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• Pennsylvania man charged after alleged threat to shoot poll workers

  06-11-2018 23:07
  
  A man is accused of threatening to shoot workers at a western Pennsylvania polling place after they told him he wasn't registered to vote.Forty-eight-year-old Christopher Thomas Queen of Claysville was charged Tuesday with terroristic threats and disorderly conduct.Washington County assistant elections director Melanie Ostrander says Quinn came to the South Franklin Volunteer Fire Department in South Franklin Township at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. She says he became irate when he was told he wasn't r
  
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• "Look above the door": Anonymous letter led Michigan officials to infant corpses

  06-11-2018 22:09
  
  DETROIT — An anonymous letter informed Michigan officials that they could find "a bunch of infant corpses" hidden in a crawl space of a closed Detroit funeral home, according to state records. The Detroit News used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the letter received by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on Oct. 12, which detailed concerns about the Cantrell Funeral Home. Detroit police raided the home that same day and found the hidden remains of
  
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• Portion of I-270 named for fallen officers Morelli and Joering

  06-11-2018 21:49
  
  WESTERVILLE -- A portion of Interstate 270 has officially been named for two Westerville officers that were killed in the line of duty last February.Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering, who died in the line of duty Feb. 10, 2018, are now honored by the portion of I-270 between Cleveland Avenue and State Street bearing their names.The Ohio Department of Transportation installed the signs this week. Westerville City Council will present the families with replica signs next Tuesday. Westervil
  
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• "MoPi," the Museum of Pizza takes up residence in NYC

  06-11-2018 21:05
  
  NEW YORK — There is now a museum for pizza lovers everywhere that's popped-up in arguably America's pizza capital, New York City.The Museum of Pizza is dedicated to all things cheese and sauce, but there's more to it than meets the tongue."It's often that the simplest ideas are the best. And we wanted to use pizza's ubiquitous appeal to get people through the door and looking at art and hearing about history in a different format," said Alexandra Serio, Chief Content Officer at Nameless Ne
  
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• $100K raised for California teacher who punched student

  06-11-2018 20:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Community members have raised more than $100,000 for a Los Angeles-area teacher captured on video punching a student who had repeatedly called him a racial slur and other names.By Tuesday, a Gofundme page had raised more than double the stated goal of $50,000 for Marston Riley, a music teacher at Maywood Academy High School.Video on social media shows Riley, who is black, repeatedly hitting the student, who returns some blows. Before the scuffle, the video showed the stu
  
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• Man sentenced to 354 years in prison in highway shootings

  06-11-2018 20:38
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — A judge in central California has sentenced a man who terrorized motorists by randomly shooting at them to 354 years to life in prison.The Fresno Bee reports Jorge Gracia was sentenced Monday in Fresno.A jury last month found Gracia guilty of shooting randomly at cars along a highway in six separate occasions.Most of the shootings last year happened along Highway 145 near Kerman, Fresno. Vehicles were struck by gunfire, but no one was injured.Prosecutor Katherine Plante sa
  
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• Billboard names Ariana Grande 2018 Woman of the Year

  06-11-2018 20:24
  
  NEW YORK — The music industry is honoring Ariana Grande.Billboard on Tuesday named the 25-year-old award-winning singer its 2018 Woman of the Year. Grande will receive the award at Billboard's 13th annual Women in Music event on Dec. 6 in New York City.Previous recipients include Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Selena Gomez.In a statement Billboard's vice president of content Ross Scarano says Grande "consistently stands up for herself and her decisions in a world that often isn't hos
  
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• Lawsuit alleges Ohio girl was bullied at school before her death

  06-11-2018 20:20
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The parents of an 11-year-old Ohio girl who killed herself allege in a federal lawsuit against her school district that she was bullied for years because of her appearance and gender and that school officials didn't do enough to address it.Bethany Thompson's parents also allege a Triad Local School District principal who learned the girl had talked about killing herself failed to notify her parents about those comments before her death in 2016. The lawsuit seeks unspe
  
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• Election Results: Central Ohio school levies

  06-11-2018 20:06
  
  Get the latest local results in the 2018 Nov. 6 general election:All races | Results by county | School levies | Statewide races | National: Balance of Power
  
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• Tickets for ‘Hamilton’ at the Ohio Theatre go on sale November 15

