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• CBO: Latest health bill would leave 32 million more uninsured in 2026

  19-07-2017 23:44
  
  Thirty-two million more people would become uninsured over the next decade under a plan to repeal Obamacare now and replace it later, according to a cost estimate released Wednesday evening by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).The CBO score also projects 17 million more people would become uninsured next year, compared to current law. It also estimates that average premiums would increase by about 25 percent.The measure appeared to be similar to a 2015 Senate-passed bill that Pre
  
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• Man dies after being hit by vehicle in Hilliard

  19-07-2017 23:35
  
  HILLIARD, Ohio - A man has died less than a week after being hit by a vehicle in Hilliard.Hilliard police said 27-year-old Lester Ferrell, Jr. was hit while crossing Main Street near Wakefield Drive in a marked pedestrian crossing on July 14 around 4:30 p.m.Police said the vehicle was being driven southbound by a 17-year-old driver.Ferrell was taken to a local hospital in serious condition and later died from his injuries on July 18, according to police.Police said the crash is still under inves
  
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• Investigation underway after threats sent to Coshocton Municipal Court

  19-07-2017 23:34
  
  COSHOCTON, Ohio – Authorities are investigating threats made to the Coshocton Municipal Court on Wednesday.Coshocton Fire Department Chief Mike Layton said an envelope was received at the courthouse with a suspicious substance inside.Layton said a letter in the envelope claimed the substance was anthrax and there was a bomb in a car in the parking lot.The substance was tested and it was determined not to be anthrax, according to Layton.The FBI took the substance for further testing. Layton
  
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• Help available for some flood victims in Pickerington

  19-07-2017 23:19
  
  PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The city of Pickerington wants to hear from homeowners who had basements flood during last week’s storms.The Preston Trails neighborhood was hit especially hard. Mayor Lee Gray would like anyone in that neighborhood with flood damage to contact the city.Pickerington is filing assistance requests with the State of Ohio.Contact city manager Bill Vance at [email protected]. Provide your name, cell phone number and a short summary of the flood problems.
  
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• AHA Children's Museum in Lancaster building new facility

  19-07-2017 22:59
  
  It's a place to let your child explore, have fun and learn. But the AHA Children’s Museum is quickly growing out of its current space and is looking to move.It’s in the heart of Lancaster right now but will soon grow into a bigger space about to be built behind the River Valley Mall.The museum started in 2008 by a few area moms who were looking for something for their kids to do.It has fun, educational exhibits as well as art and science programs.It’s become an attraction for f
  
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• National Program Centralizing Women’s Issues to Visit Columbus, Provide Training

  19-07-2017 22:22
  
  In the last year alone, a constant push has established itself to diversify voices and participation in politics and leadership. The emergence of organizations training women to run for office, like She Should Run, Emerge, Ready to Run, and Vote, Run, Lead, proves that. Galvanize, a program launched by national organization United State of Women […]
  
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• Teen accused of making explosives says he messed up

  19-07-2017 22:16
  From inside his Columbus apartment, one of the two teenagers charged for making explosive devices said had no intention of hurting anyone or anything.He says he made his homemade explosives in his bedroom and ever since he was a little boy he was fascinated with fireworks.Investigators with Columbus Division of Fire were first were notified of a bomb found in a retention pond inside a Lewis Center housing development on June 15.A resident on Arrow Feather Lane found a fire extinguisher that had
  
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• Marysville Police investigating series of car break-ins

  19-07-2017 22:05
  Marysville police are investigating four thefts from motor vehicles that all occurred in the overnight hours leading into July 12.Police say thieves smashed out or removed windows and stole whatever they could grab, including a woman's purse, power tools, and even a loaded handgun hidden beneath a car seat.Marysville police chief, Floyd Golden, says the string of thefts is surprising because crime statistics show Marysville is one of the safest cities in Central Ohio."On the other hand, people b
  
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• Texas man charged after wife's body found in SUV in Ohio

  19-07-2017 21:33
  
  A Texas man has been charged with gross abuse of a corpse in Ohio after his wife's body was found in the hatchback of her sport-utility vehicle.A judge in Mansfield on Monday set a $1 million bond for 35-year-old Dequalan Harris, of Cedar Hill, Texas, The (Mansfield) News Journal has reported. Harris was arrested Saturday in Mansfield after Texas police asked officers to check on the missing woman, whose onboard system on her vehicle showed it was in Ohio.Mansfield police subsequently found Tama
  
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• Treatment center to help break Narcan, overdose cycle

  19-07-2017 21:27
  Officials agreed Tuesday to spend $5 million more to address one of the major concerns of emergency workers who respond to heroin overdoses in Franklin County. Too often, rescuers rushed overdose cases to the hospitals, but the victims walked right back out to use again because there was no room for them in treatment facilities.
  
