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• Mother who killed two children in "exorcism"willgo to mental hospital

  15-09-2016 23:57
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md - A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing two of her children and injuring their two older siblings in what she believed was an exorcism will go to a psychiatric hospital, not prison, a judge ruled Thursday.Zakieya Avery of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty earlier this week to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, but it was up to a judge to decide whether she was criminally responsible in the deaths of her children i
  
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• Mother who killed two children in "exorcism"will go to mental hospital

  15-09-2016 23:57
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md - A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing two of her children and injuring their two older siblings in what she believed was an exorcism will go to a psychiatric hospital, not prison, a judge ruled Thursday.Zakieya Avery of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty earlier this week to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, but it was up to a judge to decide whether she was criminally responsible in the deaths of her children i
  
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• Woman shown in shocking heroin overdose photo sentenced

  15-09-2016 23:50
  
  A woman photographed with her boyfriend slumped in a vehicle after overdosing on heroin as her 4-year-old grandson sat in the backseat has pleaded no contest to a child endangering charge in southeast Ohio.A judge in East Liverpool on Thursday sentenced 50-year-old Rhonda Pasek to 180 days in jail. The boyfriend received 360 days in jail last week after pleading no contest to child endangering and operating a vehicle under the influence.Photos taken by East Liverpool police of Pasek and 47-year-
  
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• Tyree King, 13, Killed by Police After Robbery in Columbus, Ohio

  15-09-2016 23:48
  Tyree King, 13, who police said was armed with a laser-sighted BB gun, was killed by an officer who said the boy pulled the weapon from his waistband during a robbery investigation in Columbus, Ohio. Doctors pronounced King dead at Nationwide Children's Hospital around 8:22 p.m., about a half hour after he was shot multiple times near East Capitol Street, according to the Columbus Dispatch .
  
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• Columbus police chief: Boy's BB gun 'practically identical' to police weapon

  15-09-2016 23:48
  Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs holds up a photo Thursday showing the type of BB gun that police say a 13-year-old boy pulled from his waistband just before he was shot and killed by police investigating an armed robbery report. Police say the boy, Tyree King, died at a hospital after the Wednesday evening shooting.
  
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• Donald Trump: Birth control "should not be done by prescription"

  15-09-2016 23:15
  
  Donald Trump backs access to birth control without a doctor’s prescription, the Republican nominee said in an interview that aired Thursday with television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz.Asked by the talk show host whether it “should be mandated in this country that we reimburse women for their birth control,” Trump answered in the negative.“I think what we have in birth control is, you know, when you have to get a prescription, that’s a pretty tough something to climb,&
  
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• US regulators: Official recall of 1M Samsung Note 7 phones

  15-09-2016 22:37
  
  U.S. regulators are issuing an official recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phone because of the risk that its batteries can explode or catch fire.Samsung already has voluntary recalled the devices, but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is stepping in on a formal recall.Samsung says it has confirmed a few dozen instances of the problem, out of 2.5 million phones sold. Samsung promised replacement devices, but that was put on hold while regulators reviewed the situation.The recall comes a
  
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• OSHP trooper killed after being struck by vehicle near Cleveland

  15-09-2016 22:19
  
  An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 90 outside Cleveland Thursday.The crash happened near Lakewood in Cuyahoga County just before 1 p.m.Officials said Trooper Kenneth Velez was conducting traffic enforcement when he was struck outside of his vehicle.“This is a tragedy for the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Department of Public Safety,” Colonel Paul Pride, Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent, said. “Our prayers go
  
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• County to pay for care of dogs adopted during distemper outbreak

  15-09-2016 21:54
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter plans to extend free veterinary care to recently adopted dogs that might have been exposed to distemper as the number of dogs euthanized continues to grow. Another 20 dogs were euthanized at the shelter on Tamarack Boulevard in the Northland Area on Wednesday night, bringing the total killed because of a respiratory disease outbreak to 84. A “similar number” of dogs likely will be euthanized over each of the next few days, dog shelter Director Don Wins
  
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• Suspect charged after woman abducted, bodies found in Ashland

