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• Call for equal pay for U.S. women's soccer team heard in central Ohio

  08-07-2019 23:51
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The "equal pay" chants reverberated around the stadium after the U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup on Sunday.And the message definitely made it to central Ohio."It’s a real opportunity for all of us to really realize again these presumptions that we have about the fact that women don’t create a market or that they’re not successful at what they’re doing,"said Kelley Griesmer, president and CEO of The Women's Fund of Central Ohio. "Women’s s
  
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• Trump to host campaign rally in Cincinnati on August 1

  08-07-2019 23:23
  
  President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will host a ‘Keep America Great’ rally at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati on August 1.The rally will be Trump’s 29th in Ohio and fourth in Cincinnati.Doors for the event will open at 4 p.m. and the rally will start at 7 p.m. To register for tickets, click here.
  
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• Eric Swalwell says he's ending his 2020 presidential bid

  08-07-2019 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California is ending his presidential bid, becoming the first candidate in the crowded 2020 Democratic primary to exit the campaign.Swalwell announced his decision Monday.He had signaled that he would consider bowing out of the presidential race if he was in danger of missing the cutoff for the next nationally televised Democratic debate, which is based on separate polling and donor qualifications.Montana Gov. Steve Bullock missed the threshold
  
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• Children being exposed to pornography through parents' web history

  08-07-2019 21:46
  
  Investigators say it’s a growing issue that many parents may not realize, but they’re part of the problem.There is a concerning trend when it comes to child pornography and it starts with what parents watch online and ends with children stumbling onto those same websites when they use shared devices.“There are times where we have been able to learn that it appears the child has been exposed to porn either accidentally, meaning they've looked at their parents or somebody's or fr
  
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• Children being exposed to pornography through parents' internet searches

  08-07-2019 21:46
  Investigators with the Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children task force say they are seeing a concerning amount of cases involving children inadvertently learning about pornography through internet searches on home computers, tablets, and smartphones.“There are times where we have been able to learn that it appears the child has been exposed to porn either accidentally, meaning they've looked at their parents or somebody's or friends device and have seen their internet search hi
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Franklin County crash

  08-07-2019 21:36
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio – A motorcyclist is dead after a crash Monday afternoon, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.The sheriff’s office said the crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on Harrisburg Pike between Clime Road and Alkire Road.The motorcyclist was taken to Grant Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.He was headed northbound on Harrisburg Pike at a high rate of speed when he tried to pass on the shoulder and hit a car that was turning left in front of him
  
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• Authorities identify motorcyclist killed in Franklin County crash

  08-07-2019 21:36
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio – A motorcyclist is dead after a crash Monday afternoon, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.The crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on Harrisburg Pike at Bohnburg Avenue.The sheriff’s office said 26-year-old Bradley D. Hunt Jr. was driving a Suzuki GSXR 750 on the shoulder of the roadway and illegally passing several vehicles at a high rate of speed.Authorities say Hunt struck the rear passenger door of a Chevrolet Cobalt that was turning left o
  
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• Franklin County Dog Shelter continues searching for owners of runaway dogs after Fourth of July holiday

  08-07-2019 21:21
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter is continuing the search for owners of Fourth of July runaway dogs.Communications manager, Andrew Kohn, said this year 100 dogs were brought into the shelter from July 3 through July 7. Last year they had 113.He said this year they strived to educate owners about prevention and how to keep their dogs safe during the holiday. He said unfortunately, they did see a number of runaway dogs this year but 21 of them have been reclaimed.Kohn said if a dog is micro-chipped
  
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• Police: Suspect confessed to killing man found dead in west Columbus apartment

  08-07-2019 20:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police have charged a man with murder after he confessed with killing another man in west Columbus.The Columbus Division of Police said they were dispatched to the 3500 block of Odonnell Court Monday morning when a caller said she found her cousin lying on the floor covered in blood.Officers discovered the victim, later identified as 29-year-old James L. Bishop, had been shot.The victim’s sister and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Savon A. Frost, returned to the scene and
  
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• Police investigating homicide at west Columbus apartment

  08-07-2019 20:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police are investigating a death as a homicide after a body was found at a west Columbus apartment.Columbus police said a male body was found at a residence located in Post Oak Station Apartments in the 3500 block of Odonnell Court Monday morning.Homicide detectives are on the scene working to find out how he died.Authorities have not released his identity or any suspect information at this time.
  
