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• Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits resignation letter

  29-04-2019 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has submitted a letter of resignation to President Donald Trump.It's effective May 11.His departure ends a nearly two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.The departure had been expected since the confirmation of William Barr as attorney general.Rosenstein intended to leave in mid-March but stayed on a little longer for the completion of special counsel R
  
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• Week of free walk-in clinics in Columbus connecting addicts to lifesaving help

  29-04-2019 23:40
  Free, lifesaving help is available throughout Columbus in a first-of-its kind effort in the fight against addiction.Five-hundred twenty-two people died of drug overdoses last year in Franklin County alone.So this week in Columbus, addiction treatment professionals are taking a new approach, fanning out across the city to take the services to the streets.After decades of the slow death of addiction, Brian Hall will never forget the day he got clean: "April the 26th, 2001."He'd lost his family, hi
  
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• Upper Arlington discovers high school was built over former cemetery

  29-04-2019 23:14
  Upper Arlington Schools may have a ghost story to tell as they build a new high school and bring down the old one.It's been discovered an old cemetery was previously under the current parking lot.The former landowner was a freed slave named Pleasant Litchford. He was a prominent community member, reportedly the fourth largest landowner in Perry Township when he died in 1867.He was a master blacksmith and founding member of the Second Baptist Church. Litchford was involved in the Underground Rail
  
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• Students paint mural on front wall of their Columbus city school

  29-04-2019 22:47
  Students at Indianola Informal K-8 School are painting a mural on the front of their school that will be featured for years to come."I always encourage the young people to turn to art rather than to fighting or any negativity in their life. It's a very positive force," said Queen Brooks, a Columbus artist and artist in residence at Indianola Informal.Brooks is working alongside April Sunami, who is also an artist, to guide students in designing and painting the mural, which will be displayed aro
  
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• Doctors at Ohio State use baby's kidneys to save woman on transplant list

  29-04-2019 22:40
  Surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Comprehensive Transplant Center performed a rare, en-bloc kidney transplant.The procedure includes taking the kidneys from a pediatric donor under the age of 5 and then implanting them into the adult recipient.Susan Fossmeyer underwent the procedure in March and called it blessing.“It just says to me I’m going to live to be healthy.I’m going to enjoy life,” Fossmeyer said.Doctor Amer Rajab, who is the surgical di
  
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• John Singleton, maker of 'Boyz N the Hood,' dies at 51

  29-04-2019 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker John Singleton, who debuted with the Oscar-nominated "Boyz N the Hood" and continued making movies that probed the lives of black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, has died. He was 51.Singleton's family said Monday that he died after being taken off life support, about two weeks after the director suffered a major stroke."Boyz N the Hood" was based on Singleton's upbringing and shot in his old neighborhood. It starred Cuba Gooding Jr. as a rebellio
  
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• Suspected thief caught in Dublin after chase from Marysville

  29-04-2019 22:27
  
  A suspect in a theft in Marysville was apprehended Monday in Dublin, according to Marysville police.Police said Marysville police officers responded after 1:30 p.m. Monday to the Meijer at 930 Colemans Crossing Boulevard for a report of a theft in progress.Deputy Chief Tony Brooks said when officers arrived, the suspect initiated some sort of physical confrontation with one of the officers.The suspect then drove off in his vehicle after hitting a couple of parked cars and two marked police cruis
  
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• Ohio man drowns trying to rescue dog in swollen river

  29-04-2019 22:20
  
  LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man drowned while trying to rescue his dog from a swollen river in Ohio.Police in Lima says the man went into the Ottawa River Sunday, but investigators say the fast-moving water swept him more than a mile downstream.A coroner on Monday identified the victim as 35-year-old Eric Nolte of Lima. His body was found about an hour after he went into the river.Another person who was walking with Nolte was able to pull the dog out of the water to safety.Rescuers
  
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• Potholes on Cap City Half Marathon course leads to falls and injuries

