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• Mother of Heather Campbell: 'Never thought we'd get that call'

  20-09-2017 23:35
  STRONGSVILLE -- Laurie Campbell clung to her family as she held back tears Wednesday."Never in our wildest dreams would we think that we would ever get that phone call," Campbell said.Campbell's only daughter, 22-year old Heather, was believed to be murdered over the weekend in her north Columbus apartment."She taught us all to be kind and love each other," Laurie said. "Just unconditional love."Columbus Police say Heather may have been killed by her boyfriend, Kyle Lafferty, in an apparent murd
  
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• Nora the Polar Bear is moving on once again, this time to Utah

  20-09-2017 22:05
  
  Nora, the beloved Polar Bear is on the move once again.After being taken in at the Oregon Zoo in Portland when she was nearly a year old, she has moved in to the Hogle Zoo in Utah.Nora was only the sixth hand-reared polar bear in North America to survive.She was born Nov. 5, 2015 at the Columbus Zoo and left for Oregon just after Labor Day, 2016.Nora is moving to live with another polar bear named Hope.According to the Oregon Zoo’s facebook page: “Nora has arrived safe and sound at U
  
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• Driver in Cincinnati kills 3 in crash while trying to elude police

  20-09-2017 21:30
  
  CINCINNATI -- Police in Ohio say a driver fleeing a traffic stop crashed his vehicle into a tree, killing all three occupants.Authorities say the crash occurred early Wednesday in Cincinnati after an attempted traffic stop. Springfield Township police say the driver made a lanes violation and a registration check showed multiple driving suspensions linked to the car's license plate. The driver fled at a "high rate of speed," and officers reported losing sight of the vehicle.Cincinnati police say
  
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• Prosecutor: Mom of child who died in hot car not charged

  20-09-2017 21:19
  
  LEBANON — A prosecutor in southwest Ohio says the mother of a 15-month-old girl who died after she was left inside a car by her mother as the woman worked in a nearby office will not be charged in the death.Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said Wednesday that Sofia Aveiro's mother made a "horrible mistake." But he said there's no evidence she acted with the "heedless indifference" required by law for charges.Procter & Gamble employee Karen Osorio-Martinez found her daughter mot
  
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• Study: Most states would take a hit from GOP health bill

  20-09-2017 21:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most states would take a stiff budgetary hit if the latest Senate GOP health care bill becomes law, according to an outside analysis released Wednesday. That would likely result in more uninsured Americans.The study by the consulting firm Avalere Health found that the Graham-Cassidy bill would lead to an overall $215 billion cut to states in federal funding for health insurance, through 2026. Reductions would grow over time."A reduction in federal subsidies for health ins
  
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• Trump's trashing of Iran deal poses problems for NK strategy

  20-09-2017 21:00
  
  President Donald Trump's threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the communist country's nuclear weapons buildup. His disparagement of the Iran nuclear deal in the same speech offered Pyongyang little hope of a negotiated solution.In his maiden address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump spelled out in blunt and personal terms the reasons why Kim Jong Un and his government should be treated as pariahs. It was a surprisingly bruta
  
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• Cleveland asks FBI for help in solving city homicides

  20-09-2017 20:36
  
  CLEVELAND — Cleveland has asked the FBI for help in reducing the number of unsolved homicides.Police Chief Calvin Williams on Tuesday announced the formation of a homicide review task force that will include FBI agents and Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County sheriff's deputies.Mayor Frank Jackson last month called the city's homicide clearance rate of around 50 percent "unacceptable." There have been 85 homicides in Cleveland this year.Details about how the task force will operate haven't bee
  
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• Payday: Browns' Crowell wants ball more, contract extension

  20-09-2017 20:25
  
  BEREA — Isaiah Crowell wants a long-term contract extension from the Cleveland Browns. Until that happens, the running back would settle for the ball.Crowell believes the Browns should be using him more and hopes coach Hue Jackson will begin to make him a more prominent part of the game plan. Crowell has 27 carries for 70 yards through two games.Crowell isn't upset with Jackson's play calling, "but sometimes I question it."The 24-year-old signed a one-year contract tender worth $2.7 millio
  
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• SUV with 3 kids inside reported stolen from gas station in northeast Columbus

  20-09-2017 20:07
  
  Columbus Police say an SUV stolen from a gas station in northeast Columbus Wednesday has three children inside.A woman reported her 2007 blue Chevy Suburban, license plate: GZX5493, was stolen from the Marathon gas station located at 1800 E. Hudson St. She told police her three children, ages 2, 4 and 6, were inside at the time.According to Police, the woman's ex-boyfriend took off with the SUV and the children. Columbus police said on its Facebook page the children could be in danger.Columbus P
  
