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• New Incentives for Affordable Housing

  17-07-2018 23:52 via youtube.com
  
  
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• DeWine: Family behind charity abused residents, lined their own pockets

  17-07-2018 23:43
  10TV has new information on allegations of abuse and exploitation by a central Ohio charity.As 10TV first reported last week, the Ohio Attorney General says a sober living program called "Summer Rays" took advantage of, and intimidated people who had no place else to turn.The state says the family behind the charity lined their pockets with money intended for their victims.According to the Ohio Attorney General, Chuck Kirk is the sole person in charge of Summer Rays sober living program, Revolve
  
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• Student complained about Ohio State doc's exam in letter

  17-07-2018 22:57
  
  A new accuser comes forward against former Ohio State University physician Dr. Richard Straus.Ohio State graduate Steve Snyder-Hill saw a picture of Dr. Strauss in the media and said a traumatic memory came flooding back.He says he filed a complaint with OSU while in school in the mid-90s.He had gone to the health center for a bump on his chest and said the doctor did a full body exam, including touching his genitals.He recognized Strauss' picture, then contacted the firm investigating the issue
  
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• $6 million to Combat Youth Homelessness

  17-07-2018 22:20
  Community Shelter Board has been awarded a $6 million demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Housing to combat youth homelessness in our community. With more than 1,300 youth age 24 and younger served in Columbus shelters in 2017, it is a top priority for many of our housing organizations to ensure homelessness among youth […]
  
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• Utica man accused of stealing grave markers from cemetery in Bladensburg

  17-07-2018 22:14
  
  MARY ANN TWP. – A 24-year-old Utica man was arrested on suspicion of stealing grave markers in Licking County on Friday.Dustin Johnson was charged with possessing criminal tools and theft. He pleaded not guilty on July 13 in Licking County Municipal court. He was arraigned and posted bond.According to a report from the Licking County Sheriff’s Office, Johnson and a woman were found on the property in the 5400 block of Fallsburg Road NE in Mary Ann Township.A car that belonged to the
  
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• 70s-Themed Good Night John Boy to Open at the Gateway

  17-07-2018 20:08
  It was recently announced that five new tenants would be heading to the Gateway in the University District. Good Night John Boy, a 70s-themed bar and restaurant conceptualized by the brains behind Flipside up at Easton, is just one of them, and it’ll open up in the old Oxley’s space later this year. First introduced […]
  
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• Trump to discuss meeting with Putin

  17-07-2018 20:06
  
  President Donald Trump will make remarks Tuesday afternoon about his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he faces mounting criticism from allies and foes alike about his failure to publicly condemn Russian election meddling.Press secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump will speak about Monday's summit with Putin in Helsinki before a scheduled 2 p.m. meeting with Republican members of Congress at the White House.The White House says Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady of Texas and five o
  
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• Trump corrects his quote, says misspoke on Russian meddling

  17-07-2018 20:06
  
  Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election."The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia" instead of "why it would," Trump said, in a rare admission of error by the bombastic U.S. leader.
  
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• Museum Director Announced for National Veterans Museum and Memorial

  17-07-2018 20:03
  With its opening coming this fall, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) has found a Museum Director in Samir Bitar, the former Director of Visitor Experience for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Bitar comes to the NVMM with more than 10 years of museum management experience. While at the Smithsonian, he incorporated strategies to […]
  
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• Woman rides bike onto bridge as it opens, falls into crack

  17-07-2018 19:33
  
  Video shows a woman in Wisconsin riding her bike around safety barriers and onto a bridge as the span was lifted. She then rode right into the crack in the bridge, getting stuck until passersby helped her out.The 37-year-old Menasha woman was riding her bike around 10 p.m. on the Fourth of July, CBS affiliate WFRV reports. Surveillance video from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows the cyclist swerve around barriers on the Racine Street bridge. The barriers had come down to signal t
  
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• Mom blames teen's death on packaging for peanut cookies

  17-07-2018 19:14
  
  WESTON, Fla.— A Florida mother blames the death of her 15-year-old daughter on what she calls confusing packaging for Reese's Chips Ahoy cookies.In a July 12 Facebook post, Kelli Travers-Stafford wrote that her daughter Alexi mistakenly ate one of the cookies at a friend's house despite her peanut allergy, because the top of the familiar red packaging was peeled back, hiding the Reese's label.She says Alexi felt tingling in her mouth on June 25 and they administered two Epipens but Alexi q
  
