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• Father of 19-year-old killed on Near East Side: 'It’s like it’s not real'

  26-08-2016 23:21
  
  Antoine R. Bradley Jr. was a good kid, his dad said, and he didn’t deserve what happened to him. Bradley, 19, was shot and killed Thursday night on the Near East Side. His father, Antoine Bradley Sr., said the only thing he knew for sure about his son’s death is that it marked the beginning of a nightmare.
  
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• Ohio State Buckeyes name 7 captains for 2016 season

  26-08-2016 22:35
  
  Ohio State football has named the seven players that will captain the Buckeyes for the 2016 season.Shortly after their Fiesta Bowl victory, head coach Urban Meyer named junior quarterback J.T. Barrett, senior center Pat Elflein and junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan as team captains for this fall.Four additional players have been chosen by team vote to join those three.The new additions include fifth-year senior linebacker Joe Burger, fourth-year junior cornerback Gareon Conley, junior defensive
  
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• Thousands discuss strengths & weaknesses at The Big Table

  26-08-2016 22:23
  People all over Central Ohio are engaging in discussions about a variety of issues, hoping to work toward change.It's called The Big Table, hosted by The Columbus Foundation.At one home on Columbus’ east side, the guests gathered around a table set for lunch but also set for conversation.“I have seven grandsons. It just frightens me every day when they leave the house,” Jim White saidThe conversation at this intimate gathering was about racism, breaking down the barriers and ed
  
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• The Big Table: Columbus Foundation initiative to focus on community building

  26-08-2016 22:23
  
  The Columbus Foundation is giving thousands of people an opportunity to express their concerns about crime in their communities.It’s a new initiative called The Big Table.More than 4,000 people are expected to sit down August 30 in small groups across Columbus to share ideas to make a better future.At least 400 groups will discuss these issues in an hour-long conversation where people can express the community’s strengths and weaknesses.For more information on The Big Table event, yo
  
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• Jury says Ohio Democratic Party didn't defame lawmaker

  26-08-2016 21:43
  
  A Franklin County jury on Friday rejected a Democratic state lawmaker's defamation lawsuit against the Ohio Democratic Party. State Rep. John E. Barnes of Cleveland claimed that the party knowingly made false statements about him in campaign mailings to Democratic voters as part of an unsuccessful effort to defeat him in the 2014 primary election.
  
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• US wants to force lower speeds on truck and bus drivers

  26-08-2016 21:27
  
  The U.S. is seeking to forcibly limit how fast trucks, buses and other large vehicles can travel on the nation's highways.A new proposal Friday would impose a nationwide limit by electronically capping speeds with a device on newly made U.S. vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds. Regulators are considering a cap of 60, 65 or 68 mph, though that could change. Whatever the speed limit, drivers would be physically prevented from exceeding it. The proposal does not force older heavy vehicles t
  
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• Federal penalties may be death knell for ITT tech institutes in Ohio

  26-08-2016 20:38
  
  A triple-whammy of penalties from the federal government could put ITT Technical Institute schools out of business, forcing hundreds of central Ohioans to find new schools and make sure they're not stuck with now-useless student loans. A state agency is gearing up to help ITT's 2000 or so Ohio students transfer to other schools if necessary. "We're going to have to work to see if we can get them enrolled in other places," said John Ware, executive director of the Ohio Board of Career Colleges an
  
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• Cincinnati sees estimated 78 heroin overdoses in 2 days

  26-08-2016 20:19
  
  CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati police are asking for the public's help in trying to identify the source of the suspected heroin behind an estimated 78 overdoses in just two days.Meanwhile, Hamilton County officials say they will seek funding for treatment and expanded response teams.County officials are calling the latest onslaught of overdose cases a public health emergency, and county Health Commissioner Tim Ingram says the number of emergency-room incidents over the last six days was "unprecedented
  
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• Ohio man faces drug charges tied to 27 heroin overdoses

  26-08-2016 19:41
  
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- An Ohio man has been charged with heroin distribution in connection to 27 drug overdoses in five hours in a single West Virginia city.The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia announced Friday that 22-year-old Bruce Lamar Griggs from Akron, Ohio, was charged in federal court with drug distribution in connection to the Aug. 15 spate of overdoses in Huntington. One man died.Heroin at Home: An Ohio EpidemicAn affidavit filed in court alleges that one of the v
  
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• Shop Talk: Spencer’s Influence

  26-08-2016 19:29
  
  Back in April, new boutique Spencer’s Influence opened on East Long Street near the Long Street Bridge. The new store is the first for entrepreneur Wayne Spencer, who opened the shop with help from his wife Kimberly. “I worked retail for about twenty years and I always wanted to do it on my own,” said […]
  
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• Disbarment can proceed vs. lawyer who fleeced treasurer's office

  26-08-2016 19:10
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that disbarment procedures may be initiated against a local lawyer already serving time in federal prison.
  