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• Former Newcomerstown officer pleads not guilty to false shooting claim charges

  19-07-2017 21:03
  
  A former Ohio police officer has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to cover up a suicide attempt by falsely claiming he'd been shot during a traffic stop.Thirty-seven-year-old Bryan Eubanks pleaded not guilty Monday in Tuscarawas County to charges of inducing panic, making false alarms, forgery and workers' compensation fraud. His attorney couldn't be immediately reached for comment Wednesday.Authorities have said the former Newcomerstown police officer claimed that individuals in a ca
  
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• New Project to Use Shipping Containers to Build Single Family Homes

  19-07-2017 21:01
  
  The team behind the Cargominium project – a 25-unit apartment building made out of shipping containers – has announced plans to build single family homes using the same material. “We are planning to build nine homes on Bassett Avenue, between Old Leonard Avenue and Fifth Avenue,” said Derrick Pryor of AES Development, the co-developer, along […]
  
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• 2 adults and child injured in southeast Columbus crash

  19-07-2017 20:02
  
  COLUMBUS – The Columbus Division of Police are on the scene of a crash in southeast Columbus.The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Frebis Avenue and Berkeley Road.Authorities told 10TV, there were two adults taken to Grant Medical Center and one child taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in serious condition.Police said there are no road closures to report at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Justices allow strict enforcement of Trump refugee ban

  19-07-2017 20:01
  
  The Supreme Court is granting the Trump administration's request to more strictly enforce its ban on refugees, at least until a federal appeals court weighs in.But the justices are leaving in place a lower court order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United States.The administration had appealed last week's ruling by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson that required the government to allow in refugees formally working with a resettlement agency in t
  
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• Columbus Zoo welcomes three endangered tiger cubs

  19-07-2017 18:39
  
  Three Amur tiger cubs joined the Columbus Zoo family last week. The cubs were born late last Wednesday and early Thursday. A fourth cub from the same litter was stillborn. The cubs have been in a private den with their mother, Maria, since they were born. The zoo says all three cubs appear to be healthy and nursing. The three newest cubs will join the six cubs born at the zoo last spring. Keepers won't know the gender of the cubs until they're able to be checked by zoo veterinarians in the comin
  
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• Grandfather indicted in stabbing of Columbus 2-year-old

  19-07-2017 18:04
  
  A 2-year-old boy was hospitalized after his grandfather allegedly stabbed him Wednesday morning.Medics were called to a northeast Columbus apartment complex just after 11 a.m.They arrived and found the child suffering from a stab wound. The boy was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital.The child sustained injuries to his head and neck. His injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.The boy's grandfather, identified as Abdulkadir Inman, was taken into custody at the scene.Inman wa
  
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• Columbus 2-year-old stabbed; uncle in custody

  19-07-2017 18:04
  
  A 2-year-old boy was hospitalized after his uncle allegedly stabbed him Wednesday morning.Medics were called to a northeast Columbus apartment complex just after 11 a.m.They arrived and found the child suffering from a stab wound. The boy was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital. His injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.The boy's uncle was taken into custody at the scene. Police tell 10TV he may have experienced a mental health emergency.
  
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• Columbus 2-year-old stabbed; grandfather in custody

  19-07-2017 18:04
  
  A 2-year-old boy was hospitalized after his grandfather allegedly stabbed him Wednesday morning.Medics were called to a northeast Columbus apartment complex just after 11 a.m.They arrived and found the child suffering from a stab wound. The boy was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital.The child sustained injuries to his head and neck. His injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.The boy's grandfather, identified as Abdulkadir Inman, was taken into custody at the scene.Inman wa
  
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• Home health aide overdoses, leaves disabled man trapped in hot car

  19-07-2017 17:41
  It's one of the most difficult decisions a family can make-deciding who to trust with the health care of your loved ones.For the elderly or disabled, the most vulnerable, who can't care for themselves, that decision is even more critical.One family says their trust was violated in a terrible way, and some say it never had to happen.Rocky Thompson's life changed forever in March 1999. A train hit his car, leaving him comatose for more than 100 days.A bruised brain stem left the once able-bodied 1
  
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• Trump tweets health bill 'will get even better' at lunch

