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Part of that speech is played over the ending of Thirteen Days: "What kind of a peace do we seek? I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes

Avoid the misleading online ads. Here's the real story from 2013.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe mental illness at the time of their crime has begun seeing its first implementations.

"Road to Perdition" is like a Greek tragedy, dealing out remorseless fates for all the characters. Some tragedies, like "Hamlet," are exhilarating, because we have little idea how quirks of character will bring about the final doom. But the impact of Greek tragedy seems muted to me, because it's preordained. Since "Road to Perdition" is in that tradition, it loses something. It has been compared to "The Godfather," but "The Godfather" was abo...

The legendary B-movie writer-director Samuel Fuller once told me about a script he had written called The Bag Man. The title character is a bag man for the mob, a functionary whose job is to deliver packages but never to look inside them. One day he makes the fatal mistake of looking inside. He takes the money and runs. Explaining the real novelty of his story, Fuller said with mounting excitement, “You’ve seen movies about a man on the run. You’ve seen movies about a man and a woman on...

Black faith leaders, lawmakers, push to end death penalty By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of Black ministers, lawmakers and national activists announced a new effort Tuesday to abolish the death penalty in Ohio, citing growing bipartisan opposition and the country’s recent reckoning over racial injustice. The death penalty is a modern cousin to lynching, with people of color disproportionately sentenced to death, said members of the Ohio Black Le...