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• Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 felony counts stemming from reported attack

  08-03-2019 23:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury in Chicago indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs.The Cook County grand jury indictment dated Thursday and made public on Friday gives details of the disorderly conduct charge against Smollett. It elaborates on the allegation that he falsely reported he was attacked on Jan. 29 by two masked men who hurled racial and homophobic slurs at th
  
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• Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 felony counts by grand jury

  08-03-2019 23:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A grand jury in Chicago has indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men in Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs.The Cook County grand jury indictment filed Thursday charges him with falsely reporting an offense.Smollett was charged on Feb. 20 with one count of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.Smollett, who is black and gay, told police in late January that he was at
  
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• Driver in fatal Licking County crash has 3 previous OVI convictions

  08-03-2019 22:53
  Investigators believe the driver who caused a crash that killed a Licking County couple Wednesday was under the influence of a legally prescribed drug.He had been convicted three separate times for OVI.10TV is not identifying the 37-year-old Columbus man police say was at-fault because he has not currently been charged in this crash.Police say he fell asleep while driving a Ford Explorer and crossed into oncoming traffic.A witness to the crash stopped to help the man's 4-year-old son, who was in
  
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• Columbus Public Health adds new recommendations for hepatitis A vaccine

  08-03-2019 22:34
  
  Columbus Public Health is urging all residents who want to protect themselves to get a hepatitis A vaccine due to the largest outbreak in the community in 25 years.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies high-risk groups as drug users, those experiencing homelessness or incarceration, and men who have sex with men.Locally, Columbus Public Health is recommending vaccines for first responders, health care workers, substance use treatment center employees and those who provide ser
  
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• Dublin Jerome is 1st central Ohio high school team to make state hockey finals

  08-03-2019 21:45
  
  Dublin Jerome High School made history after the hockey team defeated University School in overtime Friday.The Celtics are now the first team in the area’s history to make it to the state hockey finals.Senior Nick Augenstein scored the winning goal in overtime leading to the Celtics’ triumph over the Preppers 3-2.Dublin Jerome (@DJHSHockey) senior Nick Augenstein scores the game winner in overtime. For the first time in program history, the Celtics are heading to the State Championsh
  
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• CDC: Unvaccinated Oregon boy almost dies of tetanus

  08-03-2019 20:59
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep laceration on his forehead while playing on a farm, according to a case study published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The 2017 case is the first case of pediatric tetanus in Oregon in more than 30 years and alarmed infectious disease experts who said tetanus is almost unheard of in the U.S. sinc
  
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• Investigation: Arrest of Stormy Daniels was improper; not pre-planned or politically motivated

  08-03-2019 20:24
  
  The Internal Affairs Bureau has finished its investigation into the arrest of Stormy Daniels at Sirens Gentlemen's Club by Columbus police in 2018.Daniels was arrested along with two other women in July, accused of violating the state’s Community Defense Act, a law that prevents exotic dancers and patrons from having physical contact.The charges against Daniels and the other women were later dropped after Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein determined that the officers, acting in their offic
  
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• Delaware County inmate dies after being found unresponsive in cell

  08-03-2019 20:05
  
  An inmate has died after being found unresponsive at the Delaware County Jail Friday.According to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, corrections officers found 46-year-old Edward Michael Sullivan of Ashley unresponsive while making rounds at 3:30 a.m.After unsuccessful lifesaving efforts, medics pronounced Sullivan dead at 4:06 a.m.“We are deeply saddened by his death and our hearts and prayers go out to Sullivan’s family,” said Delaware County Sheriff Russell Martin.
  
