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• The Columbus Rotary Club: Columbus City Schools Update

  06-05-2019 23:59 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Treasury denies Democrats' request for Trump tax returns

  06-05-2019 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won't be turning President Donald Trump's tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.Mnuchin told Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal in a Monday letter that the panel's request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."In making that determination, Mnuchin said he relied on the advice of the Justice Department. He concluded that the department is "not authoriz
  
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• Columbus Zoo welcomes Tasmanian devils for the first time in over 20 years

  06-05-2019 23:52
  
  The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is welcoming three Tasmanian devils for the first time in more than 20 years.One-year-old Tasmanian devils, Sprout, Thyme and Mustard arrived in Columbus late Thursday evening from Tasmania.Columbus is now one of only seven zoos in North America to house the species.The trio are still in arrival quarantine and will transition to their habitat in the zoo’s Australia and the Islands region.A regular schedule for public viewing has not yet been set.Tasmanian devi
  
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• Program could help K-9 officers lead fuller lives after duty

  06-05-2019 23:40
  
  A stream of red and blue lights guided a law enforcement procession to a veterinary clinic in Marysvile where dozens of law enforcement officers gathered to give a final salute to retired Richland Police Department K-9 Klink. The dog's human partner, Officer Eric Nicholson, lifted Klink from the back of his cruiser and carried the K9, draped in a blue line flag, past dozens of uniformed law enforcement officers standing in salute.Klink retired from law enforcement with five herniated discs, and
  
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• City Chat - Mental Health Awareness Month

  06-05-2019 22:37 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Hundreds of ex-prosecutors say Trump would face obstruction charges if he weren’t president

  06-05-2019 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 former federal prosecutors have signed onto a letter saying President Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice if he were anyone other than the president.The letter was signed by more than 370 former Justice Department prosecutors who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations. It was released Monday by Protect Democracy, an advocacy group formed two years ago that is critical of the Trump administration.The former prose
  
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• Central Ohio Voters Guide: What's on your ballot? | May 2019 Primary Election

  06-05-2019 21:50
  
  Welcome to the 10TV and The Dispatch's online voters guide to the May 7 primary election.This interactive guide covers all contested races and ballot issues in Central Ohio. It uses your address to find ballot items that pertain to you.LAUNCH THE VOTERS GUIDEAdditional Resources: Find your polling location County Board of Elections directory ---Browse information on all races:MayorGahanna MayorCircleville Mayor - Republican Party Primary City CouncilCircleville City Council - At Large - Republic
  
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• Blue Jackets fan turns broken hockey sticks into art

  06-05-2019 21:15
  HILLIARD - When Dave and Jennifer Hoening of Hilliard realized having two hockey-playing sons was going to require some extra cash to keep their kids in stakes, Dave decided it was time he put is architecture and construction background to work.Hoening began collecting broken hockey sticks and building chairs and tables and started to sell them. But his creativity shifted and he realized his broken pieces could be put to better use: art.In the basement of his home, the walls are lined with hocke
  
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• 4 charged with vandalism, arson, theft after break-in at Big Walnut elementary school

  06-05-2019 20:57
  
  SUNBURY, Ohio - Four people, including two teenagers, are facing felony charges connected to a break-in at an elementary school in Delaware County.The Delaware County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that 22-year-old Michael Miller, 19-year-old Nathan Degenova, a 17-year-old male and a 15-year-old female were all arrested within a 24-hour period for the April 29 break-in at Harrison Street Elementary.All four were charged with breaking and entering, vandalism, arson and theft.Computers, iPads,
  
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• Cedar Point offering free admission to military members for Military Mondays

  06-05-2019 20:41
  
  Cedar Point will be opening for its 2019 season this weekend and they have announced an offer for past and present members of the United States military.The park’s Military Mondays offers free admission to all active, retired or honorably discharged military members every Monday from May 13 until September 2.The deal also includes free admission to Cedar Point Shores Waterpark which opening May 25.Aside from Military Mondays, Cedar Point is offering free admission during Memorial Day weeke
  
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• 16-year-old charged after violent assault at Olentangy Orange High School