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• Man arrested after stealing car, abducting children according to Columbus Police

  20-09-2017 20:07
  
  COLUMBUS -- A 31-year-old man was arrested after a prolonged search for a suspected stolen vehicle which contained three children. An AMBER Alert was issued for the children by Columbus Police.Dustin Ray was arrested by Columbus SWAT officers on Myrtle Avenue at 4:48 p.m. and the children, ages 2, 4 and 6, were found safe.*ARREST 4:48PM- 31yo Dustin Ray taken into custody on Myrtle Avenue by SWAT officers. The 3 children are safe. Great work by officers! #CPD https://t.co/63CXa4IJvU— Colum
  
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• Columbus SWAT arrests Amber Alert suspect; kids in stolen SUV found safe

  20-09-2017 20:07
  COLUMBUS -- A 31-year-old man was arrested after a prolonged search for a suspected stolen vehicle which contained three children. An AMBER Alert was issued for the children by Columbus Police.Dustin Ray was arrested by Columbus SWAT officers on Myrtle Avenue at 4:48 p.m. and the children, ages 2, 4 and 6, were found safe.*ARREST 4:48PM- 31yo Dustin Ray taken into custody on Myrtle Avenue by SWAT officers. The 3 children are safe. Great work by officers! #CPD https://t.co/63CXa4IJvU— Colum
  
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• Government seeks prison time for Weiner in sexting case

  20-09-2017 20:03
  
  NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner deserves about two years in prison for engaging in sexting with a 15-year-old girl despite his claims that he has been reformed, prosecutors said Wednesday.A Manhattan judge is scheduled to sentence the New York Democrat on Monday for transferring obscene material to a minor. The government urged the judge to put Weiner's claims of a therapeutic awakening in a context of a man who made similar claims after embarrassing, widely publicized interacti
  
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• GOP senator defends health bill against Kimmel's attacks

  20-09-2017 19:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his health care bill Wednesday after late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel accused the Louisiana Republican of lying to him about it, heightening the tension around the last-ditch GOP effort to make good on years of promises to repeal "Obamacare.""I am sorry he does not understand," Cassidy said on CNN, arguing that his bill would in fact protect people with pre-existing conditions, a claim that Kimmel as well as leading health advocacy groups dispute. "I
  
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• 911 Call: Dog killed infant at Knox County home

  20-09-2017 19:27
  
  MOUNT VERNON -- The Knox County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an infant killed by a dog in the 16000 block of Wooster Road early Wednesday morning.According to a press release sent by the Knox County Sheriff's Office, it is investigating the death of a one-month-old infant along with the Knox County Coroner, and BCI. The Knox County Dog Warden's Office removed two dogs from the home.The home is northeast of Mount Vernon, between Fredericktown and Danville.According to 911 calls, only
  
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• Youngstown man arrested in Columbus teen's murder last month

  20-09-2017 19:24
  Columbus police say a 20-year-old Youngstown man is in custody facing charges in connection to the death of a Columbus teen last month. Shaiquon M. Sharpe, who has been arrested a total of six times this year locally, now has a charge of homicide after Ricky Darthard was found on the back lot of an abandoned home in South Linden on Aug. 19. Darthard was shot and his body sat there for hours before it was discovered in the 900 block of East 15th Avenue.
  
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• Police say Blacklick Woods bike path assaults linked, racially motivated

  20-09-2017 18:44
  REYNOLDSBURG -- Reynoldsburg Police have linked a string of bike path attacks to the same suspect.The incidents happened over the past six weeks at Blacklick Woods Metro Park. In one of them, police say 24-year-old Dominique Thomas spit on a woman and her baby.Leslie, who asked us not to use her last name, said she runs the path through Blacklick Woods a few times a week."Every time I'm on the bike path I make eye contact with anybody who's there. I say, 'Good morning,' you know, just to be frie
  
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• Police arrest man suspected in 3 attacks reported at Blacklick Woods Metro Park

  20-09-2017 18:44
  
  A man suspected in three separate attacks at Blacklick Woods Metro Park was taken into custody by Reynoldsburg Police Wednesday.The first incident at the park, located just south of East Livingston Avenue in Reynoldsburg, took place on Aug. 3.Police say all incidents occurred off the bike trail in the park.The victims gave a similar description of a male suspect who they say was screaming profanity at them. In one incident, the man reportedly spit on a woman and her child.The most recent attack
  
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• Judge: Inmate drug reaction wasn't enough to stop execution