  15-09-2016 20:46
  
  A man has been charged with murder after police found two bodies inside a home after rescuing an abduction victim.Ashland County Prosecutor Christopher Tunnell said 40-year Shawn Grate was charged with two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping Thursday.The charges against Grate allege he purposely caused the deaths ofStacey Stanley and a second victim who has not been identified.'Please hurry,' abducted Ashland woman says in dramatic 911 callThe kidnapping charge alleges Grate held anothe
  
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• Central Ohio schools' grade cards full of D's and F's under new system

  15-09-2016 20:26
  
  The D's and F's that appear on the grade cards of even the suburban "honor students" reaffirm what Ohio Department of Education officials have been saying for months: The statewide tests were different yet again last year. The numerical hurdles that schools need to clear have been raised and will rise again next year. Don't read too much into these scores until the system has stabilized after a few years.
  
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• Man sentenced to 14 years for killing friend

  15-09-2016 20:25
  
  A 28-year-old man who pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a friend at a Whitehall house said on Thursday that he was acting in self defense. "I didn't mean to take his life," Ra'Shaan K. Carter Johnson told a Franklin County judge, saying he fired at Robert L. McGowan III, 24, after McGowan rushed at him during an argument. "I really am sorry." But Assistant Prosecutor Scott Kirschman said that Johnson shot the unarmed victim five times, fled the house, h
  
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• "Rude" UCLA freshman sends list of demands to roommates

  15-09-2016 20:24
  
  One of the trickier parts of navigating dorm life is getting along with the roommate(s).Many college students do their best to try to get along or bond right away.But one incoming freshman named Ashly has clearly gotten off on the wrong foot. She emailed a list of demands to her roommates, and she hasn’t even met them, reported CBS Los Angeles.The girl’s prospective roommates posted the letter on Twitter and Instagram. My roommate that I haven't even met... pic.twitter.com/OkJwUF8LGp
  
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• Ohio School Report Cards: Officials call it a “reset” of expectations

  15-09-2016 20:19
  
  Dismal scores for many of the largest school districts in Central Ohio just released from the Ohio Department of Education.State education leaders released the information with reminders there are higher expectations for students because of Ohio is using the new multi-state Common Core standards.Testing is done online and new for 2015-2016, using the American Institutes for Research examination.ODE fired the PARRC testing consortium, which did the 2014-2015 tests.Here is a look at some of the la
  
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• Ohio School Report Cards: Officials call it a “re-set” of expectations

  15-09-2016 20:19
  
  Dismal scores for many of the largest school districts in Central Ohio just released from the Ohio Department of Education.State education leaders released the information with reminders there are higher expectations for students because of Ohio is using the new multi-state Common Core standards.Testing is done online and new for 2015-2016, using the American Institutes for Research examination.ODE fired the PARRC testing consortium, which did the 2014-2015 tests.Here is a look at some of the la
  
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• Mega Weekend Summer 2016 – Vol. 19

  15-09-2016 20:00
  
  It’s the final summer weekend of 2016. Lots of fun things for you to do! Make sure you see the Harvest Moon on Friday.  Dine Originals Restaurant Week continues through Sunday. Join The Metropreneur tonight at Aspire and hear from social enterprises, enjoy snacks, and get a Freshbox chocolate covered Oreo cookie. Contests are going […]
  
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• Four honored for putting dog-handling police training in practice

  15-09-2016 19:40
  
  LANCASTER — Lancaster Police officers Trent Temper and Raymond Hambel put their dog-behavior training to use on June 6 when they helped to capture two frantic, escaped pit bulls without using deadly force. For that, they were honored this morning with awards from Fairfield County Citizens for Animal Rights and Ethical Standards.
  
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• Police chief identifies officer who shot 13-year-old suspect

  15-09-2016 19:06
  
  City and police officials released the name of the police officer who shot a 13-year-old boy Wednesday night in the Olde Towne East neighborhood. Tyree King died at Nationwide Children’s Hospital around 8:22 p.m., roughly half an hour after he had been shot multiple times by officer Bryan Mason in an alley near East Capitol Street, police said. This morning, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs gave the officer's name.
  