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• Video: Cooking on a Budget with Local Matters

  08-07-2019 20:18
  Local Matters, an organization addressing food insecurity, is bringing back their Veggie Van. First introduced in 2009, the Veggie Van has recently received an influx of funding to get it back on the streets in neighborhoods without easy access to fresh, organic produce. Tori Strickland, Director of Programs for Local Matters, says this newest iteration […]
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• ParkColumbus: How to Change Guest Permit Plate

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• North Market Announces New Merchant American Nut Company

  08-07-2019 19:04
  The North Market has announced that local business American Nut Company will be joining its lineup. The new merchant will set up between Little Eater and North Market Spices, opening later this summer. American Nut Company specializes in Bavarian glazed roasted almonds and pecans. It’s a healthier spin on the typical state fair snacks with […]
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• Fentanyl intoxication killed Ohio teen whose body found in shallow grave

  08-07-2019 18:48
  
  CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) — A coroner says a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in a shallow grave in Ohio died from acute fentanyl intoxication.Carroll County's coroner has ruled the manner of Jonathan Minard's death as homicide. Coroner Dr. Mandal Haas said in a statement Monday that a homicide ruling means only that the death was caused by the actions or omissions of another person. He says those deaths may or may not result in criminal prosecution.Investigators found the body April 19 at
  
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• Billionaire financier charged with molesting dozens of underage girls

  08-07-2019 18:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors made another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him Monday of abusing dozens of underage girls as young as 14.The 66-year-old hedge fund manager who once socialized with some of the world's most powerful people was charged in a newly unsealed indictment with sex trafficking and conspiracy and could get up to 45 years in prison.Epstein, wh
  
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• Local Artist Spotlight: Daric Gill

  08-07-2019 18:25
  Two decades ago, Daric Gill dated a girl over the summer from Urbana, a city near his hometown. He would go and see her on the weekends, but admittedly, Gill doesn’t think the girl was that into him. That was fine, though, because by the end of the summer Gill had become better friends with […]
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• Build-A-Bear releases new 'The Lion King' collection

  08-07-2019 18:00
  
  Build-A-Bear is releasing a new "The Lion King" collection in anticipation for the live-action version of the Disney classic that hits theaters July 19.The company's latest collection is full of plush animals that resemble characters from the new movie.The King has arrived. Shop our roarin’ fun Disney’s The @disneylionking arrivals in stores and online! #LionKing US: https://t.co/fyA3X1Isrs UK: https://t.co/6eQyvoDtmz pic.twitter.com/NZCEMjY8YI— Build-A-Bear Workshop (@buildabe
  
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• Women’s soccer team to get ticker-tape parade in NYC to celebrate World Cup victory

  08-07-2019 17:31
  
  New York City is ready to celebrate the U.S. women's national team for its victory in the Women's World Cup.Shortly after the team's win Sunday in Lyon, France, Mayor Bill de Blasio took to Twitter to announce a parade in the team's honor on Wednesday.De Blasio told the team, "You have inspired the entire country — and New York City knows how to celebrate champions."YES YES YES YES!To our 2019 World Cup Champion @USWNT: you have inspired the entire country — and New York City knows h
  
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• With new law, Trump's state tax returns could go to Congress

  08-07-2019 16:57
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump's New York state tax returns could be given to Congress under a new law in his home state that the Democratic governor signed Monday.The measure signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo directs state tax officials to share state returns of certain elected and appointed officials upon written request from the chairpersons of one of three committees: House Ways and Means, Senate Finance or Joint Committee on Taxation.Designed to give Congress a way around the Re
  
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• U.S. toddler dies after fall from cruise ship in Puerto Rico

  08-07-2019 16:09
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say a toddler apparently slipped from her grandfather's hands and fell to her death from a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico.Police said Monday that the grandfather of the 1-year-old girl from Indiana told officers he lost his grip while holding her outside a window on the 11th story of the Freedom of the Seas. He was identified as Salvatorre Anello.The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the Panamerican dock in the capital of San Juan.Royal Carib
  
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• Photos: Crew v Seattle Sounders

  08-07-2019 15:59
  A second half, sucker punch goal from Seattle Sounders brought more misery onto Columbus Crew SC, as they suffered another loss. The game finished 1-2 at a rainy MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday evening. Pedro Santos gave the home fans something to celebrate early in the first half, when he converted the penalty kick he’d just won after being clipped […]
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• Abortion arguments at play in limiting veterans' IVF benefit

