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• LIVE: Hillary Clinton expected to announce VP pick

  22-07-2016 22:43
  
  Hillary Clinton will introduce her running mate Friday, seeking to snatch attention from newly crowned Republican nominee Donald Trump just hours after he closed out his convention with a fiery and foreboding turn at the podium.A person familiar with the Clinton campaign's plans said Friday first word would come later in the day in a text message to supporters and the new team will appear together in Florida on Saturday.LIVE: Hillary Clinton hosting campaign rally in OrlandoThe person was not au
  
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• ​Hillary Clinton expected to make VP pick in coming days

  22-07-2016 22:43
  
  Hillary Clinton is widely expected to reveal her choice for running mate in the coming days, as she makes a two-day swing through the crucial general election battleground state of Florida.Clinton will start her trip in Orlando, where she is set to hold a roundtable with community leaders including Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, and then travel to Tampa for a campaign rally. She will speak at a second rally in Miami on Saturday. According to multiple reports, an announcement about Clinton's decision
  
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• Two charged in connection with 2-month-old's death in Marion

  22-07-2016 22:25
  
  Two people in Marion have been arrested after a 2-month-old’s death was ruled a homicide.Marion Police responded to Marion General Hospital for a report of an unconscious child who was brought into the emergency room July 20.The child, who was born May 6, died later that day. Authorities have not identified the child.An autopsy by the Franklin County Coroner’s Office revealed evidence of abuse and significant injury. The case is being investigated as a homicide.Marion Police have cha
  
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• Woman accuses former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott of assault

  22-07-2016 22:14
  
  A woman called Columbus police this morning to report that her boyfriend, former Ohio State running back and new Dallas Cowboy Ezekiel Elliott, had assaulted her this morning and several previous few days. However, several people told police that Elliott did not attack the woman this morning. Elliott denied ever attacking her.
  
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• Two Columbus men charged in Delaware County murder

  22-07-2016 22:00
  
  A Delaware County grand jury has indicted two Columbus men in the 2012 murder of a man in the village of Galena. Jermaine Kelly, 31, and Reginald Conley, 27, are each charged with two counts of murder, according to the indictment. The two counts deal with the manner in which the crime was committed, with each carrying a firearm and gang specification.
  
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• Pavey Project Going for Variance, Preservation Easement Sought

  22-07-2016 21:56
  
  The View on Pavey Square continues to work its way through the approval process, and many neighbors of the proposed Old North development continue to be mad about it. The latest proposal calls for a six-story building set behind the six original brick houses that line High Street between West Oakland and West Northwood Avenues. […]
  
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• NFL to review domestic violence allegations against Ezekiel Elliott

  22-07-2016 21:38
  
  The NFL says it is reviewing domestic violence allegations against Dallas Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott.The former Ohio State running back and current Dallas Cowboy has been accused of domestic violence, according to a report filed with Columbus police.In the report, a 21-year-old female accuser said Ezekiel Elliott hit her several times inside a parked car, leaving bruises on her arms.She also claimed she had lived with the 21-year-old NFL rookie for approximately three months.However, Elliott
  
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• TODAY: 10TV & Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure

  22-07-2016 21:18
  
  Bring your family for a free celebration of summer, help your kids connect with nature and put smiles on their faces!Enjoy playing in the creek, climbing on rocks and up trees, sack races, scavenger hunts, face painting and other outdoor events.10TV news anchors will be joining in the day's fun adventure.Who: 10TV & Metro ParksWhat: Outdoor AdventureWhere: Highbanks Metro Park in the Big Meadows Picnic AreaWhen: Saturday, July 23 at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.------FULL SCHEDULE:10TV- Meet the 10TV Ne
  
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• State funeral board director resigns after conflict with board member

  22-07-2016 20:52
  
  After a months-long spar with a board member, the Director of the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Vanessa Niekamp, resigned from her position effective at the end of the day Friday.
  
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• Woman accused of giving father fatal dose of heroin

  22-07-2016 20:38
  
  A 27-year-old West Side woman is accused of injecting her father with a fatal dose of heroin. A Franklin County grand jury today indicated Lindsay M. Newkirk, of Derrer Run Road, with involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs in the death of Leonard P. Newkirk, 55. According to a Columbus police report, the incident occurred Feb. 12 at a motel in the 3700 block of West Broad Street on the Hilltop.
  
