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• Dallas officers shot to death include newlywed, Iraq veteran

  08-07-2016 23:25
  
  One was a newlywed. Another had survived multiple tours in Iraq. Both were fathers.The stories of the officers gunned down in a sniper attack in Dallas during a protest over recent police shootings of black men emerged Friday as their identities became known. Authorities say five officers were killed and at least seven others wounded in the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.---Brent Thompson, 43, had worked as an officer with the Dallas Area Rapid
  
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• Dallas officers shot to death include: a newlywed, a veteran, parents

  08-07-2016 23:25
  One slain officer was a newlywed. Another had survived multiple tours in Iraq, only to be killed back home in the U.S. A protester who doesn't normally march was shot trying to shield her sons.The stories of those killed or wounded in a sniper attack in Dallas during a protest over recent police shootings of black men emerged Friday as their identities became known. Authorities say five officers were killed and seven others wounded in the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11
  
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• Root 23 Showcasing Summertime Flavors in New Cocktail Recipes

  08-07-2016 23:03
  
  When temperatures rise, many people start reaching for the summer cocktail recipe books to create cold and refreshing adult beverages to quench their thirsts at parties and gatherings. While locally-made spirits have become all the rage in recent years, Root 23 wants customers to think local when it comes to the mixers too. The company […]
  
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• Healthy Bites Preview: Root 23

  08-07-2016 23:03
  
  When temperatures rise, many people start reaching for the summer cocktail recipe books to create cold and refreshing adult beverages to quench their thirsts at parties and gatherings. While locally-made spirits have become all the rage in recent years, Root 23 wants customers to think local when it comes to the mixers too. The company […]
  
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• Dallas shooting: Experts say use of bomb robot a "first"

  08-07-2016 23:02
  
  The killer robot is here.Police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill an armed suspect in the Dallas police shooting , in what appears to be the first time U.S. police have used a robot for lethal purposes. As such, it may represent the latest escalation in the use of remote and semi-autonomous devices by law enforcement.Police have been using such robots for decades for bomb disposal and in hostage standoffs and fires. Meanwhile, militaries around the world have come to rely on their robotic fri
  
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• Downtown adding micro-apartments, some less than 300 square feet

  08-07-2016 22:46
  The first of several of the tiny quarters planned for Downtown are opening, offering 51 homes, none larger than 300 square feet. Smaller, that is, than many living rooms.
  
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• Franklin County Sheriff's Office pulls help for RNC security

  08-07-2016 22:08
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is no longer sending officers to help with security at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 10 days.10TV obtained the letter written by the office’s Director of Policy and Operations in June. In it, Anthony Palmer details the reason for the withdrawal. According to the letter, the biggest concern was the liability insurance policy.Under the agreement, the liability insurance policy that Cleveland was required to obtain would have had
  
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• 1st death related to Zika virus seen in continental US

  08-07-2016 21:51
  
  Utah health officials say a person infected with Zika has died, and while the exact cause is unclear, it marks the first death related to the virus in the continental U.S.Authorities said Friday that the unidentified Salt Lake County resident traveled abroad to an area with a Zika outbreak.The Salt Lake County Health Department says the elderly person who died in late June also had another health condition. They declined to release more information.The virus causes only a mild illness, at worst,
  
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• Police conducting sobriety checkpoint in west Columbus

  08-07-2016 21:43
  
  Columbus Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Friday night.The checkpoint will be set up on W. Broad Street at Interstate 70. The diversion area will be located at 1818 W. Broad St.“This location was specifically selected in honor of fallen Columbus Police Officer Keith Evans, who was killed in the line-of-duty by an impaired driver,” Columbus Police Traffic Bureau Sergeant Michael Smith said.Evans, a 25- year veteran, was struck by an impaired motorist on July 3, 1995. Ev
  
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• Deschutes Pop-Up Pub Arrives in Columbus