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• Cyclist carries injured stray dog on his back, finds pup a forever home

  17-07-2018 19:07
  
  Mountain biker Jarrett Little was with a group of fellow cyclists riding in the woods near Columbus, Georgia when he spotted a creature who needed his help. It was a stray dog that appeared to have been hit by a car."We stopped to regroup and he came out of the woods to greet us. He was really thin, ribs showing and had a lot of road rash and a broken leg," Little told CBS News. He says he and the other cyclists fed the dog and gave him water, but knew they couldn't leave the dog in the woods. L
  
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• Mike Kudla, former star Ohio State defensive end, dies at 34

  17-07-2018 18:34
  
  COLUMBUS — Former Ohio State defensive end Mike Kudla has died at 34.The school district where he played in high school said Monday on Twitter that he died Sunday. The cause was not disclosed.Kudla was an All-Big Ten defensive end and the Buckeyes' most valuable player on defense in 2005. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent but injuries cut short his career.He later was the managing director of development for Ohio State's business school and owned a company
  
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• Kentucky fugitive with Columbus ties caught in West Virginia

  17-07-2018 18:25
  
  INEZ, Ky. — A former Columbus man, jailed in Kentucky, accused of assaulting a deputy jailer and escaping in a stolen police car has been captured in West Virginia.News outlets reported Saturday that authorities said Mark Allen Crouch was apprehended in Wayne County, West Virginia.The sheriff’s office in Martin County, Kentucky, said Crouch escaped from a jail transport on July 9. Officials said he overpowered a deputy jailer and fled in a police vehicle.Martin County Sheriff John Ki
  
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• Large boa constrictor skin found in Clark County; residents advised to watch small pets

  17-07-2018 18:23
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- The Clark County Combined Health District is warning residents to pay extra attention to their small pets after it was reported a large constrictor snake skin was found.CCCHD says the shed skin of a boa constrictor was found Friday on Home Road and Wildwood in Springfield.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Agriculture and reptilian experts indicate there is no direct danger to people or large pets.Residents in the area are advised to watch their sma
  
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• Photos: Panic! At The Disco at Nationwide Arena

  17-07-2018 18:00
  Brendon Urie and his Panic! at the Disco traveling band once again descended upon the arenas of Columbus on Sunday evening, as the alt-poppers packed a very high-pitched and quite screamy Nationwide Arena for an early date upon their Pray For The Wicked tour. Support for the evening came from the New Jersey electro-pop three-piece, […]
  
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• Clintonville’s Pocket Produce Announces Permanent Closure

  17-07-2018 17:46
  After two years of providing nutrient-dense meals to the health nuts of Columbus, Pocket Produce owners Moishe and Natalie Appelbaum announced the restaurant’s permanent closure on July 9. The news came in a Facebook post from the two owners. “It has been a tremendous honor to have had the opportunity to serve you,” they stated. […]
  
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• OSU’s Biological Sciences Greenhouse Prepares for “Corpse Flower” Bloom

  17-07-2018 17:30
  Can you feel the anticipation in the air? Or, perhaps you can smell it. Prepare thy nostrils, citizens, for the day of the corpse flower is nigh at hand. Two titan arums, commonly known as “corpse flowers,” are expected to bloom sometime this week at the Ohio State University Biological Sciences Greenhouse. Upon blooming, the […]
  
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• Police post mugshot of lost dog, bail paid in cookies

  17-07-2018 17:26
  
  CAPE MAY, N.J. — A dog is home after police in a New Jersey shore town posted its mugshot on social media.Cape May Patrolman Michael LeSage found Bean the pug in a yard on Sunday. He tells The Star-Ledger of Newark he tried to get the dog to hop into his police car, but her legs were too short so he had to lift her.Police posted a photo of Bean on Facebook with the caption: "This is what happens when you run away from home." It took a few hours before Bean's owners tracked her down.Hadley
  
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• Healthy Living Festival Preview: Juice, Biking, Ice Pops & More

  17-07-2018 17:17
  There’s no one way to live a healthy lifestyle and that’s why Columbus Underground is bringing back the Healthy Living Festival for the third year! So you can explore tons of local businesses focused on wellness, all in one place. This year, we’re getting out of the city and getting outside at Jorgensen Farms on […]
  
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• Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values

