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• Wilson Road Park Opening

  20-07-2017 23:41
  
  
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• Coroner: 26-day-old girl had cocaine, methadone in her system

  20-07-2017 23:24
  A 26-day-old baby, who died in April, had cocaine and methadone in her system, according to the Franklin County Coroner's Office.She is the youngest victim of the drug epidemic hitting Franklin County.Loucia Kinsell was born April 1, 2017 and died April 27, 2017.The baby’s aunt said the mother has been in treatment for a heroin addiction for more than a year. That treatment includes taking methadone.“She followed through, she went to her meetings, she went to her appointments, she di
  
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• Columbus Police searching for missing 9 and 11 year old boys

  20-07-2017 22:52
  
  Columbus Police are attempting to locate a missing 11-year-old boy and his 9-year-old brother.Police said Robert and Joshua Alexander were last seen Thursday morning in the area of Oakland Park and Cleveland Avenue around 9:30 a.m.Robert is described as a black male, approximately 4’5’’ and weighs 70 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.Joshua is described as a black male, approximately 4’0’’ and weights 70 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.Both wer
  
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• Women Breaking The Mold: Mimi Shalash

  20-07-2017 22:49
  Mimi Shalash wanted to be an international human rights attorney. Then life got in the way: She got divorced and had to support her daughter, now 9 years old.
  
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• Mega Weekend – Festivals, Music, Jazz & Ribs, and Much More!

  20-07-2017 22:00
  
  Excited the weekend is here? Don’t miss your chance to enter to win tickets to the Breakaway Music Festival. The Taco Festival is coming August 10th! If you are looking for ways to beat the heat, don’t forget about the libraries. Thursday Looking to enjoy some yoga and a brew? The Franklin County Fair continues […]
  
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• Report: Cavaliers talking contract with Derrick Rose

  20-07-2017 21:12
  
  CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers could be adding another former MVP to their roster.Looking to close the gap on the champion Golden State Warriors, Cleveland is in contract talks with free agent guard Derrick Rose, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday. Rose, whose career has been sidetracked by injuries, could sign a one-year deal for the veteran's minimum, according to the person, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive natu
  
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• Despite cancer diagnosis, McCain says, 'I'll be back soon'

  20-07-2017 21:04
  
  Battling brain cancer, John McCain on Thursday vowed to return to the Senate, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues shaken by news of his diagnosis."I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support — unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I'll be back soon, so stand-by!" McCain said in a tweet. Showing no signs of stepping back from political and national security battles, he issued a statement
  
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• Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dead at 41

  20-07-2017 20:47
  
  LOS ANGELES -- ​Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday, the Los Angeles County coroner says. He was 41.Coroner spokesman Brian Elias said authorities are investigating Bennington's death as an apparent suicide but no additional details are available.The Grammy Award-winning group sold 10 million copies of their 2000 debut, "Hybrid Theory," and then anoth
  
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• Official: Cleveland Browns' stadium has similar panels linked to London tower fire

  20-07-2017 20:23
  
  Cleveland's chief building official says panels used on a city-owned NFL stadium are "similar if not identical" to those used at a London apartment tower that burned.However, Thomas Vanover also says he's confident the Cleveland Browns' stadium is safe.A spokesman for Cleveland's mayor initially said questions about the stadium would have to wait until after the investigation into the London fire, which killed at least 80 people. But Vanover held a news conference Thursday after The Associated P
  
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• QUIZ: Newport Aquarium tries to stump 10TV for shark week

  20-07-2017 20:22
  
  Newport Aquarium returned to the 10TV Studios Thursday afternoon to celebrate shark week.As part of the fun, Senior Biologist Ric Urban quizzed Tracy Townsend and Ashlee Baracy on a few shark facts.The full quiz is below (Scroll down below the video for the answers):Newport Aquarium Shark Week Quiz1. True or False: Shark skeletons are made up of tiny bones.2. How many teeth do sharks have?3. True or False: You can touch a shark at Newport Aquarium?4. True or false: Sharks lay eggs?5. What sharks
  
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• Parsons East Public Project to Include Vegetarian Restaurant Comune

