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December Winter Warming Centers. 3rd Shift. 1015 E. Main St. 614-252-3191. 24 hours/7 days a week. Co-ed and pet friendly. Star House. 1220 Corrugated Way. 10:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Ages 14-24 and their small children. Jordan's Crossing. 342 N. Hague Ave. 614-564-9616. Open: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Columbus Metropolitan Library Branches. Open for any community member during normal business hours. Find locations and hours at columbuslibrary.org. Community Development for All People. 946 Parsons Ave. 614-445-7342. Open 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The Open Shelter. 1037 Parsons Ave. 614-222-2885. Open: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Columbus Relief. 2000 Parsons Ave. 614-252-3191. Open: Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Columbus Recreation & Parks Community Centers. Open for any community member during normal business hours. Find locations and hours at columbusrecparks.com. Find Nearest Warming Centers: columbus.gov/warmingcenters. Need shelter? Call the homeless hotline: 614-274-7000.

Extreme cold is expected this weekend, with potential snow in the forecast. No one should have to face it alone. Warming centers and shelters across Columbus are open to provide a safe place to stay warm. See the graphic for locations.

Detroit elects its first new mayor since 2013, when we were under both bankruptcy and emergency management.

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oh mike i am so, so sorry

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

“this album … isn’t art. the life of a showgirl is made of shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. art takes time and care. this is profit. it’s content.”

what a bar from @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social

Reporter, Midwest Regions

The Midwest newsroom at @propublica.org is amazing.

Fantastically talented, hard-working, good-hearted people who do this work for all the right reasons. And so much fun to be around. I love being part of it.

Come join us!

This is a **solid-gold journalism job opportunity.**

Signal Ohio joins wave of nonprofit newsroom unionization Journalists from Signal Cleveland, Signal Akron, and Signal Statewide are seeking voluntary recognition.

"We are really active in watching how things have shook out at other news organizations, including Houston Landing,“ reporter Amy Morona said.

"We are just trying to make it for the long haul, and we think unionizing is the best way for us to do that together.”

It is very very cool to see this launched. And it feels like the first step towards something much bigger.

A newsroom has a community, not an audience (the relationship is multimodal, not one-dimensional broadcast). The more we experiment with platforms that support this, the better.

Communities | SB Nation Come fan with us. SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities.

Anyway, last year at XOXO I heard @kissane.bsky.social say "we have to fix the fucking networks" and this is us trying as hard as we can. Go find your team, sign up, talk some shit about sports, and help us out, please ;) www.sbnation.com/communities

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Air quality alert issued in Columbus region due to wildfire smoke, fireworks emissions After a few days of jubilant fireworks launching, Columbus' air quality is taking a hit, causing the Mid-Ohio Planning Commission to issue an alert.

“The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission issued an air quality alert July 5 for the Columbus area as Canadian wildfire smoke, fireworks emissions and sunny weather were all predicted to lower the region's air quality.”
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A New Call for Pitches for a New Appalachian Era We continue to tell the stories of our region, with an eye toward deeply-reported modern-day stories of Appalachia’s challenges and triumphs. And if you’re a writer or journalist in the region, we wan...

Student & early career journalists in Appalachia, send pitches! We're looking for different kinds of stories—politics, labor, education, cultural trends, life + identity, and more! Rates start at $100 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting & can increase based on scope. Pitch guide and form below:

‘It’s proof of our existence’: This lesbian archive is recording history as it's erased As the Trump administration cuts programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people, this Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.

The Ohio Lesbian Archive's long-overdue state historical marker has been derailed by the Trump admin’s sweeping war on DEI, which extends beyond diversity, equity & inclusion programs to seemingly include anything that acknowledges the country’s diversity of experience: 19thnews.org/2025/06/ohio...