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• TV Review: Don’t Sit Down for “The Get Down”

  15-09-2016 19:00
  
  Last month, Netflix released the first six episodes of The Get Down. The remaining six episodes will be released sometime in 2017, but… I won’t be watching them. Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Gatsby) created the series along with Stephen Adly Guirgis, and the show is exactly what you’d expect from Luhrmann — lots of singing, […]
  
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• Schools' grade cards full of D's and F's under new system

  15-09-2016 18:40
  
  The D's and F's that appear on the grade cards of even the suburban "honor students" reaffirm what Ohio Department of Education officials have been saying for months: The statewide tests were different yet again last year. The numerical hurdles that schools need to clear have been raised and will rise again next year. Don't read too much into these scores until the system has stabilized after a few years.
  
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• Oklahoma backup QB: Mayfield will light up Ohio State's defense

  15-09-2016 18:39
  
  If Ohio State was looking for some bulletin board material going into Saturday's game against Oklahoma, here it is.During an episode Sooner Sports TV, backup quarterback Austin Kendall calls the Buckeyes' defense 'basic' and that the team's starting quarterback will take care of business."Baker [Mayfield] will go out there and light them up," Kendall said.He adds that if his number is called Saturday, he could do the same.You can see the video clip below.Ohio State will face Oklahoma Saturday at
  
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• Ohio board's timeline concerns medical marijuana advocates

  15-09-2016 18:39
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Advocates are raising concerns over the length of time it will take Ohio's medical board to draft rules governing how doctors can recommend to patients they use medical marijuana.The medical board met Wednesday for the first time since the new medical marijuana law took effect and says it plans to study laws and practices in other states before drafting Ohio's regulations.The medical board has a September 2017 deadline for establishing rules for physicians. Ohioans for Medical
  
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• Many young athletes joining Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest

  15-09-2016 18:32
  
  Colin Kaepernick’s protest against social injustice is being heard loud and clear by young athletes across the country and a host of high school football players have emulated the San Francisco quarterback in recent weeks by kneeling during the national anthem before their own games.That’s where the issue gets complicated.In football-crazy states such as New Jersey, Alabama and Massachusetts, some players have faced suspension and others have reported harassment or even threats over
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers' DeAngelo Williams defends 75-cent tip to pizzeria server

  15-09-2016 18:25
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams is defending his 75-cent tip to a server at a Maryland pizzeria.CBS affiliate WUSA reported that Williams ate dinner Sunday night at Ledo Restaurant in College Park and left the small tip on his $128.25 bill.His server took to Facebook to complain and restaurant workers blasted Williams on social media.But Williams, who was in town ahead of Monday night’s game against the Washington Redskins, defended his actions, sayi
  
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• Samsung blames manufacturing flaw for Galaxy fires

  15-09-2016 18:16
  
  Samsung said it is a manufacturing flaw that is causing some of its brand new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire.The phones have been recalled. The company is warning customers to stop using them.After a number of devices with lithium batteries have had issues they are coming under increased scrutiny.The rechargeable lithium ion batteries are unique because lithium ions move from one side to another. Ions from the positive side, are separated by an electrolyte layer, but make their way to t
  
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• Police identify officer involved in 13-year-old suspect's shooting death

  15-09-2016 18:12
  
  Columbus Police and city officials provided an update on the investigating of an officer-involved shooting of a 13-year-old who pulled a weapon on police.Mayor Andrew Ginther said as a city leader and father, the loss of a 13-year-old is troubling.“But if this isn't a call to action...why would an eighth grader have on him an almost exact replica of a police weapon? It is a dangerous time to be a police officer,” he said.Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said the shooting is already b
  
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• Connecticut police officers sickened during heroin, fentanyl bust

  15-09-2016 18:12
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Eleven members of a police SWAT team became ill during a Connecticut drug bust after bursting into a Hartford apartment and finding themselves in a cloud of suspected drug particles, authorities say.Police believe the officers were sickened in the Tuesday bust by airborne particles of the powerful painkiller fentanyl or heroin, or both.The officers were released from a hospital after being treated for symptoms including nausea, light-headedness, sore throat and headaches, Depu
  
