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• International visitors study Ohio election, talk politics with New Albany high school students

  05-11-2018 23:27
  Ohio is used to having the attention of the world on election day. Twenty-two international visitors are in Columbus this week studying American elections.Monday they visited New Albany High School for the perspective of the next generation of American voters.The visitors represented France, Kazakhstan, Laos, Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Nepal and Pakistan among other nations.New Albany students led them on a tour of their campus, and then it was on to a discussion of politics and elections.Topics ranged
  
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• Chance for a rain, snow mix late this week

  05-11-2018 22:28
  Get ready for a wild swing in temperatures this week! We’re starting out the week as warm as it’s going to get and it’ll feel like late November by the end of the work week and mid-December by the weekend.A storm system will move through Monday night and Tuesday bringing showers and possibly a few storms. We’ll get a chance to dry out during the second half of Election Day but winds will be howling.Even though things will calm down by the end of the week it’s going
  
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• Predicted Outcomes for Ohio’s Major Races

  05-11-2018 21:56
  Despite the criticism lobbed at the Republican Party since President Donald Trump took office, the GOP is leading in a number of races here in Ohio, according to several polls. The 2018 midterm election has been discussed as one of the most crucial in history. In an increasingly polarized nation, more people than ever are […]
  
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• The Columbus Rotary Club: Veterans Services

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• Blacklick man dies after crash on I-70 Monday morning

  05-11-2018 20:50
  
  BUCKEYE LAKE – Troopers from the Granville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a Monday morning fatal crash on Interstate 70 in Licking County.OSHP said the crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. near the 126-mile marker in Union Township.Michael Bush, 47, of Blacklick, was pronounced dead at the scene. Patrol said Bush lost control during a lane change and went off the north side of the road, striking a tree.Bush was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, according
  
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• The Space Brings Yoga to East Public

  05-11-2018 20:35
  After months of preparation and patience, Josie Schweitzer has opened her yoga studio The Space in a beautiful, modern building located at the rear 687 Parsons Avenue. The Space is clean lines and white walls. There are generously-sized windows letting in natural light and a garage door that can be opened on good weather days. […]
  
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• WATCH: President Trump hosts rally in Cleveland

  05-11-2018 20:34
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Donald Trump plans a stop in Cleveland as part of a last-minute pre-election swing through several states.Ohio's midterm elections include a close governor's race and a pair of tight congressional campaigns.Trump is scheduled to speak around 2:45 p.m. You can watch in the player below.The Republican president will be in Cleveland the afternoon of Nov. 5, the day before the election, with other stops planned that day in Indiana and Missouri. He plans stops in Geor
  
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• Trump warns of 'fragile' victories during Cleveland rally

  05-11-2018 20:34
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — In his final pitch to voters, President Donald Trump implored Republicans on Monday to help preserve "fragile" GOP victories that could be erased by Democrats as he closes out a midterm campaign that has been defined by his racially charged rhetoric, hard-line immigration moves and scattershot policy proposals.Trump's shadow has hung over the midterm elections that will determine the future of his presidency, with the monthslong fight serving as a testing ground for his na
  
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• Construction of 6-mile Texas border wall to begin February after $145M contract awarded

  05-11-2018 20:33
  
  MCALLEN, Texas -- Federal authorities have awarded a $145 million contract to a Texas company to build 6 miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said Friday that SLSCO will begin construction of an 18-foot reinforced concrete levee wall in February in the agency's McAllen Station region. The company will also increase the height of existing fences.It will be the first section of President Donald Trump's border barriers in the Rio Grande
  
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• Short North Stage’s Rapturous La Cage Aux Folles

  05-11-2018 20:00
  Short North Stage continue their season with a beautiful version of the hit drag comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) and Harvey Fierstein’s (book) 1983 Broadway adaptation of Jean Poiret’s play is directed by Michael Licata and choreographed by Edward Carignan. Albin (Thom Christopher Warren) is the star attraction at La […]
  
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• Online beauty tricks that can do more harm than good

  05-11-2018 19:51
  We turn to the internet and social media for shopping, socializing and now self-help.No matter the platform, millions of Americans are scrolling through the latest in hair, skin, nails and even fitness.Often the expertise comes from recognizable names in consumer health and beauty, fitness or skincare but there is a growing trend of do-it-yourself influencers.These influencers are users on social media who have established credibility in a specific area or industry. Social media influencers have
  