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• Section of Ohio State's campus without power (UPDATE)

  22-07-2016 20:21
  
  Several buildings are without power on Ohio State's campus after an outage Friday.The university said the Columbus campus lost power around 11:30 a.m. Facilities Operations and Development crews are making repairs.A swim meet was being held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion when the power went out.List of buildings impactedBricker Hall Cockins Hall (Power restored at 3 p.m.)Denney Hall Derby Hall Dulles Hall (Power restored at 3 p.m.)Eighteenth Avenue Library Hayes Hall (Power restored at 3 p.m.)
  
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• Challah Opening Kitchen Inside Woodlands Tavern

  22-07-2016 20:01
  
  If you love the Jewish cuisine from Challah Food Truck, but have a difficult time tracking it down, then you’ll be pleased to hear that locating the business is about to get a whole lot easier. Staring on Monday, July 25th, Challah will open a kitchen inside Woodlands Tavern on Third Avenue near Grandview Heights. […]
  
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• Police: 'Several dead and wounded' in Munich mall shooting

  22-07-2016 19:47
  
  Munich police warned people to avoid public places Friday as they hunted for the shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall, killing six people and wounding others in a rampage described as "suspected terrorism," police and media reports said."At the moment no culprit has been arrested," police in the Bavarian capital said on social media. "The search is taking place at high speed."The city of Munich sent a smartphone alert telling people to stay indoors and German rail company Deuts
  
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• Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead

  22-07-2016 19:47
  
  A gunman opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's Friday night, killing nine people and wounding at least 10 others before killing himself, said authorities who called the rampage an act of terrorism.Police gave a "cautious all clear" early Saturday morning, more than seven hours after the attack began. They said a body found near the scene was that of the shooter and he appeared to have acted alone.Witnesses had reported seeing three men with firearms near the Olymp
  
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• Former NFL coach Dennis Green dies at 67

  22-07-2016 19:29
  
  Dennis Green, a trailblazing coach who led a Minnesota Vikings renaissance in the 1990s before a less successful run with the Arizona Cardinals, has died. He was 67.Green's family posted a message on the Cardinals website on Friday announcing the death."His family was by his side and he fought hard," the statement read. Other details were not immediately disclosed, though the Cardinals said Green had died of a heart attack.Green spent 10 seasons in Minnesota, leading the Vikings to eight playoff
  
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• Mechanical, human errors led to killer's escape from prison

  22-07-2016 19:25
  
  Security failures, one human and one mechanical, contributed to the March 27 escape of a convicted killer from a state prison in Nelsonville, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction reported Thursday.
  
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• Daughter indicted for fatal heroin injection into father

  22-07-2016 19:17
  
  A woman has been indicted after she gave her father a lethal dose of heroin earlier this year.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said a grand jury indicted 27-year-old Lindsay Newkirk in the death of her father Leonard Newkirk, 55.O’Brien says Lindsay first injected herself with heroin on February 13.Soon after shooting up, she then injected heroin in her father's arm.When she woke up the next morning, Leonard was unresponsive and later pronounced dead.Newkirk has been charged wi
  
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• White Castle Closing Short North Location (For Now)

  22-07-2016 18:25
  
  If you’re craving a crave case, then tomorrow is your final day for a White Castle hook up in the Short North. The location at 965 North High Street will be closing its doors at the end of the day on Saturday, July 23rd. A sign posted on the window of the store is recommending that […]
  
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• Oklahoma State basketball player Tyrek Coger dies after team workout

  22-07-2016 18:08
  
  Junior college transfer Tyrek Coger died Thursday after collapsing following an Oklahoma State basketball team workout, the university announced.The school said the 21-year-old forward, who had just arrived at Oklahoma State earlier this month, was pronounced dead at Stillwater Medical Center on Thursday night."Tyrek was excited to be at Oklahoma State and had such passion for the game and was looking forward to being an OSU Cowboy," coach Brad Underwood said. "Losing a member of the team is lik
  
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• Judge: Columbus investors not entitled to $1 billion in Venezuelan bank case

