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• Crash involving a train and car kills 61-year-old man in Delaware County

  29-12-2018 23:44
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY – A 61-year-old man was killed in when a train collided with a car Saturday morning.The Ohio State Highway Patrol say a call came in just after 9 a.m. to Franklin and Second Street in Orange Township.Witnesses told troopers a car stopped on the train tracks and was hit by a Norfolk Southern locomotive. The driver of the car died as a result of the crash, according to OSHP.This incident remains under investigation.
  
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• Jackson helps No. 13 Ohio State beat High Point 82-64

  29-12-2018 22:39
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State overcame an early challenge and finished its nonconference schedule on a positive note.C.J. Jackson scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Kaleb Wesson added 17 points as the No. 13 Buckeyes beat High Point 82-64 on Saturday.Luther Muhammed had a career-high 15 points to help Ohio State (12-1) recover from a six-point deficit in the first half to get its sixth consecutive win."Our concentration level has to improve or we're going to struggle in B
  
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• Top 10 Parks of 2018

  29-12-2018 22:22
  While Central Ohio is relatively flat without oceans or mountains, we make up for it in parkland with a wide variety of outdoor recreation spaces. From smaller urban parks to rural outdoor settings, you can find a lot to do outside year-round.  When our readers and editors were surveyed to decide the top park this […]
  
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• Florida sheriff makes changes after Parkland school shooting

  29-12-2018 22:12
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The sheriff of a Florida county where a gunman killed 17 students and staff at a high school has outlined steps his agency has taken in response to the Feb. 14 massacre.Broward Sheriff Scott Israel sent a letter Wednesday to the state commission investigating the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel report.Israel said all deputies completed an additional eight hours of active-shooter training, a
  
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• Mourners honor boy whose Yemeni mom fought US travel ban

  29-12-2018 21:42
  
  LODI, Calif. (AP) — Mourners at a mosque in California said goodbye Saturday to a 2-year-old boy whose Yemeni mother successfully fought the Trump administration's travel ban to hold the boy before he died in the United States.Abdullah Hassan died Friday at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, where his father, Ali Hassan, brought him in the fall to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. He had been on life support when his mothe
  
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• Boy dies after Yemeni mom fought US travel ban to reach him

  29-12-2018 21:42
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who successfully sued for a waiver from the Trump administration's travel ban to be with the ailing boy in the United States has died, an advocacy group said.Abdullah Hassan died Friday at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, where his father, Ali Hassan, brought him in the fall to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. The funeral took placeSaturday afternoon.You can wa
  
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• California officer’s killing reignites sanctuary law fight

  29-12-2018 20:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of killing a California policeman was in the U.S. illegally and captured while planning to flee to his native Mexico, a sheriff said as he all but blamed the state’s sanctuary law for the officer’s death.A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who came out with his hands up as a SWAT team prepared to raid a home in Bakersfield, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of where Cpl. Ronil Singh was
  
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• Haskins says he hasn't made decision on entering NFL draft

  29-12-2018 19:59
  
  Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins said he has yet to make a decision about entering the 2019 NFL Draft.Haskins, along with a few of his teammates, spoke with the media Friday morning ahead of the Rose Bowl.When asked if he had any announcement to make concerning his future, Haskins said there are plenty of reasons to go and to stay.“Just really the decision is what do I want to do at the end of the day and haven't made the decision yet. But you know, there's pros and cons that will out
  
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• 2 million in Times Square for New Year's? Experts say no way

  29-12-2018 18:50
  
  NEW YORK — Ryan Seacrest and Anderson Cooper will be there. Snoop Dogg, too.But 1 or 2 million people in New York's Times Square for New Year's Eve? As Snoop would say, you must be sippin' on gin and juice.Crowd-size experts scoff at those mammoth figures — floated annually by city officials and event organizers — saying it's impossible to squeeze that many of even the skinniest revelers into such a relatively small space.The real Times Square ball drop crowd likely has fewer t
  
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• Police: Boy, 4, got hold of gun, shot and wounded himself

  29-12-2018 17:57
  
  CINCINNATI — Police say a 4-year-old boy apparently shot himself in the chest after getting hold of an unsecured, loaded pistol at a Cincinnati apartment.The child was reported in critical but stable condition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital as of late Friday.Police say a 20-year-old man has been charged with child endangerment in connection with the Friday afternoon shooting in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood.Capt. Martin Mack says another child and adults were in the room at the tim
  
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• 57 Urban Development Projects Under Construction in 2018

  29-12-2018 16:32
  Although some of the cranes have come down in the University District and the Short North, plenty have sprouted in other neighborhoods. Below, you’ll find our roundup of the significant urban development projects that were under construction throughout the year. Downtown Several large projects will likely be completed in 2019 after multiple years of planning […]
  