  20-07-2017 20:00
  
  Eat Rau, the popup serving plant-based cuisine, has changed their brand and format. Now operating as Comune, the popup will roll out tasting menus that’ll appear at the restaurant they’ll open on Parsons Avenue. It’s part of the East Public project spanning 677 to 681 Parsons. Along with the co-working, brewery and office space will […]
  
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• 2 hogs at the Franklin County Fair test positive for influenza

  20-07-2017 19:58
  
  Two hogs at the Franklin County Fair have tested positive for influenza, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.In a Facebook post, The Franklin County Agricultural Society said all hogs were removed from the fairgrounds on Wednesday evening. The livestock areas were disinfected as well.“We do not presently have swine flu on the fairgrounds. Anyone coming to the fairgrounds can feel comfortable that the grounds are safe,” the post from FCAS said.The fair will continue throug
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Rich or Poor, Urban or Rural, Counties Matter

  20-07-2017 19:20
  
  
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• O.J. Simpson granted parole after nearly 9 years in prison

  20-07-2017 19:11
  
  O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel heist, successfully making his case in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America's enduring fascination with the former football star.Simpson, 70, could be a free man as early as Oct. 1. By then, he will have served the minimum of his nine-to-33-year armed-robbery sentence for a bungled attempt to snatch sports memorabilia and other mementos he claimed had been stolen from him.He got
  
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• 10 Investigates: Who to trust with the well-being of your loved ones

  20-07-2017 18:51
  
  Unable to help himself, a disabled man was left in a hot car for more than an hour.What happened?
  Last month, RockyThompson was in the custody of his paid caretaker. Thompson requires around the clock care because in 1999, his car was hit by a train leaving him with a bruised brain stem.That “around the clock care” changed when Thompson was left in a hot car in June for more than an hour.This happened while his health aide was dying of a suspected overdose."I was sick to my stomach b
  
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• One injured after Linden-area shooting

  20-07-2017 18:22
  
  One person was hospitalized after being shot on Thursday.Police and medics were called to the area of Cleveland Avenue and Weber Road around midday after a reported shooting.One victim was taken to Grant Medical Center for treatment. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.Police have not released any information about the shooter or shooters.A SWAT team was spotted on scene shortly after the victim was transported.---
  
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• Lawsuit: Ohio police shooting of black man wasna t justified

  20-07-2017 18:05
  The Reds ended their five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night capped by Adam Duvall's bases-loaded single in the 11th i John Sansone and Bruce Yari belted home runs and Jose Siri had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 25 straight games as the Dayton Drag COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawsuit alleges Ohio police shot and mortally wounded a black man without justification and conspired to provide misleading information about the July 7 confrontation. Columbus police say two officer
  
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• Clintonville Bar Growl! to Share Space with New Business Johnny Coffee

  20-07-2017 17:00
  
  Popups are proliferating. More and more brick-and-mortar businesses are hosting them on a weekly or semi-weekly basis. They usually only stay for a few hours, unpacking and packing up at the start and end of each shift. New coffee and espresso provider Johnny Coffee is taking a different route, partnering with Growl! in Clintonville to […]
  
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• Sessions staying as attorney general despite Trump rebuke

  20-07-2017 16:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no immediate plans to resign after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation's top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. political campaign."We love this job, we love this department and I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate," Sessions said.A former senator from Alabama, Sessions was one of Trump's earliest and ardent supporters and became attorne
  
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• McConnell prods senators on health care bill, amid dim odds

  20-07-2017 16:40
  
  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spurred Republican senators Thursday to resolve internal disputes that have pushed their marquee health care bill to the brink of oblivion. Yet the GOP's reeling effort to dismantle much of President Barack Obama's health care law may face even longer odds because of Sen. John McCain's jarring diagnosis of brain cancer."Dealing with this issue is what's right for the country," McConnell, R-Ky., said. He added, "It was certainly never going to be easy, but we've co
  
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• Sen. John McCain's brain tumor is particularly aggressive type

  20-07-2017 16:14
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain's tumor is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and his family and doctors are deliberating next treatment options.The senator had undergone surgery last week to have a blood clot removed from above his left eye, and that clot turned out to be a sign that a tumor called a glioblastoma had begun growing.Here are some things to know:AGGRESSIVE CANCERMcCain's doctors at the Mayo Clinic said they managed to remove all of the tumor that was visible on
  