Trump drops lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and Ann Selzer over her late-campaign poll showing Kamala Harris in play in Iowa. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Cooling centers. Columbus recreation and parks is operating five community centers as cooling centers beginning Tuesday, June 24 until the heat subsides. these locations will be open to the community from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dodge Community Center. 667 Sullivant Ave. Driving Park Community Center. 1100 Rhoads Ave. Glenwood Community Center. 1888 Fairmont Ave. Linden Community Center. 1350 Briarwood Ave. Marion Franklin Community Center. 2801 Lockbourne Rd. Additionally, outdoor pools will be open from 1-8 p.m. with free admission through the advisory. Spraygrounds at Barnett, Blackburn, Linden, and Scioto Southland will operate 12 – 8 p.m., free of charge.

Starting today, new cooling centers are open across Columbus. Five community centers will now serve as cooling sites from morning to evening, with free access to outdoor pools and spraygrounds continuing throughout the heat advisory. Stay cool and look out for one another.

Columbus ICE Out! demonstration brings anti-Trump protesters Downtown The protest, which took place at Columbus City Hall, was to express support for immigrant communities and solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles.

The protest, which took place at Columbus City Hall, was to express support for immigrant communities and solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles.

Page One in Des Moines.

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🧵 SCOOP: DHS has requested 20,000 records (including photos) from of Ohio BMV to be delivered early next week.

The Ohio BMV system logs every query made. Law enforcement already has access but ICE may be trying to avoid detection. 1/

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.

Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.

Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.

My story for @propublica.org

Headline in Columbus newspaper: "Papal conclave starts. How to watch, stream live as Ohio native votes"

All news is local news

try going on a friday evening ~1-1.5 hours before close! the experience is way better imo

if that’s not doable: bring headphones/earbuds … i’ve started doing this when i go by myself and it’s super helpful

USA TODAY's White House, Congress & Campaigns editor @dsamuelsohn.bsky.social will be part of @yahoonews.com's Reddit AMA for Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.

Tune in at 12 p.m. ET today, Apr 29, to ask him questions: www.reddit.com/r/politics/c...

have questions about the first 100 days of trump's second presidential term? @usatoday.com is partnering with journalists from @yahoonews.com @washingtonpost.com @nbcnews.com @reuters.com + @apnews.com to answer them today on reddit

join us from noon to 4 p.m. ET ⬇️

Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.

NEW: Researchers secretly ran a massive, unauthorized AI persuasion experiment on Reddit users in a large debate subreddit. The bots' answers mined the original posters' identity and post history to generate its answers & created identities such as "rape survivor"

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Issue 2 on May ballot would help pay for roads, bridges - not Cleveland Browns stadium Ohio voters are being asked to approve a major bond issue this spring. But it has nothing to do with the Cleveland Browns.

ohio issue 2:

✅ would renew and increase the spending cap for a program that funds public works projects related to roads, bridges, water systems and waste disposal

✅ will not increase taxes

❌ is unrelated to the cleveland browns stadium project, which is still under consideration by lawmakers

The Steelers have finally drafted a QB.

Pittsburgh has selected national champion Will Howard with the 185th pick in the NFL Draft.

Ohio State football DE Jack Sawyer taken by Steelers in fourth round of NFL draft Ohio State DE Jack Sawyer was drafted in the fourth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who announced him as a linebacker in their 3-4 scheme.

Here's our story on Jack Sawyer being taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers right after Lathan Ransom was taken in the fourth round. Pittsburgh announced Sawyer as a linebacker in its 3-4 scheme. www.dispatch.com/story/sports...

Ohio State football WR Emeka Egbuka taken by Tampa Bay with 19th pick of NFL draft Ohio State wide receiver Emeka Egbuka is the first Buckeye taken in the NFL draft, going to Tampa Bay with the 19th overall pick.

Emeka Egbuka is the first player from Ohio State off the board in this year's NFL draft: www.dispatch.com/story/sports...

University of Toledo axing nine majors in response to Senate Bill 1 Officials said they’re phasing out several academic programs, including religious studies and women’s and gender studies.

University of Toledo ending nine majors: Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Data Analytics, Disability Studies, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish, Women's and Gender Studies

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