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• Police set detailed security plan for Columbus Pride Festival

  15-06-2017 23:55
  Several streets downtown were barricaded off Thursday by orange cones and metal signs as people prepare for the Columbus Pride Festival and Parade. Columbus Police expect 500,000 people to attend this weekend's events which means a need for heightened security and police presence."We take a look at how big it is, how many days it goes over," said Deputy Chief Michael Woods with the Columbus Police Department. "We want to make sure that we don't over respond but we want to respond appropriately."
  
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• Play ball! GOP, Dems to battle as 1: Team Scalise

  15-06-2017 23:48
  WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats fight for bragging rights Thursday in the annual Congressional Baseball game as one unit — Team Scalise.The opposing sides are paying tribute to Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority whip who was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Republican baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday. Scalise was fielding balls at second base when he was hit in the hip, and sustained grievous injuries as the bullet traveled through his pelvis and
  
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• A ballgame of unity, spirit, friendly rivalry: Congressional Baseball Game carries on

  15-06-2017 23:48
  
  Republicans and Democrats joined in a spirited, friendly rivalry Thursday at their annual Congressional Baseball game, many fresh from the penetrating horror of the ballfield shooting rampage a day earlier and all playing in honor of their grievously wounded colleague.The game at Nationals Park carried on a century-old bipartisan ritual, this one tinged with worry about Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise and their determination to answer the attack by coming together in sport. Democrats won in an 11-2
  
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• Pence hires outside legal counsel to respond to Russia investigation inquiries

  15-06-2017 23:42
  
  Vice President Mike Pence has hired outside legal counsel to oversee his response to investigations into possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.Pence's office confirms that he has retained Richard Cullen of McGuire Woods "to assist him in responding to inquiries by the special counsel."That's according to a statement from Pence spokesman Jarrod Agen.Richard previously served as Virginia attorney general and U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  
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• Chris Holtmann suspends freshman forward Derek Funderburk

  15-06-2017 23:32
  
  Freshman forward Derek Funderburk has been suspended from the Ohio State men’s basketball team, according to the university.Funderburk was suspended by new head coach Chris Holtmann for “failure to meet team expectations.”A native of Lakewood, Funderburk was redshirted last year and has four years of eligibility remaining.
  
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• Columbus man sentenced to life for killing niece, wounding nephew

  15-06-2017 23:21
  
  A man who shot his niece and nephew has been sentenced to life in prison.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced 60-year-old Milous Humphrey Keith pleaded guilty to one count of murder and one count of felonious assault.Keith killed his 12-year-old niece Cheyenne Stewart and wounded his nephew, 10-year-old ThaiJuan Green on July 17, 2016.O’Brien said Keith shot the children “to quiet them down” at his mother’s home on Kenview Road.Keith has the possibility
  
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• Court docs: Columbus man to plead guilty in case linked to extremists

  15-06-2017 23:07
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Court documents say a plea deal has been reached in the case of an Ohio man accused of trying to travel to Libya to join the Islamic State group.A document filed in federal court Thursday says Aaron Daniels, of Columbus, will plead guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.Authorities allege Daniels wired $250 to an Islamic State operative in January 2016 and told an undercover informant he was interested in traveling
  
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• Cancer survivor summits top peaks in the world to inspire others

  15-06-2017 22:58
  One cancer survivor isn't just moving mountains since his treatment at Riverside Hospital, he's climbing them.A lot of them.Sean Swarner is back in Central Ohio to talk about overcoming the impossible.At 13, Swarner was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The cancer ravaged his lymph nodes and affected every part of his body. The radiation left him with only one fully functioning lung.“At one point in my life, I was only given 14 days to live,”said Swarner.He received
  
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• Columbus Pride an opportunity to break myth about LGBT organ donation

  15-06-2017 22:52
  Today, Andrew Banacki has no problem stating that he is an out, proud, gay man. It wasn't always so easy."It took a long time for me to understand," he said. "Because really my high school, middle school, growing up (in a) conservative area, I didn't really know any other members of the gay community."His family faced the same challenge."It wasn't the happiest time. But we made it through, and they're more than accepting now."They would be tested again three years ago when his father went into k
  
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• AHF Promotes a oeOne Community, One Lovea at Columbus Pride

