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Ohio hometown buries detainee Otto Warmbier

The day after hundreds of mourners paid their respects to Otto Warmbier, North Korea has called itself the “biggest victim” in the death of the college student from southwest Ohio who was detained for more than a year and died days after being released in a coma.

Indians 6, Orioles 3

The Indians put on another offensive show at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles in a 6-3 victory Thursday night.

Mud Hens 5, Clippers 3

The Clippers opened a four-game weekend series with International League West division rival Toledo with a 5-3 loss at Huntington Park Thursday night.

Man charged with murdering roommate

A Northeast Side man who allegedly attacked his roommate with a large knife or machete was facing a murder charge, the result of one of two homicides Columbus police were investigating Thursday morning.

Local plan addresses drug crisis

Columbus and Franklin County officials trying to stem the growing tide of drug overdose deaths had a message for lawmakers in the Statehouse and on Capitol Hill: Start funding the battle against drug overdoses.

State Senate budget calls for Medicaid freeze

With a little over a week before its deadline, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved its version of the state’s biennial operating budget, a plan which majority Republicans claim would close a projected revenue shortfall of roughly $1 billion.

Officer kicks suspect: Union, suspect’s lawyer react

A union official is criticizing the proposed suspension for a Columbus officer who subdued a restrained suspect in a way that appeared to show him kicking the suspect in the head while the suspect’s family wants the officer fired.

Warmbier remembered in hometown

The life of a 22-year-old college student who died this week after being detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea will be celebrated in his southwest Ohio hometown, still stunned by his loss.