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• Police investigating whether prominent Pelotonia rider faked cancer

  30-08-2018 23:33
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Pelotonia is one of the biggest charity bike rides in the country, and it's based in Columbus. In 10 years, more than 25,000 riders have raised more than $170,000,000 for cancer research.Columbus Police and the Ohio Attorney General's Office are investigating whether one of those riders faked cancer."Last week a few of the rider's friends reached out to us and said they wanted to have a meeting," said Pelotonia COO Miguel Perez. "We met with them, and they shared their suspicion
  
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• Arbitrator sends Colin Kaepernick's grievance against NFL to trial

  30-08-2018 23:27
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An arbitrator is sending Colin Kaepernick's grievance with the NFL to trial, denying the league's request to throw out the quarterback's claims that owners conspired to keep him out of the league because of his protests of social injustice.Kaepernick's lawyer Mark Geragos tweeted a picture Thursday of a ruling by arbitrator Stephen B. Burbank.The former 49ers quarterback argues that owners have colluded to keep him off any NFL roster since he hit free agency in 2017.Kae
  
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• A Big Day of Community for The Big Table—Thank You!

  30-08-2018 22:19
  Shared by The Columbus Foundation: To sum up The Big Table with a quote overheard yesterday: “Today is one of those days where you remember why you love being human.” Your energy. Your passion. Your commitment to our community—and to one another—is simply incredible. Every single person who opted in to help create a strong […]
  
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• Powell, Dublin, New Albany police investigating series of garage & car break-ins

  30-08-2018 21:55
  Police in three Columbus suburbs say they're linking a series of thefts from locked and unlocked vehicles and open garages.Investigators say they believe the crimes are the work of one or two people, and brothers from New Albany are facing criminal charges and eluding law enforcement.The New Albany Police Department says it's investigating a series of at least eight thefts in ten days in the month of August.Police say thieves are targeting garages with the door left open and swiping items left i
  
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• Gameday shuttle service to Ohio Stadium starts Saturday

  30-08-2018 21:43
  
  Columbus, OH -- With the start of a new season, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is looking to take some of the stress out of gameday.The 'Bus it to the Buckeyes' express service kicks off Saturday, Sept. 1 for The Ohio State University home football game against Oregon State.HOW IT WORKSThe shuttle service starts at 9 a.m. Return service begins after the third quarter and continues for two hours after the game ends. Pick-up and drop-off will be in the same spot.COTA has partnered with
  
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• Columbus woman killed in single-vehicle crash in Delaware County

  30-08-2018 21:31
  
  DELAWARE, Ohio -- A Columbus woman was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash in Scioto Township.The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says 46-year-old Bridey S. Thompson drove her vehicle off the right side of US 36, near milepost 6.She then struck several trees and overturned the vehicle. Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene by the Delaware County Coroner. OSHP says alcohol use is suspected to be a factor in the crash.
  
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• Mega Weekend: Top Things To Do This Labor Day Weekend

  30-08-2018 21:15
  Another fun weekend ahead! Take a look at highlights for the weekend and find links to daily lists below. Don’t miss out on tickets to CoffeeFest! Enter to win tickets to An Unpredictable Evening with Todd Rundgren, Buddy Guy, or The Decemberists! ARTS -Preview Open Studio & Stage Artists -Enjoy a Dog Days Mixer at […]
  
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• Report: Ohio State trustee resigns after Urban Meyer suspension; wanted harsher punishment

  30-08-2018 21:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State has confirmed that a university trustee resigned soon after the board suspended head football coach Urban Meyer.According to a New York Times report, Jeffrey Wadsworth was the ″lone voice″ advocating for a harsher punishment of Meyer.Wadsworth told the Times, ″I didn’t feel that I’d seen high-integrity behavior.”″Most people were concerned about whether it was a several-game suspension or not,″ Wadsworth said. ″To
  
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• Ohio State trustee resigns, calls Urban Meyer's penalty too light

  30-08-2018 21:09
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State University trustee who thought football coach Urban Meyer deserved more than a three-game suspension has resigned from the board.Former board chairman Jeffrey Wadsworth resigned after Ohio State suspended Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith last week following a two-week investigation. It found they tolerated bad behavior for years from a now-fired assistant coach also accused of but not charged with domestic violence.Wadsworth told the New York Times on T
  
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• Man threatened to kill newspaper staff over Trump editorials