  08-07-2016 21:28
  
  This Saturday you can feed more hungry families with every beer you order. Deschutes Brewery is coming from Bend, Oregon and bringing its own street pub as part of the brewery’s national tour this summer. At each location they set up their bar, feature local eats and donate all of the proceeds to a local […]
  
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• Franklin County elections director William A. Anthony Jr. charged with theft in office

  08-07-2016 20:47
  
  Franklin County’s elections director and a former employee have been indicted for theft in office. Executive Director William A. Anthony Jr. and former fiscal officer Brenna Umbstaetter both face felony counts of tampering with documents and theft in office following an investigation by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s office. Umbstaetter, who resigned from her position in August 2015 following an investigation into misuse of time, is accused of collecting more than $7,500 that she didn&rsqu
  
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• What we know about the suspect in the Dallas police slayings

  08-07-2016 20:40
  
  CBS NEWS/AP -- The Army said Friday that a suspect in the Dallas shooting served in the Army Reserve for six years and did a nine-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.CBS News confirmed that the suspect has been identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, 25. Johnson was killed by a robot-delivered bomb in a standoff with police in a parking garage where he had exchanged fire with officers.A law enforcement source told CBS News the suspect was armed with a SKS semi-automatic assault rifle and a handgun, CB
  
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• Ohio official: "Nervous as hell" over RNC in Cleveland

  08-07-2016 20:32
  
  A leader of Ohio's special board on community-police relations says the two fatal police shootings of black men and the attacks on Dallas police this week have heightened worry about safety at the upcoming Republican National Convention in Cleveland.Nina Turner says: "I'm nervous as hell." The former Democratic state senator from Cleveland co-chairs the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board, an initiative by Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik).Turner, who is black, told reporters
  
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• 10 states, including Ohio, sue over transgender restrooms

  08-07-2016 20:29
  
  Ten states sued the federal government Friday over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms conforming to their gender identity, joining a dozen other states in the latest fight over LGBT rights.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Nebraska and included nine other states: Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming.The filing comes after 11 states sued in May over the same Obama administration direct
  
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• PBJ & Jazz!

  08-07-2016 20:07
  
  PBJ & Jazz! Join Jazz Arts Group for its free, family-friendly summer concert series at Topiary Park! Tomorrow (July 9) at noon, award-winning bassist for the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jailynn Lake-Noel, leads a quartet. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our […]
  
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• PB & Jazz!

  08-07-2016 20:07
  
  PB & Jazz! Join Jazz Arts Group for its free, family-friendly summer concert series at Topiary Park! Tomorrow (July 9) at noon, award-winning bassist for the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jailynn Lake-Noel, leads a quartet. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our […]
  
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• Ohio, 9 other states sue over transgender restroom rules

  08-07-2016 20:02
  
  Ten states are suing the federal government over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms conforming to their gender identity.
  
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• Police double up on patrols, ask for calm in wake of Dallas shootings

  08-07-2016 19:56
  
  The morning after five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and police Chief Kim Jacobs condemned the shootings and asked for calm. "We have to stop the divisive attacks on people because of who they are," Jacobs said this morning during the 125th police recruit graduation at the Columbus police academy. Thirty-five recruits were sworn in during the ceremony. "Our society will not tolerate the murderous and heinous actions in Dallas last night," Ginther s
  
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• Franklin County sheriff withdraws offer to help with RNC security

  08-07-2016 19:41
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department has backed out of its offer to send more than 30 deputies to Cleveland to assist with security for the Republican National Convention.
  
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• Columbus pastor: 'We have to come together' after shootings

  08-07-2016 19:25
  
  The Rev. Michael Reeves was in tears last night as he heard the news about police officers being gunned down in Dallas, just days after police officers killed black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. It's time, he said, for white people and black people to sit down, throw political correctness out the window, and have an honest, no-holds-barred, heart-to-heart talk about the racism in our nation.
  
