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Loading the player... While Ohio’s capital city has made significant progress enacting changes to its police department, the city needs additional help because of “fierce opposition” to reform within the agency, city leaders said Wednesday as they requested a Justice Department investigation following a series of police killings of Black people and other controversies. The request by Mayor Andrew Ginther and City Attorney Zach Klein — both Democrats — capped several painful months for the city, culminating most recently with the April 20 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia B...

Columbus mayor asks Department of Justice to probe city's police department By Zoe Christen Jones Gov. DeWine: "Clear pathway" for reforms The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, is calling on the Department of Justice to commit a full-scale investigation into his city's police department after several high-profile, fatal police shootings. Mayor Andrew Ginther said despite his city's efforts to implement policing reform, there remains opposition from the city's police department. "This is not about one particular officer, policy, or incident; rather, this is about reforming the ...

By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake City has chosen Robin Ritch as its new president and publisher. Ritch moves into the role from her current position as senior vice president of operations, the newspaper said in a news release Wednesday. She replaces Jeff Simpson, who is leaving to take a three-year assignment for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church owns the Deseret News. TOP STORIES

Deseret News Deseret Book Co. announces new president More than 20 years after she was hired on a part-time basis, Laurel Christensen Day will become the company’s president Share this story Deseret Book Deseret Management Corp. announced a leadership change at Deseret Book Co. Thursday. Laurel Christensen Day will be the new president of Deseret Book Co., replacing Jeff Simpson, who is leaving in June to serve a three-year ecclesiastical assignment for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “We were fortunate enough to have several strong internal and external candidates avail...

Officer whose pat-down missed gun cautioned against rushing ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press/Report for America April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11A demonstration takes place out in front of Columbus Division of Police building against the fatal shooting of Miles Jackson, a Black man on Monday, in downtown Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel in Westerville, Ohio, by police on Monday. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson/APShow MoreShow Less 2of11Protesters march up N...