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• Columbus groups join national protest against national emergency

  18-02-2019 23:12
  Monday, Columbus groups joined a national protest against President Trump's declaration of a national emergency in an effort to gain federal financial support for a border wall."There's too much going on politically and I'm getting sick and tired of Trump, Portman and all these people taking over our rights," said Bob Wright, a voter from Lancaster, Ohio.Friday, President Trump declared a national state of emergency along the border of Mexico noting the flow of drugs, illegal immigrants and crim
  
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• New Albany police investigating attempted burglaries

  18-02-2019 23:02
  Police in New Albany are investigating four reports of a person attempting to break into homes.Police said it happened between the hours of 6 to 8 a.m. on Sunday, February 10 in the New Albany Links community on the northeast side of the city.In at least two cases, people were home when the suspect tried to get in through a back door.A potential victim posted images captured by a surveillance camera, which shows the suspect dressed in a camouflage jacket.New Albany Police Sergeant Kris Daniels s
  
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• Central Ohio schools find different ways to make up snow days

  18-02-2019 22:38
  Between snow, ice and freezing temps, many districts have had to call off school several days this year.At Logan-Hocking Schools, they were in class this Presidents Day, one of the district's designated make-up days.The district has called off eight days so far to meet the state's requirements for hours of instruction, it has to make up anything past five days.“Today is one of them, Presidents Day is our first one,”said Superintendent Monte Bainter. “We’re making up April
  
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• Blue Jackets hosting “Hockey Is For Everyone” Night to celebrate diversity and inclusion

  18-02-2019 22:37
  
  The Columbus Blue Jackets will be celebrating diversity and inclusion in the sport of hockey when they take on the San Jose Sharks on February 23.“Hockey Is For Everyone” Night will be highlighted by themed recognitions, fundraisers and an exit giveaway.During pregame warmups, Blue Jackets Hockey Is For Everyone ambassador Seth Jones and teammates will use rainbow colored Pride tape on sticks and practice with Pride-themed pucks.The Blue Jackets will auction off signed sticks with pr
  
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• Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and Rise Brands Bring Two More Venues to Bridge Park

  18-02-2019 21:23
  Two new concepts are heading to Bridge Park West. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ The Pearl and Rise Brands’ No Soliciting will open there later this year, occupying the same building and filling out the two restaurant groups’ lineup of bars and restaurants in the Dublin development. Located in a building currently under construction at the base […]
  
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• Employer-paid student loan repayment help could be coming

  18-02-2019 19:49
  
  With U.S. student loan debt totaling a staggering $1.5 trillion nationally, it's second only to outstanding home mortgage debt for American households. But one idea that could provide some relief for indebted students is now gaining bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.Under legislation reintroduced in the Senate last week, employers could contribute up to $5,250 tax-free annually to employees' student loan debt repayments. Companies can already get this tax break for employer-paid tu
  
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• Study: Polar Vortex may have killed 95 percent of stink bugs

  18-02-2019 19:37
  
  Researchers say January’s Polar Vortex may have killed off 95 percent of the stink bugs that hadn’t found hadn’t found shelter to stay warm this winter.A release by the National Pest Management Association cited a study by Virginia Tech University.The study says other invasive insect species like the Emerald ash borer and southern pine beetles likely didn't survive.Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean insects like cockroaches and bed bugs were affected. Even if the adults fre
  
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• Ohio State mistakenly sent out 'active attacker' alert

  18-02-2019 18:44
  An alert sent out to students and staff at the Ohio State University Monday regarding an active attacker on campus turned out to be an error.A Buckeye Alert was sent out at 12:32 p.m. Monday reading: "Active attacker reported on campus. RUN, HIDE or, as a last resort, FIGHT, if needed. Police responding - More info soon."A few minutes later another message was sent saying "Please ignore the Alert that was just sent. We had a system malfunction. There is NO threat."In a statement, Ohio State said
  
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• Ohio State: Active attacker message sent accidentally