  06-05-2019 19:51
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY – A 16-year-old has been charged after an assault at Olentangy Orange High School last week.A video surfaced on social media that captured the violent attack between two boys at school on Friday.The video shows the victim, a 15-year-old boy, being punched in the face and slammed to the ground where he was punched several more times by a 16-year-old student before the video was cut off.According to court records, the victim suffered a concussion.The 16-year-old was charged w
  
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• Blink-182, Lil Wayne team up for summer tour; kicks off in Columbus June 27

  06-05-2019 18:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lil Wayne and Blink 182 are joining forces this summer.The tour, featuring special guest Neck Deep, kicks off at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Thursday, June 27.Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, May 10.Stoked to announce our summer tour with @LilTunechi and special guest @NeckDeepuk! Pre-sale starts tomorrow at 10am. Tix available everywhere Friday. #blink182 #lilwayne https://t.co/t8U2rGFXyi pic.twitter.com/sdXYb5BHv2— blink-182 (@blink182) May 6, 2
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx

  06-05-2019 18:23
  
  
  How is Columbus going to deal with its anticipated growth? Former United States Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, who was in town for MORPC’s State of the Region meeting, sat down with Columbus Underground reporter Brent Warren to discuss that, the importance of helping people with technology, and autonomous vehicles. Shownotes for this episode Connect with the […]
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• Summer Movie Series Opens in June With 50 Cents Admission Days

  06-05-2019 17:33
  In celebration of CAPA’s 50th anniversary, this year’s Summer Movie Series will open with admission for 50 cents during opening weekend, June 14 through June 16, 2019. Additional special partnerships include Library Card day for the Cartoon Capers program on Saturday, July 27. Anyone showing a Columbus Metropolitan Library card (or any other card from […]
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• Summer Movie Series Opens in June With 50 Cent Admission Days

  06-05-2019 17:33
  In celebration of CAPA’s 50th anniversary, this year’s Summer Movie Series will open with admission for 50 cents during opening weekend, June 14 through June 16, 2019. Additional special partnerships include Library Card day for the Cartoon Capers program on Saturday, July 27. Anyone showing a Columbus Metropolitan Library card (or any other card from […]
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• Video: The Wealth Gap Holding Back Central Ohio Women

  06-05-2019 17:23
  We’ve heard the statistic: white women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes; black women just 62.5 cents; and Hispanic women just 54.4 cents. But the gender gap goes far beyond wage, according to a new study from the Women’s Fund of Central Ohio. Women aren’t just earning less than their male counterparts, […]
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• U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Mideast, citing Iran threats

  06-05-2019 17:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East ahead of schedule and warning that Iran and its proxy forces are showing "troubling and escalatory" indications of a possible attack on American forces in the region.Exactly what prompted the action was unclear, but it marked a further step in sharply rising tensions between the Trump administration and the Islamic Republic.National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday night the U.S. was deploying the US
  
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• U.S. dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats

  06-05-2019 17:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is dispatching an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East following "clear indications" that Iran and its proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, a defense official told The Associated Press.At the White House, national security adviser John Bolton said Sunday night that the U.S. is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region, an area t
  
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• Democrats set contempt vote for Barr over Mueller report

  06-05-2019 16:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the battle between the Democrat-led House and President Donald Trump's administration.Nadler is proposing to hold Barr in contempt after the Justice Department declined to provide the committee with a full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Trump and Russia. The committee had given B
  
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• US measles count rises to 764, driven by New York outbreaks

  06-05-2019 16:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say at least 60 more measles cases have been reported, increasing a 2019 tally that is already the highest in 25 years.Officials on Monday said 764 cases have been reported as of last Thursday. It's the most in the U.S. since 1994, when 963 were reported.New York has had the most illnesses this year, by far. Last week's cases included 41 in New York City and 11 in nearby Rockland County. Most were unvaccinated people in Orthodox Jewish communities.In a
  
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• Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby disqualification to be appealed

  06-05-2019 16:33
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Maximum Security's owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the Preakness and will appeal the disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner.Gary West said by phone to The Associated Press that there is "really no need, not having an opportunity to run for the Triple Crown to run a horse back in two weeks."Maximum Security, the first to finish the muddy race Saturday, became the first Derby winner to be disqualified for interference. After an objection by two ri
  
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• Trevor Noah bringing 'Loud & Clear' comedy tour to Columbus

