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Ohio

Her Sorority Sisters Suspected She Was Pregnant. What Did Emile Weaver Know?

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

Alex Ronan Elle Jan 2020 40min Permalink

Sports

Just Some Kids from Northeast Ohio

At LeBron James’s I Promise School.

Hanif Abdurraqib Bleacher Report Jul 2019 20min Permalink

Best Article

"Are You Alone Now?"

Inside the trailer park known as Little Mexico in Norwalk, Ohio in the wake of an ICE raid that separated children from their parents.

Eli Saslow Washington Post Permalink

Politics

John Boehner Unchained

At home with the liberated former House speaker.

Tim Alberta Politico Magazine Oct 2017 30min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Crimetown, U.S.A.

The city that fell in love with the mob.

David Grann The New Republic Jul 2000 30min Permalink

Politics

Where the Tea Party Rules

A dispatch from Lima, Ohio.

Janet Reitman Rolling Stone Oct 2014 45min Permalink

Sports

Rape Case Unfolds on Web and Splits City

A rape case in which most of the evidence lies in the archives of Twitter and Instagram divides a football-crazed town of 18,400.

Juliet Macur, Nate Schweber New York Times Dec 2012 Permalink

Business

Did Barack Obama Save Ohio?

The Buckeye State’s fortunes and the fight for credit.

Matt Bai New York Times Magazine Sep 2012 30min Permalink

At Home, Asking How ‘Our Bobby’ Became War Crime Suspect

From a small Ohio town to Afghanistan, a portrait of the perpetrator of a massacre.

James Dao New York Times Mar 2012 10min Permalink

Crime Sex

Sex Thief

One part rapist, one part con-man; the story of the seemingly unconvictable Hy Doan.

Denise Grollmus Cleveland Scene Sep 2005 15min Permalink

A Pigeon in Piketown

The shooting death of the last wild Passenger Pigeon, atomic energy, mastodon watering holes, and other footnotes in Ohio history.

Geoffrey Sea The American Scholar Jan 2004 55min Permalink