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• New graduation standards for Ohio high school students proposed

  14-05-2019 23:41
  As lawmakers look to change the standards of high school graduation requirements, both the Ohio Department of Education and other educational groups are looking towards the future of how best to educate high school student to ensure they are job ready.Among the proposals is one from Ohio Excels a business-backed group looking to target at-risk students who have been identified as not on the path to graduation.Among the groups' proposals:Identify students as early as possible who are not on track
  
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• Shake Shack at Easton Town Center to open Sunday

  14-05-2019 23:33
  
  The first Shake Shack location in Columbus is scheduled to open Sunday, May 19 at Easton Town Center.The restaurant, located at 4005 The Strand West, Space 430, will open at 11 a.m.The 3,523 square foot location was announced back in June 2018 and includes an outdoor patio.The menu will include the popular ShackBurger, chicken sandwiches, griddled flat-top hot dogs, fresh-made frozen custard, crispy crinkle cut fries and more.In addition to their standard frozen custard concretes, the Easton loc
  
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• Shake Shack Easton Announces Opening Date

  14-05-2019 22:55
  Shake Shack’s first Columbus location will debut this Sunday, May 19. It’s located at 4005 The Strand West, at Easton Town Center. The popular burger joint first announced plans for locations in central Ohio last June. Its Easton location is the first of two to open in Columbus, with a store at the Graduate Hotel […]
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• Phenix Bistro Opens on Gay Street

  14-05-2019 22:31
  Phenix Bistro has opened at 51 E. Gay St. An offshoot of the nearby Cafe Phenix, the bistro opens daily for breakfast, lunch and early dinner. Guests will need a minute to peruse the ambitious menu Phenix Bistro is putting out. Specialty sandwiches, like a Cuban, Philly cheese steak, and smoked baked salmon make an […]
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• Police cruiser struck by vehicle on I-70 in east Columbus

  14-05-2019 21:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – An officer attempting to recover a ladder in the roadway had their cruiser struck Tuesday.Police received a call at 11:47 a.m. about debris in blocking the highway.The police cruiser was parked when it was struck by a passing vehicle. It is unclear if the officer was inside or out of the vehicle at the time of the crash, according to police.Additional officers and The Ohio Department of Transportation were called to the scene to close one lane of traffic out of precaution
  
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• The Columbus Rotary Club: Student Service Above Self Fair

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• Budd Dairy Announces Two More Food Hall Partners

  14-05-2019 20:38
  Budd Dairy Food Hall, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ upcoming Italian Village venue, announced two new culinary partners on Tuesday. Modern Southern Table, originally launched in Zanesville, and Alphabetical Comfort Kitchen, a local food truck and catering company, will join Darista and Borgata at the food hall when it opens later this year. Modern Southern Table, owned […]
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• Budd Dairy Announce Two More Culinary Partners

  14-05-2019 20:38
  Budd Dairy Food Hall, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ upcoming Italian Village venue, announced two new culinary partners on Tuesday. Modern Southern Table, originally launched in Zanesville, and Alphabetical Comfort Kitchen, a local food truck and catering company, will join Darista and Borgata at the food hall when it opens later this year. Modern Southern Table, owned […]
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• Ohio teen’s graduation cap directs people to a list of students killed in school shootings

  14-05-2019 20:19
  
  A soon-to-be high school graduate in Ohio has found a unique way to honor some victims of school shootings.Gina Warren from Ashville graduates from Teays Valley High School this weekend.Warren decorated her graduation cap with a QR code that, when scanned into a smartphone, sends users to a list of high school students killed in the United States.The list starts with last week’s shooting at a Denver-area STEM school and ends with the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.Warren said the list
  
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• Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85

  14-05-2019 18:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spongebob Squarepants," has died. He was 85.Conway died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles care facility after a long illness, according to Howard Bragman, who heads LaBrea Media. Conway's wife, Charlene Fusco, and a daughter, Jackie, were at his side.A native of Ohio, Conway credited his Midwester
  
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• Columbus Police: Resident fires shots after home invasion suspect kicks in back door

  14-05-2019 18:29
  COLUMBUS, Ohio --Two people are in custody after a reported home invasion in the Linden area Tuesday morning.Columbus police were called around 10:15 a.m. to a home in the 1000 block of East 22nd Avenue.As officers arrived on scene, two suspects allegedly ran from the home. A foot pursuit began and one of the suspects ran down a back alley; the other kicked in the back door of another house nearby. Someone inside that home fired shots at the suspect, according to police. No one was injured.Polic
  
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• Odell Beckham Jr. practicing with Browns for first time

  14-05-2019 17:28
  
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is finally practicing with the Browns.The star wide receiver reported to the team's headquarters Monday and was on the field Tuesday with his teammates for the first organized team activity practice. Beckham skipped Cleveland's voluntary workout program last month, and his absence drew criticism and highlighted the perception he's selfish.A three-time Pro Bowler, Beckham was acquired in a blockbuster trade from the Giants in March. After his introductor
  
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• 94 Best-All Around Students Honored!