  30-08-2018 20:51
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A California man upset about The Boston Globe's coordinated editorial response to President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media was arrested Thursday for threatening to travel to the newspaper's offices and kill journalists, whom he called the "enemy of the people," federal prosecutors said.Prosecutors say 68-year-old Robert Chain's threatening phone calls to the Globe's newsroom started immediately after the Globe appealed to newspapers across the country to condemn wha
  
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• Experts drop kids' age limit for rear-facing car seats

  30-08-2018 20:07
  
  The American Academy of Pediatrics used to recommend rear-facing seats for children until at least age 2. Now, the organization is updating its guidelines and wants parents to keep their children in rear-facing seats until they reach the seat's maximum height and weight limit — even if they're older than 2. Under the new guidelines, most kids would keep using rear-facing seats until they're about 4 years old."It's really important to keep them rear-facing as long as possible," said Natasha
  
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• London mayor who OK'd Trump baby blimp to get own balloon

  30-08-2018 20:06
  
  LONDON — Critics of London Mayor Sadiq Khan have been given permission to fly a giant balloon over London that depicts him dressed in a bikini.Organizer Yanny Bruere has raised more than 58,000 pounds ($75,000) through the Crowdfunder website for the 29-foot blimp as part of a campaign to oust Khan from his post.Khan angered some people in the British capital and elsewhere last month when he allowed a balloon caricaturing Donald Trump as an angry baby to float above the city while the U.S.
  
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• Comedy Preview: Kountry Wayne

  30-08-2018 20:00
  Born and raised in the small town of Millen, Georgia, “Kountry” Wayne Colley began his professional career managing a nightclub with aspirations of making it big in the music industry. But life for the father of seven took an unexpected turn four years ago when a self-made comedy sketch video he posted unassumingly on Facebook […]
  
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• Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees

  30-08-2018 19:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has told Congress he is canceling a pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive in January, citing budgetary constraints.Trump informed House and Senate leaders in a letter sent Thursday.Trump says in the letter that locality pay increases would cost $25 billion, on top of a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for most civilian government employees.He cites the costs and says: "We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fisca
  
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• Michigan State: NCAA finds no violations in Nassar scandal

  30-08-2018 19:57
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. — The NCAA has cleared Michigan State University of any rules violations in the Larry Nassar sexual-assault scandal, the school announced Thursday.Athletic director Bill Beekman said the university "cooperated fully with the inquiry" and welcomes the NCAA's conclusion. The school said it got a letter this week from the NCAA's vice president for enforcement, Jonathan Duncan.Nassar, 55, pleaded guilty to assaulting girls and women while working as a campus sports doctor f
  
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• Police: Grandmother charged with child's hot car death

  30-08-2018 19:55
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Police say they charged a 64-year-old woman with the death of her grandson in a hot car after discovering inconsistencies in her story that she collapsed from a medical issue.Greenville County Sheriff's spokesman Ryan Flood said 18-month-old Joe Avery James Lockaby was left in the car at least four hours outside Janik Nix's Greenville home May 31.Nix's mother told WHNS-TV shortly after her son's death that Nix put the boy in the car, but collapsed from a medical pro
  
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• Trump stands by warning of 'violence' if Dems win midterms

  30-08-2018 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged evangelical leaders this week to get out the vote ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and warned of "violence" by opponents if they fail.Trump made the dire warning at a White House dinner Monday evening attended by dozens of conservative Christian pastors, ministers and supporters of his administration.Trump was stressing the stakes in November when he warned that, if Democrats win, they "will overturn everything that we've done and they'
  
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• Mom's use of opioids in pregnancy may stunt kids' learning

  30-08-2018 19:45
  
  CHICAGO — Learning disabilities and other special education needs are common in children born with opioid-related symptoms from their mother's drug use while pregnant, according to the first big U.S. study to examine potential long-term problems in these infants.About 1 in 7 affected children required special classroom services for problems including developmental delays and speech or language difficulties, compared with about 1 in 10 children not exposed to opioids before birth, the study
  
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• Kent State orders grad to stop promoting open-carry rally

  30-08-2018 19:23
  
  KENT, Ohio (AP) — A university in Ohio has told a recent graduate to stop advertising an open-carry gun rally on campus because she doesn't have permission to hold the event.Kaitlin Bennett drew widespread attention in May when she posted photos of herself walking on the Kent State University campus with an AR-10 slung over her shoulder and carrying a mortar board with the words "Come and take it."The Record-Courier reports Bennett planned to hold the rally Sept. 29.Kent State said Wednesd
  
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• Gravity Announces 10 Local Artists to Install Murals for Project’s Arts Initiative

