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• Tips to prevent food poisoning during your Fourth of July cookout

  30-06-2017 23:26
  When it comes to the Fourth of July, there's no doubt a cookout will be part of the celebration.However, according to the Centers for Disease Control 48 million people get sick, are hospitalized or die from foodborne diseases every year.Columbus food experts said there are ways to protect yourself and your family."There is a simple phrase that I always think of first, and that is separate, don't cross-contaminate," said Donald Barrett, a food safety expert with Savor Safe Food."Meats have bacter
  
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• Secretary of State Husted says he'll deny Trump panel some voter data

  30-06-2017 23:07
  
  Ohio's elections chief said Friday he would provide a presidential commission looking into voter fraud with only the state voter information that is public.Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said he wouldn't turn over the last four digits of voters' Social Security numbers or their driver's license numbers to President Donald Trump's Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He called both confidential."Confidential info won't be provided to Pres Advisory Comm on Election Integrity," Hust
  
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• Trump suggests just repeal Obamacare, then try to replace it

  30-06-2017 22:44
  
  President Donald Trump barged into Senate Republicans' delicate health care negotiations Friday, declaring that if lawmakers can't reach a deal they should simply repeal "Obamacare" right away and then replace it later on.Trump's tweet revives an approach that GOP leaders and the president himself considered but dismissed months ago as impractical and politically unwise. And it's likely to further complicate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's task as he struggles to bridge the divide between GOP
  
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• Legionnairesa disease diagnosed in two inmates at prison hospital in Columbus

  30-06-2017 22:08
  The Franklin Medical Center prison hospital in Columbus has been hit with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, with two inmates diagnosed so far. Administrators at the medical center at 1990 Harmon Ave. have been aware of the problem for a week and are doing environmental tests to find the source of the problem, prison officials said Friday.
  
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• Columbus named 2nd buggiest city Updated at

  30-06-2017 22:08
  According to the TruGreen list, only Hartford, Connecticut, residents worry more about mosquitoes, ticks, ants, fleas and other bugs than Columbus-area residents.
  
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• Police: Gunman in NYC hospital shooting is dead

  30-06-2017 21:34
  
  The Latest on a shooting at Bronx Lebanon Hospital (all times local):4:05 p.m.A New York City police spokesman says the gunman inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital is dead.New York Police Department spokesman J. Peter Donald tweeted Friday afternoon that the shooter had died. Police say at least two victims have been shot.According to a law enforcement official, the shooter was wearing a lab coat and had the rifle concealed inside it. The official was not authorized to speak on an ongoing investiga
  
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• Gunman kills 1, hurts 6 at NYC hospital before killing self

  30-06-2017 21:34
  A doctor with a rifle hidden under a lab coat opened fire Friday at the Bronx hospital where he used to work, killing one person and wounding six others before taking his own life, authorities said.The shooting started at 2:50 p.m. inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital, drawing a heavy police presence to the area as officers with guns drawn told people to hide. Hospital employees barricaded themselves in rooms to escape the violence."I thought I was going to die," said Renaldo Del Villar, a 55-year-
  
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• Doctor accused of sex harassment kills 1 at NYC hospital

  30-06-2017 21:34
  A doctor forced from a New York hospital because of sexual harassment accusations returned Friday with an assault rifle hidden under a lab coat and shot seven people, killing one woman in an attack that left several doctors fighting for their lives, authorities said.The gunman, Dr. Henry Bello, fatally shot himself after trying to set himself on fire at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, they said. He staggered, bleeding, into a hallway where he collapsed and died with the rifle at his side, officials said
  
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• Faizon Love receives suspended sentence for Columbus airport assault

  30-06-2017 21:29
  
  Actor and comedian Faizon Love pleaded no contest to assaulting a valet at John Glenn Columbus International Airport on March 7.Authorities said that Love argued with the 24-year-old man and then assaulted him in a baggage claim area.They said Love grabbed the man behind the neck and threw him to the ground and into a desk, then pushed him down when he tried to get up.The Columbus Regional Airport Authority released video of the altercation.Love’s attorney said there was a disagreement ove
  
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• 1 critical after shooting in east Columbus

  30-06-2017 21:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Division of Police said one person was taken to the hospital Friday after a shooting on the city's east side.Authorities said the incident happened in the 2900 block of East 12th Avenue around 2:30 p.m.The shooting victim was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.Police have not released the identity of the person injured or information about a possible suspect.
  