  15-06-2017 22:37
  World's largest AIDS organization, marking 30-year history of care and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ community, will take part in more than two dozen Pride celebrations across the country AHF's "One Community, One Love" custom-wrapped bus is scheduled to appear in Pride parades in U.S. cities including Brooklyn ; Long Island ; Washington, DC ; Columbus, OH ; Houston ; New York City, NY ; San Diego ; Oakland, CA ; Dallas ; Atlanta, GA ; and Las Vegas . )-- AIDS Healthcare
  
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• Actor Cory Hardrict Talks 'All Eyez on Me'

  15-06-2017 22:37
  I'm DJn his set so we bout to set Columbus on Y" Y" Y" Y" #DownWithTheKing 11. #rp @LILDonAIR: "I said "hey @djmrking we should dress alike!" He said "that's corny."
  
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• Doctors: Student freed by N. Korea has severe brain damage

  15-06-2017 22:16
  
  An American college student who emerged from prison in North Korea in a coma has severe brain damage, but doctors do not know what caused it, a medical team treating him in Ohio said Thursday.The doctors described Otto Warmbier, 22, as being in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness," but declined to discuss his outlook for improvement, saying such information would be kept confidential."He has spontaneous eye opening and blinking," said Dr. Daniel Kanter, director of neurocritical care for the Un
  
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• Former homeless shelter being renovated into apartments

  15-06-2017 21:56
  What's old is new again.The Faith Mission homeless shelter has housed homeless men and women for 50 years.It started with 12 people. Today it serves nearly 300.But when a local developer offered to buy the building for nearly a half-million dollars, Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio says it was an opportunity it couldn't pass up.It took the offer and renovated a vacant Verizon building next door to its headquarters. The move makes it easier for the homeless to get their meals instead of w
  
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• Trump tweets obstruction of justice reports are "phony"

  15-06-2017 21:37
  President Donald Trump complained on social media about the wide-ranging investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election as Robert Mueller appeared to widen his probe to include whether Trump tried to obstruct justice."You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people!" Trump wrote on Twitter, in a pair of messages that ended with a reference to his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."The president expre
  
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• $75M bond set for Ohio man accused of killing 5 people

  15-06-2017 21:29
  
  A man charged with killing five people kept his head bowed and wiped away tears Thursday during a court appearance where a judge set a $75 million bond on aggravated murder charges in the deaths of a mother and her two college-age daughters.George Brinkman Jr. didn't enter a plea during the brief appearance in Parma Municipal Court. He was charged Wednesday in the deaths of Suzanne Taylor and her daughters, 21-year-old Taylor Pifer and 18-year-old Kylie Pifer. Their bodies were found Sunday at t
  
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• Doppler 10: Staying hot and muggy

  15-06-2017 21:20
  This Evening: Warm and muggy with spotty storms, especially east of Route 23.Heavy rain possible.
  Tonight: Spotty storms early then muggy with a little patchy fog.Low 68.Winds: WSW 3-6 mph.
  Friday: Hazy, hot and humid.High 89, feeling like the low 90s.Winds: SE 3-6 mph.
  Saturday: Partly to mostly cloudy with the chance for spotty storms late.High 90.Winds: SSW 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Spotty to scattered storms will be poss
  
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• Sale on milk and eggs: Competition forcing Kroger to slash prices

  15-06-2017 20:45
  
  Intense competition among grocers is forcing Kroger to slash prices on popular items like milk and eggs — staples that help sway where shoppers go.The company, which operates Fred Meyer, Ralphs and Fry's, on Thursday reported its second straight quarter of declining sales after more than seven years of uninterrupted growth. It also cut its profit outlook for the year, citing the moves it's making to adapt to the "upheaval" in food retailing and to keep prices competitive.Kroger said it had
  
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• Trump says Scalise 'in some trouble' as House gavels back in after shooting

  15-06-2017 20:44
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that wounded GOP Congressman Steve Scalise is "in some trouble" but "he's going to be OK, we hope," offering that assessment as a shaken U.S. House gaveled back into session a day after the shooting of Scalise and others at a baseball field."It's been much more difficult than people even thought at the time," Trump said of the treatment of Scalise, the No. 3 GOP leader, who is in critical condition and underwent a third surgery at the MedSt
  
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• Police: We may never ID all London fire victims

  15-06-2017 19:22
  
  London Police are expressing concern that they may not be able to identify all of the people who died in the tragic west London apartment tower fire.Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy says the recovery of the remains at the charred 24-story tower will take some time. He says it may be weeks or even months before a full search of the building can take place.Cundy says "there is a risk that, sadly, we may not be able to identify everybody."Police say that 17 people died in the fire and tha
  
