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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Get your home tested for toxic gas for free! @DispatchAlerts is working on stories about radon-a toxic, odorless gas. We are looking for people willing to have their homes or apartments tested by a licensed pro. Visit www.dispatch.com/radon & fill out the form if interested.

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Have you tested for radon? Share your story with The Dispatch for a chance at free testing

Share your radon testing story with The Dispatch and let us know if you'd be open to having your home tested for the cancer-causing gas.

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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Haitians with a special protective status from deportation must leave the U.S. by September. Thousands live in Central Ohio. Here's what some of them are planning as the deadline for them having to leave their homes looms:

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'Death sentence': Haitian migrants in Ohio must leave as Trump axes TPS protections

Haitians in Columbus and Springfield are scrambling to find a safe place to live after TPS was ended by DHS' Kristi Noem and the Trump administration.

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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"He was following the law. That's why we don't understand." A Brazilian man who was living with his family in Westerville as he awaited a decision on an asylum appeal was arrested by ICE while paying a speeding ticket last week in Columbus. Now he's detained. Learn more here, via @dispatch.com:

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ICE arrests Brazilian asylum-seeker paying speeding ticket at Franklin County courthouse

The arrest of a Brazilian man, in the nation legally while awaiting a decision on his asylum case, is one of many recent reports of ICE arrests.

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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

This single mom of 2 has a master's degree, a full-time job with the county and is an artist. Still, she can't make ends meet. She's is the recipient of a universal basic income experiment in Columbus. See more about how Central Ohio is piloting #UBI, via @dispatch.com:

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Can $500 change a life? Central Ohio uses Universal Basic Income concepts to target poverty

Two programs are using the principles of Universal Basic Income (UBI) to impact poverty. See why Columbus leaders are interested in the concept.

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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A video shows this Muslim woman being attacked outside her Franklinton home. She says police haven't done anything, despite the attack taking place 3 weeks ago. "I'm the one who called, I'm the victim," she said of police. "They didn't think I mattered. ... When I talked, they didn't listen."

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'They didn't listen': Muslim woman speaks out on Columbus police response to her assault

CAIR-Ohio and other organizations are demanding Columbus police further investigate an assault on a Muslim woman March 25 that was captured on video.

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Adam Cairns @adamcairns.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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danaeking.bsky.social @danaeking.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Could getting your child an Ohio identification card help police find them if they go missing? Ohio BMV and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation think so. See more about how in my latest story on the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group.

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Ohio BMV touts kids' ID program as way to help find missing children

Ohio's ID R Kids program, giving ID cards to children, could help police find them when they go missing, BMV says to missing persons working group.

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