  18-02-2019 18:44
  
  The Ohio State University said a message sent warning of an attacker on campus was sent by accident.A Buckeye Alert was sent out at 12:32 p.m. Monday reading: "Active attacker reported on campus. RUN, HIDE or, as a last resort, FIGHT, if needed. Police responding - More info soon."A few minutes later another message was sent saying "Please ignore the Alert that was just sent.. We had a system malfunction. There is NO threat."The university sent the following statment to 10TV:"The Ohio State Univ
  
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• Biggest supermoon of the year will happen this week

  18-02-2019 18:13
  
  Just two months into 2019 and it’s already time for the biggest supermoon of the year.Starting Monday night, February full moon will brighten skies.It will also look huge due to how close it is to earth.You might also hear people calling it the snow moon.The supermoon will reach its peak Tuesday morning at 10:54 a.m. EST but it won’t be visible then.Instead, check the skies Monday and Tuesday night for the best views.
  
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• New study claims parents need to pay more attention to children's baby teeth

  18-02-2019 17:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As the nation marks Children's Dental Health Month throughout February, a local doctor is taking extra efforts to share with his patients information from a recent pediatric dental survey."We found the habits of people here in Columbus match the national survey's findings," said Dentist Dr. Bryan Basom of Magnolia Dental. "We are encouraging parents to start good dental habits with children at a younger age."The latest dentistry study for kids by the American Academy of Pediatr
  
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• Aurora shooting victim texted wife "I love you, I've been shot at work"

  18-02-2019 17:04
  
  A man sent his wife a text message telling her that he loved her during a mass shooting at a manufacturing warehouse outside Chicago on the day after Valentine's Day. "I love you, I've been shot at work," Josh Pinkard said in the message to Terra Pinkard.She wrote about the message and her efforts to find her husband in a Facebook post Sunday morning. Josh Pinkard was among the five victims killed in Aurora, Illinois.The gunman, Gary Martin, 45, also died during the shooting, authorities said. H
  
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• 11-year-old student arrested after not standing for Pledge of Allegiance

  18-02-2019 16:20
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sixth-grader faces charges of disrupting a school function and resisting arrest after a confrontation that followed his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.In a statement, Lakeland Police say a school resource officer was alerted to a disturbance created by a student in the classroom at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy on Feb. 4.According to police, the 11-year-old student initially refused to leave the room, continued to be disruptive and made threats
  
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• Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95

  18-02-2019 16:13
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95.Mendonsa's daughter, Sharon Molleur, told The Providence Journal Mendonsa fell and had a seizure Sunday at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years.Mendonsa was shown kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945. Known as V-J Day, it was the
  
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• North Market Adds Satori Ramen Bar to Merchant Lineup

  18-02-2019 15:28
  North Market’s newest merchant is bringing authentic ramen dishes to the Downtown food scene. Satori Ramen Bar (Satori meaning “sudden enlightenment”) will open this spring, in the vacant stall adjacent to Dos Hermanos and Omega Artisan Baking. “I chose Ramen because it’s what my best memories were built around, it’s what I use to decompress […]
  
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• Hot Chicken Pizza Collab Extended with Mac & Cheese Update

  18-02-2019 15:25
  If you missed out on your chance to score a “Hot Mikey’s Takeover” pizza last week, then you’ll be jazzed to know that the annual limited-time crossover promo will be extended for one more week with a new Mac and Cheese edition. This side dish from Hot Chicken Takeover will top a Mikey’s Late Night […]
  
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• Theater Review: Red Herring’s World Premiere of Dark Comedy Dirt

  18-02-2019 15:13
  Red Herring continues their ambitious season with the world premiere of Creighton James’ dark comedy Dirt in a visceral, frenetic mounting directed by Amanda Phillips. Dirt recasts Sam Shepard’s working-class surrealism as a cartoonish farce. Jimmy (Benjamin Turner) returns to his hometown in the heart of coal country Pennsylvania for the first time in seven […]
  
