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• Columbus Zoo’s in-vitro cheetah cubs are growing up
  
  Visitors can now catch a close-up glimpse of the cheetahs Dave and Adrienne at Jack Hanna’s Animal Encounters Village, which officially opened Friday as part of the zoo’s Adventure Cove region.
  Alissa Widman Neese.  Columbus Dispatch.  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:05:34 EST.
• Columbus Zoo officially opens Adventure Cove, underwater sea lion tunnel
  
  Construction began in October 2017 on the $40 million, 4.1-acre Adventure Cove area near the zoo’s entrance, which replaces Jungle Jack's Landing amusement park.
  Alissa Widman Neese.  Columbus Dispatch.  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:48:36 EST.
• Columbus, Ohio, just took down a statue of Christopher Columbus
  
  The city removed a statue of its namesake from outside its City Hall early Wednesday morning.
  CBS News.  Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:06:53 -0400.
• Workers remove historic 20-foot Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus, Ohio
  
  On Wednesday morning, workers spent three hours removing the monument, which has stood outside City Hall for 65 years and was a gift from the city of Genoa, Italy - the birthplace of Columbus.
  Daily Mail.  Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:49:52 GMT.
• How The Basketball Tournament Is Taking Precautions For Seventh Annual Winner-Takes-All Event
  
  The Basketball Tournament, a winner-takes-all event for $1 million, begins on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. ...
  By Tim Casey, Contributor.  Forbes.  Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:00:00 -0400.
• Ohio police 'hit and pepper spray' double amputee BLM protester
  
  Purported witnesses say the disabled man was taking part in Sunday's protest in Columbus, Ohio, when police officers pepper-sprayed him, then disconnected his prosthetic legs.
  Daily Mail.  Tue, 23 Jun 2020 07:14:10 +0100.
• Ohio woman still missing months after mysterious disappearance from grandparents' house on Christmas Day
  
  Parris Hopson, 26, of Columbus, Ohio, was visiting her grandparents in Massillon, Ohio for a family gathering on Christmas Day, December 25, 2020. She left the house saying she needed to go on a walk to clear her head. ...
  Yahoo.  Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:17:00 -0400.
• OSU's Towns detained by police during protest
  
  Seth Towns, who graduated from Harvard on Thursday and has transferred to play for Ohio State next season, was briefly detained during a protest in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday.
  ESPN.  Sat, 30 May 2020 22:22:06 EST.
• Ohio Dem rep, other officials pepper-sprayed during protest in Columbus
  
  Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty and other local Ohio officials were sprayed with pepper spray Saturday in Columbus during protests that broke out in response to the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd while in police custody.
  Brooke Singman.  Fox News.  Sun, 31 May 2020 00:31:41 GMT.
• A perfect storm’: Decades of oppression, anger lead to unrest
  
  The local African-American community decries the vandalism and destruction that came from protesters in Downtown Columbus Thursday night. ...
  Holly Zachariah.  Columbus Dispatch.  Fri, 29 May 2020 16:07:50 EST.

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