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• Lots of Options Available for Free and Discounted Rides to the Polls

  05-11-2018 19:35
  Several nonprofit organizations, along with most of the “shared mobility” companies that operate in Columbus, are working to ensure that transportation is not a barrier for citizens hoping to vote on November 6. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. To find your polling location, visit the Franklin County Board […]
  
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• Iowa grandmother revealed as Powerball winner

  05-11-2018 19:02
  
  An Iowa grandmother was revealed Monday morning as one of the two winners of a massive Powerball jackpot. Lerynne West of Redfield, Iowa.She told reporters she's taking the $198.1 million lump-sum option of last month's $688 million jackpot.West, 51, said she was using some of her winnings to start the Callum Foundation in honor of her late grandson. He was born prematurely at 24 weeks in April and lived for one day, West said.This is a developing story and will be updated.
  
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• Concert Preview: The Brother Brothers

  05-11-2018 19:00
  When I spoke to David and Adam Moss early in October, their excellent debut album, Some People I Know, was less than two weeks away from being released. Illinois-born and now Brooklyn-based, the identical twins, better known as The Brother Brothers, have the kind of prodigious harmonic purity that is, with a few exceptions, only possible […]
  
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• Police: Case Western Reserve student shot; police shoot possible suspect

  05-11-2018 18:54
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland-area police department says a university student was shot and injured when two men apparently tried to rob him, and police later shot and injured a possible suspect in an exchange of gunfire with officers.University Circle police received a report Saturday night of a 20-year-old man shot near the Case Western Reserve University campus. They say the wounded man was a Case Western student. They didn't release the identity of the student who was hospitalized in st
  
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• Autopsy finds rapper Mac Miller died from drugs and alcohol

  05-11-2018 18:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner has ruled rapper Mac Miller's death an accidental overdose due to a combination of drugs and alcohol.A Los Angeles County coroner's report released Monday named the 26-year-old Miller's cause of death as "mixed toxicity," saying cocaine, alcohol and the powerful opioid fentanyl were found in his system.Paramedics found Miller unresponsive in his Los Angeles home on Sept. 7 and declared him dead soon after. An autopsy was performed Sept. 10.The Pittsburgh native
  
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• WATCH: Urban Meyer press conference | Ohio State vs. Michigan State week

  05-11-2018 17:21
  
  COLUMBUS -- Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer is addressing the media Monday morning from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.In his weekly briefing, Meyer will recap last Saturday's win over Nebraska and discuss this weekend's noon matchup against Michigan State at Ohio Stadium.Watch the press conference live in the video player below:
  *Scheduled to start at 11:45 a.m.OHIO STATE FOOTBALL LIVESponsored by Big Sandy SuperstoreLatest Ohio State News: Ohio State remains at No. 8 in latest AP P
  
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• Easton Welcomes First Retailer to New ShopLAB

  05-11-2018 17:16
  Easton Town Center’s ShopLAB, a new-to-market concept space, has opened with its first retailer, Rock ‘Em Socks. Located in the Easton Station Building, next to the grand staircase near the AMC theater, the Easton ShopLAB is dedicated to hosting online brands looking to build a brick and mortar presence, as well as retailers interested in […]
  
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• Opinion: Voting is Literally the Least You Could Do

  05-11-2018 16:57
  If you’ve already voted, congratulations, welcome to democracy. If you’re waiting until Tuesday, again, kudos on participating in the formulation of your republic. If, however, you are on the fence about voting or have decided that you don’t wish to exercise your right to vote this time around, I’d like five minutes of your time […]
  
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• Officials: Driver was huffing before crash that killed 3 Girl Scouts, child's mother

  05-11-2018 16:52
  
  LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (AP) — A young driver was inhaling chemical vapors, or huffing, just prior to striking and killing three Girl Scouts and a mother and critically injuring a fourth girl who had been picking up trash along a rural Wisconsin highway, police said Monday.Colten Treu, 21, sped off after the collision in Lake Hallie Saturday morning, but later surrendered.Treu was being held in the Chippewa County Jail on 13 possible charges, including four counts of intoxicated use of a motor v
  
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• Charges filed in hit-and-run that killed 4 in Wisconsin