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• Court battle: Va. toddler on life support after choking on popcorn

  08-07-2016 19:14
  
  The pendant around Patrick Lawson's neck reads "all things are possible." That's the hope that has kept him going since his 2-year-old daughter was placed on life support after choking on a popcorn kernel in May.Doctors at a Virginia hospital say they're certain Mirranda Grace Lawson won't recover, and they want to perform a test they believe will confirm she's brain dead. The hospital and experts say the test is harmless. But Lawson and his wife have refused, saying they worry the test will har
  
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• Campaign Ad Watch: PAC criticizes Portman on Social Security

  08-07-2016 19:04
  
  Here’s the latest salvo, and it’s directed at Sen. Rob Portman and Wall Street. The Senate Majority PAC builds this commercial on two nuggets of information: One, that he has taken some $2.9 million from Wall Street and two, the idea that he supports privatizing Social Security.
  
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• Col.umbus Metropolitan Club: Age Friendly Columbus

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• Mayor's wife sentenced in embezzlement case

  08-07-2016 18:39
  
  The wife of Lancaster Mayor Brian Kuhn is going to prison for four years.Visiting Judge Linton Lewis sentenced Bridget Kuhn on Friday.She was also ordered to pay restitution of more than $300,000.Bridget Kuhn shaking, weeping as she apologizes to victims, asks for mercy from court #10tv pic.twitter.com/OHIyBQvu69— Glenn McEntyre (@Glenn10TV) July 8, 2016
  In June, Kuhn admitted to money laundering, aggravated theft, grand theft and tampering with records. Prosecutors say she embezzled a mor
  
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• Lancaster Mayor's wife sentenced in embezzlement case; Investigation of mayor continues

  08-07-2016 18:39
  For the first time Friday, an emotional Bridget Kuhn spoke publicly about her crimes."I can only hope and pray that everyone who has been affected by my actions will someday be able to forgive me,” she said.The wife of Lancaster Mayor Brian Kuhn admitted to stealing more than $300,000 from Frazier Electric, owned by her former brother-in-law, and more than $27,000 from the American Legion in Lancaster.She did accounting work for bothand in court Friday heard statements about how both were
  
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• Police double up on patrols, ask for calm after shootings

  08-07-2016 18:38
  
  The morning after five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and police Chief Kim Jacobs condemned the shootings and asked for calm. "We have to stop the divisive attacks on people because of who they are," Jacobs said this morning during the 125th police recruit graduation at the Columbus police academy. Thirty-five recruits were sworn in during the ceremony. "Our society will not tolerate the murderous and heinous actions in Dallas last night," Ginther s
  
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• Wife of Lancaster mayor gets 4 years on embezzlement charges

  08-07-2016 18:36
  
  LANCASTER — The wife of the Lancaster mayor has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. Retired assigned Judge Linton D. Lewis Jr. sentenced Bridget M. Kuhn, 48, today. She pleaded guilty on June 6 to 11 felony charges related to embezzling about $300,500 from her former employer, Frazier Electric Inc., and about $26,000 from American Legion Post 11, both in Lancaster, to support a gambling addiction.
  
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• Hacker who called attention to Steubenville rape case facing charges

  08-07-2016 18:05
  
  A man who aligned himself with the hacker group Anonymous has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to access an online account to draw attention to a 2012 high school rape case in Ohio.Deric Lostutter - who went by the online name "KYAnonymous" - was charged in a conspiracy to gain access to the account and making false statements to authorities. He was ordered to appear before a judge Aug. 9.The indictment says he conspired to access a fan website for Steubenville High
  
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• HPV-Linked Cancers Still Climbing in U.S.

