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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Dozens were arrested last week amid a traffic blitz targeting reckless driving last week.The latest iteration of ‘Operation Unity,’ an enforcement operation targeting different parts of the Columbus area, took place between 2 p.m., May 2, and 2 a.m., May 3. Whitehall Police Chief Mike Crispen, acting as the head of the Central Ohio Chiefs Association, said officers:conducted 696 traffic stopsissued 365 citationsmade 71 misdemeanor arrestsmade 12 felony arrestsremoved 27 impaired drivers from roadwaysmade 38 combined misdemeanor and felony warrant arrestsPolice also held over 70 proactive education events aimed at deterring future reckless behavior.”This was a…

The buyer of a $17 million apartment building on the city’s northside says he was defrauded by its developer, who misled him about Regis University’s long-term lease there. Slipstream Properties, a small, Glendale-based developer of multifamily buildings, turned 4923 King St. into the 29-unit Vincent J. Boryla Apartments between 2016 and 2018, when the university signed a 10-year lease. Catamount Constructors handled construction. The building’s namesake, Boryla, was a professional basketball player who won a gold medal in 1948 and later became general manager of the Denver Nuggets. He was a Regis University donor, and his son attended Regis High School before a professional…

The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as a federal department retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Also in the bull’s-eye are fair-housing complaint investigations and federally funded homeless shelters. “This administration wants to pretend trans people don’t exist,” said Hannah Adams, a senior staff attorney at the…

A bill that would broaden the definition of antisemitism stalled in Congress as members debate its free speech implications. Republicans are trying to push the Antisemitism Awareness Act through Congress for the second year in a row, but they have even less momentum this time around because the college protests that fueled the 2024 support for the act have simmered down.  Supporters of the bill said it’s necessary to protect the civil rights of Jewish students after protests on college campuses in 2024 left some Jewish students feeling threatened or unsafe.  “Chasing Jewish students into a room, pounding on the…

Megan Haines said her face fell when she opened an email during her friend’s 30th birthday celebration the last Saturday of April.The email said federal funding had been cut for her position at Pack Away Hunger, a nonprofit that helps stock food pantries. She couldn’t go back to work that Monday.“I had seen things leading up to it on LinkedIn and wherever else,” Haines said. “But it really was just, like, overnight. I don’t know how it happened so fast.”Haines was one of a dozen members of Public Allies Indianapolis, a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging leaders at nonprofits…

BOSTON — There are two things which New Yorkers overrate above all else. The quality of their pizza and the relevance of the New York Knicks.The Celtics and those Knicks begin their best-of-seven playoff series on Monday as the Big Apple Circus comes to TD Garden. The Knicks will bring with them an exaggerated spotlight, tons of media attention and a whole lotta razzle-dazzle. All of which helps obscure the fact that playoff basketball always ends in disappointment for Knicks fans and usually ends pretty early in the postseason.Beginning Monday, Boston will simply be playing the next opponent in front…

New York Democratic lawmakers want to target commercial air carriers who provide deportation flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to deport people it accuses of being criminal migrants, as well as immigrants illegally in the country. The bill is called the “State Airport Facilities Enforcing Accountability in Immigration Removals Act,” or SAFE AIR Act, and is sponsored by Democratic New York state Sen. Patricia Fahy, D-Albany, and assembly member Michaelle Solages. Why now? The legislation was inspired by an announcement recently by Avelo Airlines. The low-cost airline, which, as Straight Arrow News…

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump indicated he would give TikTok more time to divest from its parent company if a deal to an American buyer can’t be facilitated by the latest deadline as the popular app still faces a ban that has been delayed since he retook office and put its future into question.In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said that he would extend the 75-day deadline if there still isn’t a deal. Trump signed an executive order last month banning enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days, the second 75-day extension granted since Trump…

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump indicated he would give TikTok more time to divest from its parent company if a deal to an American buyer can’t be facilitated by the latest deadline as the popular app still faces a ban that has been delayed since he retook office and put its future into question.In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said that he would extend the 75-day deadline if there still isn’t a deal. Trump signed an executive order last month banning enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days, the second 75-day extension granted since Trump…

The Texas education commissioner is now officially weighing his options for Fort Worth ISD after a now-closed school triggered the state’s school intervention law. In a May 5 letter to Superintendent Karen Molinar and board President Roxanne Martinez, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said the district’s accountability ratings triggered a state law that requires him to intervene.Fort Worth ISD spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request to comment.The issue: The Leadership Academy at Forest Oak Sixth Grade failed to meet state standards for five straight years — a threshold that mandates either a campus closure or the appointment of a…