  17-07-2018 16:39
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at "strongman politics" in his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values now under threat in an impassioned address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth.While not mentioning his successor, President Donald Trump, by name, Obama's speech in South Africa countered many of Trump's policies, rallying peopl
  
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• Obama delivers veiled rebuke to Trump in Mandela address

  17-07-2018 16:39
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In his highest profile speech since leaving office, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday denounced the policies of President Donald Trump without mentioning his name, taking aim at the "politics of fear, resentment, retrenchment," and decrying leaders who are caught lying and "just double down and lie some more."Obama was cheered by thousands in Johannesburg's Wanderers Stadium as he marked the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth by urging respect for human rig
  
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• Amazon upbeat on Prime Day, despite early glitches

  17-07-2018 16:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is hoping customers don't see any more dogs, after early problems on Prime Day meant people trying to shop got only images of cute canines delivering an apologetic message.The snags Monday on its much-hyped Prime Day were an embarrassment for the tech company on the shopping holiday it created, and people took to social media to complain that they couldn't order items.Amazon said it was resolving the glitches and in a tweet Tuesday lauded Prime Day growth in the firs
  
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• The South Asian Theatre Festival Returns July 22nd Featuring Priyanka Shetty’s Elephant in the Room

  17-07-2018 16:30
  The Fourth South Asian Theatre Festival, coproduced by Spotlight Ohio with CATCO, returns to the Columbus Performing Arts Center (CPAC) this Sunday, July 22. The festival said in a release that the festival “[F]ocuses on collaborations among diverse community artists to engage, educate, and showcase the South Asian culture. The 2018 edition is themed ‘Live, […]
  
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• The South Asian Theatre Festival Returns July 22 Featuring Priyanka Shetty’s Elephant in the Room

  17-07-2018 16:30
  The Fourth South Asian Theatre Festival, coproduced by Spotlight Ohio with CATCO, returns to the Columbus Performing Arts Center (CPAC) this Sunday, July 22. The festival said in a release that it “[F]ocuses on collaborations among diverse community artists to engage, educate, and showcase the South Asian culture. The 2018 edition is themed ‘Live, Love […]
  
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• Photos: Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra & KT Tunstall – The Last Summer On Earth 2018 Tour

  17-07-2018 16:29
  From start to finish, the Columbus stop on The Last Summer On Earth 2018 Tour Wednesday at Express LIVE! was a raucous school bus on its way to field day, and its drivers — the Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, and KT Tunstall — each joyfully took a turn at the wheel. Shortly after 7 p.m., […]
  
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• Wrestlers sue Ohio State over doctor's alleged sexual misconduct

  17-07-2018 16:12
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawsuit by four former Ohio State University wrestlers alleges the school failed to stop "rampant sexual misconduct" by a now-dead team doctor despite being repeatedly informed about his behavior.In the federal lawsuit filed Monday, four Ohio men listed as John Does say Richard Strauss sexually assaulted or harassed them in the late 1980s or 1990s. The wrestlers' lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.The university didn't immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesda
  
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• Ex-wrestlers sue OSU over doctor's alleged sexual misconduct

  17-07-2018 16:12
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawsuit by four former Ohio State University wrestlers alleges the school failed to stop "rampant sexual misconduct" by a now-dead team doctor despite being repeatedly informed about his behavior.In the federal lawsuit filed Monday, four Ohio men listed as John Does say Richard Strauss sexually assaulted or harassed them in the late 1980s or 1990s. The wrestlers' lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.The university didn't immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesda
  
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• CorePower Yoga Closing Easton Location

  17-07-2018 16:09
  In 2015, CorePower Yoga, one of the largest yoga ventures in the U.S., opened at Easton near Whole Foods. CorePower then opened a Short North location, but soon there will be just one as CorePower Yoga in Columbus. The CorePower Yoga Easton store closes after classes on July 25, 2018. Classes will then consolidate in their […]
  
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• Columbus Humane Takes Over Eat Purr Love Cat Cafe

  17-07-2018 15:53
  Since Clintonville’s Eat Purr Love opened in September of 2016, over 300 of Columbus Humane’s felines have found their forever homes. Now Columbus Humane will go from partnership to ownership of the cat cafe as Founder Chrissy Kuras moves out of state. Columbus Humane and Kuras worked together even before the cat cafe opened to […]
  
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• Gov. Kasich dedicates new state park named for Jesse Owens