  08-07-2016 17:41
  
  Cancers linked to the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus keep rising in the United States, even though most cases are preventable, health officials reported Thursday. Cervical cancer, and mouth and throat cancers in men, accounted for most of the nearly 39,000 HPV-associated cancers diagnosed annually from 2008 to 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Mayor Ginther, Chief Jacobs address Dallas shootings

  08-07-2016 17:32
  
  The morning after five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and police Chief Kim Jacobs condemned the shootings and asked for calm. "We have to stop the divisive attacks on people because of who they are," Jacobs said this morning during the 125th police recruit graduation at the Columbus police academy. Thirty-five recruits were sworn in during the ceremony. "Our society will not tolerate the murderous and heinous actions in Dallas last night," Ginther s
  
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• Clinton, Trump cancel political events after police deaths

  08-07-2016 17:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both called off political events Friday, hours after five police officers were killed in Dallas during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states.Trump, who had planned to address Hispanics in Miami, issued a statement calling the shootings "a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who keep us safe." He said the earlier deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota were a reminder of "how much more n
  
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• Dad of Ohio girl found decomposing in crib to be sentenced

  08-07-2016 16:36
  
  The father of a young girl whose decomposed body was found in a crib at their Ohio apartment will ask a judge for leniency when he's sentenced on Friday on charges including corpse abuse, tampering with evidence and drug abuse.Relatives and friends submitted about two dozen letters pleading for mercy for Eric Warfel. They describe the 35-year-old as a gentle, protective father who was devastated when his infant daughter died in 2013 and couldn't cope when another daughter died last summer.A cabl
  
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• Dad of Ohio girl found dead in crib gets 3 years in prison

  08-07-2016 16:36
  
  A man who didn't report his toddler daughter's death for about a month before a cable company worker found her decomposed body in a crib at their apartment was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after being convicted on charges including corpse abuse.Eric Warfel also had an infant daughter die in 2013 in what was ruled a "sudden unexplained infant death," and prosecutors argued that he didn't report the death of his 21-month-old daughter, Ember, in Medina last summer because he didn't wa
  
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• Doo Dah Organizers Provide Additional Insight on Parade Guidelines

  08-07-2016 15:37
  
  On Monday, one participant in the annual Doo Dah Parade managed to upset and offend many people with what was perceived as a message of violence directed at bike commuters. It was not the first time a Doo Dah Parade participant has caused controversy — and probably won’t be the last time either — coming […]
  
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• US Capitol lockdown ends

  08-07-2016 15:33
  
  The U.S. Capitol building is no longer on lockdown.The Senate sergeant at arms said a lockdown had concluded. The sergeant at arms had earlier issued a lockdown alert for the building and visitor center, saying police activity has been reported.Capitol police had said they were searching for an individual but offered no details. One officer outside the Capitol said police are responding to sketchy reports of woman who may have a gun; a House Democratic leadership staffer had said the sergeant at
  
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• Shot mom jumps on son to protect him from sniper fire

  08-07-2016 15:29
  
  When sniper fire broke out at a protest in Dallas on Thursday, killing five police officers, a woman jumped on top of one of her four sons to shield him from the gunfire, despite being shot herself, her sister told CBS station KTVT.Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told CBS News on Friday morning that 12 officers and two civilians in total were shot in the rampage.The sister, who gave her name as Teresa, told KTVT her relatives were just starting to leave when the first shots were fired."After that fir
  
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• Ramp from I-270 in Dublin area reopens after repairs

  08-07-2016 14:33
  
  The ramp from southbound Interstate 270 to westbound Route 33 in Dublin reopened overnight. Contractors added pavement to realign the ramp, which was weakened by excavation for an interchange reconstruction project.
  
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• Animals Aplenty at the Movies This Weekend

  08-07-2016 14:30
  
  After last week’s lackluster take at the box office, the cinema is a veritable zoo of mediocrity this weekend. Another new family film may finally knock Finding Dory out of the top spot, but it will not stick around. Meanwhile, a couple of party animals find dates and filmmaker/misanthrope Todd Solondz takes in a stray. […]
  
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• Columbus Law Enforcement Now Carrying OD Reversal Drug

  08-07-2016 14:00
  
  With heroin and related drug overdoses on the rise nationwide, Columbus law enforcement is now carrying doses of Narcan, an OD reversal drug, in precincts that have had the highest number of OD deaths. “We can and should continue to rely on EMS to respond to overdoses,” said advocate Heidi Riggs, whose daughter died of […]
  