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• Interview: Brent Crawford and Bob Hoying

  18-02-2019 14:52
  
  
  The Insight 2050 initiative from the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) has drawn a lot of attention to predicted population and job growth in the region and the need to plan for it. City planners, elected officials, and developers all tend to agree on one basic takeaway of the study – that future development […]
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Crawford Hoying

  18-02-2019 14:51
  
  
  The test of an organization is how it responds to adversity. Such was true for development organization Crawford Hoying during the recession. With multiple developments built and thriving since then, principals Brent Crawford and Bob Hoying sat down with Columbus Underground reporter Brent Warren to discuss how a chance meeting in the late 1990’s led […]
  
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• School threat system fields thousands of tips in first month

  18-02-2019 14:33
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A threat reporting system now required for all Pennsylvania schools fielded more than 4,900 tips in its first month, about a third of them considered serious enough to pass along to local police and school officials.The goal of the Safe 2 Say Something program, which funnels tips to an around-the-clock call center at the attorney general's headquarters in Harrisburg, is to respond to troubling behavior, unsafe school situations and anything else tipsters deems approp
  
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• Trump lashes out at officials involved in Russia probe

  18-02-2019 14:19
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting that key officials involved in the Russia probe were engaged in "treasonous" behavior.Trump is lashing out on Twitter at former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, whose new book details his concerns about potential foreign influence over the president, and current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who initiated special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.Trump says McCabe and Rosenstein "look like they were planning
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Shawn T. Pettibone

  18-02-2019 13:17
  
  Monday's most wanted is a familiar face to law enforcement.Shawn T. Pettibone, 40, is wanted by the Franklin County sheriff's office on several charges, including discharging a firearm, felonious assault, and having a weapon under disability.Pettibone was last known to be living near Whitehall. He is 6'0", 170 lbs.If you see him, call the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at614-525-SWAT.
  
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• Kamala Harris sets her sights on South Carolina with first campaign swing

  18-02-2019 12:43
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrat Kamala Harris represents California in the Senate, but her inaugural campaign swing through South Carolina over the weekend sent a clear signal that she sees the Palmetto State as the gateway to winning her party's nomination for president.With its prime spot in the 2020 calendar and its high concentration of African American voters, the South Carolina primary could provide a launching pad for Democratic presidential hopefuls. And Harris' "truth and justice" campa
  
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• Suspect charged in triple murder at Southern California bowling alley

  18-02-2019 12:41
  
  TORRANCE, Calif. — A 47-year-old man has been charged with killing three men at a bowling alley in Torrance last month, CBS Los Angeles reports. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Chang said Reginald Leander Wallace, of Los Angeles, is charged with opening fire at Gable House Bowl on Jan. 4.Victims Michael Radford, 20, Astin Edwards, 28, and Robert Meekins, 28, were killed.Wallace faces three counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm
  
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• "Shocking and abhorrent act of hate": NYC governor condemns synagogue attack in Brooklyn

  18-02-2019 12:07
  
  NEW YORK (CBS News) -- The NYPD's Hate Crimes Division is investigating after a window was smashed at a Brooklyn synagogue, CBS New York reports. More than a dozen people were inside Chabad of Bushwick observing the Sabbath."My wife was here with the baby, a 10-month-old. Another child was sleeping on the couch. The other children were playing right here," Rabbi Menachem Heller told CBS New York.About 15 people, including children, were inside the synagogue at the time of the incident."It's all
  
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• Columbus Police officer who offered money for sex back on duty

  18-02-2019 12:03
  
  COLUMBUS — A Columbus police officer who was suspended after he admitted he offered to pay a woman for sex is now back on duty.Twenty-six-year-old Officer Helal Daoud, who has been with Columbus police for two years, was placed on leave in November. The Columbus Dispatch reports the woman told investigators that she initially connected with Daoud over the summer on social media, and she eventually stopped responding to him.Investigators say Daoud sent multiple messages, eventually offering
  