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• Treat to Try: Good Food Bakery

  20-07-2017 16:00
  
  Sure, it’s prime-time for growables such as sweet corn and tomatoes, but the local farmers market scene continues to provide excellent opportunities to try out independent, local baked goods. Even though bakeries can operate 365 days of the year, the summer markets give them sales outlets and opportunities that simply don’t exist in the winter. […]
  
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• Hendrick tabs Bowman as Earnhardt replacement in No. 88 car

  20-07-2017 15:56
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the replacement he wanted. Alex Bowman got his dream job.Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that the 24-year-old Bowman will replace one of the series' biggest stars in the No. 88 car next season after Earnhardt retires.Bowman has big shoes to fill. Earnhardt was named NASCAR's most popular driver each of the last 14 seasons and fans of his late father often tracked Junior's results following Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash in the 2001 season opener at Daytona."Ever sinc
  
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• OJ Simpson making case for his freedom on live TV

  20-07-2017 15:34
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. — Former football star and convicted felon O.J. Simpson will command the world's attention once again Thursday when he pleads for his freedom on live TV.Simpson was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. The 70-year-old will ask four parole board members to release him in October after serving the minimum nine years of a 33-year sentence.---WHERE TO WATCH 10TV will air part of the parole hearing and livestrea
  
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• Best in Show!

  20-07-2017 15:34
  
  The Franklin County Fair and 4-H Junior Fair continues its 100th year. From rabbit showmanship to quilt making, congratulations to all participants and ribbon winners! The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure to check out columbusfoundation.org and follow […]
  
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• Piada Announces Grove City Location, Partners with Local Community Organization

  20-07-2017 15:00
  
  After establishing several markets across the Midwest and in Texas, Columbus-based Piada will open its 44th store in Grove City, off Stringtown Road. It’s a move they’ve planned since opening their fourth restaurant, and it’s part of Piada’s grander business plan to build out the markets they’ve broken into over the last seven years. “We’ve […]
  
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• Online safety tool adds more public safety agencies to keep you safe

  20-07-2017 14:41
  Leah Moehlman says living in south Columbus for the past many years has had its challenges.
  “Because of the needles, the drugs, the crime,” she said from her front porch outside her home just east of Parsons Avenue.
  That’s when Leah’s neighborhood group – South Central Commons - decided to join Nextdoor, a free, private social network for neighbors where members can get alerts from police agencies.The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was the first to sign up i
  
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• JetBlue refuses to apologize for removing family of five from flight

  20-07-2017 14:11
  
  A New York mother of three says her family was removed from a JetBlue flight from Florida because her one-year-old kicked another passenger's seat.Despite the threat of a social media backlash, JetBlue has publicly denounced the family's claims.For an industry subject to the highest degrees of public scrutiny, the message being sent is clear – that the customer is not always right, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. Mandy Ifrah's cell phone was recording when a ground agent in
  
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• Ohio coroner stops accepting Cincinnati sexual assault cases

  20-07-2017 13:56
  
  An Ohio coroner says she will no longer accept sexual assault cases from Cincinnati, citing a backload of 566 cases.Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco sent a letter to the Cincinnati Police Department June 6 saying the Hamilton County coroner's office is returning about 70 sexual assault cases.The police chief then sent a letter to the city manager, saying staff will now deliver rape kits to the state lab in London, Ohio.City Manager Harry Black says there will be "significant delays" due to the "sudden and u
  
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• Federal lawsuit filed against Columbus Police after officer-involved shooting

  20-07-2017 13:51
  
  A lawsuit alleges Ohio police shot and mortally wounded a black man without justification and conspired to provide misleading information about the July 7 confrontation.Columbus police say two officers spotted 30-year-old Kareem Ali Nadir Jones walking between cars and behaving erratically.Police body camera video appears to show Jones with his hands up backing away from officers who have guns drawn. Jones appears to reach for a gun in his waistband before he is shot, according to police.Watch t
  
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• Family of man shot by Columbus Police files federal lawsuit

