Cincinnati

Black woman with black hair in multicolored shirt smiles in front of green plants and brown wood
Sameer Rao  Jul 11, 2018 11:32AM EDT

Tracy K. Smith Goes Operatic With 'Castor and Patience'

The Cincinnati Opera commissioned the United States poet laureate to develop a work based on her story about two cousins arguing over the future of inherited land.
Ray Tensing. White man in black and white striped jail outfit, flanked by police officers.
Kenrya Rankin  Jun 23, 2017 5:41PM EDT

Judge Declares Second Mistrial in Trial for Police Killing of Samuel DuBose

Now prosecutors have to decide if they will try former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing again for killing the unarmed Black man.
Black and white people in line against green grass
Sameer Rao  Nov 7, 2016 2:28PM EST

Long Early Voting Lines Illustrate Need for More Polling Places

One line in Cincinnati was a half-mile long. A new Vox report lays the blame not on enthusiastic early voter turnout, but polling place deficiencies.
White man wearing glasses with camera
Kenrya Rankin  Aug 3, 2016 10:42AM EDT

STUDY: Police Body Cameras in Danger of Being Used as 'Instruments of Injustice'

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed.
White man in navy suit and red-striped tie stands behind a wooden podium with U.S. and Ohio flags in the backgound
Kenrya Rankin  Jun 7, 2016 10:55AM EDT

No Charges for Mom Whose Son Fell Into Gorilla Enclosure

Prosecutor: “Had she been in the bathroom smoking crack and let her kids run around the zoo, that’d be a different story.”
Kenrya Rankin  May 31, 2016 12:38PM EDT

Animal Rights Activists Want Justice for Gorilla Killed to Save Child

#JusticeForHarambe?
Akiba Solomon  Jul 29, 2015 7:16PM EDT

U of Cincinnati Cop Who Fatally Shot Samuel Dubose Indicted for Murder

Ray Tensing, the white University of Cincinnati officer who fatally shot unarmed black motorist Samuel Dubose during a traffic stop, will face murder charges that could result in a life sentence. 
Kenrya Rankin  Jul 22, 2015 2:32PM EDT

University of Cincinnati Police Officer Shoots Man In Head During Traffic Stop

Dubose’s mother: “I would love for the police officer that did this to let me know how could he put a gun to a human being’s head, any human being, not just my son.”