  29-04-2019 21:53
  Almost from the start of the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, runners were dodging potholes on the roads.Some of them fell into the holes that dotted the course. At the fifth mile, Karen Murphy said she hit one and took a fall."I was attempting to pass somebody, and I took my eyes off the road for five seconds and it caused me to fall," she said.She says she did a face plant into the street and used her hand to brace herself and she ended up breaking her wrist. Her knees were scuffed up an
  
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• Potholes on Cap City Half Marathon course lead to falls and injuries

  29-04-2019 21:53
  Almost from the start of the OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, runners were dodging potholes on the roads.Some of them fell into the holes that dotted the course. At the fifth mile, Karen Murphy said she hit one and took a fall."I was attempting to pass somebody, and I took my eyes off the road for five seconds and it caused me to fall," she said.She says she did a face plant into the street and used her hand to brace herself and she ended up breaking her wrist. Her knees were scuffed up an
  
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• OSHP seizes $165K worth of marijuana in Madison County after traffic stop

  29-04-2019 21:36
  
  MADISON COUNTY – Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said they seized 33 pounds of marijuana worth approximately $165,000 in Madison County on April 24.Troopers said they stopped a car with Maryland registration for a lanes violation on I-70.“Criminal indicators were observed and a Patrol drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle,” according to a news release.Troopers then initiated a probable cause search and found the marijuana.Jeb McWade, 36, of Lincoln Park, Maryland was c
  
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• US measles cases top 700, with many illnesses among kids

  29-04-2019 21:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Measles continues to spread in the United States, with 704 cases reported so far this year in 22 states.U.S. health officials on Monday updated the national tally. It has already eclipsed the total for any full year since 1994, when 963 cases were reported.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says this year's count includes 44 people who caught the disease while traveling in another country. Some of them triggered U.S. outbreaks, mostly among unvaccinated people.
  
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• Cleveland Restaurant Groups Bringing New Concept to Short North

  29-04-2019 21:03
  The brains behind Cleveland restaurants Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, Flipside, 3 Palms Pizzeria & Italian Bakery and a number of other Cleveland restaurants are breaking into the Columbus market. Team Sawyer and FWD Hospitality have each had their eyes on central Ohio for several years, and they’ll take the dive together at the old RAM Brewery […]
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• Police: 3 adults, 1 juvenile shot in east Columbus

  29-04-2019 20:46
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are investigating a shooting near Livingston Park.Police were called to the intersection of Gilbert Street and East Livingston Avenue at around 2:15 p.m. Monday.Police confirm three adults and one juvenile were shot and all are in stable condition.According to police, a 17-year-old male and others went to the home on East Livingston Avenue to sell a handgun.Police said the 17-year-old started shooting instead of going forward with the sale.Another person fired back at
  
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• Police: 3 adults, 1 juvenile shot after gun transaction turns into robbery in east Columbus

  29-04-2019 20:46
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are on the scene of a shooting near Livingston Park.Police were called to the intersection of Gilbert Street and Livingston Avenue at around 2:15 p.m. Monday.Police confirm three adults and one juvenile were shot and all are in stable condition.According to police, one person was attempting to buy a gun from another when the transaction turned into an attempted robbery.The ShotSpotter technology is in the area but it did not pick up this shooting because it happened in
  
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• 4 injured in east Columbus shooting

  29-04-2019 20:46
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are on the scene of a shooting in Livingston Park.Police were called to the intersection of Gilbert Street and Livingston Avenue at around 2:15 p.m. Monday afternoon.Police confirm that four people were shot. One is stable at Grant Medical Center, one walked in to Nationwide Children's Hospital and two are unknown at this time.According to police, one person has been detained.Because of the shooting, Livingston Elementary School was placed under lockdown.Stay with 10TV
  
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• Police: Ohio woman dies after being hit by semi in Indiana