  06-05-2019 16:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Comedian Trevor Noah will be performing in Columbus as part of his "Loud & Clear" comedy tour.The Daily Show host will perform at the Schottenstein Center on Friday, Sept. 13.Tickets go on sale Friday, May 10 at 10 a.m.Complete list of tour dates: https://trevornoah.com/shows
  
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• Columbus Podcast Awards Announce First-Ever Ceremony

  06-05-2019 16:00
  Established in 2018 by a group of local podcasters, the Columbus Podcast Awards was an idea inspired by the growing podcast community in Columbus. Founder Jerome Barkley, who hosts the podcast “Cloth Talk,” moved to Columbus by way of Philadephia in 2016. He says when he first moved to Columbus, he came to realize how […]
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• Prince Harry, wife Meghan, are the proud parents of a new baby boy

  06-05-2019 15:13
  
  WINDSOR, England (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a healthy baby boy early Monday morning, a beaming Prince Harry announced to the world, declaring he's "incredibly proud" of his wife.The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was born at 5:26 a.m. Harry said the child was a little bit overdue and that had given the royal couple more time to contemplate names.Harry said he was ecstatic about the birth of their first child and promised that more details — such
  
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• Springsteen, Scorsese talk Catholicism, films and creativity

  06-05-2019 14:34
  
  LOS ANGELES — With a friendship going back to a fateful meeting at The Roxy in 1975, Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese shared the stage in Los Angeles Sunday night for a wide-ranging conversation about everything from their Catholic upbringings and maturing faith to Flannery O'Connor, concert documentaries and the role of an audience.The Netflix-hosted event was in support of the Emmys campaign for his one-man show "Springsteen on Broadway" at the streaming service's FYSEE (a riff on "
  
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• Hundreds gather at Kent State to remember 1970 shootings

  06-05-2019 14:33
  
  KENT, Ohio — Nearly 500 people gathered at Kent State University to remember the students killed and injured there on May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guard members opened fire during Vietnam War protests.The Record-Courier reports speakers and singers were part of Saturday's commemoration. Events included a candlelight vigil at the sites where the four slain students fell. Nine other students were injured.Retiring Kent State President Beverly Warren said those shots "will be forever etched
  
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• Ohio man convicted in 3 killings is set for trial in 2 more

  06-05-2019 14:14
  
  CANTON, Ohio — A man sentenced to death for the murders of a woman and her two adult daughters in suburban Cleveland is set for trial this summer in the shooting deaths of an Ohio couple.The Repository in Canton reports the Stark County trial of 47-year-old George Brinkman, of Plain Township, is scheduled for July 15. He has pleaded not guilty to charges including aggravated murder in the June 2017 deaths of 71-year-old Rogell "Gene" John and 64-year-old Roberta "Bobbi" John at their Lake
  
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• Michael Cohen heads to prison in Trump hush-money scheme

  06-05-2019 14:11
  
  NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence Monday for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump's behalf.Cohen faces a 2 p.m. deadline to report to the Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville, a federal prison in the countryside 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of New York City. A minimum-security prison camp t
  
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• "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek's Emmy Award comes with ovation

  06-05-2019 14:09
  
  LOS ANGELES — Alex Trebek got a standing ovation as he accepted an Emmy Award as host of "Jeopardy!" — and immediately set the audience at ease, even as he alluded to his cancer diagnosis.Trebek, 78, who announced in March he has advanced pancreatic cancer, told the theater audience Sunday he had been worried that sympathy, rather than merit, might snare him the trophy for best game show host.But then he mulled what happened last year, after he underwent surgery to remove life-threat
  
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• Mississippi manhunt for killer of officer outside station

  06-05-2019 13:46
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi are looking for a gunman who approached a uniformed officer outside a Biloxi police station and shot him dead.News outlets report that authorities say the man walked up to the Biloxi officer in the station's parking lot Sunday night, shot him multiple times and then ran off.Firefighters rushed the officer to a hospital emergency room down the street, where he was pronounced dead.Chief Leonard Papania of the Gulfport Police Department is leading th
  
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• Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners

  06-05-2019 13:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training.National licensing is one of more than a dozen specific proposals in a sweeping gun control agenda the U.S. senator from New Jersey released on Monday. It's his second policy rollout in three weeks as he tries to break through the crowded Democratic primary field .While current gun owners and fi
  
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• CBS News announces anchor changes at "CBS This Morning" and "CBS Evening News"

