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• Columbus files lawsuit against drug companies, distributors over opioid addiction epidemic

  15-12-2017 23:58
  
  The city of Columbus has filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers and distributors saying they are responsible for the opioid addiction epidemic.Columbus is joining other cities such as Cincinnati and Dayton who have filed similar lawsuits.The city filed the suit against three distributors, including Dublin-based Cardinal Health.You can read the document filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus here.Columbus City Council President Zach Klein released the following statement:Today, the City of
  
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• Two Columbus residents killed in US 23 crash

  15-12-2017 23:47
  The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a four-vehicle, fatal crash that occurred on Thursday morning on US 23 north of Lazelle Road, in Orange Township, Delaware County.
  
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• Columbus mayor says police alone can't stop the violence

  15-12-2017 23:42
  In an exclusive interview with 10TV, Mayor Andrew Ginther said he's willing to bear the brunt of the burden of trying to explain the spike in homicides."Ultimately I am the mayor.I am responsible and I am going to be held accountable," said Mayor Ginther.This week, Columbus police investigated seven murders in seven days on the Hilltop and in south Columbus neighborhoods. Columbus Police Chief Jacobs said she's saturating those neighborhoods with patrols."The visibility is essential, in my opini
  
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• With Rubio, Corker onboard, GOP finalizes huge tax package

  15-12-2017 23:27
  Republicans solidified support for their major overhaul of the nation's tax laws Friday, securing endorsements from wavering senators as they pushed to muscle their bill through Congress next week and give President Donald Trump his first major legislative victory.Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Bob Corker of Tennessee announced Friday that they would back the bill, the most sweeping rewrite of the tax code in more than three decades. Their support all but ensures the package will pa
  
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• Reynoldsburg teen attends 'The Last Jedi' premiere

  15-12-2017 23:23
  Tyler Woodward isn't your average 11th grader."He’s very outgoing," said Woody Woodward, Tyler's dad. "He’s very expressive. You always know what Tyler likes."Tyler has always had an in-depth love for two things: the Columbus Blue Jackets and Star Wars."I just love it," Tyler said.When Tyler was 15, his attention was pulled to something much less entertaining than hockey and an alternative universe. Tyler was diagnosed with the blood cancer when he was 15."Last April, we thought that
  
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• A Holiday Message from the City of Columbus

  15-12-2017 21:51 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 2017 in review: 'Disruption, despair and dumpster fires'

  15-12-2017 21:06
  
  The news alerts gushed in: An attack on a concert, a church, an ice cream parlor; an assailant wielding a gun or hammer or acid. There's an earthquake in Mexico, a monsoon in India, a volcanic eruption in Bali, hurricane after hurricane after hurricane. Keep up as your phone vibrates with word of your favorite actor accused of misconduct. Make that anchorman. Or politician. Or radio star.The volatile year 2017 shook us so much and so often it felt like whiplash or worse."It's almost like one of
  
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• The Great Richini’s A Very Extravagant Christmas Extravaganza at Ace of Cups December 21

  15-12-2017 20:00
  The first thing Rich Johnston wants to make clear is, “The Great Richini is a team. It’s one person’s name, but it takes a team to make it work.” He returned to this throughout my conversation with Johnston and Bree Frick, integral writer-performer on the team. The Great Richini’s second-annual Christmas show at north campus […]
  
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• Video shows coyote attacking family's dog in Northfield, Illinois

  15-12-2017 19:13
  
  CHICAGO -- A family's dog was attacked and injured by a coyote this week in Northfield, Illinois, CBS Chicago reports.It was Wednesday morning, and Boozer had to go, but as he looked for the perfect spot in his Northfield, Illinois, backyard, a coyote from the distance approaches him and attacked. The entire incident was captured on surveillance video."When you are running to work and you let your dog out for 30 seconds before you go, you think that's going to be okay," Boozer's owner Barnaby Di
  
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• What to expect with the FCC's repeal of net neutrality