  14-05-2019 17:00
  The Columbus Youth Foundation (CYF) recognized 94 Columbus City Schools (CCS) students through the Best All-Around Student Awards for their outstanding citizenship and achievements during the 2018-2019 school year! Students celebrated their accomplishments with family and friends at Huntington Park before the Columbus Clippers game—with ballpark food, a live performance by Marion-Franklin Marching Band, and special guest […]
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• Lawsuit blames Tiger Woods for drunken driver's death

  14-05-2019 16:59
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash last year are suing Tiger Woods. They blame the golfer and his girlfriend for allowing their son to drive home from their Florida restaurant while intoxicated.The wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday says Nicholas F. Immesberger was served excessive amounts of alcohol before the Dec. 10 car crash.Immesberger worked at The Woods restaurant in Jupiter that Woods owns. The golfer's girlfriend, Erica Herman, is
  
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• Columbus police investigating 'suspicious' death after body found in Linden area

  14-05-2019 14:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police said they're investigating the "suspicious death" of a man found dead in the back of a house in the Linden area.Officers were dispatched at 6:04 p.m. to a home in the 900 block of East 19th Avenue Monday.Upon arrival, first responders found a man unresponsive and pronounced him dead on the scene.Detectives said the man's death is being investigated as suspicious until the coroner can determine the cause.Police are not releasing the man's name or age at this time.Stay wit
  
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• Columbus police investigating homicide after body found in Linden area

  14-05-2019 14:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police said they are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in the back of a house in the Linden area.Officers were dispatched at 6:04 p.m. to a home in the 900 block of East 19th Avenue Monday.Upon arrival, first responders found a man unresponsive and pronounced him dead on the scene.Detectives said the man died from a gunshot wound, according to the coroner's office.Police are not releasing the man's name or age at this time.
  
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• Ohio bill would bar towing services from hiring "spotters"

  14-05-2019 13:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill that would prohibit towing services from hiring "spotters" to report illegally parked vehicles is up for consideration in an Ohio House committee.A spotter as described in the bill is a person whose task is to report the presence of vehicles not authorized to park in designated spaces for the purposes of having them towed, removed or impounded. The House Transportation and Public Safety Committee could possibly vote on the legislation Tuesday.The bill introduce
  
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• Man accused of throwing boy over mall balcony due in court

  14-05-2019 13:21
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America is expected to appear in court for a hearing.Twenty-four-year-old Emmanuel Aranda of Minneapolis is charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder. Authorities say Aranda told them he went to the mall on April 12 "looking for someone to kill" and chose the boy at random.The child plunged almost 40 feet and suffered head trauma and multiple broken bones. His family releas
  
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• Montana Gov. Bullock joins 2020 Democratic presidential race

  14-05-2019 12:59
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock says he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.The 53-year-old on Tuesday became the third governor in a race with almost two dozen candidates, but Bullock is the only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016.That's a key part of Bullock's argument. He's telling voters that he's succeeded as a Democrat in a state that leans solidly Republican, making him an ideal person to take on T
  
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• Officer shoots, kills woman heard on video claiming she's pregnant

  14-05-2019 12:42
  
  Baytown, Texas -- A police officer in this city outside Houston fatally shot a woman during an altercation at an apartment complex late Monday, authorities said.The incident was captured on social media and circulated overnight, reports CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV. In the video, the woman can be heard shouting "I'm pregnant" multiple times before she is shot.Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris said an officer on patrol saw a 45-year-old woman the officer had had prior encounters with. He knew the
  
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• Walmart ups the delivery game with next day shipping

  14-05-2019 12:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is rolling out free next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars.The nation's largest retailer said Tuesday it's been building a network of more efficient e-commerce distribution centers to make that happen. The next-day service will cover 220,000 popular items from diapers and non-perishable food items to toys and electronics. That's nearly double the number of items it carries in its stores.Next-day delivery, which
  
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• WhatsApp discovers spyware that infected with a call alone