  19-07-2017 17:29
  
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday stepped up the pressure on reluctant Republicans to erase much of Barack Obama's health care law, tweeting, "They MUST keep their promise to America" and vowing the measure would improve at his White House lunch with senators.In a last-ditch effort to revive the bill, Trump invited all 52 Republicans to the White House, a day after the GOP's seven-year quest crashed and burned in a humiliating defeat for the president, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the G
  
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• New Local Coffee Roaster Bacca Prioritizes Craft, Ethical Harvesting

  19-07-2017 17:29
  
  Operating out of a German Village kitchen, business partners Jared Gibbons and Steven Engel are roasting coffee for the masses. They launched Bacca in March, using an ever-changing lineup of beans to create small batches of “bright, fruity, eccentric, single-origin” coffees. Breaking into the retail market has been a challenge, but that might change as […]
  
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• A "spicy" t-shirt sale means new bikes for kids in need

  19-07-2017 17:04
  
  Who knew spicy fried chicken could benefit those in need?A group of teens have free bikes thanks to a partnership between Hot Chicken Takeover, Yay! Bikes of Columbus and Kaleidoscope Youth Center.From May 1st to June 18th, HCT sold limited-edition Pride t-shirts and donated $5 of each sale to Kaleidoscope. The sales were so successful, the youth center was able to start a cycle club.Thank you Columbus! Your Pride shirt purchases generated an impactful donation to @KYCOhio https://t.co/llBmFk0Fv
  
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• 1 killed in West Side shooting

  19-07-2017 16:44
  Columbus police were called to an address on Wedgwood Drive near Briggs Road in the Wedgewood Village apartment complex at 1:48 a.m. on a report of a shooting, a police dispatcher said. Three other people were injured.
  
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• Cop who killed man at Wal-Mart returns to full duty

  19-07-2017 16:42
  
  The officer who killed a man carrying an air rifle at an Ohio Wal-Mart that he had picked up from a store shelf has returned to full duty.The Dayton Daily News reports the Beavercreek law director confirmed Tuesday that Officer Sean Williams had returned to normal duties. The Justice Department ruled last week he wouldn't face federal civil rights charges for killing John Crawford III in 2014. John Crawford III
  He had been assigned to administrative work shortly after the shooting.Williams shot
  
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• 2 Ohio children dead after crash along interstate in Indiana

  19-07-2017 16:27
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Police say a Canadian truck driver who failed to stop to avoid traffic approaching a construction zone hit an Ohio family's van on Interstate 70 in western Indiana, killing two young children.Indiana State Police say a 1-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy were killed in the crash Tuesday afternoon about 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Police say the semitrailer truck hit the van and then collided with another semitrailer.The crash left a 3-year-old boy critically in
  
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• Officer: Partner fired fatal shot moments after loud sound

  19-07-2017 16:10
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The partner of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman who had called 911 told investigators he was startled by a loud sound near their squad car seconds before his partner fired his weapon.Officer Matthew Harrity's account, as given by state investigators, is the first to emerge of the moments leading up to the death of Justine Damond, a 40-year-old meditation teacher and life coach who was due to be married in August. It's also the only one, sin
  
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• Restaurant Review: GoCupz

  19-07-2017 16:00
  
  Aloha Hawaiian Barbecue was something of a magnet for local diners. One of the few places in town that offered Hawaiian fare (at least, before poké became an Official Thing), it was equally loved for its take on more mainstream Asian offerings. All that can be a hard act to follow, but GoCupz has officially […]
  
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• Families are spending 20 percent of their income on child care

  19-07-2017 15:46
  
  Parents are spending more money to pay for child care.A new study done by Care.com shows 32% of families spend at least 20 percent of their household income on child care centers, nannies, and babysitters.More than half of those surveyed feel they spend too much on child care, but one in three parents would put themselves in debt to pay for it.Here are some of the other statistics:•40 percent of parents say child care costs cause tension in their relationship.
  •72 percent of parents bu
  
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• Authorities looking for man accused of shooting girlfriend, taking off in her car

  19-07-2017 15:43
  
  Authorities are looking for a man accused of shooting his girlfriend before taking off in her car.According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, on July 13, Ahmad Jackson kicked in the front door of his apartment on East Livingston Avenue, where his live-in girlfriend was inside with her new boyfriend.The 28-year-old is accused of violently punching his girlfriend in the head, before getting a handgun from his bedroom.Then, authorities said, the girlfriend and the new boyfriend started running down t
  
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• Reverse Engineering Camp

  19-07-2017 15:40
  Elementary and middle school kids get hands-on experience taking things apart and putting them back together again to see how they work at the PAST Foundation's "reverse engineering" camp at Otterbein University.
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• 2 Olentangy Orange High School students accused of making explosives