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• 52 Urban Development Projects Announced in 2018

  29-12-2018 16:32
  2018 saw a whole new batch of proposals brought before neighborhood commissions and review boards. While many were revised and approved, others are still working their way through the process. Below, you’ll find our list of the urban development projects announced in 2018 that have not yet started construction. Downtown Save the Crew released renderings of […]
  
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• 42 Urban Development Projects Completed in 2018

  29-12-2018 16:31
  As we usually do at this time of year, we’ve compiled a list of projects – mostly in urban Columbus – that were either completed, started, or announced this year. After going back and sorting a year’s worth of stories, here are some of our take-aways about 2018: After several years of high-profile announcements and […]
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | December 29, 2018

  29-12-2018 14:38
  
  Welcome back, everyone! For you first-time readers, happy to have you here!This blog is dedicated to those dog lovers across central Ohio. Unless you have a large backyard, many of you probably walk your dog, or dogs, on a daily basis, and maybe even multiple times a day.The purpose and goal of this blog is to help those dog walkers and their furry friends make the most out of their walks outside while being safe at the same time.So, let's start things off with a look at what I call the "Comfort
  
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• New poll suggests to only edit baby genes for health, not smarts

  29-12-2018 13:25
  
  WASHINGTON — Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll finds they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller.A month after startling claims of the births of the world's first gene-edited babies in China, the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds people are torn between the medical promise of a technology powerful eno
  
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• Dems, President Trump trade blame as shutdown slogs into 2nd weekend

  29-12-2018 12:22
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees' pay slogs into another weekend.President Trump upped the brinkmanship by threatening anew to close the border with Mexico to press Congress to cave to his demand for money to pay for a wall. Democrats vowed to pass legislation restoring the government as soon as they take cont
  
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• Lampert's hedge fund says bid submitted to save Sears

  29-12-2018 12:09
  
  NEW YORK — Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert's hedge fund said it submitted a last-minute bid Friday valued at $4.4 billion to keep the struggling retailer from being liquidated.Transform Holdco LLC, an affiliate of the ESL Investments hedge fund that Lampert heads, said it hoped to keep 425 stores open. The bid includes $1.3 billion in financing from three institutions, ESL said in a statement.The iconic retailer, once the nation's largest department store chain, faced a deadline of Friday for
  
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• Police killing suspect was fleeing to Mexico, sheriff says

  29-12-2018 10:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A man suspected of gunning down a California policeman was in the U.S. illegally and was captured while planning to flee to his native home of Mexico, a sheriff announced as he all but blamed the state's sanctuary law for the officer's death.A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who came out with his hands up as a SWAT team prepared to raid a home in Bakersfield, California. That was about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of
  
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• Crew fans celebrate with documentary

  29-12-2018 04:22
  COLUMBUS-- It's a giant celebration after a long-fought match“I feel like I want to break down in tears of joy.It's been fourteen months of agony and uncertainty and it's finally over,” said fan Peter Shehata.“I don't know if that can be put into words.We've been waiting on this for well over a year,” said fan Josh Blanton.Save the Crew supporters met at Endeavor Brewing company to celebrate, relax, and watch the drama play out on the big screen.“People can collapse
  
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• Man wanted in Gahanna murder arrested in California

  29-12-2018 03:17
  
  GAHANNA – The man accused of murdering his own mother in Gahanna, has been arrested in California, according to Gahanna Police.The Gahanna Division of Police says the city of Garden Grove, California informed them Jeffrey Perry was taken into custody.It happened just before 3 p.m. Friday afternoon when Perry was arrested by the Garden Grove Police Department after they say Perry committed a strong-armed robbery at a local Del Taco restaurant.Authorities filed a murder warrant for the man's
  
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• TBDBITL ready to head to the Rose Bowl

  29-12-2018 02:20
  COLUMBUS -- Don't for one second think all the fun at this year's Rose Bowl will be for those on the field in uniforms wearing pads.It's also going to be a blast for The Best Damn Band In The Land. All 228 members will be on the field, too, in different uniforms."The Rose Bowl is a rare opportunity," Taylor Thompson said.Thompson is one of those band members. He plays the sousaphone. But, at the Rose Bowl, he'll be one of two people carrying on the Ohio State tradition and dotting the "i" in Tue
  
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• 'The Big Explore' offering free admission to several Columbus museums

  29-12-2018 00:13
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- To say "thank you" for 75 years of support, The Columbus Foundation is offering free admission to five museums in the city, free of charge."The Big Explore," taking place Saturday, Dec. 29, will offer free admission to the following museums:Ohio History MuseumColumbus Museum of ArtCOSIFranklin Park ConservatoryNational Veterans Memorial and MuseumWexner Center for the Arts
  “'The Big Explore' is a great opportunity for people to really get the chance to and dig into our hi
  
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