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• Pilot injured when blimp goes down at US Open in Wisconsin

  15-06-2017 18:50
  
  A blimp caught fire and crashed to the ground near the U.S. Open golf tournament, injuring the pilot and causing an explosion on the ground.Twitter users posted clips showing the blimp falling from the sky near the golf tournament, which is being held at Erin Hills Golf Course in Hartford, Wisconsin. The Latest on the crash of an advertising blimp at the U.S. Open (all times local):2:15 p.m.A woman who witnessed the crash of a small blimp near the Wisconsin golf course where the U.S. Open is und
  
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• Blimp catches fire and crashes near U.S. Open

  15-06-2017 18:50
  
  A blimp caught fire and crashed to the ground near the U.S. Open golf tournament, injuring the pilot and causing an explosion on the ground.AirSign, an advertising firm, was operating the blimp. Patrick Walsh, the company's CEO, tells CBS News the cause of the fire is still under investigation.Jeff Alstadter, a spokesman for the U.S. Golf Association (USGA), said in a statement that the blimp crashed around 11:15 a.m. local time in an open field a half mile from the golf course.Twitter users pos
  
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• Court disbars lawyer linked to treasurera s office bribery scam

  15-06-2017 17:52
  A Columbus lawyer convicted in a $3.2 million bribery and kickback scheme involving a former deputy state treasurer was disbarred from the practice of law today. The Ohio Supreme Court permanently revoked the license of Mohammed Noure Alo due to his criminal conviction and accepting $230,000 in legal fees from clients for work never performed.
  
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• Deadlock in Cosby trial, jury told to keep at it

  15-06-2017 17:46
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial told a judge Thursday they're deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but the judge told them to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision.The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O'Neill they couldn't reach a verdict on any of the three counts against the 79-year-old comedian.The judge sent them back to the jury room to keep talking.As deliberations dragged
  
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• NCAA suspends Louisville' Rick Pitino after escort investigation

  15-06-2017 17:40
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation.The governing body also handed down other penalties Thursday, including placing the basketball program on four years' probation, vacating wins in which ineligible players participated and issuing a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director Andre McGee.Former escort Katina Powell alleged that McGee had hire
  
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• Louisville's Rick Pitino suspended for 5 ACC games

  15-06-2017 17:40
  
  The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation.The governing body on Thursday also placed the basketball program on four years' probation, vacated wins in which ineligible players participated and handed down a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director Andre McGee.The long-awaited announcement reiterated the NCAA's original view that Pitino should have known about McGee's act
  
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• Orange Barrel Alert: More delays on I-270 this weekend

  15-06-2017 17:24
  
  For drivers headed to Easton, Westerville or New Albany, ODOT advises drivers to read the sign and pick your lane safely on I-270.Concrete repairs on the east side are a part of a 14 million dollar project that is widening the I-670/I-270 interchange.FRIDAY, JUNE 16 - MONDAY, JUNE 198 PM: I-270 north thru lanes will close north of Hamilton Road. Prior to Easton, northbound traffic must stay right of the concrete barrier.8 PM: The ramp from US 62 west to I-270 north will close.
  Detour: US 62 west
  
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• Student freed by North Korea has severe neurological injury

  15-06-2017 16:26
  
  WYOMING, Ohio — An American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea and returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma suffered a "severe neurological injury," a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.Otto Warmbier is in stable condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with his mother by his side, hospital spokeswoman Kelly Martin said. Doctors planned an update later Thursday.His father, Fred Warmbier, said he does not believe North Korea's explanation that the coma res
  
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• Father of freed student says son was 'brutalized' by captors in North Korea

  15-06-2017 15:55
  
  WYOMING, Ohio — The father of an American college student released by North Korea and now hospitalized in a coma says his son was "brutalized" by his captors.Fred Warmbier told Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Wednesday from his Ohio home that his son, Otto, "is not in great shape right now."LIVE: Family of Otto Warmbier makes first public statements since his release: "Otto has been terrorized and brutalized for 18 months by a pariah regime in North Korea," the father said in an interview sche
  
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• Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs caught after year on lam