  29-04-2019 20:45
  
  COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio woman has died after being struck by a semi-truck along Interstate 65 in southern Indiana.An initial investigation by Indiana State Police found that 31-year-old Jarlene Hargrove of Cincinnati was heading southbound on I-65 early Monday near Columbus, Indiana, when her SUV went off the roadway and got stuck in the median. Police say Hargrove got out of her SUV and walked into the roadway, where she was struck.Police say the truck that hit Hargr
  
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• Photos: “Yes, There will be Vegan Options” Event

  29-04-2019 19:24
  An evening of sample bites supporting a vegan lifestyle were abundant on Friday, April 26 at the Hills Market Downtown for the”Yes, There will be Vegan Options” event. The sold out party offered 100 guests the opportunity to enjoy a vegan-friendly meal, completely free from animal products. Mushroom bites, chick pea sandwiches, cheese-free spinach and […]
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• A Month of Penny Lane at the Wex

  29-04-2019 19:22
  May is a month of Pennies at the Wexner Center for the arts. Documentarian and former Artist in Residence Penny Lane (yes, that’s her real name) brings her work to the Wex, beginning with a look at The Bachelor and ending with a glimpse into modern Satanism and mysterious illness. The filmmaker, a recipient of […]
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• Threat prompts lockdown at schools in the Teays Valley district

  29-04-2019 18:29
  
  PICKAWAY COUNTY -The Teays Valley School District is on lockdown following a threat made by a phone call to the Teays Valley High School.Authorities say a call came into the high school early Monday morning.The school district says they cannot get into the specifics of the phone call but they brought in authorities to investigate.There were no evacuations and all schools in the district have been placed on lockdown since 9:00 a.m. this morning out of precaution, according to a district spokesper
  
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• Disney banning smoking inside all theme parks starting May 1

  29-04-2019 18:24
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Disney is eliminating smoking areas at its theme and water parks in California and Florida starting May 1.The company posted the announcement in March, saying the smoking areas will no longer exist inside parks including Walt Disney World, Disneyland theme parks and water parks.Smoking areas will be available outside the parks and those entertainment areas. Disney Springs in Florida and the company’s hotels also will have smoking areas.The smoking policy was part of severa
  
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• 'Avengers: Endgame' obliterates records with $1.2 billion opening

  29-04-2019 15:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The universe belongs to Marvel. "Avengers: Endgame" shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally, reaching a new pinnacle in the blockbuster era that the comic-book studio has come to dominate.The "Avengers" finale far exceeded even its own gargantuan expectations, according to studio estimates Sunday. The movie had been forecast to open between $260 million and $300 million in U.S. an
  
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• Hugh Jackman's 'The Man. The Music. The Show.' world tour coming to Columbus

  29-04-2019 14:02
  
  Columbus was added to the list of cities to host the "Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show” world tour that begins in May.The tour will kick off with 26 shows across Europe and the UK beginning Tuesday, May 7. The 33-date North American leg will begin June 18 in Houston.The tour makes a stop at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus on Thursday, Oct. 10.Tickets go on sale Friday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at the Schottenstein Center box office and ticketmaster.com.Rehearsals. #TheManTheMusicThe
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Michelle L. Roberts

  29-04-2019 13:18
  
  Franklin County SWAT is searching for a woman on the run for half a year.Michelle L. Roberts, 38, is wanted for illegal possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon.The Franklin County Sheriff's Office believes she could be anywhere near northeast Columbus around Morse and Hamilton roads.Anyone with information on her location should call 614-525-SWAT
  
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• Ohio 8-year-old "hero" saves sister from kidnapping, moving car

  29-04-2019 12:45
  
  Ohio police are hailing an 8-year-old boy as a "hero" for saving his 10-year-old sister from an alleged attempted kidnapping. Police say the boy pulled his sister from the suspect's grasp and they were able to tumble out of a moving car to safety.The Middletown Division of Police posted the story on its Facebook page Friday.The post said the childrens' 69-year-old grandmother, Nita Coburn, had driven another woman to the hospital Thursday afternoon with her two grandchildren in the back seat. As
  
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• Police: Argument over dog poop leads to Kentucky shooting