  19-07-2017 15:23
  Two Olentangy Orange High School students are facing charges for making explosive devices, according to the Columbus Division of Fire.The two students were charged with unlawful possession of dangerous ordinance, a fifth-degree felony, after a recent investigation of a discarded improvised explosive device.Columbus Fire says the investigation is ongoing and other students involved could possibly be facing charges.On June 15, Delaware County Sheriff’s deputies, Columbus Division of Police,
  
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• 2 Olentangy Orange High School students accused of making bombs

  19-07-2017 15:23
  
  Two Olentangy Orange High School students are facing charges for making bombs, according to the Columbus Division of Fire.The two students were charged with unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance, a fifth-degree felony, after a recent investigation of a discarded improvised explosive device.Columbus Fire says the investigation is ongoing and other students involved could possibly be facing charges.On June 15, Delaware County Sheriff’s deputies, Columbus Division of Police, and the Colum
  
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• Photos: Local Health & Wellness Businesses Showcased at Healthy Bites Festival

  19-07-2017 15:01
  
  On Thursday, July 13 hundreds of local health fans dodged the rain and gathered together at Strongwater Food and Spirits! It was a great time with tons of delicious food, plenty of photo ops and many new connections made. A big thank you to all the local businesses who came out to show off their menus, […]
  
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• Concert Preview: Lee DeWyze at Shawshank

  19-07-2017 15:00
  
  When singer-songwriter Lee DeWyze was in Columbus for a show at Rumba Café in April, he probably wasn’t considering coming back to Central Ohio within four months. But a quick day trip to Mansfield quickly sealed the deal on a rather fast return to the Buckeye State — at an unusual historic venue. “Yeah, so […]
  
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• Kitamu Coffee Closing in Hilliard

  19-07-2017 14:52
  
  After nearly seven years in business, local cafe Kitamu Coffee is closing its doors at 3221 Hilliard Rome Road in Hilliard. Founder Mo Muhidin opened the shop in late 2010, providing a space for Hilliard residents to not only grab coffee, but also as a place for entertainment, live music and more. On Saturday, July […]
  
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• Brain scans may change care for some people with memory loss

  19-07-2017 14:25
  
  Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer's? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of patients whose memory problems are hard to pin down, PET scans may lead to changes in treatment.The findings, reported Wednesday, mark a first peek at a huge study under way to help determine if Medicare should start paying for specialized PET scans that find a hallmark of Alzheimer's — a sticky plaque called amyloid.Alzheimer's is the most
  
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• Bend and Brew: Enlighten Up with Yoga and a Brew

  19-07-2017 14:00
  
  The Columbus yoga and beer scenes just keep growing. In addition to some good times around tunes that combine yoga practice and brewskis, there are some opportunities to do good works, too. “Yoga combined with breweries can be a great way to introduce people to yoga,” notes yoga teacher Daniel Sernicola. “Having a drink afterwards […]
  
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• At-risk inmates get overdose antidote when leaving Ohio jail

  19-07-2017 12:53
  
  A northeastern Ohio sheriff says inmates considered at risk of overdosing on opioids will be given overdose antidote kits when they're released from jail under a pilot project.The Stark County Sheriff's Office anticipates distributing about 75 naloxone kits to inmates being discharged from the jail in Canton. The program also includes training on the use of the opioid-overdose antidote upon release.The sheriff's office says the naloxone distribution is a new part of a larger, state-funded pilot
  
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• 2 men escaped Ohio jail through unlocked emergency door

  19-07-2017 12:50
  
  FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in northern Ohio say two inmates have escaped from a country jail through an unlocked emergency door that was used by another inmate in a 2016 escape.Sandusky County Sheriff Chris Hilton says 37-year-old Mickey Hardy and 26-year-old Jordan Chapman "took advantage of a bad situation" when they went through a door suffering from a mechanical failure at the county jail in Fremont Monday afternoon.Court records show Hardy was jailed on aggravated menacing and b
  
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• Ohio expands list of work credentials that students can earn

  19-07-2017 12:43
  Ohio is giving high schoolers more options for industry-recognized credentials they can earn while studying a trade before graduation.Earning certain work credentials and passing a career-readiness evaluation is one way Ohio students can earn a diploma.The Ohio Department of Education has added 49 more possible credentials for the upcoming school year, putting the total list at over 250. ODE says Ohio businesses provided input about the additional credentials and what skills they're looking for
  
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• S. Korean earthquake expert funneled bribes through US banks