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• Jury acquits man in double homicide

  26-08-2016 18:34
  
  A man already serving a life sentence for a fatal shooting at a Hilltop bar was acquitted Friday of a double homicide in a Near East Side parking lot. A Franklin County jury deliberated for about five hours over two days before finding Levander R. Davis, 37, not guilty of two counts of murder in the September 1, 2010, shooting deaths of Tyejaun D. Locke, 19, and Darrel J. Tolson, 22.
  
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• Gruesome killing of New Mexico girl stuns friends, neighbors

  26-08-2016 18:34
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It was in early morning darkness that officers scrambled to sort out the chaos at an Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man sporting a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts.The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still inside apartment number 808 from which they had escaped.What the officers didn't know was that the child was already dead, her battered and dismembered body
  
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• Sobriety checkpoint planned tonight in west Columbus

  26-08-2016 17:57
  
  The Franklin County DUI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Friday evening into early Saturday morning to combat impaired driving.Tonight's checkpoint will be held on Norton Road, south of West Broad Street from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.The Task Force wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver or make other arrangements.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times of a sobriety checkpoint released?Guidelines issued by the NHTSA ins
  
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• Former City Hall lobbyist John Raphael reports to federal prison

  26-08-2016 17:13
  
  John Raphael, once the most powerful lobbyist at Columbus City Hall, has begun serving his 15-month federal prison sentence. Raphael, 61, reported to the Williamsburg Federal Correctional Institution in South Carolina on Thursday. He was ordered to do so by noon, according to federal court records. Raphael, who once worked for many of the major contractors with the city, is now inmate No. 73379-061.
  
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• FDA advises Zika screening for all US blood centers

  26-08-2016 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood banks to start screening for Zika virus, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne disease.The new advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika. Previously, the requirement was limited to areas with active Zika transmission, such as Puerto Rico and two Florida counties.Blood banks already test donations for HIV, hepatitis, West Ni
  
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• Burkini ban overturned by France high court

  26-08-2016 16:29
  
  PARIS -- France's top administrative court overturned a ban on burkinis in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that should set legal precedent regarding a swimsuit crackdown that has divided the country and provoked shock around the world.The ruling by the Council of State Friday specifically concerns a ban on the Muslim garment in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, but the binding decision is expected to impact all the 30 or so French resort municipalities that have issued similar de
  
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• Airbnb Reports Rapid Growth in Columbus Market

  26-08-2016 16:10
  
  National online hospitality service Airbnb released a new report this week, showcasing rapid growth across all the midwest. That includes a 200 percent increase in usage in Columbus over the past year. “Among the 14 largest home sharing cities in the Midwest, every market has experienced at least 90% year-over-year inbound guest growth over the […]
  
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• Some starting jobs still not locked down for Ohio State

  26-08-2016 16:07
  
  When Ohio State opened training camp earlier this month, coach Urban Meyer said it was "open season" for starting jobs. With a little more than a week to go before the season opener, some of those jobs have yet to be locked down.That happens when a team has to replace eight starters on each side of the ball. Offensive line, wide receiver and cornerback are among the positions where starters for the Sept. 3 game against Bowling Green still haven't been named, Buckeyes coaches said this week. Rega
  
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• Hangover Easy Reopening, Daily Growler Expansion Update & More

  26-08-2016 16:00
  
  Columbus has so many new restaurants, expansions, menu updates and other changes that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with them all. That’s why our Restaurant Roundup series was designed to keep you informed with the latest and greatest updates. Here’s what’s new in the local dining scene: Copious This Brewery District restaurant is changing […]
  
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• Jerry Jones says Ezekiel Elliott’s visit to pot dispensary “is not good”

