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• Local law enforcement agencies looking to private DNA labs to help solve cold cases

  15-07-2019 23:22
  
  More than 26 million Americans have opened at-home DNA kits. They have used the test swabs and sent off their DNA, hoping to find out more about their heritage, long lost family members, or learn about their health.While you are learning more about yourself and those closest to you, local police departments are also starting to tap into that same information.“It's like now more than ever I wanted to find that missing link that was part of my family,” said Drew Norman.Norman found at
  
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• Columbus Rotary Club: Liquor Control in Ohio

  15-07-2019 23:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Memorial brick placed at fairgrounds in memory of Tyler Jarrell

  15-07-2019 22:31
  
  A brick was laid in memory of the 18-year-old who was killed in a ride accident at the Ohio State Fair two years ago.Tyler Jarrell died on July 26, 2017 when the Fire Ball ride broke apart. Seven others were injured.The brick was placed at the fairground on Monday.His mother, Amber Duffield, said she is thankful for the honor but wishes it wasn’t necessary.Duffield also said she would like to see something put in place to honor the survivors of the accident.
  
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• Memorial brick placed at fairgrounds honoring Tyler Jarrell

  15-07-2019 22:31
  A brick was laid in memory of the 18-year-old who was killed in a ride accident at the Ohio State Fair two years ago.Tyler Jarrell died on July 26, 2017 when the Fire Ball ride broke apart. Seven others were injured.The brick was placed at the fairground on Monday.His mother, Amber Duffield, said she is thankful for the honor but wishes it wasn’t necessary.Duffield also said she would like to see something put in place to honor the survivors of the accident.
  
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• What Does the Governor’s New Task Force Mean for the Future of Mapfre Stadium and the Fairgrounds?

  15-07-2019 22:17
  Governor Mike DeWine has formed a new task force that will take a big-picture look at the future of the Ohio State fairgrounds and the state-owned land immediately surrounding it. “Today, I am announcing the formation of a task force, called ‘Expo 2050,’ to take stock of all of the great things going on at […]
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• Press Conference: Columbus Division of Police Reorganization Plans Announcement

  15-07-2019 21:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• DeWine backs business tax deduction as budget talks go on

  15-07-2019 20:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio's upcoming two-year budget should retain a business deduction that's become a sticking point in ongoing negotiations.Legislative leaders missed the June 30 deadline for approving the $69 billion spending plan and approved a 17-day temporary budget instead.It's unclear if they're in position to pass the permanent budget by the new deadline Wednesday.At issue is a $250,000 business tax deduction currently in state law. DeWine wants
  
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• Rooftop Yoga at Gravity to Benefit Pets

  15-07-2019 20:00
  “My little Piper weighed less than 4 pounds when I picked her up; she should’ve weighed 20!” says Julie Wilkes. “They said that she only had a day left before she would’ve died. Kidnappers stole her from someone’s yard and put her into a crate too small for her. They stored dogs in a barn, and […]
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• 'Many people agree with me': Trump digs in on racist tweets

  15-07-2019 19:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by searing criticism, President Donald Trump on Monday emphatically defended his tweet calling on four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "broken and crime infested" countries. Condemnation of his comments "doesn't concern me because many people agree with me," he declared.Trump responded to questions at the White House after his Sunday tweet assailing the lawmakers, all of whom are U.S. citizens and three of whom born here. He has been roundly
  
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• Congresswomen urge people to ignore Trump's bait

  15-07-2019 19:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfazed by widespread criticism, President Donald Trump on Monday intensified his incendiary comments about four Democratic congresswomen of color, urging them to get out if they don't like things going on in America. They fired back at what they called his "xenophobic bigoted remarks" and said it was time for impeachment.Late Monday, after Trump defended his calling for the lawmakers to go back to their "broken and crime infested" countries, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  
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• Giant jellyfish the size of a human spotted by divers off English coast

  15-07-2019 19:24
  
  A giant jellyfish the size of a human has stunned a diver off the south-western coast of England.CNN reports the incredible creature — a barrel jellyfish — was spotted near Falmouth by broadcaster and biologist Lizzie Daly.“What an unforgettable experience,” Daly said. “I know barrel jellyfish get really big in size but I have never seen anything like it before!”Daly encountered the jellyfish while was exploring the waters as part of her campaign “Wild O
  
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• Comic Competition Podcast Comes to Shadowbox Live

