Columbus news

• DJ Luke Nastyy at Fall Fest [video]

  20-11-2016 23:46
  DJ Luke Nastyy hit the sold out Fall Fest stage! If you were there you know how lit it was, if you weren't check videos from his performance. And make sure you don't miss the next lit event from Power 107.5 Sign Up For Our Newsletter to find out when our next event is, celebrity news and lit contest! Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription.
  
  Read more

• Big Ten has three in AP Top 5 for first time in 56 years

  20-11-2016 23:46
  The Big Ten placed three teams in the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 56 years, setting up a No. 2 vs. No.
  
  Read more

• For Trump, Rudy Giuliani remains top contender for secretary of state

  20-11-2016 23:33
  
  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani remains the top contender to be the secretary of state in Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet, CBS News’ Major Garrett reports. Sunday’s meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey between the president-elect and Giuliani, a longtime Trump loyalist, will be the final one before the decision is made.Giuliani, 72, lacks both federal government and foreign policy experience, but the former Republican mayor and federal prosecutor has curried Mr. Trump&rsq
  
  Read more

• Crime Stoppers | Arson that destroyed Fairfield County Fairgrounds grandstand unsolved

  20-11-2016 23:19
  
  Investigators are asking for the public's help in catching whoever started a fire that destroyed the 108-year-old grandstand at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• NFL | Bell runs for 146 yards, Steelers punish Browns 24-9

  20-11-2016 23:15
  
  CLEVELAND — Le'Veon Bell scored on a 1-yard touchdown run — long after time expired in the first half — and the Pittsburgh Steelers recorded eight sacks and snapped a four-game losing streak with a 24-9 win Sunday over the winless Cleveland Browns.
  
  Read more

• Amid transition controversy, Trump attacks actors on Twitter

  20-11-2016 21:19
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his social media attacks on pop culture figures, targeting “Saturday Night Live” and the cast of “Hamilton” in his latest tweets -- all despite his vice president-elect’s insistence that he “wasn’t offended” by the actors in the Broadway musical.Mr. Trump’s tweets against members of the entertainment industry come just as the president-elect is facing mounting scrutiny over his transition team, busin
  
  Read more

• Tamir Rice's mother remains frustrated 2 years after death

  20-11-2016 21:11
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Samaria Rice is trying to find a path forward for herself and her family two years after her 12-year-old son, Tamir, was fatally shot by police while holding a pellet gun at the city recreation where he played nearly every day.Rice is working to create a foundation in Tamir's name to provide scholarships and mentor children using a portion of what she's owed from the city of Cleveland in a $6 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit, she told The Associated Pre
  
  Read more

• San Antonio police officer fatally shot while writing ticket

  20-11-2016 21:01
  
  SAN ANTONIO – ​A San Antonio police officer writing out a traffic ticket to a motorist was shot to death in his squad car Sunday outside police headquarters by another driver who pulled up from behind, authorities said.San Antonio police Chief William McManus identified the officer as Det. Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran of the force.McManus said the suspect had not been apprehended Sunday night. He said he doesn't believe the man has any relationship to the original motorist
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• San Antonio police officer fatally shot in head in police car near headquarters

  20-11-2016 21:01
  
  SAN ANTONIO – A police officer was apparently assassinated during a traffic stop on Sunday, San Antonio police said.San Antonio Police Chief William P. McManus said Sunday that the officer was sitting inside his car just outside police headquarters when he was shot and killed.The officer -- beyond the fact that he was a 20-year veteran -- has not been identified in the shooting that happened around 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, reports CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS.McManus said the officer had pu
  
  Read more

• Analyst: Gas prices dip to US average of $2.20 per gallon

  20-11-2016 20:54
  
  The average price of regular grade gasoline has fallen nationally to $2.20 per gallon, a drop of 6 cents over the past two weeks.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg updated the figures Sunday, predicting that prices would continue inching down unless a meeting of oil-producing nations later this month culminates in "a credible agreement to freeze or reduce" production.A seasonal weakness in demand was one reason behind the early-November decline. Lundberg cited another influence: With autumn mainte
  
