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• Community members mourn, debate gun laws following Dayton shooting

  05-08-2019 23:45
  DAYTON, Ohio — Flowers, candles and chalk cover the sidewalks in Dayton's Oregon District. They are the visible signs of the sadness blanketing the site of Sunday's mass shooting that killed nine people and wounded dozens of others.But many are feeling more than just sadness. Two men standing on the sidewalk in front of Ned Pepper's got into an argument. They shouted at one another about the cause of the shooting and whether the president was to blame.Dayton resident Mark Keller stepped in
  
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• Ohio Republican Chair asks Rep. Keller to resign after comments about Dayton shooting

  05-08-2019 23:28
  
  The Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party has called on a State Representative to resign following her remarks about the deadly shooting in Dayton.Rep. Candice Keller (R-Middletown) posted to her Facebook page about the shooting saying the blame should be placed on gay marriage, open borders and recreational marijuana among others.“The breakdown of the traditional American family(thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage, and drag queen advocates); fatherlessness, a subject no one disc
  
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• Dayton mayor backs call for Rep. Keller to resign following comments on shooting

  05-08-2019 23:28
  
  The Mayor of Dayton is also calling for action after the Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party called on a State Representative to resign following her remarks about the deadly shooting in Dayton.Rep. Candice Keller (R-Middletown) posted to her Facebook page about the shooting saying the blame should be placed on gay marriage, open borders and recreational marijuana among others.“The breakdown of the traditional American family(thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage, and drag queen
  
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• "It shakes your sense of security": Dayton community supports one another in wake of tragedy

  05-08-2019 23:27
  DAYTON, Ohio — At Blind Bob's, tables were packed with a lunch hour crowd.While this may seem like a typical day, these workers are pushing through the grief of what happened mere feet from their door.“The police evacuated the people who are on the scene, including my staff,” said Assistant General Manager Andy Rowe.One of Rowe's newest staff members was among the 37 who were injured in Sunday morning's shooting. She was hit with shrapnel.“She was released, I think yester
  
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• Have a conversation: How to talk to your kids about traumatic news events in wake of shootings

  05-08-2019 22:56
  Tragedies like the mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso can change a community forever.But you don't have to experience such trauma directly to be impacted by it."Now we know — really starting with some of those big events like the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11 — we now know there is some degree of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms that can happen even if you only witnessed video or coverage of that event on television," said Dr. Megan Schabbing, Medical Director of Psychiatric E
  
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• Dayton gunman was “slightly ostracized” after threats against students, former classmate says

  05-08-2019 22:48
  
  BELLBROOK, Ohio — A former neighbor and classmate of Connor Betts said the suspected Dayton mass shooter was “slightly ostracized” after making threats against students while attending Bellbrook High School.“He made some threats, I’m not going into details how, but the police investigated and he got suspended from school,” Theo Gainey told 10 Investigates. “He got escorted off the school bus... I cannot comment about how long he was out, I do know he was
  
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• Obama: Americans must not let racist views become normalized

  05-08-2019 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first public statement since mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, former President Barack Obama says Americans must "soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments."Obama released a statement Monday on Twitter that did not mention President Donald Trump directly but reminded Americans that "we are not helpless" in the face of the nation's high frequency of mass shootings co
  
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• Gov. DeWine set to address gun violence, mental health in wake of Dayton shooting

  05-08-2019 22:12
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine is set to discuss the deadly shooting in Dayton and unveil his proposals to address gun violence and mental health at the Statehouse Tuesday.Shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, a gunman opened fire on the Oregon District in Dayton, killing nine people and injuring 27 others. At a vigil in the city Monday night, a crowd chanted “do something,” as the governor addressed attendees.“We’ll do everything that we can to tell you that we care,&rdq
  
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• Scoonie Penn leaving Ohio State to join Memphis Grizzlies coaching staff

  05-08-2019 22:00
  
  Ohio State Men's Basketball Director of Player Development James “Scoonie” Penn has been named as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies.Penn played two seasons at Ohio State and was a two-time All-Big Ten pick and was named Big Ten Player of the year in 1999.He returned to the Buckeyes in 2017 to work under head coach Chris Holtmann.He scored 1,076 points at Ohio State, and his 123 points scored in NCAA Tournament play ranks seventh in program history.Penn drafted by the Atlan
  
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• City, state, national leaders debate gun laws amid deadly shootings

  05-08-2019 21:26
  While Gov. Mike DeWine will discuss his proposals to address gun violence and mental health, lawmakers on both sides can't seem to agree on how to stop the next mass shooting.Democrat lawmaker David Leland says lawmakers should reconvene now to discuss how best to prevent another mass shooting from happening in Ohio."Republicans in the general assembly have been pushing to make it easier to buy guns," he said.Republican Senator Bob D. Hackett, who represents an area near Dayton, says passing gun
  