  26-08-2016 15:44
  
  Former Ohio State running back, and current Dallas Cowboy, Ezekiel Elliott found himself in another controversy after visiting a marijuana dispensary in Seattle.The NFL rookie raised some eyebrows after he was seen at “Hebran Legends” hours prior to the Cowboys game against the Seahawks Thursday.According to TMZ, no one in the store saw Elliott make a purchase and it appeared he did not try to hide the fact he was there.He even posed for photos with customers outside after leaving th
  
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• Don’t Miss “Don’t Breathe” or “Don’t Think Twice” This Weekend

  26-08-2016 15:37
  
  August continues to surprise with more fine cinematic options for CBUS moviegoers. Do check out one tense-as-F horror flick and a fine bit of improv. Are there dogs – of course there are! It’s August. For the love of God, avoid the new Jason Statham movie. I cannot articulate what a dumpster fire that thing […]
  
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• Man fatally shot on city's Near East Side

  26-08-2016 14:30
  
  Police are investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead on the city's Near East Side Thursday night. Columbus police responded to a reported shooting in the 1800 block of Maryland Avenue and found Antoine R. Bradley Jr. suffering from a gunshot wound about 9:45 p.m. He was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m.
  
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• Indiana, Ohio residents begin tornado recovery

  26-08-2016 13:57
  
  KOKOMO, Ind. — In a central Indiana city where trees were sheared off at their stumps by one of several tornadoes in the region, residents began the hard work Thursday of cleaning up destroyed or damaged homes and businesses.
  
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• Broad Street & James Road Tops Annual List of Worst Intersections

  26-08-2016 13:30
  
  The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) revealed its annual list of high-crash intersections yesterday afternoon, and last year’s number one has been dethroned. The intersection of Hamilton Road and Livingston Avenue has dropped to second place, surpassed by the intersection of Broad Street and James Road. It should come as little surprise that the most […]
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Kasich says 'We're not looking the other way' as overdose deaths hit record

  26-08-2016 13:17
  
  A report released Thursday shows the state hit another record with 3,050 drug overdose deaths in 2015. Gov. John Kasich said in an interview that the state continues "playing a rear guard action ... But I believe we’re making progress. I feel we’re doing everything we possibly can. We're not looking the other way. We're not putting our heads in the sand."
  
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• "Touch disease" defect is now killing iPhones

  26-08-2016 12:46
  
  A new report is warning iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users of a problem that could be threatening their phones. If you notice that your phone has a flickering gray bar at the top of the screen, it might be afflicted with what’s being called “touch disease,” eventually leaving the touch screen unresponsive.The report comes from iFixit.org, which found that more and more phone repair pros kept encountering users who found the mysterious grey bars flickering at the top of their phones. The
  
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• Panel begins to talk about unemployment reforms

  26-08-2016 12:38
  
  The Unemployment Compensation Reform Joint Committee held the first of five hearings Thursday, attempting to tackle a problem that has eluded state leaders for at least two decades. The solution lies in a long-debated balance between benefits provided to jobless workers and taxes paid by employers that fund the system. Republican legislative leaders say they hope to pass a bill when the legislature returns after the Nov. 8 election.
  
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• Reynoldsburg teachers union files complaint about superintendent

  26-08-2016 12:32
  
  The teachers union for Reynoldsburg schools has complained to a state agency about what it considers an unfair labor practice by the superintendent. The Reynoldsburg Education Association filed a charge with the State Employment Relations Board on Aug. 11, saying that Superintendent Tina Thomas-Manning crossed the line in her communications with teachers, tutors and nurses.
  
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• State trying to jump hurdles to enact rules for charter sponsor evaluations

  26-08-2016 12:23
  
  Amid the perception that there is a movement afoot to delay efforts to hold charter sponsors accountable for their schools’ performance, the Department of Education hopes to act swiftly to keep new evaluations on track. As the clock ticks toward October, when the first-ever sponsor evaluations are to be released, charter sponsors and the rest of the public are getting another chance to comment on a key rule needed to implement those reviews. The state's Common Sense Initiative Office, whic
  
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• Suspect robs Columbus CVS at knifepoint; steals narcotics