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• Insurer to drop out of Ohio health care exchange in 2018

  30-06-2017 21:01
  
  A Dayton-based insurance company says it will drop out of Ohio's health care exchange for 2018.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Premier Health Plan's announcement Thursday leaves 20 Ohio counties with no health insurer on the state exchange next year. Premier's decision affects nine southwest Ohio counties. Anthem announced earlier this month it would not offer insurance on Ohio's exchange.Premier's president says the company can't plan and price affordable health insurance to sell on the ex
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers & storms Saturday

  30-06-2017 20:39
  This Evening:Muggy with a chance for showers and storms. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Showers and storms likely. Low 71. S wind 5 mph.
  Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers and storms. High 84. W wind 5 mph.
  Sunday: Pick day of the weekend. Mostly sunny with a high near 86. W wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Warm and humid this evening. Showers and storms are developing to our northwest. They will likely pus
  
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• Plane crashes in flames on California freeway, 2 injured

  30-06-2017 20:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — A small twin-engine plane dropped out of the sky and exploded in flames on a busy freeway near a Southern California airport Friday morning, injuring the two people aboard but clipping only one passing vehicle, a fire official said.The Cessna 310 aircraft crashed on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa around 9:30 a.m., said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.The pilot declared an emergency shortly after takin
  
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• U.S. Convention center hotels boost both supply, demand | By John Kelley, III

  30-06-2017 19:56
  Municipalities across the United States are seeking approvals, funding or public-private partnerships to develop or redevelop their convention centers with an attached, big-box hotel. City councils in Kansas City and Oklahoma City are in process of getting approvals and funding secured while Portland, Oregon, and Chicago have such projects underway.
  
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• San Antonio officer shot while investigating vehicle break-in dies

  30-06-2017 18:54
  
  SAN ANTONIO -- A police officer in San Antonio died Friday of wounds suffered when he and his partner were shot by a man they intended to question about a vehicle break-in, police said.Officer Miguel Moreno, a nine-year veteran of the police force, was shot in the head during the encounter Thursday. The gunman fired on Moreno and partner Julio Cavazos as they stepped out of their patrol car. Cavazos also was shot but returned fire and attempted to pull Moreno out of the line of fire.Cavazos unde
  
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• San Antonio officer shot in head "not expected to survive"

  30-06-2017 18:54
  
  SAN ANTONIO -- Police say two officers were investigating vehicle break-ins in San Antonio when one of two men they approached pulled a handgun and shot the officers, mortally wounding one of them.San Antonio Chief William McManus said during a news conference Friday that officer Miguel Moreno was struck in the head Thursday and is "not expected to survive." His partner Julio Cavazos underwent surgery and is expected to recover from his wounds.Chief McManus said the gunman died in the shootout.
  
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• Mazda car parking brake may not hold, company issues recall

  30-06-2017 18:33
  
  DETROIT — Mazda is recalling more than 307,000 cars because the parking brake may not fully release or could fail to hold the cars, increasing the risk of a crash.The recall covers certain Mazda 6 cars from the 2014 and 2015 model years and the Mazda 3 from 2014 through 2016.The company says water can get into the brake caliper, causing a shaft to corrode and bind. If that happens, the parking brake can get stuck in the on position or fail to fully engage. That can let the cars roll unexpe
  
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• Best Movies of 2017 So Far!

  30-06-2017 18:00
  
  Lands a goshen, the year’s half over already. How did that happen? Well, I’ve watched 161 films so far this year. Whew! That is a lot. I’m not going to lie to you — I’ve forgotten most of them.
  But not all! Which have been the best? Let’s have a look.
  1. Get Out
  You want to know the fears and anxieties at work in any modern population? Just look at their horror films.
  You probably knew that. The stumper, then, is what took so long for a film to manifest the fe
  
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• Ohio attorney general issues warning about home rental scams

  30-06-2017 17:56
  
  The Ohio attorney general sent a warning Friday alerting potential rental of scams reported in the state.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says his office has received over 40 reports of home rental scams in 2017.How the scam worksThe Ohio Attorney General’s Office says in a typical rental scam, a con artist posts an ad online offering a house or apartment for rent. When interested consumers respond to the ad, the con artist tells them to send a deposit. The consumers soon discover that th
  
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• Legionnaires' found at Ohio prison hospital