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• 2019 City of Columbus Irish Day Proclamation

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• Women's national soccer team players sue for equal pay

  08-03-2019 18:49
  
  Players for the U.S. women's national soccer team have filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit seeking pay equal to that of their male counterparts.The action comes just three months before the team will defend its title at the Women's World Cup.The class-action lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It alleges gender-based discrimination by the U.S. Soccer Federation.The players allege they have been subject
  
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• Ohio 7-month-old hospitalized with blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit

  08-03-2019 18:18
  
  Authorities in Cleveland are investigating after a 7-month-old baby girl was hospitalized this week with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit for an adult.According to WJW, the baby’s mother told police she left the child with an aunt before going to work Sunday. She came back that evening and noticed the baby was acting differently.The mother took the child to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's. The baby was reportedly limp and unresponsive.Test results indica
  
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• Trump to tour tornado devastation in Alabama

  08-03-2019 17:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump headed to Alabama on Friday to survey the damage from a deadly tornado that devastated a small town, killing nearly two dozen people.Trump was expected to tour rural Lee County in eastern Alabama, where 23 people died Sunday in a massive EF4 tornado that carved a path of destruction nearly a mile wide with 170 mph (270 kph) winds.It was one of at least 38 tornadoes confirmed to have touched down across the Southeast in a deadly weekend outbreak.As h
  
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• Trump pays his respects to 23 killed by Alabama tornado

  08-03-2019 17:55
  
  BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — Head bowed, President Donald Trump paid respects Friday to the 23 people killed when a powerful tornado roared through a rural Alabama town, observing a moment of silence before white wooden crosses that stood in remembrance of each victim.Trump and his wife, Melania, held hands as they paused in front of each of the markers erected near a church serving as a makeshift disaster relief center for survivors of Sunday's twister.Earlier, the president stood on a hill ov
  
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• Columbus firefighter passes away after battle with cancer

  08-03-2019 17:55
  
  A firefighter with the Columbus Division of Fire has died after battling cancer.Battalion Chief Steve Martin said John Richey passed away March 7. Ritchey was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2018."Ritchey fought valiantly against this disease and his fight was a testament to his strength as a person and a firefighter. Firefighter Ritchey’s commitment over the past 11 years with the Division of Fire made him an asset to the Division and held him in the highest regard by his peers,&
  
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• Facebook will remove groups, pages that spread misinformation about vaccinations

  08-03-2019 17:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Social media giant Facebook says it will remove groups and pages that spread misinformation about vaccinations on its site.It’s the latest step Facebook and others are taking to stem the tide of misinformation on social media sites.Facebook said Thursday it will take its cue from global health organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which have publicly identified verifiable vaccine hoaxes.If groups
  
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• No Spoiler Captain Marvel and More in Theaters

  08-03-2019 17:00
  Blockbuster season kicks off early this year with a very solid new super friend. An absolutely brilliant peek into our past, creepy Irish horror (just in time for St. Paddy!), and an entirely forgettable story about trying not to remember stuff round out the options. Captain Marvel by Hope Madden and George Wolf We had […]
  
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• Vice President Pence talks energy, Trump at oil and gas fundraiser in Columbus

  08-03-2019 15:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence highlighted curbs in environmental regulations and called energy a "source of prosperity" during a speech in Columbus.Pence, speaking Friday at the Ohio Oil and Gas Association convention, also hailed President Donald Trump's decision to issue an executive order to pay for building a wall at the U.S.-Mexican border. Pence said stopping drug smuggling will save lives in Ohio, a state hard hit by the opioid crisis.Pence boasted about Trump admi
  
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• Vice President Pence speaks at oil and gas fundraiser in Columbus

  08-03-2019 15:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is headed to Ohio to headline a fundraiser for the oil-and-gas industry.
  The Republican vice president is to appear Friday at the annual meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, a trade association for companies that explore, produce and develop crude oil and natural gas resources within the state. The event is being held at a hotel in north Columbus.The appearance comes as President Donald Trump's administration works to promote rollback
  
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• Face the State with Scott Light | March 10, 2019

  08-03-2019 15:02
  This week on Face The State:The State of the State - Governor Mike DeWine laid out his plans for Ohio focusing on progress, infrastructure and the future for our children. Our guests debate the gas tax and if the governor's goals match up with the needs of Ohioans.No Run for the White House - In a surprise move, Senator Sherrod Brown announced he will not run for president in 2020. We look at his reasoning and the reaction to the news.
  Guests this week:Dr. Paul Beck - Professor Emeritus of Polit
  
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• Ohio cheese wins US Championship Cheese Contest