  20-09-2017 18:12
  
  COLUMBUS — Descriptions of the repeated rising and falling of an inmate's stomach weren't enough to stop his execution under current legal precedent governing lethal injection in Ohio, a federal judge said in explaining his decision not to intervene.It was also likely too late to act by the time attorneys for inmate Gary Otte reached him by phone during the execution on Sept. 13, Judge Michael Merz said in a ruling on Saturday.The description of Otte's reaction to the first execution drug
  
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• Boxer LaMotta, immortalized in 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

  20-09-2017 17:43
  
  MIAMI — Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film "Raging Bull," for which Robert DeNiro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said Wednesday. He was 95.LaMotta died Tuesday at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia, according to fiancee Denise Baker. Jake LaMotta 2015, file photo (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Media Folder: Media Root
  The Bronx Bull, as he was known in his fighting days, compiled an 8
  
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• 4 charged with intent to distribute 1,584 pounds of cocaine to be prosecuted in Ohio

  20-09-2017 17:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four people charged with intent to distribute a large amount of cocaine will be transported to Columbus for federal prosecution in the Southern District of Ohio. Prosecutors say the amount of drugs seized has a street value of $25 million dollars.The Department of Justice says the people were apprehended in August near the Galapagos Islands, making this the first case in which the Southern District of Ohio is seeking to prosecute people captured in international waters.Benjamin
  
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• Somali community mourns teena s death

  20-09-2017 16:56
  Residents and family have told The Dispatch that Mohamed came home after classes at Licking Heights High School and then walked to a subdivision to possibly play basketball with friends. Columbus emergency crews responded after an anonymous call about a drive-by shooting.
  
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• Ivanka Trump reveals battle with postpartum depression

  20-09-2017 16:22
  
  In an interview with talk show host Doctor Oz airing on Thursday, President Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka revealed that she suffered from "some level" of postpartum depression after delivering each of her three children. "It was very – it was a very challenging, emotional time for me because I felt like I was not living up to my potential as a parent or as an entrepreneur and an executive. And I had had such easy pregnancies, that in some way the juxtaposition hit me even harder," Trump s
  
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• Sinkhole swallows part of Florida home spared by Irma

  20-09-2017 16:17
  
  APOPKA, Fla. -- A Florida home spared by Hurricane Irma has been partially swallowed up by a massive sinkhole. Orange County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Kat Kennedy says crews responded Tuesday morning, shortly after the Apopka house began sinking. She says the sinkhole measured about 20 feet across and 15 feet deep. The sinkhole prompted the family members to evacuate Tuesday morning after they started feeling the ground shake, CBS affiliate WKMG-TV reports. WKMG-TVMedia Folder: Media Root
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• Woman murdered trying to kayak entire Amazon River

  20-09-2017 16:08
  
  LONDON -- The family of a British woman murdered while attempting to kayak the length of the Amazon on her own have paid tribute to the former school principal.The siblings of Emma Kelty, in a statement released by the U.K. Foreign Office, described the family's pride in their "active and determined sister."The 43-year-old Londoner was last heard from on Sept. 13, after she posted comments on social media sharing her fear of being robbed or murdered in a remote jungle area of northern Brazil tha
  
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• College takes action against professor described as "sexual predator"

  20-09-2017 16:02
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The University of Rochester has placed a professor on leave and launched an independent investigation into the school's handling of sexual misconduct accusations against him.The private university said Tuesday a special committee will review allegations detailed in a federal complaint filed by seven current and former faculty members and a graduate student. They accuse the university of creating a hostile work environment in retaliation for bringing Professor T. Florian Jaeger
  
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• How a five-day cruise turned into a two-week rescue mission

  20-09-2017 15:50
  
  Cruise ship passengers who unexpectedly spent more than two weeks helping Hurricane Irma victims are finally going home. Royal Caribbean sent some of its ships to the Caribbean to help with the relief effort. One of them, the Majesty of the Seas, was in the middle of a five-day cruise when the focus of the trip changed.What started out as a relaxing cruise turned into a rescue mission. Royal Caribbean ended the five-day cruise one day early and gave the passengers the option of tagging along on
  
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• Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico, heavy flooding reported

  20-09-2017 15:31
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and doors, toppling cell towers and unleashing heavy flooding in an onslaught that could deepen the U.S. territory's financial crisis.Maria, which left at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 kph).It was expected to punish t
  
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• Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica

  20-09-2017 15:31
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges as officials warned Hurricane Maria would decimate the power company's crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities.Maria, which has killed at least nine in the Caribbean, made landfall early Wednesday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mp
  