  20-07-2017 13:51
  A lawsuit alleges Ohio police shot and mortally wounded a man without justification and conspired to provide misleading information about the July 7 confrontation.Columbus police say two officers spotted 30-year-old Kareem Ali Nadir Jones walking between cars and behaving erratically that evening. Police say they fired when his behavior escalated and they perceived a threat from Jones, who had a gun. The federal civil rights lawsuit filed Thursday by his sister, Marica Phipps, alleges that Jones
  
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• Camp invites first responders to allay special-needs kids' fears Updated at

  20-07-2017 13:24
  But the emergency workers weren't in any hurry. They were the main attraction of the camp's annual Safety Day, an event that brings local public safety workers together with the campers at Recreation Unlimited, which serves children and adults with physical or cognitive disabilities or chronic health problems.
  
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• Underwater lab in Lake Erie will help detect harmful toxins

  20-07-2017 12:59
  
  A robotic underwater laboratory has been deployed in Lake Erie to detect toxins produced by harmful algae that threaten city water supplies.The project is intended to prevent recurrence of a 2014 tap water contamination crisis that prompted a do-not-drink order for more than 400,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio, and southeastern Michigan.The device is positioned on the lake bottom, where it can provide about one day's notice if highly toxic water drifts toward the Toledo intake system.The federal G
  
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• Fans flood San Diego's sold-out Comic-Con

  20-07-2017 12:53
  The San Diego Convention Center was packed with people as soon as it opened its doors for Comic-Con.Fans with four-day passes to the annual pop-culture convention were treated to a preview of the showroom floor Wednesday night: 460,000 square feet of TV, film and video game displays, along with toys, art and comic books for sale. Panels, presentations, screenings and celebrity appearances begin Thursday and continue through Sunday.Forty-nine-year-old Tony Saxon bee-lined it for the Hasbro booth,
  
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• Disney introduces its “Minnie Van”

  20-07-2017 12:53
  Walt Disney World has new cars on the road.They are white and black "Minnie Vans."That’s Minnie -- as in -- Minnie Mouse.The “Minnie Vans” are Chevy Traverse SUVs.Guests staying at certain resorts can book the cars using their smart phone starting on July 26.A Disney character will arrive to drive you to places at the resort.
  
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• Rise in thieves stealing personal information through WiFi

  20-07-2017 12:50
  
  Don't log onto the first free WiFi you see.The Better Business Bureau says there is a rise in thieves using public WiFi to steal your credit card information and your identity.
  Scammers are using unsecured WiFi networks to do it.The rise in thefts has to do with the time of year.
  “We always see an uptick in this in the summer months because so many people are traveling,” said President and CEO of the BBB Serving Central Indiana, Tim Maniscalo.The thieves can set up WiFi connections t
  
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• GOP senators in last-ditch try to rescue health care bill

  20-07-2017 12:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are hunkering down in a last-ditch attempt to prevent their own divisions from pushing their health care bill to oblivion.Yet after a face-to-face lecture from President Donald Trump, around two dozen of them staged a nearly three-hour bargaining session Wednesday night to resolve disputes over repealing and replacing President Barack Obama's health care law. And no one offered specific examples of any progress."We still do have work to do to get to a
  
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• For 1st time, over half of people with HIV taking AIDS drugs

  20-07-2017 12:35
  
  For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday.AIDS deaths are also now close to half of what they were in 2005, according to the U.N. AIDS agency, although those figures are based on estimates and not actual counts from countries.Experts applauded the progress, but questioned if the billions spent in the
  
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• This summer school takes advantage of the season

  20-07-2017 11:06
  On Tuesday, the great outdoors was perhaps too exciting for Columbus science teacher Geri Granger. She was hopping and yelling as she wrangled off her wading boot.
  
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• Tax-break study says Columbus gives away too much in the Short North

  20-07-2017 06:35
  The city hired HR&A Advisors in October to study how competitive Columbus is with other cities, how incentives affect development patterns and whether the city should be offering different types of incentives. The answers are complicated.
  