  06-11-2018 19:58
  
  The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts and Broadway in Columbus announced that tickets for Hamilton will be available online through Ticketmaster Verified Fan beginning Thursday, November 15 at 10 a.m.Verified Fan is a new technology from Ticketmaster that allows pre-registered fans to unlock access to tickets without competing against scalpers and bots.Registration for tickets is now open and will close Monday, November 12 at 11:59 p.m. To register, click here.Those who register will
  
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• Advance Hamilton Tickets Available Though New Ticketmaster Program

  06-11-2018 19:13
  “Hamilton,” the award-winning Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to the Ohio Theatre for shows on Jan. 29 through Feb. 17, 2019. Fans now have the chance to access tickets ahead of sale through Ticketmaster’s new Verified Fan program. Verified Fan allows fans the chance to be randomly selected for tickets by registering for an […]
  
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• 82-year-old great-grandmother votes for first time, dies just days after casting ballot

  06-11-2018 19:13
  
  An 82-year-old great-grandmother from Texas voted for the first time ever during this year's midterm elections. Gracie Phillips was battling pneumonia and in hospice care when she voted early on Thursday. Sadly, just four days after casting her midterm ballot, Phillips died — but not before she had her voice heard and her opinion counted, her granddaughters told CBS News.Phillips registered to vote in Grand Prairie, Texas, last month, just before she was admitted to the hospital. "With suc
  
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• Duncan Hines voluntarily recall some cake mixes over salmonella concerns

  06-11-2018 18:48
  
  Some 2.4 million boxes of Duncan Hines cake mixes are being recalled nationwide after one flavor tested positive for salmonella, according to federal health officials and Conagra Brands, the food conglomerate that recently purchased the popular cake brand.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received reports of five illnesses, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Reports of additional illnesses are expected due to time lags between when an illness occurs and when the CDC
  
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• WHAT TO WATCH: After turbulent campaign, it's up to voters

  06-11-2018 18:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Tweetstorms and a trade war. Kanye in the Oval Office. Kavanaugh in the hearing room.President Donald Trump's presidency has been a wild, turbulent, two-year ride. Now it's time for voters to weigh in how much they're enjoying it.Republicans' across-the-board control of Congress is at stake in Tuesday's midterm election, along with command of governors' offices and statehouses around the country.The president has barnstormed the nation this fall, holding multiple rallies a wee
  
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• Mother of Girl Scouts hit-and-run victim: "There was no warning"

  06-11-2018 18:06
  
  CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – The driver accused in the hit-and-run deaths of three Wisconsin Girl Scouts and one of their mothers is expected to be formally charged Tuesday morning. Colten Treu, 21, faces multiple counts of homicide. The girls were collecting trash next to a rural highway over the weekend when a pick-up truck hit them.Treu remains at the county jail on $250,000 bail, reports CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan. The mother of one of the girls killed said she was standing near h
  
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• City of Columbus to pay family $410,000 settlement in fatal firetruck crash

  06-11-2018 17:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —Columbus City Council has approved paying the family of an 86-year-old woman killed in a firetruck accident $410,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.The Columbus Dispatch reports Columbus City Council voted on the settlement Monday in a lawsuit filed by William Glenn in the death of his mother, Elvyra Glenn, who died after the November 2013 accident.The lawsuit alleged that a Columbus firefighter failed to activate the firetruck's lights or siren before it collided
  
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• Veterans Film Festival Comes to Gateway

  06-11-2018 17:30
  Looking for a more meaningful way to celebrate Veteran’s Day? Get to Gateway Film Center this weekend to honor veterans’ service along with them, and take in some remarkable art at the same time. “This is an opportunity not just for veterans’ families, but for civilians,” says Columbus VA Creative Arts Coordinator Heather Seymour of […]
  
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• Several arrested in multi-state drug trafficking probe

  06-11-2018 17:05
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in West Virginia say the arrest of a drug trafficking organization leader has led to several others being taken into custody.U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart tells news outlets 44-year-old Eugene Wells was arrested in September at Miranda Brandon's Charleston home. Brandon and Sherry Gray were also arrested. Stuart says the arrests led to more Monday, but didn't provide names.Those arrested are accused of drug trafficking in the organization between Charleston
  
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• Sheriff: 10-year-old says she stomped head of baby in panic

  06-11-2018 16:49
  
  CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of a 6-month-old baby told investigators that she panicked after dropping the infant, and stomped on the child's head to stop the crying, according to a sheriff in western Wisconsin.Handcuffed and wearing a leather restraint around her waist, the girl sobbed as she appeared in Chippewa County Circuit Court on Monday. A judge set bond at $50,000. State law requires the case, at least i
  