  Read more

• Sabra recalling hummus products over listeria concern

  20-11-2016 20:32
  
  Sabra is again recalling its famous hummus products in the U.S. over concerns about listeria, the FDA announced Saturday.In a statement, the FDA said the company is “recalling certain hummus products made prior to November 8, 2016 due to concerns over Listeria monocytogenes, which was identified at the manufacturing facility but not in tested finished product.”A full list of the Sabra products being recalled can be found here.Last spring, Sabra recalled its hummus products for simila
  
  Read more

• AP Top 25: Ohio State remains at No. 2, Michigan moves to No. 3

  20-11-2016 20:07
  
  Ohio State remains at No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday, after a 17-16 win over Michigan State.Ahead of their face-off with Ohio State next weekend, the University of Michigan moved up from No. 4 to No. 3 in this week's rankings. The Wolverines beat the Indiana Hoosiers 20-10.The Buckeyes will take on the Wolverines at 12 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium, where they have not lost to Michigan since 2000.The Big Ten placed three teams in the top five of the AP poll f
  
  Read more

• Letter: Early-voting process smooth

  20-11-2016 19:35
  
  The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.
  
  Read more

• Mike Pence: "I wasn't offended" by "Hamilton" cast member's comments

  20-11-2016 17:38
  
  Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday that he wasn’t “offended” by the cast of the musical “Hamilton” expressing their views to him from the stage Friday night.Pence said he attended the show with his daughter and other family members on Friday. Audience members booed him when they realized he was in the room, and cast members spoke directly to him from the stage at the end of the show.Brandon Victor Dixon, the actor who plays Vice President Aaron Burr, thanke
  
  Read more

• 8 people arrested at White Lives Matter rally in Austin

  20-11-2016 16:08
  
  Eight people were arrested on Saturday when a small group of protesters calling themselves White Lives Matter were confronted by counter-demonstrators supporting Black Lives Matter at the Texas State Capitol near where Gov. Greg Abbott had earlier dedicated a monument recognizing the contribution of African-Americans to the state.
  Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Victor Taylor said four of the arrests were for assault, two for evading arrest, one for disorderly conduct and one fo
  
  Read more

• Obama talks jobs agenda in meeting with trade deal partners

  20-11-2016 16:00
  
  President Barack Obama on Saturday emphasized opportunities to create jobs as he met with leaders of countries that joined the U.S. to negotiate a sweeping Pacific trade deal that is now in jeopardy.Speaking on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, Obama said the meeting was a good chance for leaders to review how to bring jobs and prosperity to their countries. They had hoped to achieve some of those goals through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the agreement a
  
  Read more

• Northeast to be hit with first big snowfall of the year

  20-11-2016 15:56
  
  (CBS/AP) -- The first significant snowfall of 2016 is expected to bury parts of New York and Pennsylvania in up to two feet of snow on Sunday.Wintry air from Canada will combine with warm, moist air from the Great Lakes and will generate significant lake effect snow in the Northeast. Lake effect snow warnings are in effect for northwest Pennsylvania, western New York and Upstate New York. Portions of Upstate New York could receive between 1 to 2 feet of snow by the end of Sunday. CBS Buffalo aff
  
  Read more

• How to deep-fry your Thanksgiving turkey

  20-11-2016 15:47
  Thanksgiving is days away, and Bill Dover from Lowe's tells us how to deep-fry your turkey.He shares the do's and don'ts of frying your bird.
  
  Read more

• How to protect yourself against holiday scammers

  20-11-2016 15:22
  The holiday shopping season kicks off this week, and black Friday is right around the corner.But state officials remind you to guard yourself against scams before you enjoy your time shopping.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says you also have to be on alert when giving to charity.People may pretend to represent real charities when reaching out to you on the phone or outside stores and malls.A few things to be on the lookout for charity scams include:•Requests for payment using money-trans
  
  Read more

• Alan Miller commentary: Central Ohio has plenty to be thankful for

  20-11-2016 15:18
  Even those who lean toward a glass-half-empty attitude most of the year often acknowledge at Thanksgiving that they are blessed in more ways than they realize on most days. We all have been through a lot in the past year, especially a bruising presidential election that left lasting scars, but we are nothing if not resilient.
  