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• Next Step for the Hyperloop? A $500 Million Test Track

  05-08-2019 19:30
  An XP-1 Hyperloop pod was unveiled yesterday morning in a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside COSI. It was the first of several events being held this week to promote the futuristic technology and the possibility that Columbus could be involved in its inaugural line. The pod being displayed (yesterday it was at COSI, today it will be […]
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• BrewDog Opens Annual Festival to Public, Announces Performance Schedule

  05-08-2019 19:30
  BrewDog’s Annual General Mayhem (AGM) Festival takes place Saturday, Aug. 24 at the BrewDog DogTap, 96 Gender Rd. in Canal Winchester. Previously, the festival started out as part celebration, part meeting for BrewDog’s equity shareholders. But for the first time in the festival’s four-year history, the US AGM will be open to the general public […]
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• Ohio State Fair draws slight attendance increase for 2019

  05-08-2019 18:53
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Officials with the Ohio State Fair have announced that the annual event had an increase of nearly 3 percent more visitor from 2018.The estimate from fair officials said it attracted 934,925 visitors through the gates between July 24 and August 4.“This year’s weather was absolutely beautiful, and hundreds of thousands of Ohioans turned out to celebrate our great state and experience all that the Fair has to offer. Some of the most popular aspects each year are the anim
  
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• Authorities seize drugs, stolen rifle and more than $53,000 cash in east Columbus

  05-08-2019 18:34
  
  Authorities in Columbus arrested one man after finding drugs, cash and a stolen weapon at a residence on the city’s east side.The Whitehall Division of Police Narcotics Unit along with the Columbus Division of Police Drug Enforcement Response Team executed a search warrant on Friday in the 1800 block of East Rich Street.Detectives seized 1,296 grams of cocaine, 80 grams of marijuana, one stolen AR-15 rifle and $53,710 in cash.The subject of the investigation, 40-year-old Thomas Edwards, wa
  
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• Mexico to take legal action after gunman kills 3 Mexican nationals in El Paso mass shooting

  05-08-2019 18:21
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government said it considers a shooting at a crowded department store in El Paso, Texas that left seven of its citizens dead an "act of terrorism" against Mexicans and hopes it will lead to changes in U.S. gun laws.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday that Mexico will respect the debate that will unfold in the United States following Saturday's attack that killed a total of 21 people, but he believes the discussion could lead to change
  
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• 2 El Paso victims die at hospital, raising death toll to 22

  05-08-2019 17:54
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend died at a hospital on Monday, raising the death toll for the attack to 22.Dr. Stephen Flaherty said at a news conference that gunshot wounds of the patients treated at the Del Sol Medical Center have been "devastating and major."He said one patient who died at the hospital had major internal abdominal injuries affecting the liver, kidneys and intestines. That patient also re
  
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• 10 Columbus Art Galleries off the Beaten Path

  05-08-2019 17:03
  There was once a time when the Short North was undoubtedly considered Columbus’ arts district, as evident in this same article written a decade ago. But the area now has some stiff competition, and not just from the arts district in Franklinton. Now, many art galleries double as event spaces and community gathering places, turning […]
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• Monday's Most Wanted: Stanley L. Thornton

  05-08-2019 16:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Monday's Most Wanted is wanted for multiple weapons and gun charges.Stanley L. Thornton is wanted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on cases from 2017 and 2019, for aggravated possession of drugs, drug trafficking,weapons under disability, and Tamper with evidence.If you see him please call the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at (614) 525-SWAT.
  
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• Trump says nation must 'condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy', calls for stronger background checks

  05-08-2019 14:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity" as he called for bipartisan cooperation to strengthen the nation's gun laws.Trump said he wants legislation providing "strong background checks" for gun users, but he provided scant details and has reneged on previous promises after mass shootings."We vow to act with urgent resolve," Trump said Monday.Trump spoke Monday from the White Hous
  
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• Security cut off for 'cesspool of hate' 8chan forum

  05-08-2019 13:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An online message board accused of hosting extremist content was temporarily inaccessible Monday after its cybersecurity provider cut off support for a "cesspool of hate" following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.8chan returned an error message after midnight California time, when Cloudflare Inc. said its support would end. There was no immediate explanation, but lack of security support would leave the site open to online attacks that might block access.Police are investi
  
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• Shooting victims include a mom who died protecting her baby

  05-08-2019 12:59
  
  In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter opened fire and left 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 others.Here are some of their stories:JORDAN ANCHONDO: 'GAVE HER LIFE' FOR HER BABYJordan Anchondo was among those killed in El Paso, Anchondo's sister said, and she apparently died while protecting her 2-month-old son from the hail of bullets.Leta Jamrowski of El Paso spoke to The Associated Press as s
  
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• Unknowns in Ohio shooting include: Did he target his sister?