  22-07-2016 18:05
  
  Instead of $1 billion, a group of Columbus investors are entitled to nada, according to a judge who said the promissory notes drawn on a Venezuelan bank that they bought from an unscrupulous Italian owner of a Panamanian brokerage are fake. In a 100-page opinion issued this morning in Skye Ventures v. Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. sided with Venezuela, whose officials said the bank never issued the notes and the three signatories on the
  
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• Follow the money flowing to ward initiative campaigns in Columbus

  22-07-2016 17:42
  
  Columbus-area developers and business titans are lining up heavily against Issue 1, giving the anti-ward campaign a 3-to-1 financial advantage over the group trying to change the Columbus City Council. Meanwhile, an out-of-state political action committee gave nearly $20,000 worth of canvassing and legal services to the pro-Issue 1 group.
  
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• Bonnie Burman retiring as state aging director

  22-07-2016 17:36
  
  Bonnie K. Burman, director of the Ohio Department of Aging and one of Gov. John Kasich's original cabinet members, will retire Aug. 1.
  
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• West Nile virus detected in mosquito pools in city, county

  22-07-2016 16:50
  
  Columbus health officials are reporting that a mosquito pool in Clintonville has tested positive for West Nile virus. Columbus Public Health said on Friday that this is the first reported mosquito pool found in the city of Columbus limits this season with West Nile virus. The Clintonville neighborhood in which the pool was found will be sprayed on Tuesday. Spokesman Jose Rodriguez said there are so many "no-spray" requests among Clintonville residents that the city has to map out its spray route
  
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• Man arrested in July 15 fatal freeway shooting

  22-07-2016 14:51
  
  One of two men charged with murder in the freeway shootout between two vehicle on July 15 has been arrested, Columbus police said. The second was still on the lam this morning. Javon L. Lyons, 22, was arrested at his home at 1636 Simpson Drive on the East Side after the charges were filed on Wednesday. Police were searching for Robert D. Harris, 32, of 141 Rivers Edge Way, Gahanna. A police report said Harris should be considered armed and dangerous. The two men are accused of killing Perry Tutt
  
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• West Nile virus detected in Clintonville mosquito pool

  22-07-2016 14:23
  
  Columbus health officials are reporting that a mosquito pool in Clintonville has tested positive for West Nile virus. Columbus Public Health said this is the first reported mosquito pool found in the city of Columbus limits this season with West Nile virus. The Clintonville neighborhood in which the pool was found will be sprayed on Tuesday. "These positive results are a reminder of the importance of taking precautions to protect ourselves from mosquito exposure," Dr. Teresa Long, the city's hea
  
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• Columbus woman killed day after reporting domestic abuse to police

  22-07-2016 14:19
  
  Columbus police are searching for a man they say fatally shot a woman on the city's North Side this morning. Police say the suspect in the shooting is Lenzell Weston, 36, and he is considered armed and dangerous. A woman, who police did not identify, was shot in a house in the 2000 block of Northcliff Drive, said Sgt. David Sicilian, supervisor of the first-shift homicide squad. She was taken to an area hospital and declared dead at 10:58 a.m.
  
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• Huntington Bank profit drops as acquisition deal nears completion

  22-07-2016 14:02
  Huntington Bancshares Inc.'s profit plunged in the second quarter as it took on additional expenses related to its acquisition of FirstMerit Corp., the company reported Thursday.
  
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• Health officials confirm presence of West Nile virus in Franklin Co.

  22-07-2016 14:00
  
  For the first time this year, West Nile virus has been found in a mosquito pool in Franklin County.Columbus Public Health officials said Friday the virus was found in a mosquito pool collected in Clintonville.As a result, spraying will resume there next week.Most individuals who are infected with West Nile virus will not experience any illness.Individuals 50 years of age and older have a higher chance of getting sick and are more likely to develop serious symptoms when infected.Recent data also
  
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• Donald Trump accepts nomination, says he's voice for the voiceless

  22-07-2016 13:50
  
  CLEVELAND — Echoing a 1968 campaign theme of Richard Nixon, Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night and pledged to become “the law-and-order candidate.” The New York billionaire — like Nixon, repeatedly written off by “experts” — sought to unify Republicans against Hillary Clinton after a sometimes-contentious convention in Quicken Loans Arena, which was filled with boos just 24 hours earlier.
  