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• Ginther, police chief to talk about Columbus police shooting of 13-year-old

  15-09-2016 17:27
  
  City and police officials are planning to discuss this morning the 13-year-old boy who died Wednesday night after he was shot by Columbus police in the Olde Towne East neighborhood. Tyree King died at Nationwide Children’s Hospital around 8:22 p.m., roughly half an hour after he had been shot multiple times by an officer in an alley near East Capitol Street, police said. Officers had initially been called to the area of East Broad and 18th streets on an armed robbery call, according to Sgt
  
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• Drug Price Relief Act Pushed to Next Year’s Ballot

  15-09-2016 17:11
  
  Months of litigation will keep a measure aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs off the November ballot this year. The Drug Price Relief Act, facing opposition from several groups, might make it to next year’s ballot if all goes well this time. The act is simple in intent — address the inflated drug […]
  
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• High school student killed in Delaware County fire

  15-09-2016 17:05
  
  A high school student has died after a fire in Delaware County.Authorities confirm that 17-year-old Aalyiah Wilson died in the fire. She was a senior at Delaware Hayes High School.Crews were called to a residence just before 2:30 a.m. on High Street.One other person was inside the home was able to get out.Delaware Fire Chief John Donahue said the fire could be seen out of every window on the first floor. Aalyiah was found on the second floor.One firefighter also suffered some sort of electrical-
  
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• Rocking with a View!

  15-09-2016 16:35
  
  Downtown views at new heights when you rock climb at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. The climbing wall is open to the public during park hours. BYOG (bring your own gear)! Want to master the ropes? Learn the basics of climbing in an instructor-led program on Wednesday, September 21: https://lnkd.in/exracN3 The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The […]
  
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• Lawyer: $1.9 million settlement in lawsuit with family of woman who died in police custody

  15-09-2016 16:29
  
  The family of Sandra Bland has reached a settlement in its federal wrongful death lawsuit against Texas authorities, the family’s attorney confirmed to CBS News on Thursday morning.Attorney Cannon Lambert confirmed the combined settlements with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Waller County jail will pay the family $1.9 million.Bland, a Prairie View A&M University graduate, died in the jail in 2015, CBS DFW reports.The 28-year-old woman had been pulled over by Texas State
  
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• 90sFest Preview: Musical Musings with Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon

  15-09-2016 16:22
  
  melomaniac (\ˌmel-ō-ˈmā-nē-ˌak\) noun. 1. A passionate or obsessive enthusiast for music. 2. Also in weakened sense: a music lover. I’d been trying to find an appropriate term to define my relationship with music; “audiophile” seemed too restrictive because it really means the individual is primarily focused on the sound reproduction and quality. I do care about […]
  
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• Treat to Try: Piece of Cake

  15-09-2016 16:00
  
  Piece of Cake is nothing new. It’s been a sweet staple in the Short North for years. The bakery has locked down an unassuming corner spot where you can’t really see its impressive wares from the street. Modest from the outside, Piece of Cake is bigger on the inside; walk through the doors, and a […]
  
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• Girl, 17, who died in housefire was Delaware Hayes senior

  15-09-2016 15:30
  
  A 17-year-old girl has died this morning in a fire that destroyed the home she and her father were in. Aaliyah Wilson had been trapped in a second-floor bedroom by the blaze at 48 High St.
  
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• Girl, 17, who died in house fire was Delaware Hayes senior

  15-09-2016 15:30
  
  A 17-year-old girl has died this morning in a fire that destroyed the home she and her father were in. Aaliyah Wilson had been trapped in a second-floor bedroom by the blaze at 48 High St.
  
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• Ohio labeled 'high risk' but finally gets charter school grant

  15-09-2016 15:27
  
  Labeling Ohio a "high risk" state, the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released a $71 million grant that the state can use to establish new charter schools, though the money comes with strict oversight. Federal officials are requiring the Ohio Department of Education to hire an approved, independent monitor to oversee the state’s use of the funds and implementation of special conditions placed on the grant. Specific federal approval will be required each time money is spent.
  
