2 arrests, some schools closed amid clown threats in Ohio

CINCINNATI -- Two people were arrested and some Ohio schools were closed Friday amid a rash of reported threats against students involving clowns.A reported early Friday attack on a woman in Reading, Ohio, by a person dressed as a clown prompted Reading Community City School District officials to cancel classes for the day. A woman told Reading police she was smoking a cigarette on her porch when someone wearing a clown costume appeared and grabbed her by the throat. The person told her, “