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• Lift Protein Bars and Drinks Finding Success in Columbus Market

  22-07-2016 13:35
  
  The Atkins Diet surged in popularity back in 2003, and while the buzz has quieted down a bit since, the trend of eating low-carb diets continues to this day. The Atkins name is making a comeback in 2016 with the recently launch of a line of snack and drink products known as Lift Protein Bars […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump declares 'I am your voice!'

  22-07-2016 13:27
  
  Get all the latest from the GOP convention in Cleveland.
  
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• 6-1-Pho Celebrating First Anniversary with Dragon Dancers and More

  22-07-2016 13:23
  
  Husband and wife local business owners Lisa Bui and Ian Capotosta are celebrating one year of business for their Vietnamese restaurant 6-1-Pho in Clintonville. “A year is a huge accomplishment for opening up a restaurant, so I just kind of wanted to share it,” Bui said. “Everything’s just going awesome. There’s some slight changes, but […]
  
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• Many ignore Grandview's law against dogs in parks

  22-07-2016 11:43
  
  Julie Tittel didn't know it, but what she did for her dog last week made her a scofflaw. After pulling into Grandview Heights' Wyman Woods Park, she scrambled out of her car with three children and Bruno, her boxer. Although Bruno was on a leash and behaving, his presence at the park meant Tittel was breaking a Grandview law. With few exceptions, Grandview has banned dogs in public places such as parks since 1987.
  
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• Theater review | Actors' Theatre takes audience on entertaining ride with 'The Winter's Tale'

  22-07-2016 06:49
  
  The infrequently performed The Winter’s Tale is aptly categorized as one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays” – a polite way of saying that stylistically, it’s far from coherent, veering wildly from melodrama to comedy and back, until it ends with the least plausible of finales. veering wildly from melodrama to comedy and back, until it ends with the least plausible of finales. Actors’ Theatre’s audacious production of the play takes its inconsistencie
  
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• Girl, 13, surrenders to police after elderly couple shot in St. Louis

  22-07-2016 06:35
  
  A 13-year-old girl in St. Louis, Missouri turned herself in to police Wednesday after an elderly couple was shot and critically wounded at a beauty supply store in Bellefontaine Neighbors Tuesday afternoon, CBS affiliate KMOV reported.Authorities said they were called to Kings Beauty Supply Store after the teenager and another juvenile attempted to steal several items earlier in the day.The store owner's parents, who were at the store at the time, were able to get the items back. The elderly cou
  
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• Sneak peek at renovations inside Columbus' iconic Leveque Tower

  22-07-2016 06:31
  10TV got a firsthand look at the renovations going on inside the Leveque Tower.When complete, the 555-foot tower will house apartments, condominiums, a hotel and residential and office space.When the tower first opened in 1927 it was the world headquarters for the American Insurance Union and it was called 'The Citadel'. The LeVeque family bought the building in 1945 when it was renamed.Hotel Leveque will have 150 rooms across five floors and it will be part of Mariott's upscale 'Autograph colle
  
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• Group marches in Columbus to 'end racial injustice'

  22-07-2016 06:31
  Hundreds came together Thursday in front of the statehouse in protest in the fight against injustice.The rally was part of a nationwide effort to get people together and take a stand against racism.“No justice, no peace, no racist, police,” chanted protesters.It's a movement that is said to be a part of the "Black Lives Matter National day of Action."“We’re here really just to raise visibility and awareness,” Tynan Krakoff.Krakoff's organization, Showing up for Raci
  
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• Mogul accepts nomination, says he's voice for the voiceless

  22-07-2016 06:29
  
  CLEVELAND — Echoing a 1968 campaign theme of Richard Nixon, Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night and pledged to become “the law-and-order candidate.”
  