  30-08-2018 19:00
  As Kaufman Development nears completion of the Gravity project and business owners get set to move in, more news is being announced about the conscious community in Franklinton. In addition to large-scale murals commissioned by Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra and CCAD alumni Rather Severe, Gravity has teamed up with the Franklinton Arts District to commission […]
  
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• Live Coverage: Family, friends, political leaders remember McCain at Arizona memorial service

  30-08-2018 18:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizonans began lining the streets and mourners gathered at a Baptist church Thursday for a second day of memorial services for Sen. John McCain, the maverick politician and former prisoner of war who died at 81.A motorcade was scheduled to take McCain's body along an eight-mile route from the state Capitol to the North Phoenix Baptist church for a commemoration featuring former Vice President Joe Biden and other dignitaries.Mourners in black went inside the church, while U.
  
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• John McCain memorialized as hero, fighter, imperfect friend

  30-08-2018 18:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a "true American hero" — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — as 3,500 mourners crowded into an Arizona church to pay their final respects to the maverick politician.Former Vice President Joe Biden recalled "the sheer joy that crossed his face when he knew he was about to take the stage of the senate floor and start a fight."Biden, a Democrat who was among the fast friends the Rep
  
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• Honoring John McCain: Joe Biden, Arizona lawmakers remember McCain as "America's hero"

  30-08-2018 18:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a "true American hero" — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra's "My Way."Addressing an estimated 3,500 mourners, former Vice President Joe Biden recalled "the sheer joy that crossed his face when he knew he was about to take the stage of the Senate floor and start a fight."Biden,
  
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• Hang Over Easy to Open Second Columbus Location in Olde Towne East

  30-08-2018 18:03
  Due to popular demand, Hang Over Easy will open a second location in Columbus. It’ll be serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner at its new digs at 51 Parsons Ave., where Black Creek Bistro operated for 10 years. Scott McCrary is co-owner of On The Fly Hospitality, the group behind Hang Over Easy and Village […]
  
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• Six Flags announces new, record-breaking roller coaster

  30-08-2018 17:48
  Six Flags Great America announced it's getting a new, record-breaking roller coaster.The amusement park said the Maxx Force roller coaster will open in 2019 at its Illinois park and it will break three records.“In the category of record-breaking, one-of-a-kind rides and attractions, Six Flags reigns supreme,” said Six Flags Great America Park President Hank Salemi in a statement. “We continue to build upon our arsenal of world-class thrills and Maxx Force is in a class all by i
  
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• Plan for Renovation of Madison Building Downtown Updated

  30-08-2018 17:14
  The Day Companies bought the three historic and long-vacant buildings at 72-84 N. High St. in 2014. The local developer was awarded state historic tax credits to renovate the buildings in 2015, and started work on the project soon after. That work included demolishing the small two-story building at 90 N. High St., and dismantling […]
  
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• 3 Columbus Zoo polar bears will move to other zoos this fall

  30-08-2018 16:46
  
  POWELL -- Nuniq, Neva and Amelia Gray -- the only polar bear cubs born at a North American zoological facility in 2016 -- are scheduled to move from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium this fall.Females Amelia Gray and her half-sister, Neva, will both move to The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The announcement of Neva’s twin brother Nuniq’s new home will be made soon.All three bears are weaned, which means they're accustomed to food other than their mother's milk. 650-pound Nuniq now outweighs
  
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• Columbus Zoo Planning Move for Young Polar Bears

  30-08-2018 16:40
  You have until Fall to see the polar bears at the Columbus Zoo. In a statement today, the Zoo said that Nuniq, Neva, and Amelia Gray—the only polar bear cubs born at a North American zoological facility in 2016—are scheduled to move from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium this fall. Females Amelia Gray and her […]
  
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• Fiber Company with Columbus Roots Works for Sustainability in Kyrgyzstan

  30-08-2018 16:30
  June Cashmere has been selling ethical cashmere all over the world since 2016. Owner Sy Belohlavek moved from Columbus to Kyrgyzstan with his wife and children in 2010 to begin researching and planning a cashmere business.  Today, more than 100 vendors offer June Cashmere yarn, including local Dublin shop Knitting Temptations. Prior to 2010, Belohlavek […]
  
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• City Chat: Ohio Business & Career Expo 2018

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• Sheriff searching for illegal dumping duo at wildlife preserve in Hocking County

  30-08-2018 16:28
  
  Authorities in Hocking County are looking to find two people captured on video illegally dumping items at a wildlife preserve area.The Hocking County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Division of Wildlife is asking for the public's help in identifying a man and woman seen in the video. The sheriff's office says the incident took place in July off Sand Run Road.Video shows the pair illegally dumping televisions, tires and other various items.Investigators ask if you have information on the identity o
  