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• Hurricane Maria gains strength, heads for Bahamas

  20-09-2017 15:31
  AN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria regained strength Thursday morning as it continued to ravage the Caribbean, with the Turks and Caicos islands next in its crosshairs.The Category 3 storm lashed the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with heavy rain and 115-mph winds.
  The storm has left a trail of destruction over the past few days, devastating the island nation of Dominica and the US and British Virgin Islands before slamming into Puerto Rico.Tens of thousands of Puerto Ri
  
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• Hurricane Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 15:31
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph).It was expe
  
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• A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria

  20-09-2017 15:31
  AN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans stunned by a hurricane that crushed concrete balconies, twisted metal gates and paralyzed the island with landslides, flooding and downed trees vowed to slowly rebuild amid an economic crisis as rescue crews fanned out across the U.S. territory Thursday.The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4
  
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• Clusters of car break-ins are a sign of a growing epidemic

  20-09-2017 15:20
  
  People living in a north Worthington neighborhood say car break-ins are pretty ‘seasonal.’“What we try to do is keep garage doors closed, and keep doors locked, but more importantly, nothing in cars that can be stolen of value,” says Andrew Pees, who has lived along Middlebury Drive since 2012.Pees says he wasn’t surprised to hear about three of his neighbors who had cars broken into during the week of September 11th.“Some people in the neighborhood reported s
  
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• Israel sending rescue team to Mexico to aid in quake recovery

  20-09-2017 14:55
  
  The Israeli military says it's sending a 70-member delegation to Mexico to assist with rescue efforts following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake.Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus is a military spokesman who says the delegation is expected to arrive in Mexico on Thursday morning. He says the delegation's main effort will be to provide engineering assistance.Some 25 engineers make up the biggest component of the team. They will help survey and assess damage and determine whether buildings are safe.Earlier Wedn
  
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• Suit alleges Ohio funeral home lost baby's cremated remains

  20-09-2017 14:52
  
  A Dayton area woman has filed suit against an Ohio funeral home for negligence.Brandy Davis claims the home lost her stillborn daughter's cremated remains, then tried to cover up what happened and claimed the ashes were in containers that were actually empty.The Dayton Daily News reports Davis was skeptical when Thomas Funeral Home told her last fall that all the remains were in two tiny necklace urns.The lawsuit says she was distraught to discover they were empty.The suit says DNA testing on on
  
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• I- 71 South near downtown Columbus reopens after 8 vehicle crash

  20-09-2017 14:03
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Drivers faced serious delays driving into downtown this morning following a multi-vehicle crash on I-71 South.Columbus Police closed I-71 southbound in downtown at I-670 for several hours.Authorities say 8 vehicles were involved in the crash and several victims were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries.The road remained closed while crews clean up the oil and debris, according to police.Police reopened the roadway at approximately 9:30 am. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.c
  
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• John Glenn Columbus Int'l Airport to conduct large emergency exercise

  20-09-2017 13:44
  
  Expect to see a lot of lights and sirens at John Glenn Columbus International Airport Wednesday.The airport is conducting a full-scale emergency exercise.It's a test of response time and capabilities required by the Federal Aviation Administration every three years.It's scheduled to take place from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.The airport says there will not be any impact on airport operations.
  
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• Educators from 12 states take 3-day firearms course in Ohio

  20-09-2017 12:58
  
  GREENVILLE, Ohio -- A group that keeps track of school shootings in the U.S. said there were 240 incidents since 2013 -- about one a week -- including one last week at a high school near Spokane, Washington.Some teachers believe the answer is to arm themselves, while others strongly disagree.Eight states allow kindergarten through 12th-grade school staff who have a concealed carry license to be armed. But of the 40 states prohibiting firearms in schools, many have a loophole that can allow it.Mo
  
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• Bipartisan effort to end Ohio a oemarriage penaltya

  20-09-2017 12:19
  Two state lawmakers want to end Ohio's "marriage penalty," which forces married couples to pay more income taxes when they file jointly. State Reps.
  