  08-03-2019 14:43
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A cheese from Ohio has captured the top spot at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin.The baby Swiss made by Guggisberg Cheese in Millersburg, Ohio, barely edged out a Gouda made by Marieke Penterman in Thorp, who won the contest in 2013. Penterman was also the second runner-up with another Gouda.The winners were announced at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay late Thursday following the three-day event at the Lambeau Field Atrium.The event is consider
  
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• Georgia lawmakers approve 'heartbeat' abortion bans

  08-03-2019 14:25
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia and Tennessee joined a string of states moving to enact tough abortion restrictions when Republican House lawmakers passed bans on most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.During a tense debate in Atlanta on Thursday, several Democratic lawmakers opposed to the bill turned their backs to its author, Republican Rep. Ed Setzler. Earlier in the day, some Democratic lawmakers brought in wire coat hangers in reference to unsafe home abortions.Setzler said hi
  
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• Investigators searching for a cause in west Columbus duplex fire

  08-03-2019 14:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Division of Fire is investigating a fire that happened Friday morning in west Columbus.Crews were called at 6:55 a.m. to a residence in the 100 block of Burgess Avenue.When firefighters arrived, they found flames coming from a duplex and immediately started to put water on the fire.The flames left visual damaged to the front of the structure and firefighters were able to eventually get the fire out.According to Battalion Chief Steve Martin, no injuries were re
  
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• Ohio jail officer accused of attacking inmate suspended 5 days

  08-03-2019 13:21
  
  CLEVELAND — A corrections officer in an Ohio jail who is accused of attacking a praying inmate has been suspended for five days.Christopher Perdue, who has been a Cuyahoga County Jail corrections officer for one year, was issued the suspension for "unnecessary contact" with an inmate. Cleveland.com reports the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association says it will fight the suspension in arbitration.Union attorney Adam Chaloupka says the union believes Perdue acted properly.Cuyahoga County s
  
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• Bill would reduce penalty for minor drug possession

  08-03-2019 13:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Proposed Ohio legislation would reduce the penalties for minor drug possession and toughen penalties for drug traffickers.The bipartisan Senate bill introduced this week also would allow people convicted of low-level drug possession charges to have their records sealed on completion of drug court requirements.State Sen. John Eklund is the Republican chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He says the proposal is meant to provide help to Ohioans struggling with addiction b
  
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• Ohio distributes nearly $11.2M in school safety grant money

  08-03-2019 12:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General's Office says the state has distributed most of the $12 million that lawmakers allotted last year for school safety grants.A spokesman for the office, Dave O'Neil, says schools claimed nearly $11.2 million of that.Schools were eligible to get $5.65 per student, or at least $2,500 per school, to be spent on efforts such as training school resource officers and funding programs to help students struggling with mental health issues.Schools were
  
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• Actor drops 'Carlton Dance' suit against video game maker

  08-03-2019 12:50
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Alfonso Ribeiro has dropped a lawsuit against the makers of the video game "Fortnite" over its use of the "Carlton" dance he did on the show.Ribeiro's lawyers filed documents Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles saying he's voluntarily dismissing the suit against North Carolina-based Epic Games.No reason was given, and Ribeiro's lawyer did not immediately reply to a request for comment.The actor had already dropped a similar suit ag
  
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• Holocaust survivor says teens in swastika photo apologized

  08-03-2019 12:47
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The high school party took an ugly turn. Drink cups were used to form a crude swastika. Nazi salutes flashed. Cameras clicked.What appears to have been a woefully misguided attempt at humor turned into a national embarrassment for the Southern California city of Newport Beach, leaving behind outrage, disbelief and finally, hope for change.On Thursday, the stepsister of Anne Frank visited privately with students who attended the party and described an emotional
  
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• Local professors look at how 'Captain Marvel' movie is changing comic book stereotypes

  08-03-2019 12:43
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Captain Marvel's mission may be to stop an alien war, but the character is also changing our idea of what a female superhero can be."As a woman, I can see myself in that person and not have to be sexualized, that's great, especially in comics that are so new," assistant professor at Columbus College of Art & Design Lauren McCubbin said. "It's a very empowering feeling."Many of McCubbin's students are female. While she's shaping the next phase of creators, we are alre
  