  17-07-2018 15:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governor John Kasich dedicated a new state park and wildlife area named for Olympic great Jesse Owens.Two of Owens' daughters accompanied Gov. Kasich during Tuesday's dedication events in Columbus at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and later in the day at Miner's Memorial Park in McConnelsville.The Republican governor announced the creation of the park earlier this year in his final State of the State speech.Kasich said he will name the park after the Ohio State track legend,
  
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• Nickelodeon announces new 'Rugrats' episodes, movie

  17-07-2018 15:21
  
  LOS ANGELES — Tommy, Chuckie, and the gang have a new TV and movie deal.Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures have announced the animated children's series "Rugrats" is returning to the network with 26 episodes. The creators of the series will be executive producers.A live-action movie, written by David Goodman, featuring computer-generated characters is slated to hit theaters in November 2020."Rugrats" ran on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 2004, focusing on the imaginative lives of toddlers Tommy,
  
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• Man walks over a dozen miles to first day of work, CEO gifts him car as thanks

  17-07-2018 15:18
  
  It was supposed to be Walter Carr's first day of work with a moving company Sunday when his car broke down. But, instead of calling out, he walked through the night to be on time.Carr's vehicle stopped working the night before his first day with the moving company Bellhops, and he knew he couldn't miss it. So, he decided to walk. Carr began his hike from Homewood, Alabama, to the town of Pelham, Alabama, at midnight. He walked at least 14 miles before police picked him up at 4 a.m., reports CBS
  
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• Former Ohio auditor convicted of bribery seeks reduced sentence

  17-07-2018 14:25
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A former elected county official in Cleveland who pleaded guilty to bribery in a federal investigation of public corruption and was sentenced in 2010 to 22 years in prison is seeking a reduction in his sentence.Cleveland.com reports former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo has asked a federal judge for a hearing where he can argue for a sentence reduction.The 68-year-old Democrat admitted taking more than $1 million in bribes in exchange for steering county government co
  
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• Press Conference: Comprehensive Neighborhood Safety Strategy Update

  17-07-2018 14:08 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Russia's post-summit view: Praise for Putin, pity for Trump

  17-07-2018 13:56
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — For Vladimir Putin, holding a summit with Donald Trump was a victory in itself.While the U.S. leader went home to widespread criticism after their Monday meeting, the Russian president came home to universal praise in Moscow — even though there were no major breakthroughs.Yet most Russians aren't saying Putin vanquished Trump. Instead they're sympathizing with the U.S. president, portraying Trump as a victim of irrational domestic critics and aggressive journalists, bec
  
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• Southern Ohio clerk accused of leaking search warrants pleads guilty

  17-07-2018 13:32
  
  A longtime clerk of courts employee in Ohio who was accused of leaking search warrants and warning potential law enforcement targets has pleaded guilty.The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Yakyma Boyd entered her plea Monday to felony charges of bribery and tampering with evidence. She is expected to receive a six-month prison sentence as part of a deal with prosecutors.The 45-year-old woman worked for the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts office for 22 years, and prosecutors say she affected an unknow
  
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• Ohio teen to be tried as an adult in pizza driver slaying

  17-07-2018 13:29
  
  A 16-year-old boy who is charged in the fatal shooting of a woman delivering pizzas in Ohio will be tried as an adult.A judge made the ruling Monday against the teen charged with aggravated robbery and murder in connection with the death of 28-year-old Sadari Knighten.Police say Knighten was killed in June near downtown Toledo while making her last delivery of the day. She was shot once in the chest and died at a hospital.Police say the teen made off with only 75 cents.WTOL-TV reports Knighten's
  
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• Life coach offers three easy ways to help balance life and work

  17-07-2018 13:15
  COLUMBUS - Finding a work-life balance is a huge issue for many parents.Regan Walsh is a certified executive and life coach. She says she often hears women say, "I'm exhausted. I'm not enjoying life."Walsh offers three easy steps to help women reclaim their life:1. Understand your priorities - Determine your core values.
  2. Understand what you're saying "no" to if you say "yes" to something - For every "yes" you give, you're saying "no" to something else
  3. Shed your shoulds - Stop doing things
  
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• Ohio begins preparations to execute killer of man met in bar

  17-07-2018 12:29
  
  Ohio planned Tuesday to move a condemned killer to the state death house as it begins preparations for its first execution in several months.Inmate Robert Van Hook was sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self after picking him up in a bar in Cincinnati in 1985. Van Hook, 58, has no remaining appeals, and Republican Gov. John Kasich rejected his request for clemency without comment.At the time of the killing, Van Hook was suffering from long-term effects of untreated mental
  