  30-06-2017 17:48
  
  Two inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease at Ohio's prison hospital.State prison officials say environmental tests have been done in hopes of finding the source of illnesses at the Franklin Medical Center in Columbus.The prison hospital houses close to 600 inmates who need medical and long-term care.Officials earlier this week sent out an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press that advises people not to drink the tap water.Another update sent Thursday says most of the fa
  
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• Watchdog finds sarin used in deadly attack in Syria

  30-06-2017 17:35
  
  An investigation by the international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly April 4 attack on a Syrian town, but a report released Friday stopped short of saying who was responsible.The attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Syria's Idlib province killed more than 90 people, including women and children. It sparked outrage around the world as photos and video of the aftermath, including quivering children dying on camera, were widely broadcast."I strongly condemn thi
  
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• Doppler 10: Showers & storms return Friday

  30-06-2017 17:31
  Today:Off and on showers and storms, not a washout, though.High 84.
  Tonight: Showers and storms at times, muggy.Low 70
  Saturday: Showers and storms early then a few scattered storm in the afternoon.High 83.
  Sunday: Mostly sunny skies and seasonable, the pick of the weekend.High 84Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Unsettled weather will continue across the area today.We’ll see a batch of showers and storms this morning with more storms
  
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• Trump ups trade tensions with South Korea in welcoming new leader

  30-06-2017 17:21
  WASHINGTON —President Donald Trump and South Korea's new leader showed joint resolve on North Korea on Friday despite their divergent philosophies for addressing the nuclear threat, yet the U.S. opened up a new front of discord by demanding a renegotiation of a landmark 2012 trade pact between the two countries.Concluding two days of meetings at the White House, Trump and President Moon Jae-in each delivered tough talk opposing North Korea's development of atomic weapons that could soon th
  
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• Trump, South Korea's leader returning to talks on trade, North Korea

  30-06-2017 17:21
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday will discuss North Korea and trade with South Korea's new leader, whose pro-engagement stance toward the North could clash with the U.S. administration's intent to crank up sanctions.Trump welcomed South Korean President Moon Jae-in for formal talks at the White House. The two leaders had their first meeting over dinner Thursday, shortly after the Treasury Department blacklisted a Chinese bank accused of conducting millions in illicit business
  
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• Heart transplant survivor dies after giving birth to first child

  30-06-2017 17:18
  
  A woman who survived a heart transplant surgery seven years ago died less than 24 hours after giving birth to her first child, CBS affiliate KMOV reports.Musician Nathan Johnson and his wife Megan welcomed their newborn daughter into the world just before 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning.Megan had a smooth delivery, Nathan's bandmate, Josh Wilson, wrote on the family's GoFundMe page.Her husband posted a photo on Instagram to celebrate the birth of their daughter. Happy Birthday Eilee Kate Johnson. M
  
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• Local Fabric Designer April Rhodes Releases Two New Collections

  30-06-2017 17:00
  
  April Rhodes, local fabric designer and Columbus native, released two new collections of fabric in early June. Both collections tap into her heritage and draw inspiration from her family and their background.
  Rhodes began sewing at a young age, learning from her mother and grandmother. Her formal career in fabric began at her mother’s sewing shop in Worthington, Sew to Speak, as a fabric buyer for the shop. She also designed sewing patterns, and from there branched into fabric design, her
  
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• Ohio budget opens bachelor's options at community colleges

  30-06-2017 16:45
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's community colleges could request to offer bachelor's degrees in certain circumstances under provisions of the state budget bill before Gov. John Kasich.The Springfield News-Sun reports the bill would allow the chancellor of higher education to approve applied bachelor's degree programs at a community college if the school can demonstrate the degree would serve a workforce need or a growing long-term need. Unusual degree programs that demonstrate "a unique approach"
  
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• Boat pulling people on floats comes dangerously close to sharks

  30-06-2017 16:29
  
  DANA POINT, Calif. -- Lifeguards posted new warnings after several sharks, possibly great white, were spotted just feet away from a paddleboarder and a boat towing people on inflatable water toys in Southern California.CBS Los Angeles reports Barry Curtis was flying his drone and videotaped the encounter -- which involved two great white sharks that measured over six feet long -- on Sunday night at Doheny State Beach.Curtis says a lifeguard ran to alert a supervisor and showed him what he filmed
  
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• Police revive same man from an overdose 20 times

  30-06-2017 15:44
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — An Ohio police officer says one man has been revived with the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone 20 times by police, but he still disagrees with a city councilman who asked if it's possible for emergency crews to stop responding to drug overdose calls.Dayton Police Major Brian Johns tells the Dayton Daily News law enforcement took an oath to protect life, comparing the situation to a first responder not doing CPR on an obese person because they have poor dietary habits.Middle
  
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• Setting your sights on the best seat for Red, White & Boom!