  26-08-2016 12:18
  
  Columbus Police are searching for a suspect who stole narcotics from a CVS Pharmacy on Lockbourne Road Thursday.Authorities say the man entered the store around 11 a.m. and approached the pharmacy counter.The suspect then jumped the counter and displayed a knife demanding the pharmacist to open the safe.The pharmacist complied and the suspect removed an unknown amount of narcotics and fled the store.The suspect is described as a black male in his mid to late 20s, 5'8'' to 6 feet tall and weighin
  
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• Zoos, other officials work to keep Hellbender salamander happy and healthy in Ohio

  26-08-2016 11:39
  
  GAMBIER, Ohio — The slimy, wrinkly creatures could blend into a horror film just as well as their native Midwest streams. Two beady eyes and a gaping mouth adorn a wide, shapeless head. Four stubby legs protrude from an oblong body. They're dirt-colored and coated in multiple layers of mucus from head to tail. They're called Eastern hellbender salamanders, and they're quite the bizarre sight — if you can find them.
  
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• 7 indicted for drugs

  26-08-2016 11:33
  
  Seven people, including four from East Liverpool and one from Wellsville, were named in a 70-count drug indictment, and officers rounded up several of them in the city Thursday. Among those indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic crack and powder cocaine in and around East Liverpool were Katie Riley, 26; Jacqueline Riley, 30; Phyllis Chamberlain, 55; and Allana Baker, 30, all of East Liverpool; Guy Dorsey, 54, of Wellsville; and Brady Carmichael, 26 and Bryan Carmichael, 27, both of
  
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• Figleaf Boutique recently made the move to Gateway. Credit: Hannah Herner | Arts&Life Editor

  26-08-2016 07:06
  The store has moved from The Mall at Tuttle Crossing south of campus, where it was located for five years. "I'm very excited to open a store at Ohio State," said owner Lynne Francisco.
  
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• Worthington man traveling to participate in second Paralympics

  26-08-2016 05:03
  
  Alex Hendricks spent much of Thursday greeting doctors, therapists, nurses and patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.The five-hour visit was minimal compared to the number of hours Hendricks spent at the hospital back in 2008.“It was kind of heartbreaking to me,” Hendricks said of his experience eight years ago. “They [the doctors] said that I wouldn't be able to walk, talk, play soccer ever again.”At age 12, Hendricks suffered a concussion while playing Futsal
  
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• Families frustrated as rate of overdoses rise

  26-08-2016 05:01
  
  The numbers released Thursday were another reminder that the heroin epidemic continues to be a major problem in Ohio.State records show the victims are mostly people between the ages of 25-and 34-years old, like 31-year-old Christopher Wolford.Wolford was 45 days clean before he relapsed one day before he and his family were about to celebrate his sobriety.It was a milestone for a young man who had been struggling with addiction for nearly a decade.“The next thing we got a phone call that
  
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• Families frustrated as rate of deadly overdoses rise

  26-08-2016 05:01
  The numbers released Thursday were another reminder that the heroin epidemic continues to be a major problem in Ohio.State records show the victims are mostly people between the ages of 25-and 34-years old, like 31-year-old Christopher Wolford.Wolford was 45 days clean before he relapsed one day before he and his family were about to celebrate his sobriety.It was a milestone for a young man who had been struggling with addiction for nearly a decade.“The next thing we got a phone call that
  
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• Ohio Supreme Court: Juvenile Crimes Can't Enhance Adult Sentences

  26-08-2016 04:40
  
  Ohio's Supreme Court has ruled that prior juvenile convictions cannot be used to increase the severity of charges or the length of prison sentences those individuals receive as adults.The justices ruled 4-3 Thursday that treating cases from juvenile court as prior convictions for adult-sentencing purposes is unconstitutional and "fundamentally unfair."The Columbus Dispatch reports Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger, writing for the majority, said juvenile court proceedings are civil proceedings intend
  
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• 2 charged in murder of high school football player shot while shielding friends

  26-08-2016 04:37
  
  A Tennessee prosecutor says two men are charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy who shielded several young girls from gunfire.Zaevion Dobson, a high school football player, was praised by President Barack Obama as a hero shortly after the teenager was killed Dec. 17, 2015. He was also honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. There’s a Zaevion Dobson Memorial Playground and Park in the works near his Knoxville home.On Thursday, Knox County District Att
  
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• Police: 2 nuns found slain in their Mississippi home