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• Sheriff IDs, charges duo seen in illegal dumping video at Hocking Co. wildlife preserve

  30-08-2018 16:28
  
  Authorities say they charged a man and woman who were caught on video illegally dumping items at a wildlife preserve in Hocking County.The Hocking County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Division of Wildlife asked for the public's help identifying pair Thursday.The sheriff's office says the incident took place in July off Sand Run Road.Video shows the man and woman illegally dumping televisions, tires and other various items. The sheriff's office says based on tips received, it identified the two i
  
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• Sheriff IDs, charges duo seen in illegal dumping video at Hockin Co. wildlife preserve

  30-08-2018 16:28
  
  Authorities say they charged a man and woman who were caught on video illegally dumping items at a wildlife preserve in Hocking County.The Hocking County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Division of Wildlife asked for the public's help identifying pair Thursday.The sheriff's office says the incident took place in July off Sand Run Road.Video shows the man and woman illegally dumping televisions, tires and other various items. The sheriff's office says based on tips received, it identified the two i
  
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• Introducing Megan Green, Director of Events for Columbus Underground

  30-08-2018 16:15
  We are excited to announce that Megan Green has joined the team as the new Director of Events for Columbus Underground! Green brings over a decade of event leadership and experience to the company and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team. You will recognize Megan’s name from Craftin’ Outlaws, Stinkybomb Soap, the […]
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Walnut Creek Cheese Curds

  30-08-2018 16:00
  Cheese curds have been occupying more culinary space in the local dining scene, since poutine started making appearances on Columbus menus. While curds can be a little challenging to find in the dairy case at big box grocers, the cheese variants are a fixture at more local or artisanal joints. Case in point: Walnut Creek’s […]
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Wil Haygood on Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance

  30-08-2018 15:35
  Wil Haygood is a journalist, author, cultural historian and the guest curator for I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100, an exhibition opening at the Columbus Museum of Art on Oct. 19. Haygood grew up on the Near East Side of Columbus. He is best known as the author of The Butler, which […]
  
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• Jailed woman who leaked US secrets thanks Trump for tweet

  30-08-2018 15:13
  
  ATLANTA — A former government contractor who leaked a classified report on Russian hacking is thanking President Donald Trump for tweeting about her case.In a Thursday telephone interview from a Georgia jail, Reality Winner told "CBS This Morning" that Trump's tweet was a "breath of fresh air" and it made her laugh. Trump tweeted Aug. 24 that Winner's crime is "small potatoes" compared with "what Hillary Clinton did."Prosecutors have said Winner once wrote in a notebook of her desire to "
  
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• Sweedish study notes surge in automated Twitter accounts

  30-08-2018 14:21
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark— A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 election, noting that 40 percent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, expected to make gains.
  The study by Sweden's defense research agency comes amid broader concerns over misinformation ahead of the election.Researcher Johan Fernquist said the number of so-called Twitter bots discussing politics nearl
  
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• Video shows cop-suspect trackside scuffle before train kills man

  30-08-2018 14:06
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Dozens of people attended a vigil Wednesday night for a man killed by a train a year ago, and the man's family released Metro security video of what the man's mother claims shows an officer throwing her son onto the tracks right in front of a train, reports CBS Los Angeles. The man died when he was run over by the train.The struggle between 23-year-old Cesar Rodriguez and a Long Beach police officer on a Metro Rail platform was caught by security cameras on a Blue Line trai
  
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• Police: ICE to be called on man in self-defense shooting

  30-08-2018 13:59
  
  CORINTH, Miss. — His fatal shooting of another man was ruled self-defense, but Mississippi police say the man was living in the country illegally and will be reported to immigration authorities.Corinth Police Chief Ralph Dance tells WTVA-TV Montejo Torres fatally shot Juan Guzman in self-defense Sunday and no charges will be filed against Torres.Dance says the two men were intoxicated at their shared Corinth home when Guzman, who was in the country illegally, began stabbing Torres. Police
  
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• CDC: At least 1 killed in salmonella outbreak linked to kosher chicken

  30-08-2018 13:52
  
  NEW YORK -- The Centers for Disease Control says one person has died and several others have been hospitalized by kosher chicken infected with salmonella, CBS New York reports. The New York State Department of Health found several of the patients had eaten Empire Kosher brand chicken, the CDC said. According to the agency's report, a total of 17 cases of salmonella had been reported in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia from September of 2017 to June of this year. Eight of those patie
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan join Lin-Manuel Miranda at 'Hamilton'