  14-05-2019 11:47
  
  Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.The Financial Times identified the actor as Israel's NSO Group, and WhatsApp all but confirmed the identification, describing hackers as "a private company that has been known to work with governments to deliver spyware." A spokesman for the Facebook subsidiary later said: "We're certainly not refuti
  
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• Police: Employee shoots, kills man after altercation inside east Columbus smoke shop

  14-05-2019 09:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating a deadly shooting inside a smoke shop in east Columbus.Officers were dispatched to Outlet Smoke Shop Plus in McNaughten Centre around 1 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found 24-year-old Oscar Louis Morgan Jr. suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 1:08 a.m.Police say an initial investigation revealed that Morgan was reportedly intoxicated and engaged in physical
  
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• Police: Employee shoots, kills customer in east Columbus smoke shop

  14-05-2019 09:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Police are investigating a deadly shooting at an east Columbus shopping center.Officers were dispatched to Outlet Smoke Shop Plus in McNaughten Centre around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. They found a man shot to death inside the store.According to investigators, a customer and employee were involved in some sort of altercation. The employee was able to call police and the owner of the store. Before officers arrived, police say the employee shot the customer.The shooting remains under
  
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• Man with autism missing in Delaware County

  14-05-2019 04:41
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio - The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a man with autism who was last seen on Monday.The sheriff's office said 23-year-old Brendan Jackson of Powell was last seen in the Wedgewood area in southwest Delaware County around 3:45 p.m.Jackson was last seen wearing a white sweatshirt with black pants.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the sheriff's office at 740-833-2800.
  
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• Westerville officers honored at national memorial

  14-05-2019 04:20
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 50 members from the Westerville police department stood together, tears in their eyes, as they honored their lost brothers Monday night at the national police memorial in Washington, D.C.One by one, the names of 371 fallen officers were read including those of Westerville officers Eric Joering and Tony Morelli.Morelli and Joering were shot and killed in the line of duty in February 2018.The candles, like those fallen, were shining bright.“Kind of same numbness I fe
  
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• 4 dead, 2 missing after small tour planes collide in Alaska

  14-05-2019 03:43
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A team of federal airplane accident investigators was expected to arrive in Alaska on Tuesday to investigate the cause of a midair collision between two sightseeing planes that killed at least four people.The four died when the floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan, the Coast Guard said. Two others were missing, said Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios, a Coast Guard spokesman.The Washington, D.C.-based invest
  
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• Hocking County Dog Shelter temporarily closes for cleaning amid neglect accusations

  14-05-2019 03:15
  LOGAN, Ohio - According to Hocking County Commission President Sandy Ogle, seven dogs have been removed from the Hocking County Dog Shelter and placed at the humane society while cleaning is taking place at the shelter.This comes after allegations of neglect at the shelter.Anna Wright started her job at the Hocking County Dog Shelter three years ago because of her love of dogs. It's for that same reason, she says, she's speaking now.She says she has been to county commissioners multiple times be
  
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• Trump says he won't use info stolen by adversaries in 2020

  14-05-2019 03:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged Monday not to use information stolen by foreign adversaries in his 2020 reelection campaign, even as he wrongly insisted he hadn't used such information to his benefit in 2016.During a question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he "would certainly agree to" that commitment."I don't need it," he said as he met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. "All I need is the opponents that I'm looking at."Bu
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting, May 13, 2019

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• Fire damages northeast Columbus apartments

  14-05-2019 01:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a northeast Columbus apartment building.The Columbus Division of Fire was called to the 5100 block of Fallston Court after 6:30 p.m. Monday.Photographs from the scene show flames and smoke coming from the roof.The fire department said all 12 units in the building sustained some sort of damage.No one was injured and all pets are accounted for.Two units in a neighboring building were also damaged.Investigators are looking into the c
  
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• Fire damages northeast Columbus apartment building

  14-05-2019 01:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a northeast Columbus apartment building.The Columbus Division of Fire was called to the 5100 block of Fallston Court after 6:30 p.m. Monday.Photographs from the scene show flames and smoke coming from the roof.At this time, there are no reports of injuries. At least 10 units were damaged.Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
  
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• Escalating US-China trade war sends stocks plunging

  14-05-2019 00:05
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 600 points Monday as investors sought shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.The selling was widespread and heavy, handing the benchmark S&P 500 index its biggest loss since January. The sell-off extended the market's slide into a second week. The losses so far in May have now erased the market's gains from April.Technology companies, which do a lot of business with China, led the way lower. Chipmakers were among the
  
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