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• Young humpback whale freed from fishing gear off Hawaii

  08-03-2019 12:34
  
  HONOLULU — A number of private boats helped a team of federal responders free a young humpback whale from heavy gauge fishing gear off Hawaii, officials said Thursday.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a joint statement that the "subadult" humpback was first spotted Wednesday morning by a dive boat off Maui.The dive boat alerted officials that the whale was struggling, and NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary coordinated a rescue effort
  
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• Student wounded in apparently unintentional campus shooting

  08-03-2019 12:24
  
  GRAMBLING, La. — Officials at a Louisiana university say a student was shot and a visitor arrested, but the shooting was apparently unintentional.Grambling State University spokesman Jovan (Juh-VAHN) Hackley says sheriff's deputies took 20-year-old Tyren Abraham into custody after the shooting in a dormitory Thursday morning. A safety alert the school posted online said "early reports indicate that the visitor did not intend to harm the student."Hackley later declined to call the shooting
  
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• Dan Jenkins, sports writing great and author, dies at 89

  08-03-2019 12:15
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dan Jenkins, the sports writing great and best-selling author in a career that went from Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods and the manual typewriter to Twitter, has died. He was 89.TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati confirmed Jenkins died Thursday in his hometown of Fort Worth.Jenkins started his writing career at The Fort Worth Press and rose to stardom at Sports Illustrated. He wrote best-sellers "Semi-Tough" ''Baja Oklahoma" and "Dead Solid Perfect" and was a columnis
  
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• Death penalty lawyers urge delay of all Ohio executions

  08-03-2019 11:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A veteran public defender says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine should delay all currently scheduled executions while the state comes up with a new lethal injection system.David Stebbins is a Columbus-based federal defense attorney. He calls DeWine's Thursday decision to postpone three executions commendable but said more must be done.DeWine, a Republican, ordered the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to create a new injection process after a federal judge's scathing c
  
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• Feds say illegal pot operation funded with Chinese money

  08-03-2019 11:56
  
  LOS ANGELES— Three men were arrested Thursday as part of an illegal marijuana-growing operation in Southern California that was funded with money from China, federal prosecutors said.Authorities seized nearly 200 pounds of processed marijuana and about 3,000 plants during raids on seven large homes in neatly kept San Bernardino County neighborhoods, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.The alleged coordinator of the scheme was a real estate agent who spent m
  
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• At least 25 Central American migrants die in Mexico accident

  08-03-2019 11:52
  
  TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas say at least 25 Central American migrants have died when the truck they were traveling in overturned.The Chiapas state prosecutor's office said in a statement late Thursday that 29 others were injured in the accident. It appears the driver lost control of the truck around 6 p.m. near the town of Francisco Sarabia in the municipality of Soyalo.The injured were transported to hospitals. Authorities did not pr
  
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• Police: Officer ambushed, shot by suspect in Linden

  08-03-2019 05:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus police officer was ambushed and shot Thursday night in the Linden area of Columbus, according to police.Police described the officer's condition as stable.Police said the shooting happened just after 10:45 p.m. in the area of East Hudson Street and McGuffey Road.The officer, who was working in plain clothes and was alone in the vehicle, was surveilling suspects as part of an investigation according to police.Police said the suspects realized the officer was following
  
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• Columbus police officer shot in face; 3 people briefly in custody

  08-03-2019 05:03
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio's capital say an officer conducting surveillance of a vehicle is stable in a hospital after being shot in the face.Columbus police identified the officer Friday as 11-year department member William Frease.Police say Frease notified a dispatcher around 10:45 p.m. Thursday that he'd been shot and provided a description of the vehicle in which suspects fled.
  Police in suburban Whitehall stopped the vehicle about 25 minutes later and took three people into
  
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• Columbus police officer injured in Linden shooting

