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When a couple’s daughter did an Ancestry.com DNA test in 2020 ahead of her trip to Europe, she learned that the father she was raised by was not her biological father.

Jessica Leonard went against the status quo when she displayed her tattoos in a now-viral company photo, saying the “art on my skin has been quite healing for me in many ways”

Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell was arrested in Florida on Monday after allegedly exposing himself near a learning center and violently attacking an officer, according to a report and police records. 

Police in Ohio say the suspect stole a car with a 19-year-old passenger asleep in the back seat. The passenger managed to text real-time location updates to police and led to the driver's arrest for theft -- and kidnapping.

DNA testing has confirmed that human remains discovered last year inside an SUV submerged in an Indiana river have been identified as an Ohio mom who disappeared nearly 20 years ago with her two young children. Just before she vanished, she left a note saying she was going to drive into the river. However, no other remains were found in the vehicle, so her children are still considered missing.

Someone approached Officer Shane Bartek, 25, at an apartment building on Cleveland’s west side around 6 p.m. Friday, police said. There was a struggle, and the officer was shot twice, police said.

Cincinnati Bearcats cornerback Coby Bryant is changing his jersey number to honor the memory of Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant.

The Butler County Sheriff had high praise for Deshaun Pressley, who is being applauded for stopping a man suspected of snatching the purse of an 87-year-old woman.

The Haitian 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped a group of 17 missionaries in mid-October, made up of 12 adults and five children — including an 8-month-old.

The now-retired Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times last December has been charged with murder.

The father of a 2-year-old Indiana girl whose body was recovered along a river has been placed on a 72-hour hold without bond after police say he gave investigators "conflicting stories," a report said.

The FBI says a Dayton, Ohio, mass shooter fantasized about mass shootings and murder-suicide for at least 10 years before his 2019 attack left nine dead.

Police released body camera footage that shows an alleged rape and kidnapping suspect bouncing off a hotel window after attempting to flee officers.

An Ohio suspect was arrested after his attempt to escape out of a hotel window failed when he bounced off the reinforced glass as police officers were speaking with him.

An older gorilla took over caring for a newborn gorilla at an Ohio zoo after the mom could not properly care for her baby.

Ohio high school students will be required to pass at least one half-credit course in financial literacy in order to graduate, according to a new law.