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• 1 killed, 1 injured after driver slams car into Ohio Walmart store

  17-07-2018 12:22
  
  Police say a car crashed into a Walmart in Ohio, killing one person and injuring another.Mentor spokesman Ante Logarusic says the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Monday when the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu hit two people in front of a Mentor store entrance and crashed into a wall.A woman who was struck went into cardiac arrest and died at a nearby hospital. Officials say a Walmart worker who uses a wheelchair was also struck and suffered minor injuries.The car's driver has been hospitalized fo
  
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• Johnny Depp settles lawsuits involving former managers

  17-07-2018 11:16
  
  Johnny Depp has settled lawsuits with his former business managers that put a spotlight on the actor's lavish lifestyle.Depp's representatives said on Monday that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star had settled litigation filed against The Management Group, which he accused in January 2017 seeking more than $25 million over alleged financial abuse and negligence. No details of the settlement were released.Depp had accused the firm of filing his taxes late, costing him $7.5 million in penalties.
  
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• Suspects run from scene after car crashes into home in Linden area

  17-07-2018 10:30
  
  COLUMBUS -Columbus Police say a car traveling on Cleveland Avenue crashed into a house Tuesday morning.According to authorities, the driver took off at a high rate of speed after seeing a police car in the area. The driver lost control and hit a house in the 2300 block of Cleveland Avenue.The suspects in the car fled the scene.Police are now working to see if the vehicle is stolen.Avoid traveling in the area of Cleveland Avenue as crews are working to clean up the debris.
  
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• Judge temporarily halts deportation of reunified families

  17-07-2018 10:18
  
  A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration races to meet a July 26 deadline for putting more than 2,500 children back in their parents' arms.U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw imposed a delay of at least a week after a request from the American Civil Liberties Union, which cited "persistent and increasing rumors ... that mass deportations may be carried out imminently and immediat
  
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• Hawaii volcano boat tours continue after lava injuries

  17-07-2018 10:12
  
  Hawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard's revised policy and stay farther away after an explosion caused molten rock to barrel through the roof of a vessel, injuring 23 people.The Coast Guard prohibits vessels from getting closer than 984 feet (300 meters) from where Kilauea volcano's lava oozes into the sea. The agency had been allowing experienced boat operators to apply for a special license to get closer up to 164 feet (50 mete
  
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• Main Street in east Columbus closed due to business fire

  17-07-2018 08:52
  
  COLUMBUS -Multiple fire crews responded to help put out a fire at a business in east Columbus.Fire crews were notified of the flames around 11:50 Monday night.Large flames and smoke were seen coming from the business, identified as Wirthman Bros., Inc, located on E. Main Street. The business specializes in automotive parts.Columbus Police shut down E. Main Street between S. Napoleon Avenue and Maplewood Avenue. They expect to have that portion of roadway closed throughout the morning.
  
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• Main Street in east Columbus back open after business fire

  17-07-2018 08:52
  
  COLUMBUS -Multiple fire crews responded to help put out a fire at a business in east Columbus.Fire crews were notified of the flames around 11:50 Monday night.Large flames and smoke were seen coming from the business, identified as Wirthman Bros., Inc, located on E. Main Street. The business specializes in automotive parts.Columbus Police shut down E. Main Street between S. Napoleon Avenue and Maplewood Avenue for several hours. They reopened all lanes of the roadway shortly before 6:30 a.m.The
  
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• New Riverside Crossing Park Plans Revealed

  17-07-2018 04:14
  The City of Dublin unveiled new details on the new Riverside Crossing Park last week during a public input session, providing residents a glimpse of what phase one of the east side of the new riverfront will look like upon completion. In addition to the walking and biking paths, the new park is set to […]
  
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• Olympic champ Simone Biles returning to competition July 28 in Columbus

  17-07-2018 03:45
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Simone Biles is ready to let the world in on her comeback.The reigning Olympic champion gymnast will return to competition for the first time since winning four gold medals in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro when she competes in the U.S. Classic in Columbus, Ohio, on July 28.Biles took time off after earning a record-tying five medals overall in Brazil, but returned to training last fall with new coach Laurent Landi.The 21-year-old Biles tweeted on Monday that she plan
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 7/16/2018

  17-07-2018 03:24 via youtube.com
  
  
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