  05-11-2018 16:52
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vehicular homicide charges were filed Tuesday against a 21-year-old man accused of inhaling chemical vapors before he crashed his truck into a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash along a highway, killing three children and one adult, Wisconsin prosecutors said Tuesday.The 11 charges filed against Colten Treu include four counts of vehicular homicide and four counts of a hit-and-run resulting in death. The punishment for those charges alone is up to 160 years in prison.Th
  
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• If You Have Time to Protest, You Have Time to Vote

  05-11-2018 16:45
  (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in September 2017, but has been updated slightly for 2018.) The political landscape is a hostile scene, full of land mines that hide beneath words like “immigration” and “police brutality.” Set that into a context where uncomfortable facts are fake, the press is the opposition party, and propaganda is […]
  
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• Photos: Columbus Crew’s Win Against the Red Bulls

  05-11-2018 16:30
  A managerial stroke of genius from Columbus Crew SC boss Gregg Berhalter set up the black and gold to grab a precious victory during Sunday’s first-leg Semifinal. Crew SC held off the Supporters Shield winning New York Red Bulls 1-0 at a euphoric MAPFRE Stadium. Berhalter did the unexpected and put midfield maestro and on-form […]
  
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• First Look: Comune Opens for Lunch This Week

  05-11-2018 15:00
  Soft openings begin this week for plant-forward restaurant Comune, at the East Public Development on Parsons. An extension of the former pop-up Rau, Comune is a full service restaurant offering seasonal, plant-based lunch and dinner. While Rau’s focus was primarily on vegetarian Bánh mìs, Comune features an array of dishes on their starter menu, conceptualized […]
  
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• Lion Air jet's airspeed indicator malfunctioned on 4 flights

  05-11-2018 13:28
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The "black box" data recorder from a crashed Lion Air jet shows its airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights, investigators said Monday, just hours after distraught relatives of victims confronted the airline's co-founder at a meeting organized by officials.National Transportation Safety Committee chairman Soerjanto Tjahjono said the problem was similar on each of the four flights, including the fatal flight on Oct. 29 in which the plane plunged i
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Heather Lynn Tapia

  05-11-2018 13:22
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is trying to find 47-year old Heather Lynn Tapia. She is wanted for aggravated vehicular homicide and driving under the influence.She has eight other prior OVI convictions.In July,police say Tapia was driving when she crashed, killing her passenger Audrey Gartin.It happened in north Columbus at the intersection of Morse Road and Cleveland Avenue.Tapia's last known address was in the North Linden area. She is 5'2", 140 lbs.If you see her, call the Franklin Cou
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Columbus woman wanted for aggravated vehicular homicide

  05-11-2018 13:22
  
  COLUMBUS -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is trying to find 47-year old Heather Lynn Tapia. She is wanted for aggravated vehicular homicide and driving under the influence.She has eight other prior OVI convictions.In July,police say Tapia was driving when she crashed, killing her passenger Audrey Gartin.It happened in north Columbus at the intersection of Morse Road and Cleveland Avenue.Tapia's last known address was in the North Linden area. She is described as 5 feet 2 inches and weighi
  
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• Man mistakenly shoots self while robbing McDonald's, sheriff says

  05-11-2018 12:40
  
  A Georgia sheriff's office says a man robbing a Macon McDonald's accidentally shot himself in the thigh, foiling his escape.News outlets report the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says an armed man wearing a wig entered the restaurant Saturday night and ordered a manager to take him to a safe. Deputies say the manager complied before fleeing with another employee. It says they then heard a gunshot and saw the thief flee. Witnesses told deputies they later heard a man screaming for help.Deputies say
  
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• Breakdown of Issue 3: Metro Parks levy

  05-11-2018 12:39
  COLUMBUS - It's all about the outdoors for Issue 3 on the ballot.The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks hope people will vote 'yes' for the creation of more parks, added programming and conservation efforts."70% of our funding comes from the levy so we if we weren't funded by the residents of Franklin County, our park system wouldn't exist like it does today," says Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney.Today the Metro Parks system consists of 19 parks, four of which were opened with m
  
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• National Veterans Memorial & Museum offers free admission to veterans after criticism