  19-07-2017 12:39
  
  The former director of South Korea's earthquake research center was convicted in federal court of laundering more than $1 million in bribes, prosecutors said Tuesday.Heon-Cheol Chi, 59, was convicted Monday of taking more than $1 million in bribes from companies in Pasadena and England and funneling proceeds through U.S. banks.Chi abused his government position with the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources by providing insider information to seismological companies doing business
  
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• Moon dust-stained bag expected to fetch millions at auction

  19-07-2017 12:38
  
  Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind onto the moon allowed him to make several small scoops there as well. Collecting lunar dust and rocks in a specially designed decontamination bag to bring home, the rocks became national treasures.The bag -- not so much. It was forgotten about until resurfacing three years ago on a government auction website that space enthusiast Nancy Carlson liked to check out. "I did see a bag that was described as a lunar bag," she said. "Flown. With a number on it. An
  
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• 30 bullets found in American Airlines worker's carry-on

  19-07-2017 12:32
  
  TOKYO -- Japanese airport police have found 30 bullets in an American Airlines crewmember's carry-on bag and say the flight attendant apparently carried them through his security checks at U.S. airports.Police at Tokyo's Narita airport seized the bullets after finding them Saturday during a security check before the man boarded his duty flight back to the U.S.Airport police official Masatoshi Ito said Wednesday the crewmember - identified only as a male U.S. citizen in his 50s - told police he f
  
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• Woman gives birth in backseat of Uber on her way to hospital

  19-07-2017 12:22
  An Uber driver said it was the “most prettiest, ugliest, beautiful” thing he has ever seen when he witnessed a baby come into the world in the backseat of his car last Friday.On July 14 around 8:30 p.m., Erica Davidovich, who was about to give birth, called an Uber driver to Valley Village to pick her and her husband up and drive them to a Sherman Oaks hospital.On the way there, she said her water broke and went into labor.The Uber driver, Raymond Telles, pulled over and called 911.
  
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• Columbus council OKs White Castle HQ project

  19-07-2017 12:01
  The Columbus City Council agreed Monday night to move forward with a planned $65 million development that would include a new corporate headquarters for White Castle and other offices and residential space. Business headlines from Crain's Cleveland Business and other Ohio newspapers - delivered FREE to your inbox every morning.
  
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• Three shot, two dead in southwest Columbus home invasion

  19-07-2017 08:57
  Columbus Police said two people are dead after a home invasion early Wednesday morning.It happened at Wedgewood Drive near Briggs Road in southwest Columbus.Police told 10TV that a total of three people were shot. Two people were killed and the third person is expected to survive when a woman in the apartment below was hit by bullets through the floor. According to police, a car belonging to one of the victims is missing: a white Toyota Prius with license plate GXX3650.Police have not identified
  
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• Three shot, one dead in southwest Columbus home invasion

  19-07-2017 08:57
  
  Columbus Police said one person is dead after a home invasion early Wednesday morning.It happened at Wedgewood Drive near Briggs Road in southwest Columbus. Police told 10TV that a total of three people were shot. One person was killed, another was critically hurt in one apartment.A woman in the apartment below was hit when bullets came through the floor.She was expected to be OK.According to police, a car belonging to one of the victims is missing: a white Toyota Prius with license plate GXX365
  
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• Columbus Police identify 2 suspects wanted in deadly home invasion

  19-07-2017 08:57
  Columbus Police have identified two men they are searching for after a deadly home invasion early Wednesday morning.Police have identified the suspects as 35-year-old Desmond Webster and 22-year-old Julius Anderson.Both men are wanted after two men and three others were injured in the home invasion on Wedgewood Drive in southwest Columbus. Julius Anderson (left) and Desmond Webster (right)
  Officers were called to the apartment building around 1:45 a.m. on the report of several gunshots and peopl
  
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• Ice cream chain dedicates flavor to baby hippo

  19-07-2017 07:37
  
  A popular baby hippo has expanded her influence to a Cincinnati-based ice cream chain by inspiring its new flavor Chunky Chunky Hippo.The new ice cream flavor offered by the ice cream company Graeter's is a toffee ice cream with salted roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Cincinnati Zoo. The new flavor is sold in scoops at local shops and in pints at Graeters.com.It's the latest development in Fiona's rise to fame. She was named an honorary s
  
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• Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia

  19-07-2017 05:53
  
  President Donald Trump announced his intention Tuesday to nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia.If confirmed, the former 2012 GOP presidential candidate would take over a high-profile post amid ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential contacts between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.Huntsman has twice served as an ambassador. He was the nation's top diplomat to Singapore under President George H.W. Bush and then ser
  
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