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• It's not over yet: The 'dog day' cicadas are here

  08-07-2016 13:38
  The 17-year cicadas have returned to eastern Ohio a little late this year, bringing their signature song back to the tree tops.But they aren’t the only cicadas in Ohio. While this brood (called brood V) is winding down, the song has just started in Columbus.What Norm Johnson, Director of the Tripplehorn Insect Collection, calls the “dog day” cicadas are just starting to come out now.“[T]he 17-years are a springtime-thing and the dog days come out, as the name suggests, in
  
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• Super foods staple at Hilliard restaurant

  08-07-2016 13:22
  Scott Cieplinski owns the Fresh Kitchen in Hilliard. It lets customers choose from a variety of superfoods and other healthy options.
  
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• Grand jury gets case of man accused of mannequin bomb plot

  08-07-2016 13:11
  
  ALLIANCE — A grand jury will decide whether a man accused of plotting to blow up an Ohio police station and use armed mannequins to distract responding officers should be indicted on felony charges.
  
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• A third of Cleveland police will have GOP convention duties

  08-07-2016 13:09
  
  About a third of Cleveland’s police officers will be assigned to duties related to the Republican National Convention during the event this month, the police chief said in an open letter that noted officers have received comprehensive training and will get help from other law enforcement agencies.
  
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• Trade organization to serve as voice for marijuana entrepreneurs amid regulatory uncertainty

  08-07-2016 12:19
  
  With medical marijuana slated to become legal in Ohio on Sept. 8, potential cannabis entrepreneurs are faced with two major challenges: growing an entire pot industry from the ground up, and avoiding being choked out by state bureaucrats.
  
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• Zoo workers practice keeping animals, visitors from harm

  08-07-2016 11:58
  
  Rainbow sherbet might not sound like a valuable item to have on hand in an emergency. But at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the treat is a crucial tool. It lures polar bears to safety when bad weather approaches or when a foreign object enters their exhibit. Zookeepers sound an air horn, and the big, white bears come running, ready to indulge in the rare snack.
  
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• Texting 911 will be possible by 2017 in some local areas

  08-07-2016 11:47
  
  Franklin County residents should be able to text 911 for help by the end of the year, city and county officials said. Under a plan signed last week by members of the 911 planning committee, residents seeking assistance from the Franklin County sheriff’s office, the Columbus Division of Police or the Grove City Police Department will be able to send a text message, said Ramona Patts, support services administrator for the Columbus Public Safety Department.
  
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• Proposed Worthington charter amendment would give council power to approve own raises

  08-07-2016 11:44
  
  Worthington residents could be asked this fall to allow council members to vote themselves pay raises — if those attempts are legal. That was one of the charter amendment recommendations put forth by the Worthington Charter Review Commission and forwarded to council for consideration.
  
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• Ohio jail population falling, but overall incarceration rate rising

  08-07-2016 11:41
  
  The number of people in Ohio jails is dropping, but the steadily rising inmate population of state prisons is more than enough to boost the state's overall incarceration rate. The latest update by the Vera Institute of Justice Incarceration Trends Project showed Ohio's jail population was 237.7 per 100,000 residents in 2014, well below the national average of 326 per 100,000
  
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• Democrats lukewarm about Portman drug bill

  08-07-2016 11:38
  
  WASHINGTON — Democrats may be willing to give Sen. Rob Portman his victory on a bill aimed at stopping the drug epidemic, but they are doing it grudgingly. Portman has spent much of this year trying to pass the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, a bill aimed at fighting the drug epidemic by increasing prevention and treatment, as well as increasing the availability of a drug used to treat overdoses.
  
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• Police: 5 officers dead, 6 hurt in Dallas protest shooting

  08-07-2016 09:27
  
  Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men, police said, in a week that bore dark echoes of the tumultuous civil rights era.Three people are in custody and a fourth suspect was exchanging gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said early Friday morning.The suspect is not cooperating and has told negotiators he intend
  
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