. Rob Portman, Mixon violated the local party's unity rule, said party chairman Stuart Garson.
Law enforcement gave the "all clear" at Joint Base Andrews on Thursday, after reports of an active shooter. No shooter was found and no reports of any shots fired were confirmed.
Officials in Cleveland are commending the legacy of former U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, a former two-term Ohio governor who's a native of the city and served a decade as its mayor. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said Voinovich served the state and city selflessly.
Sen. Rob Portman, an incumbent, talks about how Republicans, amid a contentious presidential election, came out in record numbers to participate in Ohio's primary. Portman took more than 80 percent of the vote to fend of a conservative challenge.