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• Ohio's poverty rate declined, income rose in 2015

  15-09-2016 15:14
  
  Ohio's poverty rate dropped and the median household income rose last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reports. New data released today showed there were about 111,000 fewer people living in poverty in 2015 compared to 2014.
  
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• Columbus boy, 13, fatally shot by police after pulling out BB gun

  15-09-2016 15:05
  Police in Columbus responded to a report of an armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who they say pulled a gun from his waistband. It was later determined to be a BB gun.
  
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• New Visuals Unveiled for 11-Story Downtown Development Proposal

  15-09-2016 15:00
  
  Last week, we got our first look at a new 11-story apartment building proposal from local developers Crawford Hoying that would replace the three-story Swan Cleaners building at the Downtown intersection of Cherry Street and High Street if built as planned. While the original article only featured basic building schematics as visuals, we’ve been given an […]
  
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• Girl, 17, dies in Delaware housefire

  15-09-2016 14:45
  
  A 17-year-old girl has died this morning in a fire that destroyed the home she and her father were in.
  
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• Julep Sneak Preview Party

  15-09-2016 14:15
  
  Join Columbus Underground for an exclusive sneak peek of Julep — the newest bar to hit the Short North — before it opens to the public! Check out the newly renovated space on September 23rd and sample their craft kitchen menu. Each ticket gets you two specialty cocktails and an assorted sampling of their appetizers, while supplies […]
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Ohioana Library’s David Weaver on Celebrating Ohio Literature

  15-09-2016 14:00
  
  The annual Ohioana Awards are among the nation’s oldest and most prestigious state prizes for outstanding literary achievement. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the awards, which will be presented Friday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Ohio Statehouse. The producer and emcee for the event is Ohioana Executive Director, David Weaver, a […]
  
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• Police ID man fatally shot in Hilltop apartment

  15-09-2016 13:56
  
  A man died early Thursday after he was shot inside a Hilltop apartment. Eric James Murphy, 32, was found by Columbus police officers shortly before 2 a.m. after he had been shot inside an apartment building in the 100 block of North Huron Ave., police said.
  
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• “Go Buckets” idea to help students during active shooter

  15-09-2016 13:27
  
  First aid kits.Lollipops.Water.Kleenex, toilet paper.Rope.Just a few of the items that are now part of what’s called a “Go Bucket.”“This would be for an extended lockdown if the school would have to go to a lockdown during a serious situation” says Officer Adam Dross, who serves as the school resource officer at Westerville North High School (WNHS).“If they would have to barricade inside the room, this would allow someone to survive an extended period of time,
  
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• Brad Paisley to perform free concert in Columbus

  15-09-2016 13:19
  
  Country superstar Brad Paisley will perform a free outside Ohio Stadium Thursday night.The Columbus Dispatch says Paisley will entertain the crowd in the northwest parking lot near Woody Hayes and Cannon drives.Doors open at 7 p.m.Lindsay Ell will perform at 8 p.m. and Paisley is scheduled for 9 p.m.The concert marks the final stop in Paisley’s “Country Nation Collect Tour.”
  
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• Ohio Politics Now: Donald Trump, in Canton, says 'There's a movement'

  15-09-2016 13:11
  
  GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump stopped in northeast Ohio Wednesday night where he talk about manufacturing jobs, the Second Amendment, and, of course, immigration.
  
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• Police investigating deadly shooting on North Huron Avenue

  15-09-2016 12:50
  
  One person has died after a shooting in West Columbus early Thursday morning off West Broad Street.Columbus police say Eric Murphy was shot at approximately 1:59 a.m. on North Huron Avenue and died around 2:36 am at a local hospital. There is no known motive and currently no known suspects identified in this case.Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS.The shooting is still being investigated by
  
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• Deadly Shooting on North Huron Avenue

  15-09-2016 12:50
  
  One person has died after a shooting in West Columbus early Thursday morning off West Broad Street.Columbus police say Eric Murphy was shot at approximately 1:59 am on North Huron Avenue and died around 2:36 am at a local hospital. There is no known motive and currently no known suspects identified in this case.Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461 - TIPS. The shooting is still being investigated b
  
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