  30-06-2017 15:39
  Teams are setting up for Monday's Red, White & Boom! with 48,000 pounds of fireworks.Attendance is expected to hit 400,000 this year, and there are some changes you need to know about.Construction will keep people from watching at COSI.Instead, you can go to the Rich and Town Street bridges, Civic Center Drive, or North Bank Park.Party on the Park and Children's Park are being moved to Spring Street.The vendors and stages usually seen on Nationwide Boulevard have been moved to Neil Avenue an
  
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• Fans And Celebrities Came To Prodigy's Funeral

  30-06-2017 15:16
  "On Thursday, June 29th, Queens rapper Prodigy was laid to rest. The Mobb Deep rapper's service was held in Manhattan, with both a public and private viewing.
  
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• Nike to start selling sneakers through online giant Amazon

  30-06-2017 14:54
  
  Nike says it's working on a test program to sell some of its sneakers through e-commerce giant Amazon.Nike boss Mark Parker says in the early stages only a small selection of shoes, clothing and accessories will be available on the platform. Nike may sell more products on Amazon if the test is successful.Shoppers can already find Nike products on Amazon, but they are sold by third-party sellers. Nike says the partnership can help it better control its brand's presentation on the site. Seattle-ba
  
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• Cap City Dublin Opening Soon

  30-06-2017 14:00
  
  As Cameron Mitchell Restaurants continues to grow and add new concepts, in the mean time an old classic has gotten a revamp. Cap City Fine Diner has two locations in Gahanna and Grandview, and soon its clientele will have a third option at Bridge Park in Dublin.
  “We haven’t opened one in 20 years,” said founder Cameron Mitchell. “We always said if we opened a third, we’d like to open in Dublin. This opportunity came up, and we thought it was a good opportunity to do
  
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• Simone Veil, iconic European feminist politician, dies at 89

  30-06-2017 12:36
  
  Simone Veil, a French survivor of Nazi death camps and European Parliament president who spearheaded abortion rights as one of France's most prominent woman politicians, has died. She was 89.The office of her son Jean Veil said Friday that Simone Veil died, without providing further information. No information was immediately available about memorial ceremonies.Tributes poured in Friday from politicians across the spectrum for a centrist politician and avowed feminist respected even by rivals.Ve
  
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• Statehouse showdown: Ohio Gov. John Kasich faces midnight deadline on Medicaid freeze

  30-06-2017 12:33
  Republican legislators in Ohio are bracing for a veto fight with GOP Gov. John Kasich as the national health care debate hits the 2016 presidential contender on his home turf.Conservatives have called on the outspoken Kasich to set a national example by leaving in place a state budget provision calling for freezing new enrollment under Medicaid expansion starting July 1, 2018. Kasich must decide by midnight Friday.Allowing the freeze would mark a stunning reversal for Kasich. He's been one of th
  
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• Statehouse showdown: Gov. Kasich faces midnight deadline on Medicaid freeze

  30-06-2017 12:33
  Republican legislators in Ohio are bracing for a veto fight with GOP Gov. John Kasich as the national health care debate hits the 2016 presidential contender on his home turf.Conservatives have called on the outspoken Kasich to set a national example by leaving in place a state budget provision calling for freezing new enrollment under Medicaid expansion starting July 1, 2018. Kasich must decide by midnight Friday.Allowing the freeze would mark a stunning reversal for Kasich. He's been one of th
  
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• German lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage

  30-06-2017 12:24
  
  German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position.Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing "marriage for everybody" and 226 against with 4 abstentions.Merkel herself voted against the measure, but paved the way for Friday's vote after saying Monday that lawmakers could take up the issue as a "question of conscience" - freeing members of her conservative coalition, which has been against same-sex marriage,
  
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• Ohio police ID 1989 body as Michigan man, seek his family

  30-06-2017 12:19
  
  Police in northern Ohio say a body that washed up on the Lake Erie shoreline in 1989 has been identified decades later as a man from suburban Detroit, and they're trying to locate his relatives.Lorain police say investigators couldn't identify the body when it was found, but recent technological advances helped the FBI determine it was 36-year-old Terrence Patrick Brennan.His body was found among rocks behind a shoreline property on April 3, 1989, wearing blue jeans, a shirt and one cowboy boot.
  
