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A Dispatch/Gannett Ohio survey of Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections found that, as of late last week, they had received at least 400,000 absentee ballot request — far more than would be expected in a typical presidential election. Some counties already have received more than they did for the entire 2016 general election. Top…

Donald Trump.Seldom in American history has one person’s name generated two such visceral and opposite reactions.Last week, the Democrats had their say during a virtual convention that portrayed the GOP president as simply not up to the job. The battle to oust him was cast in almost “Star Wars”-esque terms of light versus the dark…

DENVER — Police stopped Elijah McClain on the street in suburban Denver last year after deeming the young Black man suspicious. He was thrown into a chokehold, threatened with a dog and stun gun, then subjected to another law enforcement tool before he died: a drug called ketamine.Paramedics inject it into people like McClain as…

A driver died Friday night in a one-car crash on Parsons Avenue near Llewellyn Avenue, Columbus police reported.Joseph W. Groth, 58, of the South Side, was driving south on Parsons when his car went off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole around 9 p.m.Groth was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical…

A pedestrian was killed early Saturday when he stepped in front of car on Alkire Road near Manley Way on the West Side, Columbus police reported.The male pedestrian, whose name has not been released pending notification of relatives, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:16 a.m.The man was struck by a car driven by…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday hew was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state.Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders…

Several large gatherings were spotted around the University District Thursday evening, despite attempts by Ohio State University officials to discourage such gatherings. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

BOSTON — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.In the first display of remorse either he or his wife, “Full House” star Lori Loughlin, have made publicly since…

Savon A. Frost pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and gun specifications in the shooting death of 29-year-old James L. Bishop. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake has ordered an investigation into the department’s execution of a search warrant at the home of an innocent family.He also decommissioned three officers on Wednesday while the investigation is ongoing and adjusted the approval requirements for search warrants.Officers at 6:05 a.m. Tuesday used a battering ram to knock…

Jared T. Ferguson was convicted two weeks ago of murder in the 2019 death of his girlfriend, Lisa Baker, whose body was found in the North Side apartment they shared. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

The Ohioan who ran Joe Biden’s presidential campaign until May likes how his man is pairing up against Donald Trump in Ohio.Barely.”If the election was today, we’d win it barely, but we would win it,” Greg Schultz said of Ohio during a virtual gathering of the state’s delegates to the virtual Democratic National Convention on…

The group of people who applied to become Columbus Division of Police officers and begin training in 2021 is the most diverse in the city’s history, according to information released by the city Wednesday.While the overall number of people who signed up for the test decreased, the number of minority candidates increased by more than…

A man died after a pickup truck crossed into his lane and collided head-on with his car Tuesday night on the Northeast Side, Columbus police said..The man, whose identity has not yet been released by police, was driving a Toyota Camry northbound on Westerville Road approaching Agler Road around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when a southbound…

The steady arrival of masked patrons at the Oakland Park post office seemed to underline the points made by Joyce Beatty and others as they stood outside the entrance.The U.S. Postal Service, they said, is a lifeline — a lifeline for the delivery of life-sustaining medications, correspondence from loved ones and perhaps a check to…

WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Postal Service said he would pause operational changes at the agency until after the November election after lawmakers expressed fear the changes would hinder the collection of mail-in ballots.Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement he had been making changes at the agency to ensure its long-term sustainability, but…

Death Valley recorded a scorching 130 degrees (54.4 degrees Celsius) Sunday, which if the sensors and other conditions check out, would be the hottest Earth has been in more than 89 years and the third-warmest ever measured. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

For months, universities and experts have warned another semester of remote courses could have disastrous effects on student enrollment and college budgets. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Count Sen. Sherrod Brown among the Democrats who are unhappy with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s decision last week to prevent local boards of elections from using more than one dropbox for absentee ballots.During a pre-convention call with reporters Monday, Brown said the decision by the Republican secretary of state was meant to depress…

FirstEnergy Corp. has revised its second quarter earnings report to acknowledge the potential for financial losses related to the federal bribery and racketeering investigation brought against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and several associates.The Akron utility also said that the state may be considering filing charges as well as part of the investigation.FirstEnergy filed…

Police have confirmed that 17 people were wounded and at least four were killed in three separate shootings within 90 minutes in Cincinnati early Sunday.The shootings erupted in Over-the-Rhine, Walnut Hills and Avondale.Officers were called to 70 E. McMicken Ave. in Over-the-Rhine and found several people with gunshot wounds, including one person dead at the…

One person was fatally shot Sunday morning in North Linden Sunday morning.Officers were called around 10:15 a.m. to the 2700 block of Cleveland Avenue on a report of a shooting, a Columbus police dispatcher said.Officers found a victim sitting in a car suffering from gunshot wounds, the dispatcher aid.The victim was transported to a hospital,…