  15-06-2017 15:44
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has been captured in South Dakota while apparently living out of his pickup truck after nearly a year on the run, authorities said Thursday.Jeffs was alone near a lakeside marina and hours away from a compound run by the polygamous group when an off duty police detective spotted the truck Thursday that a tipster told police the days earlier Jeffs was driving, said Eric Barnhart, FBI Special Agent in Charge for the Salt Lake City Division.J
  
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• Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs captured after 1 year

  15-06-2017 15:44
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs was captured Wednesday night in South Dakota after being on the run for nearly a year after escaping from home confinement in Utah pending trial on food stamp fraud charges.The FBI announced the capture Thursday morning with a Tweet: "#ARRESTED: FLDS leader Lyle Jeffs in custody after nearly a year on the lam."FBI spokeswoman Sandra Barker confirmed the arrest and said more details would be provided later in the day.The group, known as the
  
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• Gas leak closes roadways on southeast side

  15-06-2017 15:44
  
  A gas leak at a south side business closed a portion of Alum Creek Drive Thursday morning.Columbus Fire crews were called to a business on Holtzman Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. after a gas leak was reported.All of Alum Creek Drive was closed between East Main Street and East Livingston Avenue. Nelson Road was also closed at East Main Street.
  
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• Alexandria shooting heroes credited with preventing massacre

  15-06-2017 15:29
  The three Capitol Police officers who immediately returned fire when a gunman attacked a Republican baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, are being called heroes.Special Agents Crystal Griner, David Bailey and Henry Cabrera were on the scene when James T. Hodgkinson opened fire.Griner and Bailey rushed him, despite their own wounds.CBS News correspondent Chip Reid reports that as a member of the Republican leadership Rep. Steve Scalise travels with a protective detail of Capitol Police offi
  
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• Suspect identified in China kindergarten explosion; 8 killed

  15-06-2017 14:43
  
  BEIJING — ​A suspect has been identified in an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China and the death toll on Friday rose to eight from a blast that struck as relatives were picking up their children at the end of the day.Police were investigating the explosion as a criminal act and said they had "targeted" a suspect, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It was unclear if the suspect was apprehended and no potential motive was provided.Two people died at th
  
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• Government: 7 killed in explosion at east China kindergarten

  15-06-2017 14:43
  
  BEIJING — Seven people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion Thursday at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China as relatives were picking up their children at the end of the school day, local officials said.The blast at the Chuangxin Kindergarten in Fengxian, which struck at 4:50 p.m., was under investigation, the Xuzhou city government in Jiangsu province said on its microblog.It wasn't immediately clear whether the explosion was deliberately set or the result of an accide
  
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• One killed in Madison County crash

  15-06-2017 14:04
  
  One person was killed in a crash involving several tractor-trailers early Thursday morning.According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, one tractor-trailer collided with several others around 3:30 a.m. along I-70 near State Route 56.Westbound I-70 was closed at 56 for much of the morning.As of 8:00 a.m., one westbound lane was open around the crash. The closure of the other two lanes was expected to last until midday Thursday.Troopers were not able to immediately confirm if there were any other p
  
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• Joe Blundo: Did Columbus really have the nationa s first junior high school?

  15-06-2017 13:23
  Ohio State University announced last week that it would pursue buying the old Indianola Junior High School building, at 420 E. 19th Ave.  Indianola, established in 1909 in a different building, is often referred to as the first junior high in the nation. I have written so myself, thinking that it is an undisputed fact.
  
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• Holtmann contract offers bonuses for winning, good grades

  15-06-2017 13:17
  
  New Ohio State basketball coach Chris Holtmann's $3 million annual contract includes incentives for making the NCAA Tournament and ensuring his players get good grades.Ohio State signed the former Butler coach to an eight-year deal to replace Thad Matta, who was fired June 5. The contract still has to be approved by university trustees, but Ohio State released the terms Wednesday.The contract contains bonuses for winning, including $40,000 for making the NCAA Tournament and $100,000 for winning
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents Behind the Scenes with Beth Josephsen of Actors’ Theatre

  15-06-2017 13:00
  In her ninth season with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus, Beth Josephsen is an actor, director, acting coach and artist educator teaching theater techniques in schools throughout central Ohio. She has performed around the world, on stages big and small, with highlights including A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Virginia Arts Festival, Ordinal Five at the Tate Modern Museum in London, and, most recently, portraying the role of Mrs. Cheveley in the Actors’ Theatre of Columbus product
  
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• Living near an airport can affect blood pressure

  15-06-2017 12:59
  New research shows people who live near an airport and are exposed long-term to aircraft noise may have an increased risk of high blood pressure.The study published in "Occupational & Environmental Medicine" also suggests the exposure to aircraft noise could cause heart flutter and stroke.The study followed 420 people living near Athens International Airport in Athens, Greece.Researchers found noise late at night and during the early morning hours had the biggest effect.
  