  15-07-2019 18:15
  Dino Tripodis has mastered the art of blending experience, bringing his years in standup comedy to bear on his years in Columbus radio, honing those same performance and technical skills in front of and behind the feature film camera. In 2017 he mixed his broadcasting and interviewing talent with a love of whiskey for his […]
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• 180,000 smoke and fire alarms recalled; may not work during a fire

  15-07-2019 18:12
  
  Approximately 180,000 battery-powered smoke and fire alarms are under recall because they may not activate properly during a fire.Universal Security Instruments alarm Models MI3050S and MI3050SB manufactured January 19, 2015 through July 11, 2016 can be affected.No USI Electric brand alarms are affected.No hardwired, 120V AC/DC alarms are affected.No carbon monoxide alarms, or carbon monoxide + natural gas alarms are affected.No combination alarms are affected.Universal Security Instruments
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• Review: Otterbein’s Rollicking Guys and Dolls

  15-07-2019 17:48
  For almost 70 years, Guys and Dolls, with its book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows (based on Damon Runyon’s short stories), and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, has charmed and enthralled audiences. Otterbein Summer Theatre’s sizzling production, directed by Lenny Leibowitz (also conducting the orchestra from the piano for original music director Samuel […]
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• Former boxing champ Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker dies after being hit by car

  15-07-2019 17:29
  
  Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medalist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55.Police in Virginia Beach said the former fighter was hit by a car Sunday night. The driver of the car remained on the scene, and police said they were investigating the circumstances of the death.Sweet Pea was Whitaker's nickname, and it fit perfectly. He was a master of getting hit and not getting hit, a s
  
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• Central Ohio day care operator accused of sexually abusing kids gets 30 days in plea deal

  15-07-2019 17:06
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A central Ohio day care operator accused of sexually abusing children will spend 30 days in jail, under a plea deal reached Monday.In July of 2018, 52-year-old Kimberly Hignite was charged with gross sexual imposition against three children, and 17 counts of child endangering.Monday she pleaded guilty to 14 counts of child endangering with prosecutors agreeing to drop other charges including gross sexual imposition.The judge accepted a joint recommendation by the prosecution and
  
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• Trump administration moves to end protections for Central American asylum seekers

  15-07-2019 16:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.According to a new rule published in the Federal Register , asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed
  
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• 3 children killed in Ashland County house fire

  15-07-2019 16:32
  
  JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — An overnight house fire has killed three children in Ashland County.The State Fire Marshal's Office says the early Monday fire broke out at a house in the 200 block of Township Road 1550 in Jeromesville, about 70 miles southwest of Cleveland.A 2-year-old, a 4-year-old and a 12-year-old child died in the fire, the Mansfield Journal reports. A man, a woman and a 14-year-old child were able to escape from the home.Several area fire departments were called to the scene. Th
  
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• 3 children killed, 3 others hurt in Ashland County house fire

  15-07-2019 16:32
  
  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say three children killed in an overnight house fire in rural north-central Ohio died from smoke inhalation.Fire officials say three other people who were in the house have been hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.The State Fire Marshal's Office says the fire started on a front porch where there was an incubator.Officials identified the children who died as 12-year-old Faithlyn Bogavich, 4-year-old Delaney Bogavich and 1-year
  
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• Woman, her 18-month-old twin daughters killed in fiery freeway crash; semi driver charged

  15-07-2019 15:51
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters died in a fiery, seven-vehicle crash on an Indianapolis freeway.Indiana State Police say the crash happened about midday Sunday on eastbound Interstate 465. A preliminary police investigation has revealed that a semi tractor-trailer hit the back of a line of vehicles backed-up in traffic due to construction. The first car struck caught fire.Police said in a statement that 29-year-old Alanna Norman Koons and her
  
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• Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan talks Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration

  15-07-2019 14:16
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WBNS) - Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, former NASA Astronaut and the first U.S. woman to walk in space sat down with the 10 This Morning.Sullivan shared her experience and talked about the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration.She is the guest speaker Saturday at the Ohio History Connection for a “Moon Landing Celebration” that is sold out.Guests can visit theOhio Historical Center during the day to watch the set up for the event, which includes footage of the Apollo 11 lunar
  
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• Chevron ordered to halt oil spill into California canyon

  15-07-2019 13:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators say Chevron has not done enough to stop a massive oil spill that dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil and water into a Kern County canyon, and they want the company to take further action to halt the flow.The seep out of the ground where Chevron injects steam to extract underground crude oil has been happening on and off since May.The state has issued Chevron a notice of violation ordering it to stop steam injections around the area where the
  
