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Lynn Tramonte with the Ohio Immigrant Alliance says without this rule, immigrants would fear showing up for traffic court or as witnesses in criminal trials.

The federal lawsuit claims a new rule purports to shield undocumented immigrants from being detained at or around the courthouse in downtown Columbus.

Ohio State University was informed on Wednesday that the College of Medicine is under a compliance review by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Heavily redacted emails released by the U.S. Department of Justice appear to show Les Wexner, Ohio's richest man, was investigated by the FBI as a co-conspirator in Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. Wexner's lawyer denies this.

The report lauded Columbus for officer training and wellness, however the nexus of the report was to determine if any racial bias exists in the department's practices. The report said it was unable to make that determination due to a lack of data.

Ohio, the U.S. Department of Justice and 10 other states have joined the lawsuit.

The $9 million settlement requires the bank to invest $7.75 million in a loan subsidy fund "to increase access to credit for home mortgage, improvement and refinance loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit, in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Columbus area," according to a DOJ press release.

The leaders of the Senate subcommittee that held a hearing into Ticketmaster last month shared evidence with the Justice Department and asked it to "continue examining" the company's conduct.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice accepted Mayor Andrew Ginther's invitation to conduct a review of the Columbus Division of Police. But one local activist group doesn't think it's the right move.

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to review the Columbus Division of Police at the request of city officials.