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• UK lawmakers slam Facebook, recommend stiffer regulation

  18-02-2019 12:01
  
  LONDON — British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that accused Facebook of intentionally violating privacy and anti-competition laws in the U.K., and called for greater oversight of social media companies.The report on fake news and disinformation on social media sites followed an 18-month investigation by Parliament's influential media committee. The committee recommended that social media sites should have to follow a mandatory code of ethics overseen by an independent regulator
  
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• Lawyers seek new sentencing for teen in Ohio school shooting

  18-02-2019 11:58
  
  URBANA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager who shot and wounded a classmate at school and was sentenced to 23 years in prison has filed an appeal for a new sentencing.Lawyers for Ely Serna said in court documents the trial court judge erred in giving their client the maximum sentence for the 2017 shooting, reported The Springfield News-Sun.The attorneys said Serna was depressed at the time of the shooting and showed remorse for his actions, and the judge didn't take his age into account during s
  
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• Chicago police seek follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett

  18-02-2019 11:58
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago police said Sunday they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett after receiving new information that "shifted" their investigation of a reported attack on the "Empire" actor.The trajectory of the investigation "shifted" after detectives questioned two brothers about the attack and released them late Friday without charges, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Saturday. He said police also reached out to Smollett's attorney to request another intervi
  
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• White House indicates Trump to veto disapproval of emergency

  18-02-2019 11:29
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.White House senior adviser Stephen Miller told "Fox News Sunday" that "the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration." Asked if that meant Trump was ready to veto a resolution of disapproval, Miller added, "He's going to protect
  
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• Fun things to do with your children on Presidents Day in central Ohio

  18-02-2019 11:17
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- With most children out of school on Monday due to the Presidents Day federal holiday, your children will need some fun things to do.In central Ohio, there are a few options open on Monday that are not usually available:National Veteran's Museum and Memorial: Admission is 50% offMad River Mountain Family Festival: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Ohio History Center: Open Monday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., special programming availableCOSI: Open Monday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Columbus Zoo: Free admissionLa
  
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• No. 11 Michigan State beats Ohio State 62-44, but Ward hurt

  18-02-2019 05:17
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State shut down Ohio State in the second half despite an injury to Nick Ward.Now the Spartans may be without their standout big man for a while.Ward left in the second half with a broken left hand, but No. 11 Michigan State still rolled to a 62-44 victory over Ohio State on Sunday. The Spartans held the Buckeyes to only 13 points in the second half. Coach Tom Izzo initially said Ward might have dislocated a finger, but the school announced that the 6-foo
  
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• More than 1,500 attend vigil for Aurora shooting victims

  18-02-2019 04:53
  
  AURORA, Ill. (AP) — More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil for five slain co-workers Sunday, two days after they were fatally shot at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant by a longtime employee who was fired moments earlier.The Rev. Dan Haas told those who gathered near five white crosses erected for the shooting victims outside the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora that Friday's "senseless killings" left their families brokenhearted in the city about 40
  
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• Dayton mayor offers model solution after city cuts opioid overdose deaths in half

  18-02-2019 04:52
  As opioid addiction and related deaths continue to grip this nation, the leader of one Ohio city is looking to spread an initiative that has reduced accidental opioid overdose deaths.In 2017, the metropolitan city of Dayton had one of the highest overdose rates in the nation. Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley says she was able to change that by taking a new approach.“The community really rallied together and we created what we call the 'Community Overdose Action Team or the COAT,” Whaley said.
  
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• Woman becomes first known person with autism to practice law in Florida

  18-02-2019 02:30
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — At 3, Haley Moss was diagnosed with autism and doctors thought she may never be able to get a drivers license or make a friend. Last month, she became the first openly autistic person to be admitted to the Florida Bar.When I was diagnosed with autism at age 3, my parents were told I’d be lucky if I got a driver’s license or even made a friend.21 years later, they saw me get sworn into The Florida Bar. #JourneyToEsquire complete ✅⚖️
  
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