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• Identical twin sisters give birth to baby girls just hours apart

  06-11-2018 15:48
  
  CALIFORNIA - California twin sisters now share their baby daughters birthdates after giving birth just hours apart.According to CNN, sisters Bao Nhia Julia Yang and Bao Kou Julie Yang, 23, went into labor at the same time, although their due dates were days apart.The Yang sisters both had baby girls on Sunday night at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.It was unexpected, Bao Kou said, "It's like a miracle."Laura Schleicher, a nurse who helped deliver both babies told a CNN affiliate tha
  
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• Potential jurors in trial of drug lord "El Chapo" said they feared for their lives if selected

  06-11-2018 15:34
  
  Jury selection resumes Tuesday in the trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo." A federal judge in New York dismissed 17 potential jurors Monday, some of whom said they feared for their lives if selected.Guzman is believed to have led the Sinaloa cartel for decades, as it became the largest drug trafficking organization in the world. U.S. prosecutors say he oversaw hundreds of murders, kidnappings and other violent acts.Guzman slept in a cell Monday night insid
  
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• Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany

  06-11-2018 15:28
  
  MUENSTER, Germany — A 94-year-old former SS enlisted man went on trial Tuesday in Germany, facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp.Johann Rehbogen was pushed into the Muenster state court trial in a wheelchair, a wooden cane at his side and briefcase on his lap. He appeared alert and attentive as presiding judge Rainer Brackhane asked him questions, answering in slow, conc
  
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• Power outage in Dublin impacting election polling place

  06-11-2018 14:53
  
  DUBLIN, OHIO - The Franklin County Board of Elections says generators were activated to keep a Dublin polling location running during a power outage Tuesday.The outage lasted about an hour at Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren located at 6700 Rings Rd in Dublin.Officials say the generators kept the voting machines going and paper ballots are on site as a backup.According to American Election Power, equipment failure impacted 271 AEP customers.Power has been restored to the polling place and AEP's w
  
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• GoYoga Opens Sixth Studio

  06-11-2018 14:00
  “This is so great; I now have a yoga studio close to my work and home,” said a student at GoYoga’s newest studio just north of Westerville’s recreation center at 675 North Cleveland Avenue. The newest GoYoga has natural light filtered by opaque East-facing windows and friendly spheres lighting the ceiling. They also have a […]
  
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• Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing

  06-11-2018 13:04
  
  ROMAGNE-SOUS-MONTFAUCON, France (AP) — On the final morning of World War I, U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing was not eager to stop fighting. After all, if one nation had momentum after the first global war's four years of unprecedented slaughter, it was the United States.U.S. troops would push forward on several fronts in France until the minute a cease-fire took effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, six hours after it was negotiated. With more time, the Americans might even have entered Germany soon af
  
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• Migrants straggle into Mexico City to shelter at stadium

  06-11-2018 12:58
  
  Thousands of Central Americans dreaming of getting to the United States streamed into Mexico's capital and bedded down in a sports stadium on the eve of U.S. midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has made the migrant caravan a central issue.Authorities counted more than 2,000 migrants entering the Jesus Martinez stadium by midafternoon Monday, and a steady flow continued into the night. The facility has a capacity to hold 6,000, officials said, and four big tents set up for sleeping
  
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• Man killed at a Walmart in N. Carolina, suspect in custody

  06-11-2018 12:52
  
  Police in North Carolina say a man has been killed at a shooting in a Walmart and a suspect is in custody.News outlets report Huntersville police say the shooting happened Monday afternoon. Police Chief Cleveland Spruill says a man was shot and killed near the produce section of the store. He says it's too early in the investigation to say how the suspect and victim were connected.Spruill says an on-duty officer was in the store and responded upon hearing gunfire. Other officers and a SWAT team
  
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• Pipe bomb suspect scheduled for Election Day court hearing

  06-11-2018 12:37
  
  The man accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump is expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday in New York, where prosecutors said they will ask for him to be held without bail because he is considered dangerous.Cesar Sayoc was being transferred from federal custody in Florida. His attorneys had said last week in Miami that it would be better if his lawyers in New York could take the case as soon as possible.Sayoc has been accused of sending improvise
  
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• 11-year-old boy leads Ohio officers on high-speed chase