  05-08-2019 10:20
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — As authorities in Ohio try to pin down a motive for the weekend's second U.S. mass shooting and dig into the slain shooter's life, what they find might also help answer another big question looming over the tragedy: What, if anything, could have stopped it?
  Police say the gunman was wearing a mask and body armor when he shot and killed his younger sister and eight others after the pair had arrived together with a friend earlier Saturday evening at a popular entertainmen
  
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• Hate ruled out, but motive still a mystery in Dayton attack

  05-08-2019 10:20
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — As authorities in Ohio try to pin down a motive for the weekend's second U.S. mass shooting and dig into the slain shooter's life, what they find might also help answer another big question looming over the tragedy: What, if anything, could have stopped it?Police say the gunman was wearing a mask and body armor when he shot and killed his younger sister and eight others after the pair had arrived together with a friend earlier Saturday evening at a popular entertainment
  
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• Dayton gunman's ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him

  05-08-2019 05:44
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could have been allowed to buy the military-style weapon used in this weekend's attack.The accounts emerged after police said there was nothing in the background of 24-year-old Connor Betts that would have prevented him from purchasing an AR 15-style rifle with an extended ammunition magazine that
  
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• Classmates: Dayton shooter kept a 'hit list' and a 'rape list'

  05-08-2019 05:44
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a hit list and a list of girls he wanted to sexually assault.The accounts from two former classmates emerged after police said there was nothing in the background of 24-year-old Connor Betts that would have prevented him from purchasing the rifle used in the attack.Both former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended after a hit lis
  
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• Dayton vigil crowd chants 'Do something' to Gov. DeWine

  05-08-2019 04:57
  
  A crowd at a vigil honoring nine adults killed and others wounded by a gunman in Dayton interrupted a speech by Ohio's Republican governor with shouts of "Make a change."As Gov. Mike DeWine told the crowd Sunday evening that the families' pain can't be erased, many started chanting: "Do something!"The crowd is shouting “Do something” - drowning out the remarks from @GovMikeDeWine on stage at tonight’s vigil in Dayton. #10TV pic.twitter.com/WeLxkDlql0— Brittany Bailey (@Br
  
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• Hundreds mourn, demand change at vigil honoring Dayton mass shooting victims

  05-08-2019 04:37
  DAYTON, Ohio - Hundreds of people packed into Dayton's Oregon District Sunday night, turning a site known for celebration into one of mourning."This is a place where people come when they’re in love, looking for love, and red roses I think really symbolize that," said Ken Kuhbander, who was carrying a bucket of red roses. "And the first responders and paramedics, what they do in this town is wonderful."William and Teanna McCall arrived with their dog, Titan, and a sign that said -- free pu
  
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• El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant manifesto

  05-08-2019 04:12
  
  DALLAS (AP) — About 20 minutes before the shooting started at an El Paso Walmart, a rambling screed was posted to an online message board saying the massacre was in response to an "invasion" of Hispanics coming across the southern border.Titled "The Inconvenient Truth," it railed against the dangers of mass immigration and warned that Hispanics will eventually take over the economy and government. The writer argued that attacking "low-security" targets was a way to "fight to reclaim my cou
  
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• 2020 Democrats lay blame on Trump's rhetoric for shootings

  05-08-2019 03:51
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates sought to lay blame Sunday on President Donald Trump following a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying his language against minorities promotes racial division and violence.At public events and on television, several candidates pointed to a need for more gun restrictions, such as universal background checks. But they directed much of their criticism at Trump, seeking to draw a link between the shootings in Dayton and El
  
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• There have been more mass shootings than days in 2019

  05-08-2019 03:42
  
  The number of mass shootings across the U.S. so far in 2019 has outpaced the number of days this year, according to a gun violence research group. This puts 2019 on pace to be the first year since 2016 with an average of more than one mass shooting a day.As of Sunday, which was the 216th day of the year, there have been 251 mass shootings in the U.S., according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks every mass shooting in the country. The Gun Violence Archive defines a mas
  
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• Ohio lawmaker blames Dayton shootings on gay marriage, marijuana, video games

  05-08-2019 03:19
  
  A representative from southwest Ohio posted to her Facebook that the blame for the Dayton shootings should be placed on gay marriage, recreational marijuana and former President Barack Obama among other things.Rep. Candice Keller (R-Middletown) began her post by saying “liberals start the blame game” after every mass shooting and “why not place the blame where it belongs?”“The breakdown of the traditional American family(thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage,
  
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• Police release new details, timeline of Dayton deadly shooting

  05-08-2019 00:28
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A masked gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounding dozens before he was quickly slain by police, officials said.Police released a timeline of events surrounding the shooting Sunday afternoon, detailing the events that took place.At 1:05 a.m., officers were patrolling the Oregon District during bar closing time when they heard the shots fired and saw a crowd r
  
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