  08-03-2019 05:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus police officer was shot Thursday night in the Linden area of Columbus, according to police dispatchers.Police described the officer's condition as stable.Police said the shooting happened just after 10:45 p.m. in the area of East Hudson Street and McGuffey Road.A dispatcher told 10TV a suspect was arrested at East Broad Street and South Yearling Road.The officer was taken to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
  
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• 'Nathan's Law' signs posted in Granville to prevent distracted driving accidents

  08-03-2019 03:47
  After losing their son in a crash involving a distracted driver, Cathy and Doug Richeson of Granville pushed for stricter distracted driving guidelines in their hometown.Signs are now posted warning drivers not to use cell phones while driving.“We don't want other families to go through what we're going through,” Cathy said.It has been five years since Nathan Richeson was killed by a distracted driver while changing a flat tire.Granville Village Council passed an ordinance called "Na
  
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• Cohen sues Trump Organization, wants it to pay legal bills

  08-03-2019 03:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover the cost of his defense.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York state court, claims the Trump Organization stopped paying Cohen's mounting legal fees after he began cooperating with federal prosecutors in their investigations related to Trump's business dealings in Russia and attempts to
  
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• Preview: ‘BRAIN’ at Blockfort

  08-03-2019 02:51
  OBLSK, a creative marketing agency made up of artists, designers, and inventors, will unveil a multi-sensory, interactive installation called “BRAIN” at Blockfort, 162 N. Sixth St., from March 7-31. For “BRAIN,” the group will use an EEG sensor, which attaches to the forehead and reads brain electrical activity, paired with a visual element to represent […]
  
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• Suspect in death of Illinois deputy arrested after standoff

  08-03-2019 02:37
  
  ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy and wounding a woman at an Illinois hotel was taken into custody Thursday after an hours-long standoff that began when he crashed his vehicle along an interstate highway, authorities said.Floyd E. Brown, 39, was arrested hours after the crash in central Illinois, State Trooper Sean Ramsey said. Police employed flash grenades to disable the suspect after trying for hours to negotiate with him to surrender, Ramsey s
  
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• Patients, families at Ronald McDonald House enjoy visit from LEGOLAND Discovery Center

  08-03-2019 02:15
  There are times we feel complete. Other times, most of us know the feeling of a missing piece.For Heather Vincent, that piece is normalcy."We don't have normal," she said. "We don't know what normal is."When her son Jackson was 2-1/2, he was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. He went through all of his treatments and eventually was cancer-free for about two-and-a-half years until it came back."And then we found out in January he relapsed," she said.Jackson is now 6. Lately, the Ronald McDonald House
  
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• Colorado man discloses disturbing details about killing wife, daughters

  08-03-2019 01:25
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man strangled his pregnant wife in their bed before driving her body and their two daughters to a worksite where he smothered the girls with a blanket, according to records of an interview he gave police from prison.Christopher Watts made the statements during authorities' prison visit on Feb. 18, three months after he was sentenced to life in prison. Authorities said they believe the grim account of the killings represent Watts' first full confession.The suburban
  
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• Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison

  08-03-2019 01:10
  
  Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians.Judge T.S. Ellis III imposed the sentence Thursday, capping the only jury trial following indictments stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.A jury last year convicted Manafort on eight counts, concluding that he hid from the Internal Revenue Service millions of dollars he earned from his work in Ukraine.Federal sen
  
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• Grove City police use mobile app to help catch shoplifters

  08-03-2019 00:24
  Grove City Police said a collaboration with retail loss prevention officers in the community is gaining momentum.They said more than 60 officers are members of a GroupMe mobile phone app that allows users to privately share suspect information and descriptions and even post images from surveillance cameras.Grove City Police Lieutenant Doug Olmstead said the partnership with loss prevention officers have proven invaluable."We can't be in every store all the time and they're able to be our eyes an
  
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• Wunderbar, Pierogi Mountain Opening Alongside Co-Working Space in German Village

  08-03-2019 00:04
  A German Village staple has officially been replaced, but its remnants can be found for those who are looking. Max & Erma’s, which operated in German Village for 45 years, has become a combination co-working space, bar and restaurant. Kollektiv, a co-working and office leasing company, shares the three-story building with Pierogi Mountain’s second location […]
  
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