  08-07-2019 14:38
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal program to help injured veterans and their spouses conceive children through in vitro fertilization is being hobbled by anti-abortion forces that oppose how the process can lead to embryos being destroyed.Since 2012, Democrats in Congress have repeatedly championed legislation permanently extending IVF benefits to veterans whose injuries in the line of duty have left them unable to conceive children otherwise.But those bills have fizzled in the face of oppos
  
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• Teen arrested in west Columbus restaurant robbery, two on the run

  08-07-2019 13:29
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police captured one suspect believed to be involved in a restaurant robbery, but they are still looking for two more suspects. The robbery happened on Saturday afternoon, around 4:35 at the Subway located at 1556 W. Broad Street.Three suspects entered the store and used a gun to demand money from the clerk. Two of the suspects hopped the counter and stole cash from the register.According to police, the third suspect locked the door and waited in the foyer. One of the su
  
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• Is social media stalking us? Expert says there are ways to beat those targeted ads

  08-07-2019 13:29
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The more you're on social media, the more it seems those platforms are stalking you."It has to be," said Dana Delgado who uses Instagram, Facebook and SnapChat. "My husband and I always thinking, 'How am I getting these ads for things we were just talking about?' And, it’s so crazy."All it takes is a text or conversation, and it seems social media is able to filter ads onto your timeline about the very thing you were privately inquiring about.Matthew Curtin is a cybersecur
  
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Carl Seaverson III

  08-07-2019 13:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man charged with abduction, domestic violence, and intimidation.Carl Seaverson III has a warrant from the office. Charges against him date back to New Year's Eve, but he hasn't appeared in court since March.There's now a protection order issued against Seaverson.If you see him, call (614) 525-SWAT.
  
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• Rainbow flag again set on fire at New York gay bar

  08-07-2019 13:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in a little over a month, a rainbow flag at the entrance to a New York City gay bar was set aflame.Alibi Lounge owner Alexi Minko said staff members alerted by someone on the street found the flag had been set on fire between 12:20 and 12:45 a.m. Monday. New York City police were already investigating a possible anti-gay bias crime after rainbow flags at the Harlem bar's entrance were set on fire just after midnight May 31, day before the start of the ci
  
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• Quakes push Californians to prepare for the next big jolt

  08-07-2019 13:12
  
  RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes.California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting sensors statewide that officials say will give utilities and trains precious seconds to shut down before the shaking starts.Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's time residents did
  
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• Bill would grant Ohio licenses for military members, spouses

  08-07-2019 13:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would require state agencies that issue occupational licenses to grant them to members of the military and their spouses who move to the state.The legislation, which has bipartisan support, is meant to boost Ohio's reputation as a military-friendly state. It would affect licenses required by nurses, teachers and others.Bill sponsor state Rep. Rick Perales, a suburban Dayton Republican, says the military often makes decisions
  
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• AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy

  08-07-2019 13:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press and people familiar with the matter.A wide-ranging subpoena the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn recently sent to Trump's inaugural committee seeks records relating to 20 individu
  
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• Cabinet of curiosities: 15,000 ink samples at Secret Service

  08-07-2019 12:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a cabinet inside a modest laboratory in downtown Washington are rows and rows of ink samples in plastic squeeze bottles and small glass jars. To the untrained eye, it's just a bunch of blackish liquid with strange names like "moldy sponge" or "green grass."But to the U.S. Secret Service agents who use the samples, they are the clues that could save the president from an assassination attempt. Or stop a counterfeit ring. Or identify the D.C. sniper.The ink library at th
  
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• 1 man dead after shooting in west Columbus

  08-07-2019 10:55
  
  COLUMBUS-- Police are investigating a deadly shooting in west Columbus.Dispatchers took a 911 call reporting a shooting on South Richardson Avenue just before midnight on Sunday. The ShotSpotter technology also picked up on gunfire in that area.When Columbus police officers arrived, they found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. Medical crews transported him to Grant Medical Center where he died from his injuries.Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim. They also did n
  
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• Group looks to appeal Columbus ticket tax

  08-07-2019 04:52
  One week after a city-wide ticket tax went into effect one group is fighting back.Advocates For Responsible Taxation or ART have been vocal opponents of the tax and tell 10TV they have plans to submit more than 18,000 signatures to city hall Monday. The goal is to have a charter amendment regarding the ticket tax appear on the November Ballot.“We hope we can have a fair and balanced conversation about this,” spokesman Ben Frech said.The group says the residents of Columbus fund priva
  
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