  15-12-2017 18:53
  Now that the federal government has rolled back the internet protections it put in place two years ago, the big question is: What does the repeal of “net neutrality’ rules mean to you?In the short term, the answer is simple: Not much. But over time, your ability to watch what you want to watch online and to use the apps that you prefer could start to change.Your mobile carrier, for instance, might start offering you terrific deals for signing up to its own video service, just as your
  
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• 2 workers crushed when house flooded by Hurricane Harvey collapses

  15-12-2017 17:43
  
  HOUSTON -- Two men working to lift a house onto a higher foundation after being flooded by Hurricane Harvey died when the structure fell on them. Harris County sheriff's deputies say the accident happened just after 11 a.m. Thursday when the jacks being used to lift the house collapsed in a suburban Houston subdivision near Bush Intercontinental Airport.The house dropped about three feet onto the men. Authorities said emergency crews had to use special equipment to lift the house off of the men.
  
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• Doppler 10: Cold end to the week

  15-12-2017 17:31
  This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy, cold & breezy.Chance pm flurries.High 31. Winds: SW 9-15 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy, chilly. Few flurries.Low 26.Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Decreasing clouds, seeing some sun.Not as chilly.High 41. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Sunday: Mostly cloudy, rain returns. Mild.High 42.Winds: S 4-9 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak area of low pressure will bring chances for a few flurries later this afternoon,
  
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• Doppler 10: A Warmer Weekend Ahead!

  15-12-2017 17:31
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy and cool. Flurries possible early.
  Tonight: Lingering clouds and more seasonable. Mid 20s SW 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Brightening skies and warmer. 43 SW 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Increasing clouds. Chance PM Showers. Mild. 42
  Monday: Mostly cloudy and mild. 45
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure builds in tonight and tomorrow and will bring an end to any flurries. In fact, a nice southwesterly flow over the weekend
  
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• Grand jury: Penn State showed 'shocking apathy' to drinking

  15-12-2017 17:19
  
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A grand jury's report in the wake of a fraternity pledge's drinking death said Friday that Penn State officials displayed "a shocking apathy" to dangers from excessive drinking and that its inaction allowed criminal acts to occur.The report was released by a district attorney in Pennsylvania and recommends a series of changes that the school should undertake in the wake of the death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza in February.A Penn State spokesman did not have an immediate com
  
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• Trump blasts FBI leadership but says he's loyal to police

  15-12-2017 16:51
  
  QUANTICO, Va. — President Donald Trump laced into FBI leadership Friday, while proclaiming his loyalty and support for law enforcement in an address at the agency's training academy."It's a shame what's happened" with the FBI, the president said as he left the White House for a speech at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia. He called the agency's handling of Hillary Clinton's email investigation "really disgraceful" and told reporters "we're going to rebuild the FBI."Shortly aft
  
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• Police: Officer struck by drunken driver during DUI patrol

  15-12-2017 16:41
  
  BLUE ASH, Ohio — Police in southwest Ohio say an officer on patrol for drunken drivers has been slightly injured after his vehicle was rear-ended by an inebriated motorist.WLWT-TV reports the officer in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash was struck early Thursday by a 34-year-old Cincinnati man whose blood-alcohol level tested nearly twice Ohio's legal limit. The man was arrested and cited before being released.Blue Ash police say 15-year veteran officer William Fritts was sitting in his de
  
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• Construction Begins on Ohio’s First Legal Marijuana Greenhouse

  15-12-2017 16:18
  The first marijuana cultivation facility in Ohio officially broke ground yesterday with a ceremonial event at the future site of Cresco Labs in Yellow Springs. The new project will include a 50,000 square foot greenhouse designed to grow and harvest specific strains of marijuana plants for dispensaries across the state. “We’re excited to be the […]
  
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• Work to Start on 20-Acre Mixed-Use Development in Whitehall

  15-12-2017 15:28
  A construction kickoff event is scheduled today at the southwest corner of East Broad Street and Hamilton Road in Whitehall. City officials and representatives of the Central Ohio Community Improvement Corporation and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency will be on hand to celebrate the start of work on a 20-acre mixed-use development. The project, which […]
  
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• 4 children killed in bus-train collision in southern France