  06-11-2018 12:35
  
  Police say an 11-year-old boy led officers on his second high-speed police chase in 13 months, this time after his mother took away a video game console.Brooklyn police in suburban Cleveland say the Cleveland boy took off in his mother's SUV around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after she went to bed.Police reports say officers began chasing the boy as he sped down a road the wrong way, running stop lights and reaching speeds of 70 to 90 mph. The chase ended about 30 minutes later when the boy crashed into a
  
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• Man dies in 3rd shark attack off Australia island in 7 weeks

  06-11-2018 11:49
  
  A shark has killed a man in an island harbor on Australia's Great Barrier Reef where two tourists were mauled on consecutive days in September in a spate of attacks that has left authorities struggling to explain an apparent escalation in danger in an internationally-renowned vacation destination.The 33-year-old victim was among 10 friends who set out from Airlie Beach on the Queensland state mainland on Monday morning on a rented yacht to sail themselves on a five-day cruise through the idyllic
  
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• Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections

  06-11-2018 11:48
  
  LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic" behavior on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections.The social media company said in a blog post Monday that it shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more detail.The company said it took action after being tipped off Sunday evening by U.S. law enforcement officials, who believe they're "linked to foreign entities."U.S. tech companies are stepping up
  
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• People magazine names Idris Elba 2018's Sexiest Man Alive

  06-11-2018 11:46
  
  People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018's Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honor has given him a boost of self-confidence.Elba, who starred in "The Wire" and "Luther," was surprised after being crowned this year's winner, the magazine said ."I was like, 'Come on, no way. Really?'" he told the magazine. "Looked in the mirror, I checked myself out. I was like, 'Yeah, you are kind of sexy today.' But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling. It was a nice surprise — an e
  
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• Voters head to the polls in a crucial midterm test for Trump

  06-11-2018 11:39
  
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Clara Swallows pulled herself out of bed. Her aching back made her want to stay put, but the 74-year-old in Indiana had somewhere she needed to be: the polls.Seven hundred miles away in Florida, Stephanie Kent suspended repairs to her home — flooded during Hurricane Michael — and drove 20 miles out of the way to circumvent a still-closed bridge just to cast her ballot, too.Like Swallows and Kent, more than 30 million Americans already have voted in a
  
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• Columbus bar has history of hosting bands before they "make it big"

  06-11-2018 08:11
  
  COLUMBUS -If you're looking to see the "next big thing" in the Columbus music scene, you might want to start in The Basement. Located in the shadow of Express Live and directly beneath A&R Music Bar, The Basement has hosted a number of famous acts before they were famous."Twenty-One Pilots, Walk the Moon, Foster the People. We've had huge names start down here," recalls Marissa Luther, Marketing Director for PromoWest. "We get kind of everything down here."Every week, The Basement features a
  
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• Mother: "I was staring my son's murderer in the face and didn't know"

  06-11-2018 06:24
  COLUMBUS -- A mother talked to the man accused of killing her son and his girlfriend every day for a week, not knowing their bodies were inside his van.John Jordan confessed to beating and killing Ryan Fuller and Mikayla Sotherland, according to court records."Every day he looked at me and he told me he did not know where my son was. Please, please take that into consideration. Please don’t let him out, don’t give him a bail," Angie Fuller pleaded with the judge Monday. John H. Jorda
  
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• 2 death row inmates found dead; suicide suspected

  06-11-2018 05:10
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two condemned multiple murderers, including a serial killer, apparently committed suicide within hours of each other on the nation's largest death row, California officials said Monday.Corrections officials said they found Andrew Urdiales, 54, unresponsive during a security check at San Quentin State Prison late Friday.He was sentenced to death on Oct. 5 by an Orange County judge for killing five women in California, and previously faced the death penalty for thre
  
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• Driver arrested after 120 MPH chase, crashing into trooper in southern Ohio

  06-11-2018 03:35
  
  LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A man is arrested and charged after the Ohio State Highway Patrol said he drove at a high speed through a construction zone and hit a trooper's vehicle in southern Ohio on Monday.OSHP said 19-year-old Joshua Longworth of Lucasville was driving a car on U.S. 23 near SR-348 in Lucasville when he nearly hit a trooper and several road workers around 3:30 p.m.Troopers chased Longworth southbound on U.S. 23.OSHP said Longworth's estimated top speed was 120 miles per hour.Longworth l
  