  06-05-2019 12:56
  
  Gayle King will be joined by Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil as co-hosts of "CBS This Morning," and Norah O'Donnell has been named anchor and managing editor of "CBS Evening News," CBS News announced Monday morning. O'Donnell will also be the lead anchor of political events for the network and continue as a contributing correspondent for "60 Minutes."John Dickerson, currently a co-host in the morning, will shift roles to report for "60 Minutes" and contribute to election specials.The staffing mo
  
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• Teen sports phenom fatally shot at Illinois party

  06-05-2019 12:32
  
  VENICE, Ill. (AP) — A teen sports standout featured in a Sports Illustrated article about young athletes who would rule the future of sports has been fatally shot.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoted police as saying that Jaylon McKenzie, an East St. Louis eighth grader, was shot Saturday night at a party in Venice, Illinois, about 5 miles (8.05 kilometers) northeast of St. Louis.Police say they found McKenzie with serious wounds and he died at a hospital. A 15-year-old girl was in critical
  
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• New trial date set for Ohio mom accused of killing 3 sons

  06-05-2019 12:18
  
  BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — A Bellefontaine woman accused of suffocating her three sons has a new trial date.Brittany Pilkington, of Bellefontaine has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder charges in the deaths of her toddler and two infants in 2014 and 2015. Prosecutors say she was jealous over the attention her husband gave the children.The Springfield News-Sun reports Pilkington's trial is scheduled Sept. 23.A judge in February found parts of Pilkington's police interrogation without l
  
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• Weather can have a direct impact on your health

  06-05-2019 12:07
  
  Have you ever experienced a headache when it rains or storms? You aren’t alone.Weather doesn’t just impact your outdoor activities it can have a direct impact on your health. Dr. Kevin Weber, an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, believes there are several types of weather changes that cause migraines.“Some people are triggered by warm, some are triggered by cold, some are triggered by humidity,” explains Dr. Weber.One of the leading cau
  
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• Trump threatens to hike tariffs on $200B of Chinese imports

  06-05-2019 11:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump raised pressure on China with a threat to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent global financial markets swooning on Monday.Trump's comments on Twitter came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken investors and cast gloom over the world economy.Chinese government officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Trum
  
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• At least 40 dead in Russian plane's fiery emergency landing

  06-05-2019 11:52
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, and at least 40 people died, officials said.The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.Elena Markovskaya, a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee, said early Monday that 41 people were killed. But Health Min
  
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• Boeing didn't tell airlines about safety alert issues with 737 Max

  06-05-2019 03:55
  
  Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it didn't disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed.The feature was designed to warn pilots when a key sensor might be providing incorrect information about the pitch of the plane's nose.But within months of the plane's debut in 2017, Boeing said, its engineers realized that t
  
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• COTA’s May service change begins Monday

  06-05-2019 03:33
  
  Starting Monday, COTA will be making changes to its service as part of its May Service Change.One of those changes includes the renaming of Line 2L servicing Polaris and N. High Street, which will be now called Line 102.Additionally, the Zoo Bus will return, which provides service from downtown Columbus to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium all summer.The affected routes are listed below:3 Northwest/Harrisburg5 W. 5th Ave./Refugee7 Mt. Vernon8 Karl/S. High/Parsons9 W. Mound/Brentnell13 Arlington/1st2
  
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• Former Ohio jail officer convicted of sexually assaulting women

  06-05-2019 02:53
  
  POMEROY, Ohio (AP) — A former jail officer in Ohio accused of sexually assaulting or trying to sexually assault a dozen female inmates and probationers has been convicted of sexual battery and kidnapping charges.The Ohio Attorney General's Office says former Meigs County corrections officer Larry Tucker could face decades in prison when he is sentenced. That date hasn't been scheduled.The Pomeroy man worked as a corrections officer at the Middleport Jail and as a probation officer for the
  
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• 82 arrested in massive child exploitation sting across 8 states

  06-05-2019 02:27
  
  More than 80 people are facing child exploitation charges in eight states as a result of a massive operation.According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 82 people were arrested and 17 children were rescued or identified as victims in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia as a result of Operation Southern Impact III.The people arrested from the four-month operation ranged from ages 20 to 70 and included occupations like non-profit em
  
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