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• Online survey seeks input from Ohioans on state-wide walking, biking plan

  15-07-2019 12:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State transportation officials are seeking the Ohio public's help in developing their first policy plan for walking and biking.The Ohio Department of Transportation says an online survey and upcoming public meetings will be crucial to ensuring that the Walk.Bike.Ohio plan meets people's needs.The plan will guide bike and pedestrian policy-making and infrastructure investment decisions. It is driven by increased demand, demographic shifts and safety concerns.Ohio saw a
  
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• Statues, education center honor Neil Armstrong at museum

  15-07-2019 12:56
  
  WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — New statues of astronaut Neil Armstrong were unveiled and an education center was dedicated in his name on Sunday as his Ohio hometown continued celebrating its native son's history-making moon mission 50 years ago this month.Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and other officials gathered at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta for the unveiling Sunday of a bronze life-sized statue of Armstrong as a test pilot. Another statue of him outside the museum as a boy
  
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• GOP official: Ohio election on St. Patrick's Day would be OK

  15-07-2019 12:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican who is Ohio's elections chief says the state can handle having its presidential primary on St. Patrick's Day next year if lawmakers make that change in the still-unsettled state budget.The proposed move from March 10 to March 17 drew objections from some Democratic lawmakers, particularly from the Cleveland area, which has one of the nation's biggest St. Patrick's Day parades. They say the change could hamper voting and poll worker availability.In a let
  
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• Biden aggressively defends health law known as 'Obamacare'

  15-07-2019 12:45
  
  Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending the Affordable Care Act, challenging not just President Donald Trump but also some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the current insurance system with a fully government-run model.The former vice president will spend much of the coming week talking about his approach to health care, including his unveiling Monday of a plan that would add a "public option" to the 2010 health care overhaul, with expa
  
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• Ohio man sentenced to 2nd life term in Charlottesville car attack

  15-07-2019 12:36
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life plus 419 years on federal hate crime charges Monday for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia.James Alex Fields Jr., 22, received the sentence for killing one person and injuring dozens during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017.Last month, Fields received a life sentence on 29 federal hate crime charges.Charlottesville Ci
  
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• Ohio man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack

  15-07-2019 12:36
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Ohio man sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia is set to face a state judge who could add another life sentence, plus 419 years.James Alex Fields Jr., 22, will be sentenced Monday for killing one person and injuring dozens during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017.Last month, Fields received a life sentence
  
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• Weakened Barry still poses flood, tornado risks

  15-07-2019 12:14
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north.Barry was downgraded from a tropical storm on Sunday afternoon but continued to pose a threat. Much of Louisiana and Mississippi were under flash-flood watches, as were parts of Arkansas, eastern Texas, western Tennessee and southeastern Missouri.Louisiana Gov. John
  
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• Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes

  15-07-2019 11:29
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon a half-century ago.That massive workforce stretched across the U.S. and included engineers, scientists, mechanics, technicians, pilots, divers, seamstresses, secretaries and more who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to achieve those first lunar footsteps .Some of them will be taking part in festivities this week to mark the 50th anniversary .A brief look at four:___Amid the s
  
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• Local immigration attorney discusses immigration sweep

  15-07-2019 05:23
  
  After initial immigration raids across the country were canceled in June, ICE agents began conducting raids in cities across the US on Sunday.Local immigration attorney Liliana Vasquez says she kept on eye on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans.“The people that are supposed to be targeted from these raids are those that have outstanding orders of removal and those that have lost their immigration cases,” Vasquez said.The Columbus based attorney says the lack of clarity reg
  
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• Ohio couple settles lawsuit over destruction of frozen embryos

  15-07-2019 02:50
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio couple who sued a hospital that runs a fertility clinic where more than 4,000 eggs and embryos were destroyed have settled their lawsuit.The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports attorneys for Rick and Wendy Penniman filed documents in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court this month dismissing the matter. The Pennimans were among more than 100 people who sued University Hospitals over embryos lost after a storage tank's temperature fluctuated at the fertility clinic in s
  
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• ODNR stresses safety for boaters, kayakers on the water this summer

  15-07-2019 01:29
  The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is encouraging paddle boarders, canoers and kayakers to avoid the rivers right now as the high waters can be dangerous.They say a body of water like Alum Creek is a better option, but you still have to careful.For kayaker Matt Brooks, he's experienced dangerous situations in the past.“I was on a river, actually moving water, and my kayak took in water on the side and flipped over and I got sucked up into a tree,” he said.Brooks says if this ha
  
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