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• Wallenda hangs by teeth from helicopter over Niagara Falls

  15-06-2017 12:53
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Erendira Wallenda, the aerialist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda, successfully hung by her teeth from a helicopter over Niagara Falls on Thursday, pulling off the stunt five years to the day her husband walked a tight rope over the falls.The 36-year-old mother of three was tethered to a hoop suspended from a helicopter 300 feet (91 meters) above the water. After performing a few acrobatic maneuvers, she briefly hung twice by her teeth with the use of a mouth guard in b
  
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• Erendira Wallenda looks to beat husband Nik's Niagara Falls stunt

  15-06-2017 12:53
  
  A little competition between spouses will give people at Niagara Falls and viewers around the world quite the show.Thursday morning, Erendira Wallenda plans to outdo her husband, daredevil Nik Wallenda, by hanging by her teeth over the Falls.She will hang 300 feet above the Niagara Falls from a helicopter, as she performs acrobatic moves and finishes the stunt by holding on by just her teeth.This would beat Nik's height record where he hung by his teeth at 250 feet above Silver Dollar City in Br
  
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• House back in session as lawmakers offer prayers for wounded

  15-06-2017 11:02
  
  WASHINGTON — The House gaveled back into session Thursday a day after a shooting critically wounded a top GOP leader, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and injured several others, including Capitol Police officers.Lawmakers of both parties, shaken by the events of the previous day, took turns offering prayers for the wounded and calls for unity as they spoke on the House floor."When tragedy strikes we are family," said Rep. Nanette Barragan of California, who plays on the Democratic basebal
  
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• Congress heads back to work after shooting

  15-06-2017 11:02
  
  The business of the House was resuming a day after a rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and hitting aides and Capitol police. The assailant, who had nursed grievances against President Donald Trump and the GOP, fought a gun battle with police before he, too, was shot and later died.Colleagues said Scalise, who had been fielding balls at second base, dragged himself away
  
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• Syrian teen, other kids, honored for beating the odds

  15-06-2017 08:59
  She learned dozens - sometimes hundreds - of new words each night. Sara Abou Rashed fought off sleep and she fought through tears as she read, translating nearly every line of her textbooks.
  
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• Port of Charleston terminal evacuated over 'potential threat'

  15-06-2017 07:33
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a "potential threat" in a container aboard a ship at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina.The ship, Maersk Memphis, is at the Wando terminal. The terminal is used for container cargo, and has been evacuated to allow federal, state and local bomb detection units to investigate.The threat came in at about 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday the Coast Guard said in a statement without providing additional details.#Update A 1 NM safety zone has been established around the
  
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• Trump sits by wounded Scalise's bedside

  15-06-2017 05:44
  
  President Donald Trump sat by Rep. Steve Scalise's bedside and spoke with the House Majority Whip's family during a visit Wednesday evening to the hospital where Scalise remains in critical condition.Press Secretary Sean Spicer describes the scene in the intensive care unit as "emotional."Spicer says the president was also briefed by Scalise's medical team and spoke with Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner, who was shot in the ankle during the attack on a Republican Congressional baseball prac
  
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• Man given 2 years for forged credit cards

  15-06-2017 04:47
  A Columbus man was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday afternoon after he pleaded guilty to forgery for using stolen credit cards.Glen Allen Graves, 46, appeared in Delaware County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon to be sentenced for four counts of forgery, fifth-degree felonies.Graves pleaded guilty to the charges at a hearing on ... (more)
  
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• Lawmakers talk more security, packing a gun after shooting

  15-06-2017 03:25
  
  One Republican congressman says he's going to start carrying a gun in public after a gunman opened fire on a baseball practice, injuring Rep. Steve Scalise and several others. Some lawmakers want beefed up security at town halls.Wednesday's shooting jolted many lawmakers, leaving them feeling vulnerable. And as the political rhetoric becomes shriller, many members of Congress said they are receiving more threats, by email and by phone.Shortly after the shooting, Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., rece
  
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