  26-08-2016 04:32
  
  Two nuns who worked as nurses and helped the poor in rural Mississippi were found slain in their home, perhaps victims of a break-in and vehicle theft, officials said Thursday.Authorities would not say if they have a suspect or what kind of vehicle is missing from the nuns’ home. They also did not release a cause of death, but the Rev. Greg Plata said police told him the sisters were stabbed.The nuns were identified as Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill. Their bodies were taken
  
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• Father of face-biting suspect calls attack a "nightmare" in Dr. Phil interview

  26-08-2016 04:23
  
  The father of a Florida college student accused of randomly killing a Florida couple and biting the dead man’s face broke down as he apologized for his son’s actions in an interview with television personality Dr. Phil McGraw.Florida State University student Austin Harrouff, 19, allegedly attacked 53-year-old Michelle Mishcon and her husband, 59-year-old John Stevens III, on Aug. 15 as the couple were sitting in their garage in a quiet Florida neighborhood north of Jupiter. Both were
  
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• Man in critical condition after being shot in east Columbus

  26-08-2016 04:14
  
  A man was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition after being shot in east Columbus.Columbus Police said the incident happened in the 1800 block of Maryland Avenue.Authorities have not released any additional information on the victim or potential suspects.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• 19 year old killed in east Columbus shooting

  26-08-2016 04:14
  
  A 19 year old man taken to Grant Medical Center after being shot in east Columbus had died.Columbus Police said the incident happened in the 1800 block of Maryland Avenue.Antoine R. Bradley Jr. was found suffering from a gunshot wound.Authorities have not released any additional information on the victim or potential suspects.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• CEO of mental-health agency suspended over problems with 401k plans

  26-08-2016 04:07
  
  An investigation into possible financial mismanagement has led this week to the suspension of the CEO of the nonprofit agency that serves the mental-health needs of Delaware and Morrow counties. Mark Travis has led Central Ohio Mental Health Center since 2008, taking the job after his predecessor, Thomas Sefcik, was indicted on a charge of filing false income-tax returns.
  
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• Prince's Paisley Park to open for tours starting in October

  26-08-2016 04:01
  
  Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for daily public tours starting Oct. 6, the trust company overseeing his estate announced Wednesday, and the company that runs Elvis Presley's Graceland will manage it.Bremer Trust said in a statement that millions of Prince fans will get the chance to tour the 65,000-square-foot complex in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, where Prince collapsed in an elevator and died of an accidental overdose
  
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• University responds to criticism over "#StopWhitePeople2K16" training course

  26-08-2016 03:54
  
  A public university in New York says the #StopWhitePeople2K16 used as the title of a recent training session was chosen for its irony and the session -- about diversity -- wasn’t anti-white.A Binghamton University administrator issued an explanation Wednesday as the title and criticism of it made the rounds on social media. The optional, one-time session this month was organized by three student resident advisers as part of a training program for other RAs.“The premise of this sessio
  
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• Home Depot workers build customized walker for blind 2-year-old with rare disease

  26-08-2016 03:03
  
  Watching her blind 2-year-old son stand using his very own customized walker for the first time was like a “fairytale” for his mother.And it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of three total strangers, who the boy’s mother, Jessica Johnson, calls “angels on Earth.”The mother from Fort Worth, Texas, scoured the internet to find special walkers for her son, Silus, who suffers from Norrie Disease -- a rare genetic disorder that leads to blindness in mal
  
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• Man indicted for allegedly selling heroin that killed 23-year-old

  26-08-2016 02:13
  
  A man has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter after he sold heroin to someone that later died as a result of an overdose on the drug.Kyle Smith, 32, also faces charges of corrupting another with drugs, trafficking in heroin, possession of heroin with specification and one count of aggravated possession of drugs with specification.According to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien, Smith allegedly sold the heroin to 23-year-old Ian Oglesbee at his home on E. 13th Avenue.The followin
  
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• Mother who lost son to heroin says state needs to attack problem differently

  26-08-2016 01:51
  State records show fentanyl-laced heroin is killing the most people between the ages of 25 and 34.Among them, 25-year old Tony Sabat. His mother is speaking out in hopes her message will convince someone to put the needle down and get help.His mother, Cindy Hejl, knew her child wasn't well but never thought his life would end so soon.“We knew he was abusing prescription drugs but we never expected he would use heroin,” she said.Accidental overdoses killed 8 people a day in Ohio last
  
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