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• From sports star to inmate: OJ Simpson to plead for parole

  20-07-2017 06:02
  
  O.J. Simpson once thrilled crowds as he ran for touchdowns and hurdled airport seats in car rental ads to achieve Hollywood celebrity before he was acquitted of murder in the 1995 "trial of the century" in Los Angeles.
  Now, an aging Simpson will appear as inmate No. 1027820 in a starkly plain hearing room in a remote Nevada prison Thursday to plead for his freedom. He's spent more than eight years behind bars for armed robbery and assault with a weapon after trying to take back sports memorabili
  
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• Trump rages at Sessions in New York Times interview

  20-07-2017 06:00
  
  President Donald Trump told The New York Times in an interview Wednesday that he never would have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation.In an extraordinary denouncement of one of his earliest backers in Washington, Trump said Sessions' decision to recuse himself from all matters related to Russia was "very unfair to the president.""Sessions should have never recused himself," Trump told the paper, "and if h
  
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• Services scheduled for teen killed in Delaware County Crash

  20-07-2017 04:53
  
  POWELL, Ohio - Services for are set for 17-year-old Gavin Scholtterbeck, one of two teenagers killed in a crash in Delaware County Monday.According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Schlotterbeck was driving a Toyota Camry northbound on Africa Road when the car went left of center along Africa Road and crashed into a Jeep.Schlotterbeck and his 17-year-old girlfriend Hunter McClelland were killed in the crash.Visitation hours for Schlotterbeck are scheduled for July 23 from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9
  
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• Investigators hopeful tips will come from new docuseries on Chillicothe missing women

  20-07-2017 03:26
  
  More national exposure coming to Chillicothe could help investigators solve the well-known missing women cases.Three years have gone by with little to no answers for the families of the six missing Chillicothe women.The investigation will gain national attention this weekend when a new docuseries hits the air shedding light on what happened in 2014 and after.Chillicothe police say they are also getting more tips from an unlikely source, the heroin epidemic.Investigators and families say they are
  
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• Columbus Police: Man dressed as undercover officer during home invasion

  20-07-2017 03:19
  
  Police are trying to identify a man wanted for robbing a south Columbus home while posing as an undercover officer.Columbus Police said the suspect entered a home on E. Alcott Road wearing a bullet proof vest and badge.The suspect showed a handgun and forced the residents to a back bedroom. Police said the suspect stole a safe and took off.The suspect was seen entering a tan Chrysler 300 that was parked near the residence.He is described as a white male, 40-50 years old, heavy set and 5’6&
  
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• Sen. McCain diagnosed with brain tumor after clot is removed

  20-07-2017 02:17
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, Vietnam prisoner of war and political maverick in Congress for more than three decades, has been diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain tumor.The 80-year-old Arizona lawmaker has glioblastoma, according to doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, where McCain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye last Friday. He and his family are considering further treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation."Subseq
  
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• Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer

  20-07-2017 02:17
  
  Senator John McCain, R-Arizona, has brain cancer, according to a statement released by his family and the Mayo Clinic.The statement says that following a procedure to remove a blood clot revealed the diagnosis."On Friday, July 14, Sen. John McCain underwent a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix," the statement read. "Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot."T
  
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• Man shot near OSU campus has died

  20-07-2017 01:58
  A 33-year-old man who was shot near the Ohio State University campus has died from his injuries, Columbus police said Wednesday. Mohamed Abidraman Mead was shot and wounded Sunday at 11:35 p.m. in the 100 block of East 11th Avenue.
  
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• Grandfather charged with stabbing toddler grandson

  20-07-2017 01:58
  A grandfather stabbed his 20-month-old grandson with a butcher's knife Wednesday morning on the Northeast Side, Columbus police said. The toddler, Maher Mohamed, was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital with wounds to his head and neck following the attack about 11 a.m.,  police said.
  
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• Trump campaign inner circle called before Senate committees

  20-07-2017 01:56
  
  Members of the Trump campaign's inner circle, including his eldest son and son-in-law, are being called before Senate committees next week to talk about the 2016 election.The week has the potential to deliver the most high-profile congressional testimony involving the Russian meddling probes since former FBI Director James Comey appeared in June.Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to appear July 26 before the Senate Judiciary Committee along with former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to a
  
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