  Read more

• Theodore Decker commentary: Hilltop woman's modest plan for blighted property overrun by city program

  20-11-2016 13:34
  
  Her plans for the vacant lot next door had been modest. Margaret Jordan dreamed of putting in a garage and driveway. Maybe a tree, some flowers and a fence.
  
  Read more

• GOP wins over union members in Midwest

  20-11-2016 13:27
  
  WASHINGTON — Perhaps one of the more stunning aspects of the surprise presidential victory of Republican Donald Trump was the way that states in the industrial Midwest fell like dominoes for him.
  
  Read more

• Train in northern India derails, killing at least 45 people

  20-11-2016 13:06
  
  Fourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track early Sunday, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 120 in northern India, officials said.Volunteers and railway police pulled out the bodies from the mangled coaches and were working to rescue passengers who were trapped in other cars that fell on the side, said Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police, at the site of the accident.The derailment occurred around 3:10 a.m. near Purwa, a village near the industrial city
  
  Read more

• Amid wildfires, North Carolina getaway turns to ghost town

  20-11-2016 12:51
  
  Don Cason had his 125-year-old inn in the western North Carolina mountains booked solid for Veterans Day weekend, rooms full and restaurant reservations lined up.Guests came to the Esmeralda Inn & Restaurant in Chimney Rock to see late fall colors in the crisp mountain air. They ended up evacuating in a smoky haze.That Friday, Cason looked back as he drove away. Flames and plumes of smoke dwarfed the inn from the mountainside behind."I was looking at my inn, not knowing if I was telling it g
  
  Read more

• Space station receives oldest female astronaut, piece of mars

  20-11-2016 12:45
  
  The International Space Station gained three new residents Saturday, including the oldest and most experienced woman to orbit the world.A bit of Mars also arrived, courtesy of a Frenchman who brought along a small piece of a Mars meteorite.Launched Thursday from Kazakhstan, the Russian Soyuz capsule docked at the 250-mile-high outpost just an hour or two before NASA launched a weather satellite from Florida. The Soyuz delivered NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Ru
  
  Read more

• Pope Francis warns against "virus of polarization" over race, faith

  20-11-2016 12:39
  
  Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world targeting people of different nationalities, races or beliefs, as he led a ceremony Saturday giving the Roman Catholic Church 17 new cardinals from six continents.The consistory ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica formally inducted the churchmen into the cardinals’ ranks.Francis used his homily to also caution the new “princes of the church,” as cardinals are sometimes
  
  Read more

• Holy Chicken May Not be a Real Restaurant, But Still Delivers an Important Message

  20-11-2016 08:35
  
  Just like the tagline proclaims, Holy Chicken is indeed too good to be true. It’s not healthy. It’s not even likely to become a real restaurant beyond the four day pop-up. But the purpose behind it is indeed real, and the message it conveys is an important one. Holy Chicken founder and documentary filmmaker Morgan […]
  
  Read more

• Holy Chicken? Holy Cow! Was it all a stunt by 'Super Size Me' filmmaker?

  20-11-2016 06:46
  One of the "transparent" signs at Morgan Spurlock's four-day pop-up restaurant called Holy Chicken in Westerville on Saturday, November 19, 2016. The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.
  