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• Rescuers wriggle into collapsed school after Mexico quake

  20-09-2017 11:41
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The three-story school structure had pancaked into a pile of concrete slabs. The bodies of 21 children and four adults had been pulled out. But still sounds came from the collapsed structure early Wednesday — nobody knew if they were survivors pounding for help, or simply the noises of shifting rubble.After a wing of the Enrique Rebsamen primary and secondary school collapsed in Tuesday's magnitude-7.1 earthquake, rescuers dug at the pile of rubble and soldiers wed
  
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• Hiring for the holidays: Employment firm hosting open house Wednesday

  20-09-2017 10:17
  
  It's almost time to start shopping for the holidays! That also means employers in central Ohio are hoping to fill some seasonal jobs.Dawson, a Columbus-based employment firm, is hosting a Holiday Hiring Open House on Wednesday to help.The firm says its hiring more than 1,500 call center and warehouse positions starting immediately. Dawson staffs for multiple national brands like Eddie Bauer and lululemon.If you're looking to be hired for the holidays, visit the Holiday Hiring Open House at one o
  
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• Doppler 10: Partly cloudy & above average temps

  20-09-2017 10:16
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and above average. Low 65. E wind 3-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and even warmer. High 87. Light easterly wind.
  Friday: First day of fall, but sunny and summer-like. High 87.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Starting off the morning with some patchy fog possible. An upper level disturbance will continue to bring the chance of showers and storms toda, but drier conditions are expected tomorrow through the weekend. Highs
  
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• Doppler 10: Muggy and warm Wednesday

  20-09-2017 10:16
  Today: Patchy fog possible early. Then chance of showers and storms today. No severe threat. Otherwise, partly sunny. High 82. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and above average. Low 65. E wind 3-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and even warmer. High 87. Light easterly wind.
  Friday: First day of fall, but sunny and summer-like. High 87.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Starting off the morning with some patchy fog possible. An upper level
  
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• Doppler 10: Heating up with more AM Fog

  20-09-2017 10:16
  Today: Patchy fog possible early. Then chance of showers and storms today. No severe threat. Otherwise, partly sunny. High 82. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and above average. Low 65. E wind 3-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and even warmer. High 87. Light easterly wind.
  Friday: First day of fall, but sunny and summer-like. High 87.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Starting off the morning with some patchy fog possible. An upper level
  
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• Doppler 10: Chance of showers & storms

  20-09-2017 10:16
  Today: Patchy fog possible early. Then chance of showers and storms today. No severe threat. Otherwise, partly sunny. High 82. S wind 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and above average. Low 65. E wind 3-5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and even warmer. High 87. Light easterly wind.
  Friday: First day of fall, but sunny and summer-like. High 87.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Starting off the morning with some patchy fog possible. An upper level
  
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• Bomb squad and hazmat crews called to north Columbus motel

  20-09-2017 09:13
  
  People were told to evacuate a Super 8 Motel in north Columbus early Wednesday morning.The bomb squad and hazmat crews are on the scene at 1078 East Dublin Granville Road.Investigators have not yet said what they found inside the motel.No injuries have been reported.Stay with 10tv and 10tv.com for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Mother accused of intentionally running over daughter

  20-09-2017 07:45
  The woman faces several felonious charges, including vehicular assault and endangering children. COLUMBUS, OH An Ohio mother is accused of intentionally running over her own daughter, breaking the teenager's leg, after the two had an argument.
  
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• Central Ohio couple ride out Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 05:29
  Hilliard couple Mark and Ashley Voils say they were enjoying an anniversary vacation in San Juan, Puerto Rico until Hurricane Maria inched closer to their island.“Up until about two hours ago everything was normal,” Voils said.“There is definitely a lot of anxiety not knowing what’s going to happen.”Voils says the presence of Hurricane Irma just a week ago wasn’t enough to deter them. He says their trip was going as planned until businesses on the island began
  
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• Husband and wife taken to hospital after east Columbus fire

  20-09-2017 05:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A husband and wife have been taken to the hospital after a fire on the east side of Columbus Tuesday night, according to the Columbus Division of Fire.Battalion Chief Steve Martin said there were six people in the home when the fire started on the first floor around 10:50 p.m. in the 4800 block of Beatrice Drive.Martin said everyone was out of the home when the 67-year-old husband went back inside to try and fight the fire.Firefighters pulled the man from the second floor and he
  
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• Equifax says it had a security breach earlier in the year

  20-09-2017 03:27
  
  Equifax, under pressure from a massive data breach, says it had a separate incident earlier this year. That may mean even more scrutiny as the company deals with the aftermath of a security failure that exposed the information of 143 million Americans.Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Attorney General has filed suit against Equifax. And Equifax says about 100,000 Canadian consumers may have had their personal information compromised.Here's the latest on the breach:AN EARLIER BREACHEquifax says it had
  
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• Ohio doctors adjust to new opioid prescription rulesPosted on Tue. Sep 19th, 2017

  20-09-2017 03:03
  By SARA ARTHURS Staff Writer Ohio has new rules about prescribing opioids for acute pain.
  
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