  29-04-2019 12:36
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an argument over dog poop ended with a man shooting a woman in the face and repeatedly shooting another man.The Courier Journal reports 38-year-old Glenn Gholar Jr. has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault in the Friday shooting. Louisville police say the two wounded people suffered serious injuries and were expected to survive as of Sunday.Officers say Gholar and the two people were arguing about dog feces in a yard when he shot them. Th
  
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• Avenatti due to be arraigned on charges of cheating, lying

  29-04-2019 12:34
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti is expected to be arraigned Monday on charges that he stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on his taxes and lied to investigators.The lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in federal court in Santa Ana, California, prosecutors said.At the arraignment, Avenatti will be asked to enter a plea and a trial date will be scheduled.Avenatti was indic
  
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• Hocking County Sheriff's Office searching for missing K9

  29-04-2019 12:32
  
  HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio-- The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a missing K9.According to a Facebook post from the sheriff's office, between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Hocking County K9 Ilka was playing with her handler at their home on Jackson Road in Pickaway County. That area is just outside of Laurelville.Officials say Ilka took off after a deer and hasn't been seen since. She was wearing a chain choke collar when she fled.Ilka started her time on the force at the Ross
  
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• Hocking County Sheriff's Office find missing K9 safe

  29-04-2019 12:32
  UPDATE: The Hocking County Sheriff's Office has found the missing K9 officer safe.----HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio-- The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a missing K9 officer.According to a Facebook post from the sheriff's office, between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Hocking County K9 Ilka was playing with her handler at their home on Jackson Road in Pickaway County. That area is just outside of Laurelville.Officials say Ilka took off after a deer and hasn't been seen since. She
  
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• Biden says Trump abused his office, ignored most Americans

  29-04-2019 12:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump of abusing the powers of his office and ignoring everyone but his political base Monday in his first public rally as presidential candidate, arguing in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania that strengthening unions and promoting social and economic unity can restore Democrats to the White House.The former vice president told hundreds of supporters and labor activists that Saturday's deadly shooting at a California synagog
  
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• Biden heads to Pennsylvania to pitch rebuilding middle class

  29-04-2019 12:19
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election's toughest battleground.Planting a flag in Pennsylvania makes sense for the longtime former senator from Delaware: He was born in Pennsylvania, has numerous ties to it and is using his deep inroads with influential state party figures to his advantage in the primary.For Democrats it's a late primary state that may have l
  
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• Ohio ranks 4th in craft beer production as it adds breweries

  29-04-2019 12:18
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A trade group says Ohio is producing more craft beer than all but three other states as its number of craft breweries nears 300.The Akron Beacon Journal reports new statistics from the Colorado-based Brewers Association show Ohio production was estimated at nearly 1.4 million barrels last year, ranking it behind only Pennsylvania, California and Colorado.Those numbers get a boost from Ohio having three major breweries: Great Lakes in Cleveland, and Rhinegeist and Samuel
  
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• Tip leads police to 4 bodies at Ohio apartment complex

  29-04-2019 11:50
  
  WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Four bodies were found at a West Chester Township apartment complex and police say foul play is suspected.WCPO-TV reports that Chief Joel Herzog says authorities are investigating the deaths as homicides and that police are still searching for a suspect.A tip to authorities on Sunday at about 10 p.m. led police to find the bodies at the apartment complex Lakefront at West Chester on Wyndtree Drive.Authorities established a perimeter around the complex ear
  
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• 3 women, 1 man found dead at apartment complex in southwest Ohio

  29-04-2019 11:50
  WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Three women and a man were found dead at an apartment complex in Ohio where multiple gunshots were fired, and no suspect has been identified, police said Monday.West Chester Township police said a man called 911 around 10 p.m. Sunday, saying he had arrived at the Lakefront at West Chester complex to find his family members on the ground, bleeding.Township Police Chief Joel Herzog said at a news conference Monday that it's too early in the investigation to suggest
  