  05-11-2018 12:38
  
  The new National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Ohio won't charge U.S. military veterans admission following public criticism of earlier plans to have them pay entrance fees.The Columbus Dispatch reports that the museum in Columbus originally said adult admission was $17, while veterans would pay $12. The decision to charge veterans drew criticism, and officials decided to let them in free.Museum President and CEO retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter said in a statement the museum was "commit
  
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• Ohio candidates campaign in final hours before election

  05-11-2018 12:27
  
  Candidates were expected to spend a last full day of campaigning around Ohio before voters select a new governor Tuesday and decide a U.S. Senate race and some closely contested congressional seats.Voters also will determine whether to reduce sentences for possession of certain drugs, among other measures.Democrat Richard Cordray is locked in a tight gubernatorial race with Republican Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Cordray is a former Ohio attorney general.Democrat U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is
  
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• Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame to induct class of 2018

  05-11-2018 12:24
  
  The 20 people selected for the 2018 class of the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame will be inducted at a public ceremony this week.The Ohio Department of Veterans Services and Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Foundation will hold the ceremony Thursday at Radiant Life Church in the Columbus suburb of Dublin. The class will be honored with medals by Chip Tansill, director of the state's Department of Veterans Services, and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor.The Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame was established in 1992 to recognize
  
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• Amazon expands free shipping to everyone for the holiday season

  05-11-2018 12:19
  
  Amazon is following Target and temporarily dropping the minimum amount shoppers need to spend to qualify for free shipping.Typically, Amazon shoppers need to spend $25 to qualify for free shipping or pay $119 a year for a Prime membership. Amazon's offer, which started Monday, applies to hundreds of millions of items and on orders that arrive in time for Christmas. Shoppers who aren't Prime members will get slower shipping, though, which can take five to eight days.Retailers are competing hard f
  
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• 'Everything's at stake' on eve of first Trump-era elections

  05-11-2018 12:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived.Voters on Tuesday will decide the $5 billion debate between President Donald Trump's take-no-prisoner politics and the Democratic Party's super-charged campaign to end the GOP's monopoly in Washington and statehouses across the nation.There are indications that an oft-discussed "blue wave" may help Democrats seize control of at least one chamber of Congress. But two years after an election that proved polls and
  
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• 2 Buildings collapse in French city of Marseille; 2 hurt

  05-11-2018 12:11
  
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Two buildings collapsed in the southern city of Marseille on Monday, leaving a giant pile of rubble and beams. Fire services said two people were lightly hurt.The collapse spewed debris into the street and clouds of dust into the air, and left a big gap where the two buildings used to be.Dozens of fire officers were at the scene, with two sniffer dogs, and thick dust covered cars in the street that is close to Marseille's famous Old Port.Authorities said searches w
  
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• 'Growing Up Hip Hop' star's ex-boyfriend shot and killed

  05-11-2018 11:46
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say the ex-boyfriend and father of the son of "Growing Up Hip Hop" star Angela Simmons has been killed in Atlanta.Police said in a statement that a man was shot several times Saturday afternoon after an argument at a southwest Atlanta house.The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office identifiedThe victim was identified as 37-year-old Sutton Tennyson by the medical examiner's office in Fulton County.Simmons posted on Instagram a picture of Tennyson holding their s
  
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• Local moms start group to create civil conversations on politics

  05-11-2018 11:37
  
  COLUMBUS -Two local moms spearheaded a grassroots effort to invite more women from every corner and political affiliation into conversations about community, hotly-debated issues, and legislation. The Central Ohio organization is called Salon Lab."We talk about a different issue once a month. We talk about it from both sides. We're bi-partisans- so we're a collectivity of women who are republicans, democrats, non-affiliated people who are just trying to figure out who they are and how they fit i
  
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• Reputation precedes 'El Chapo' as US trial approaches

  05-11-2018 11:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — He is accused of having a hand in dozens of murders, of using his drug cartel to smuggle more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, even pulling off running the massive operation from behind bars. That's when he wasn't busy escaping from jail — twice.The almost-mythical criminal pedigree of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who was extradited in 2017 to face U.S. drug conspiracy charges, has sparked security concerns at his upcoming New York City
  
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• Iran president warns of 'war situation' as sanctions resume

  05-11-2018 11:15
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and an acknowledgement from President Hassan Rouhani the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold.The sanctions end all the economic benefits America granted Tehran for its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, though Iran for now continues to abide by the accord that saw it limit its enrichment of uranium.
  