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• TSA agent accused of filming under passengers' skirts

  22-07-2016 06:25
  
  A security worker at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been arrested on suspicion of taking photos from underneath passengers' skirts.The Seattle Times reports the 29-year-old Tukwila man was arrested Tuesday after police say he was caught in the act. The Transportation Security Administration agent is being investigated for voyeurism and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.A probable cause statement from police says authorities received reports of the man's behavior and began monito
  
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• AP Fact Check: Trump resurfaces debunked claims in speech

  22-07-2016 05:54
  
  Despite promising "the truth, and nothing else" in his convention speech, Donald Trump presented the nation with a series of previously debunked claims and some new ones Thursday night - about the U.S. tax burden, the perils facing police, Hillary Clinton's record and more.A look at some of the Republican presidential candidate's claims and how they compare with the facts:---TRUMP: "Decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this administration's rollback of crimin
  
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• Threats of violence fizzle amid police presence on last day of GOP convention

  22-07-2016 04:50
  
  CLEVELAND — The final day of a Republican National Convention ended Thursday with none of the violence and mayhem that so many had predicted, leaving Ohio Highway Patrol Maj. Michael Black practically gushing about the security operation. “I think it’s gone great, better than I ever could have expected,” said Black, the detail commander in charge of all state agencies and three city units inside the “white zone” downtown. “ We’re hoping law enforce
  
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• Were RNC protesters handing out poisoned stickers to police?

  22-07-2016 04:15
  
  Police say a Georgia state trooper treated for skin irritation came into contact with a sticker in Cleveland's downtown Public Square during protests surrounding the Republican National Convention.Cleveland police said via Twitter it's not clear whether the sticker contributed to the trooper's skin irritation.The trooper was treated and released.Cleveland police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said Thursday a Cleveland police officer was also treated for skin irritation that didn't involve a s
  
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• Man charged with killing estranged wife was no stranger to domestic violence

  22-07-2016 03:46
  
  Columbus police are searching for a man they say fatally shot a woman on the city's North Side this morning. Police say the suspect in the shooting is Lenzell Weston, 36, and he is considered armed and dangerous. A woman, who police did not identify, was shot in a house in the 2000 block of Northcliff Drive, said Sgt. David Sicilian, supervisor of the first-shift homicide squad. She was taken to an area hospital and declared dead at 10:58 a.m.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump delivers speech in Republican National Convention finale

  22-07-2016 03:12
  
  In an appeal to anxious voters, Donald Trump is pledging Thursday night that "safety will be restored" if he is elected president, using his Republican convention address to denounce Democrat Hillary Clinton as part of a political class causing the nation's troubles."As long as we are led by politicians who will not put 'America First,' then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect," Trump says, according to excerpts released ahead of his address.Trump's speech on
  
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• WATCH: Donald Trump's full speech at the RNC

  22-07-2016 03:12
  
  Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they're losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton's record of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness."Confidently addressing the finale of his party's less-than-smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation's problems too staggering to be fixed within the confi
  
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• Trump says America in Crisis and he'll fix it 'fast'

  22-07-2016 03:12
  
  Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they're losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton's record of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness."Confidently addressing the finale of his party's less-than-smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation's problems too staggering to be fixed within the confi
  
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• Protests simmer, then fizzle on convention's last day

  22-07-2016 03:01
  
  CLEVELAND — Hundreds of demonstrators for and against Donald Trump gathered in Cleveland's Public Square late Thursday but slowly — and peacefully — scattered ahead of Trump's prime-time acceptance speech on the last night of the Republican convention. Shouting matches and scuffles among the groups — who included anarchists, anti-Muslim protesters and Bikers for Trump — came to a halt once they were outnumbered by hundreds of police officers who streamed into the su
  
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• Campaign rhetoric invokes violent imagery, concerns some who want to tone it down

  22-07-2016 02:36
  
  A presidential campaign season already marred by ugly words is, believe it or not, getting worse.
  
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• Police union head: Officer shot unarmed caregiver by mistake

  22-07-2016 02:28
  
  A police union head says a North Miami officer made a mistake when he shot an unarmed mental health caregiver who was holding his hands in the air Monday. The officer, he said, had been aiming instead at the caregiver's autistic client who he thought was trying to harm the man.Charles Kinsey, 47, said he was trying to coax the 27-year-old autistic man back to a nearby mental health facility that he had wandered from. Police ordered Kinsey and the client, who was sitting in the street playing wit
  
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• Gary Johnson wants you to know there's another choice for president

  22-07-2016 01:53
  
  CLEVELAND — Gary Johnson says Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have gotten themselves just where he wants them. Each is packing the baggage of deep dislike among voters. Johnson is not weighed down by such scorn. Few people know him.
  
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