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• Olentangy teacher guides students with whole brain teaching

  29-04-2019 11:19
  
  Anyone passing Payton Parks fourth-grade classroom would notice her lessons aren't typical. They often involve dancing, chants, and even students leading instruction."It looks different but works great to help each child in here take part and learn," said Parks.Parks, who teaches at Tyler Run Elementary in the Olentangy Local School District, uses an instruction method called Whole Brain Teaching. She described it as an approach designed to maximize student engagement and create better student c
  
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• Death penalty trial set for dad charged with killing 5 kids

  29-04-2019 11:19
  
  LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A father who police said killed his five young children in their South Carolina home and then drove their bodies around for more than a week is about to stand trial for his life.Jury selection is set to begin Monday in Lexington County in the death penalty case of Timothy Jones Jr.Jones is charged with five counts of murder for killing his children, ages 8, 7, 6, 2 and 1, in their Lexington home in August 2014. Indictments said he strangled four of them and beat the
  
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• Columbus synagogues react to California shooting, discuss own safety protocols

  29-04-2019 03:29
  Justin Shaw with JewishColumbus says, unfortunately, attacks like Saturday's shooting at a synagogue in California aren't surprising, and that's why synagogues in Columbus have taken a proactive step to protect themselves.“Over the last 10 years, they have done target hardening, increased security protocols,” Shaw said.A couple of years ago, they received a $1.2 million state grant through the Ohio EMA for security.“That's cameras, bullet-proof sheeting, bollards and that kind
  
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• Emergency crews rescue 5 men trapped in Virginia cave

  29-04-2019 02:51
  
  Five men were brought back to safety Sunday night by emergency crews in Virginia after being trapped since the morning, CBS affiliate WJHL-TV reports. The group, between the ages of 34 and 59-years-old, got stuck in a cave in southwest Virginia, about 180 miles east of Roanoke.Russell County EMA Director Jess Powers told WJHL-TV that six men entered Cyclops Cave on Saturday with an intention of camping. One man was able to escape and alert authorities to the situation. The rescue began at 10:30
  
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• Rabbi says gun 'miraculously jammed' in California synagogue attack

  29-04-2019 02:39
  
  POWAY, Calif. (AP) — In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of a shooting that killed a woman inside a Southern California synagogue, a wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein wrapped his bloodied hand in a prayer shawl and addressed the panicked congregation, vowing to stay strong in the face of yet another deadly attack in a house of worship."We are a Jewish nation that will stand tall. We will not let anyone take us down. Terrorism like this will not take us down," Goldstein recalled te
  
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• Police: 8 shot, 1 fatally, in latest Baltimore, Maryland shooting

  29-04-2019 01:14
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore city leaders urged witnesses to share what they know with police after a gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd enjoying Sunday afternoon cookouts, killing a man and wounding seven other people.Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the gunfire erupted after 5 p.m. on a block in the city's western district of brick row homes. Harrison said a man approached a crowd on foot and began firing in what he called "a very tragic, very cowardly shooting." Speaking
  
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• Police: 1 dead, 6 injured in Baltimore shooting

  29-04-2019 01:14
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say seven people have been shot, at least one fatally, in Baltimore.Police department spokeswoman Chakia Fennoy said authorities received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday reporting that multiple people had been shot.Fennoy said one of the victims has died but that she had no information about the conditions of the others.The shooting happened on a street in the western part of the city.Fennoy says she has no immediate information on what prompted the shooting
  
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• Mother pronounced dead several weeks after car hits family in west Columbus

  29-04-2019 00:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police say a car struck a pregnant woman and her two young daughters as they crossed a busy road in Ohio, killing one of the girls and leading to the emergency delivery of a stillborn infant.According to Columbus police, Tiffany Bronson and her two children were hit by a Chevrolet Malibu in the area of Roberts Road and Hickory Mill Drive just before 2 p.m. on April 11.Bronson and her 4-year-old daughter were hospitalized with serious injuries after the collision. Her 6-year-old
  
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