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• Wisconsin town mourns 3 Girl Scouts, 1 adult killed in crash

  05-11-2018 05:08
  
  LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (AP) — A western Wisconsin community on Sunday was grieving the deaths of three Girl Scouts and a parent who were collecting trash along a rural highway when police say a pickup truck veered off the road and hit them before speeding away.Authorities have not released the names of the girls or the woman who were struck by the truck Saturday in Lake Hallie, or the name of a fourth girl who survived but was in critical condition at a Minnesota hospital. The girls were fourth
  
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• Man proposes to girlfriend during her first New York City Marathon

  05-11-2018 04:16
  
  A woman was running in Sunday's New York City Marathon and her longtime boyfriend came to cheer her on. Little did she know he had bigger plans — to pop the question during the race.Kaitlyn Curran, a nurse, was hitting mile 16 of her first marathon when her firefighter boyfriend of four years Dennis Galvin hopped over the barrier and went down on one knee."People in the race were slowing down to take pictures. It was indescribable just to be there and see it all was amazing," Galvin's cous
  
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• High school teacher arrested after allegedly punching student

  05-11-2018 03:31
  
  MAYWOOD, Calif. — A California high school teacher was arrested after video surfaced of him allegedly punching one of his students who used a racial epithet, CBS Los Angeles reports. Marston Riley, 64, was released Saturday from the Los Angeles County Jail after posting $50,000 bail, according to sheriff's inmate records.Cellphone video showed Riley fighting with the student during band class at Maywood Academy High School. The teacher can be seen repeatedly hitting the student, and at one
  
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• With $50 million debut, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is no poor boy

  05-11-2018 01:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and 20th Century Fox are — for now, at least — champions of the world."Bohemian Rhapsody," starring Rami Malek as the late Queen frontman, shrugged off production troubles and mediocre reviews to debut with $50 million in weekend ticket sales in U.S. and Canada, and another $72.5 million internationally, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was well beyond expectations, which had pegged the film closer to $35-
  
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• Singer-songwriter John Legend headlines early voting rally

  05-11-2018 01:27
  NORWOOD, Ohio — Ohio native and singer-songwriter John Legend headlined early voting rallies with Democrats across Ohio.Legend co-hosted the rally with congressional candidate Aftab Pureval (AF' tab-PYUR' vawl) and other Democrats in Norwood on Sunday.Later in the day Legend was with Rich Cordray, Betty Sutton, Eric Holder Jr., and Sherrod Brown.Legend told the crowd the Republican Party "is afraid of democracy." Pureval and a marching band later led the crowd to the nearby Hamilton County
  
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• Camila Cabello wins best artist and best song at MTV EMAs

  05-11-2018 01:10
  
  BILBAO, Spain — Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello has won awards for best artist and best song at the MTV EMAs held in Bilbao, Spain.The 21-year-old Cabello beat out Ariana Grande, Drake, Dua Lipa and Post Malone for best artist at Sunday's show.Her hit song "Havana" took the trophy for best song.Cabello was voted best pop artist last year when the awards were announced in London.The show, formerly known as the MTV Europe Music Awards, celebrated its 25th edition in northern Spain. The
  
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• Close at half, Kansas City pulls away from Browns for 37-21 win

  05-11-2018 00:38
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — With almost every flick of his right wrist, the legend of Patrick Mahomes grows.And he's just beginning.Only 10 games into his NFL career, Kansas City's young quarterback is doing things that have never been done before.Mahomes passed for 375 yards, threw three touchdown passes — two to Cleveland native Travis Kelce — and continued the best start by a QB in 68 years as Kansas City's impossible-to-handle offense kept rolling with a 37-21 win on Sunday over the C
  
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• Crew beat Red Bulls 1-0 in Game 1 of Eastern semifinals

  05-11-2018 00:29
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gyasi Zardes scored his 20th goal of the season in the 61st minute, helping the Columbus Crew beat the Supporters' Shield holder New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Sunday in the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.The second leg is next Sunday in Harrison, New Jersey.Zardes had a sliding finish of a back-heel pass from second-half substitute Federico Higuain. It was Zardes' third career postseason goal.New York goalkeeper Luis Robles denied Pedro Santos' open shot fro
  
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