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• China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan

  30-06-2017 11:44
  
  Beijing has strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang on Friday said Washington should immediately stop the sale to avoid harming relations with Beijing.He said the deal would severely damage China's sovereignty and security interests and runs contrary to Washington's commitment to a "one-China" policy.The U.S. State Department approved the arms sales on Thursday, the first such de
  
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• #WhatsTrending Beyonce cordially invited to Lindsays Lohan Birthday Party

  30-06-2017 10:48
  Her friends, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and a postpartum BeyoncA©. The birthday: Lohan's 31st.
  
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• People forced out of homes during east Columbus SWAT situation

  30-06-2017 08:06
  
  Columbus police asked several people to leave their apartments in east Columbus early Friday morning due to a barricade situation near Kimberly Parkway North.Police said officers were serving a warrant to a person inside a Chatham Village apartment, near the 4600 block of Muirwood Drive shortly after midnight.That's when the person barricaded themselves inside and the SWAT standoff began.Dispatchers did not release the name of the person inside nor did they know when people would be allowed back
  
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• House GOP backs bills to crack down on illegal immigration

  30-06-2017 06:32
  
  Warning of threats to public safety and national security, the Republican-led House on Thursday approved two bills to crack down on illegal immigration, a key priority for President Donald Trump.One bill would strip federal dollars from self-proclaimed "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a separate measure would stiffen punishments for people who re-enter the U.S. illegally.The sanctuary measure was approved 228-195, while the bill to punish depor
  
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• Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc, not extortion

  30-06-2017 06:29
  
  A cyberattack that caused indiscriminate economic damage around the world was apparently designed to create maximum havoc in Russia's neighbor and adversary Ukraine, security researchers said.While the rogue software used in the attack was configured as extortionate "ransomware," that may have just been a ruse."It is clear that this was targeted indiscriminately at Ukrainian businesses, and the Ukrainian government," Jake Williams, president of the security firm Rendition Infosec and a former me
  
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• Richard Oman, a a key architecta of Columbus Foundationa s growth, has died

  30-06-2017 06:25
  Oman, 91, who had homes in Columbus and Nantucket, Massachusetts, died on Wednesday in Massachusetts, according to the Columbus Foundation. A Columbus native, Oman earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University in 1948 and went on to graduate from the university's Law School in 1951.
  
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• Community outreach groups work to prevent more summer violence

  30-06-2017 03:47
  After two deadly shootings in two days claim the lives of a man and a teenage boy, community groups hit the streets to prevent more violence.Early Thursday, police thought they only had one gunshot victim, a 17-year-old who is expected to survive. But later, officers found 16-year-old Marquelis Barnes dead in a nearby yard.Now, local organizations, like the Columbus Urban League, are working to keep teenagers busy this summer.He says he's been shot, stabbed and given jail time, but now Oleatha W
  
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• Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected

  30-06-2017 02:59
  
  A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren't so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too.Administration officials promised that implement
  
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• Police: Venus Williams at fault in fatal car crash

  30-06-2017 02:44
  
  Tennis star Venus Williams caused a car crash earlier this month that led to the death of a passenger in another vehicle, according to a police report released Thursday.Palm Beach Gardens police say witnesses told investigators that Williams ran a red light in her 2010 Toyota Sequoia SUV, causing a June 9 crash that injured 78-year-old Jerome Barson, who died two weeks later.The report says a 2016 Hyundai Accent driven by Barson's wife, Linda, crashed into the side of Williams' SUV. Linda Barson
  
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• Ohio officer talks safety after accidental overdose during drug bust

  30-06-2017 02:17
  An Ohio police officer who accidentally overdosed on the job came to Columbus to share his scary story with local officers.Back in May, East Liverpool Officer Chris Green wiped a powdery substance off his shirt after a drug bust.The powder turned out to be fentanyl. Officer Green overdosed at his police station.Ohio officer recounts near-fatal contact with opioid after traffic stopThe DEA said fentanyl is 40 to 50 times more powerful than heroin."I can't preach it enough, safety. when you're sea
  
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