  30-08-2018 13:45
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry sang and joked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the stage of "Hamilton," after he and his wife Meghan joined audiences for a gala charity performance of the smash-hit musical in London's West End.The royal couple sat in the royal circle at Victoria Palace Theater during the performance, and afterward they joined Miranda, the show's creator, on stage to thank the cast and crew.Harry received enthusiastic cheers from the cast and audience as he sang the opening words to
  
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• Victim's family calls ex-cop's 15-year sentence too short

  30-08-2018 13:26
  
  A Texas jury gave a white former police officer too lenient of a punishment when sentencing him to 15 years for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager who was in a car leaving a house party, the victim's family members said.Roy Oliver fired into the car filled with teens the night of the April 2017 party in suburban Dallas, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards."He can actually see life again after 15 years and that's not enough because Jordan can't see life again," Edwards' stepmother, Ch
  
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• Michigan Amber Alert issued for 3 children father considered armed and dangerous

  30-08-2018 12:56
  
  An Amber Alert has been issued for three Michigan children who are said to have been taken by their father after he allegedly assaulted their mother.Michigan State Police was contacted by the Sturgis Police Department regarding the Amber Alert at 12:16 a.m. After allegedly being assaulted in the 100 block of Pioneer Street in Sturgis, the mother of the three fled the residence to a gas station to call 911.Fernando Mendoza Cruz, 37, fled with the children. He is said to be armed with a handgunPol
  
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• Amber Alert ends; man, 3 kids found in southern Michigan

  30-08-2018 12:56
  
  STURGIS, Mich. — An Amber Alert has been called off in Michigan after police found a man and his three children.Police say 37-year-old Fernando Mendoza Cruz is in custody Thursday and the children are safe. He was accused of taking the children, ages 2, 4 and 5, from Sturgis, Michigan, near the Indiana border.Investigators believe Cruz drove the children into Indiana. He returned to Sturgis with the kids.Sturgis police say the search began after the children's mother reported an assault at
  
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• Officials hold groundbreaking for expansion of Akron-Canton airport

  30-08-2018 12:49
  
  Officials have held a ceremonial groundbreaking at an Ohio airport for construction of a long-awaited expansion project.Akron-Canton Airport President Rick McQueen said at this week's ceremony that the current gate area is outdated and unable to meet the needs of today's air travelers for modern amenities. The Akron Beacon Journal reports the $34 million expansion project will include charging stations for smartphones, a sit-down restaurant and fast-food options such as Cinnabon and Arby's, a bu
  
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• Utility to close coal power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania

  30-08-2018 12:39
  
  An Ohio-based energy company is closing its last coal-fired power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.FirstEnergy Solutions said Wednesday it plans to shut down its remaining four coal plants by 2022. The three Ohio plants are on the Ohio River in Stratton. Its last Pennsylvania coal plant is in Shippingport.The company says it can't compete in the regional wholesale markets that are managed by PJM Interconnection.FES Generation Companies and Chief Nuclear Officer Donald Moul said in a statement the
  
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• Trump revisits wargames with SKorea as NKorea talks stall

  30-08-2018 12:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that there's no reason to spend a lot of money on military wargames with South Korea, but he warned he could "instantly" relaunch the exercises again and they would be "far bigger than ever before."Trump made the comment Wednesday in a series of tweets that primarily took aim at China, blaming it for lack of progress on getting North Korea to end its nuclear program, following the president's landmark summit with Kim Jong Un in June.But there w
  
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• Officials: Car goes off roadway, kills Ohio construction worker

  30-08-2018 12:19
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a construction worker died when a car veered off the road and struck him.WTOL-TV reports the Highway Patrol identified the man killed Thursday afternoon as Nathan Soto, of Gerken Paving. Authorities say a car traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 24 near Waterville Township went off the right side of the road and struck Soto.The Highway Patrol says at least one vehicle was involved in the crash. Authorities aren't sure what caused the vehicle to veer off the road.P
  
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• After church service, McCain to depart Arizona for last time

  30-08-2018 12:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The celebration of Sen. John McCain's life as a former prisoner of war and maverick politician enters a second day with a church service and a military salute before his casket departs his adopted state of Arizona for the U.S. Capitol.A motorcade with McCain's remains leaves Thursday morning from the Arizona Capitol, where McCain has been lying in state so thousands of people could say goodbye.Visibly bereft family and friends gathered there Wednesday for an emotional privat
  
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