Five things to know for Wednesday, Dec. 24

After group fronts bail, suspect charged with Cleveland murder

A repeat offender now faces aggravated murder charges in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Benjamin McComas at a Cleveland light rail station.

Fox News reported the shooting happened five days after The Bail Project, a nonprofit, paid for Donnie Allen’s bail for earlier charges, allowing his release from custody.

Williams reminds of e-verify passage in Ohio. State Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Twp., is reminding Ohioans that lawmakers “just passed e-verify in Ohio,” which should stop businesses from hiring people in the country illegally. “If people are hiring illegal aliens, they’re breaking state and federal law. And the media is trying to portray them as the victims,” he said in a post to X.

We just passed e-verify in Ohio.

If people are hiring illegal aliens, they're breaking state and federal law.

And the media is trying to portray them as the victims. https://t.co/DmUDueeW1w

— Rep. Josh Williams (@JoshWilliamsOH) December 23, 2025

Beatty sues Trump over Kennedy Center name change. With nothing else apparently taking precedence in the nation’s capital, U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, is suing President Donald Trump in federal court over the Kennedy Center’s name change. The center’s name is changing to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.

Ohio is part of the Mercedes-Benz lawsuit. Ohio was part of a nearly $150 million multistate settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and its parent company, Mercedes-Benz Group AG. A coalition of 50 attorneys general, including Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, concluded that the company sold diesel vehicles with covert software with the goal of cheating emissions tests.

Yost announces a multistate settlement with Menards. Ohio’s attorney general recently announced a $4.25 million multistate settlement with Wisconsin-based home-improvement retailer Menards over allegations of deceptive rebate advertising. An investigation by 10 states, including Ohio, found that the company’s advertising often gave shoppers the impression they would receive a discount at the register rather than an in-store merchandise credit.