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• USOC moves to shut down USA Gymnastics after Nassar scandal

  06-11-2018 03:20
  
  The U.S. Olympic Committee took steps Monday to decertify USA Gymnastics as the governing body for the sport at the Olympic level, choosing the nuclear option for an organization that botched its own rebuilding attempt in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar.In an open letter to the gymnastics community, USOC CEO Sarah Hirshland said "you deserve better," and that the challenges facing USA Gymnastics are more than it is capable of overcoming as currently cons
  
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• Pole fire blamed for large power outage in northeast Columbus

  06-11-2018 03:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Approximately 4,300 customers were without power in northeast Columbus Monday night.AEP Ohio said the power was knocked out because of a pole fire near Karl Road around 7:45 p.m.About 1,000 customers were still without power around 11 p.m.Power is estimated to be back on for everyone around 1 a.m.People can check the AEP outage map for the latest information.
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting, November 5th, 2018

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• Election Day 2018: Live coverage, latest results

  06-11-2018 02:20
  
  Voters across America have cast ballots in the first nationwide election of Donald Trump's presidency. Election ResultsAll races | Results by county | School levies | Statewide racesLatest Election Day NewsPaper jam in Columbus voting machine causes stir on social mediaTurnout key as Cordray, DeWine wrap tight Ohio governor raceOhio Democrats trying to turn GOP statewide tideTrump to spend Election Day out of public eyeWHAT TO WATCH: After turbulent campaign, it's up to votersBlue wave or red ti
  
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• Election Day 2018: Here's what you need to know

  06-11-2018 02:20
  
  Tuesday is Election Day in central Ohio.Polls will be opening at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30 p.m. You can check on your registration information at this link or search for your polling place by clicking here.To vote, you must bring a form of identification. Which includes a valid photo ID (driver's license or state ID), military ID, current utility bill, bank statement or other government documents that include your name and current address.CLICK HERE TO VIEW ELECTION RESULTS2018 Voter Guid
  
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• Decision 2018: Election results from around central Ohio

  06-11-2018 02:20
  
  All races | Results by county | School levies | Statewide races | National: Balance of PowerTwo of Ohio's winningest politicians did it again Tuesday, as Republican Mike DeWine won the governorship and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won a third term in what was an otherwise third consecutive strong statewide election for Republicans.Brown, first elected to an Ohio office in 1974, defeated fourth-term U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci. DeWine, who began winning elections later in the 1970s, turned back Democr
  
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• Man who killed 2 at yoga studio was fired for touching girl

  06-11-2018 01:54
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The man who shot and killed two women at a yoga studio was fired from his job as a substitute teacher for inappropriately touching a middle school girl, a Florida school district said.Paul Scott Beierle, 40, posed as a customer during a yoga class Friday, then began shooting, authorities said. A 61-year-old faculty member at Florida State University and a 21-year-old FSU student from Georgia were killed. Five others were injured. Beierle then killed himself.It's un
  
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• Officials: Teenage girl is brain dead after mother shot her

  06-11-2018 01:51
  
  OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — Officials say doctors in rural eastern Oklahoma have declared a 16-year-old girl brain dead after her mother allegedly shot her in the head while she slept.A spokesman for the Okmulgee County sheriff's office said Monday that Kloee Toliver will remain on life support until her organs can be donated.Toliver's mother, Amy Hall, told officials that she shot Kloee in the head while she slept Thursday morning at their home about 35 miles southwest of Tulsa. Hall also shot
  
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• Amber Alert: 13-year-old abducted from outside North Carolina home

  06-11-2018 01:43
  
  An Amber Alert was issued Monday for a 13-year-old girl who was abducted outside her home in North Carolina, authorities said. The Lumberton Police Department said Hania Noleia Aguilar was kidnapped around 7 a.m. in the Rosewood Mobile Home Park.Aguilar grabbed her aunt's keys to start her aunt's SUV before heading to school. A family member told police an unknown male wearing a yellow bandana over his face forced Aguilar into the vehicle and stole it while she was still inside.Police described
  
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• Construction Roundup: November 2018 – Downtown, East Side & Franklinton

  06-11-2018 01:24
  Keeping up with construction projects in Columbus is no easy task. New sites break ground on a regular basis without much fanfare, and with prominent projects in nearly every neighborhood, it can take hours on a sunny Sunday to travel around town to view and photograph them all. Instead of going for a comprehensive look, […]
  
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