  Read more

• Game-changing weather satellite blasts off

  20-11-2016 04:17
  
  A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket boosted a powerful new weather satellite into orbit Saturday, the first of four in an $11 billion upgrade to the nation’s forecasting infrastructure that will track and provide near real-time imagery of threatening storms, lightning and other weather phenomena.Running an hour late because of two last-minute snags, the towering rocket’s Russian-built RD-180 first-stage engine and four solid-fuel strap-on boosters ignited with a brilliant rush of
  
  Read more

• "He died doing what he does best": Surfer dies after slamming into Calif. pier

  20-11-2016 03:58
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- A Florida surfer who dreamed of riding Southern California waves has died doing what he loved.Dana Brown, 60, was paddling near the Huntington Beach pier near sunset on Nov. 6 when he was slammed into a pier pillar.He was underwater for several minutes before other surfers saw him and towed him to shore, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help pay for his funeral expenses.He died at a hospital four days later.Brown lived in a van with his father, George.Racheal Ka
  
  Read more

• Air ambulance plane crash kills 4 in northern Nevada

  20-11-2016 02:59
  
  ELKO, Nev.-- An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames.
  Three crew members and a patient were killed in the Friday night crash in Elko, American Medflight said Saturday in a statement.Elko, American Medflight said Saturday in a statement.According to Elko cardiologist Dr. Rodney Badger, the plane was carrying a heart patient to the University of Utah, El
  
  Read more

• Officers kill man after being struck by baton, NYPD says

  20-11-2016 02:54
  
  NEW YORK -- Police say a Brooklyn man was fatally shot during a skirmish with two police officers in a housing project hallway.New York housing police Chief James Secreto says one male and one female officer encountered the man around 1 p.m. Saturday on the ninth floor of the Van Dyke Houses in the Brownsville neighborhood. The New York Police Department’s Housing Bureau officers were responding to a 911 call reporting a suspicious person.When they asked for his ID, a scuffle ensued, and S
  
  Read more

• Retired teachers chapter joins Habitat for Humanity partnership

  20-11-2016 02:46
  All 88 local retired teacher chapters in Ohio, including Gallia County Retired Teachers Association, learned last year of a volunteer partnership to be established in 2016 between the Ohio Retired Teachers Association and Habitat for Humanity of Ohio. The partnership is intended to promote and encourage, both at the ORTA state level and, voluntarily, at the local chapter level, retired teacher volunteerism activities to support Habitat families' home-building efforts.
  
  Read more

• Ohio school board delays dozens of scheduled layoffs

  20-11-2016 02:45
  
  DAYTON, Ohio - A southwest Ohio school board has delayed about 40 scheduled layoffs to classroom aides, building trades workers and others until at least next month.The Dayton Board of Education on Thursday delayed scheduled layoffs and position removals until Dec. 6 after 20 administrators were laid off earlier this month.Board member John McManus was voted president pro tem after board president Adil Baguirov left mid-meeting. McManus made the motion to postpone the layoffs.Baguirov said later
  
  Read more

• Wake Forest University naming dorm for poet Maya Angelou

  20-11-2016 02:43
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou.The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017.University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou was a towering figure on campus and in American culture. Angelou taught a variety of humanities courses as a professor of American
  
  Read more

• Pregnant woman fatally shot; baby delivered by C-section

  20-11-2016 01:34
  
  VISALIA, Calif. - A pregnant woman was fatally shot at a busy Central California intersection, but her baby was saved after doctors delivered the boy by emergency C-section, authorities said.Vanessa Oviedo, 27, was shot in the head in an apparent gang-related shooting in Visalia on Thursday night, the Fresno Bee reported.The child is healthy and in stable condition, Visalia Police Lt. Brian Winter said.Oviedo, who was 35 weeks pregnant, was shot in a drive-by shooting near Ben Maddox Way and Hou
  
  Read more

• N.J. officer demoted after helping girl who saw father kill mother

  20-11-2016 00:39
  
  ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- A New Jersey officer has been demoted after leaving the scene of a shooting to drive a 7-year-old girl to police headquarters after the girl witnessed her father kill her mother.Asbury Park city manager Michael Capabianco on Friday upheld charges of incompetency, neglect of duty and three other counts against Capt. Marshawn Love.
  Love was demoted to sergeant and suspended for 120 days. Authorities say he shouldn’t have left the scene and should have taken command as th
  
  Read more

Follow @Colombus_News on Twitter!