The Columbus Comedy Festival is set to take place August 14 to 18 at venues all across the city of Columbus. Featuring both national headliners and local/regional talent, the festival promises five full days of laughter.

“We couldn’t be more excited to not only bring major headliners to Columbus from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and beyond — but also highlight our incredibly talented local comedy scene,” stated Columbus Comedy Festival Co-Founder Walker Evans. “We’ve packed a lot of entertainment into these five days, and there’s a little something for everyone.”

Headliners include Jason Banks, Michael Ian Black, Tony Rock, Irene Tu, Fumi Abe, DeAnne Smith, Chloe Radcliffe, Jeremiah Watkins, Ian Fidance, Sam Jay, Saul Trujillo, Simon Fraser, Orlando Leyba, Tom Thakkar, River Butcher, Justine Marino, Alex Falcone, Kristen Toomey, Dan Donohue, Aminah Imani, Pat Burtscher, Chris Alan, Ramon Rivas II, Lea’h Sampson, Mary Santora, Tony Rock, Mandee McKelvey, Kasaun Wilson, Alex Dragicevich, Setoiyo Ekpo, Matty Ryan, Kelly Collette and dozens more.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Air Force Sgt. David Price, disguised in civilian clothes as a Lockheed employee, was operating a "classified CIA" mountaintop navigation beacon in Laos for U.S. planes bombing Communist North Vietnamese troops when he was killed in 1968, aged 26.

For the past 56 years, Sgt. Price was listed as "killed in action" and his remains lay unrecovered.

In June however the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced discovery of Sgt. Price's remains in the tropical jungle and jagged karst rocks at the small former CIA landing strip.

The remains of fallen U.S. troops are occasionally found and returned home from World War II battlefields and elsewhere, but the discovery of Americans who died in Laos during the Central Intelligence Agency's "secret war" is rare because its participants are still shrouded in confidential documents.

"More than 280 Americans are still unaccounted for in Laos, with some of them in a 'non-recoverable' category," the DPAA said.

Thomas Crooks left no manifesto or suicide note. He had a limited presence on social media — unimaginable for a member of Gen Z. Although he was a registered Republican, he did not display strong political beliefs or radical ideology. Indeed, more than a week after he tried to assassinate former president Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania last month, the 20-year-old Crooks was being described by authorities as an enigma whose motivation for the shooting remained elusive.   

August 13, 2024 - Today marks a solemn victory in the pursuit of justice for Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn daughter, whose lives were tragically and unjustly taken at the hands of Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb. Grubb now faces four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. On August 1st, Ta’Kiya and her family would have been celebrating her 22nd birthday. Instead, we remember and honor her, not as a footnote, but as the true victim in this tragic and unnecessary encounter, and as the actual beneficiary of the right to utilize Marsy’s Law, alongside her unborn daughter.

This indictment speaks to the resilience and persistence of those who demand accountability when gross misuses of power occur. Contrastingly, Connor Grubb and his partner are not victims. To use Marcy's Law to cloak officers from facing the consequences of their actions is an insult to every victim of police violence, an inversion of justice and moral accountability.