  15-12-2017 14:44
  
  PARIS — A regional train hit a school bus on a crossing in southern France on Thursday, killing four children and critically injuring 11 other people on the bus, the French interior ministry said.Photos from the scene tweeted by a local television station showed the train derailed and the bus shorn in half — with first responders gathered around.Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who flew to the scene Thursday night, said authorities still didn't know what led to the accident at the cr
  
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• News photographer sues Ohio sheriff's deputy who shot him

  15-12-2017 14:31
  
  NEW CARLISLE, Ohio (AP) - A federal lawsuit says an Ohio county sheriff's office has withheld information and retaliated against a weekly newspaper after a deputy shot a news photographer setting up to take a photo of a traffic stop.The lawsuit filed Thursday by Andrew Grimm and KBA News Inc. against deputy Jacob Shaw, Clark County and New Carlisle claims Shaw used excessive force and violated Grimm's civil rights.Shaw said he mistook Grimm's camera for a gun when he shot him twice in September
  
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• Palace: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on May 19

  15-12-2017 14:10
  
  The Royal Palace says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will get married on May 19.
  
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• EU clears way for second round of Brexit talks

  15-12-2017 13:55
  
  BRUSSELS -- The European Union cleared the way Friday for Brexit talks with Britain to move onto the second stage, which will involve wide-ranging - and potentially far trickier - discussions on their future relationship and trade.The 27 leaders authorized the move, almost nine months after Britain triggered the two-year mechanism by which it will leave the bloc."EU leaders agree to move on to the second phase," EU chief Donald Tusk said on Twitter. Tusk, who is EU Council President, also congra
  
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• Holiday Shopping Guide: More of the Best Local Gift Ideas

  15-12-2017 13:00
  It’s week four of the best in local shopping for your gifting this holiday. This is your last weekend before the holiday pressure is on! Every Friday through December 22, we’ll be showcasing great ideas for you to gift to your friends and family. The 2017 Holiday Shopping Guide is presented by Elm & Iron, […]
  
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• House Speaker Paul Ryan denies reports he may leave Congress

  15-12-2017 11:58
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan is denying reports that he plans to leave Congress after the Republicans' treasured tax bill is approved.Politico and The Huffington Post published stories speculating that Ryan would make this two-year Congress his last or even resign after lawmakers approve the $1.5 trillion tax bill, which could happen next week. Ryan took the job hesitantly in 2015 after John Boehner, R-Ohio, abruptly stepped aside as speaker under pressure from party conservatives, who remain a formi
  
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• Doppler 10: Frigid Friday, Few Flurries

  15-12-2017 09:54
  Today: Mostly cloudy, chilly & breezy.Chance pm flurries.High 31. Winds: SW 9-15 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy, not as cold. Little breeze.Low 26.Winds: SW 5-10 mph.
  Tomorrow: Decreasing clouds, seeing some sun.Mild.High 41. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Sunday: Mostly cloudy, rain returns.Still mild.High 42.Winds: S 4-9 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A weak area of low pressure will bring chances for a few flurries later this afternoon.In th
  
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• Columbus police searching for missing 68-year-old man

  15-12-2017 03:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are asking for the public’s help as they search for a missing man.Police said 68-year-old Lon Seymour suffers from dementia.He purchased a ticket to travel at the Greyhound bus station on E. Town Street but no one has seen him since he made the purchase, according to police.He was last seen wearing a blue jacket and blue jeans.Seymour is described as 6’2” tall, and weighs about 200 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.If anyone has any in
  
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• Columbus police searching for missing 68-year-man

  15-12-2017 03:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police are asking for the public’s help as they search for a missing man.Police said 68-year-old Lon Seymour suffers from dementia.He purchased a ticket to travel at the Greyhound bus station on E. Town Street but no one has seen him since he made the purchase, according to police.He was last seen wearing a blue jacket and blue jeans.Seymour is described as 6’2” tall, and weighs about 200 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.If anyone has any in
  
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• Conversations & Coffee: Julie Zickefoose - Baby Birds

  15-12-2017 03:11 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Kirkersville gunman may have bought gun at private sale

  15-12-2017 02:59
  
  KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio – The man who shot and killed three people and then turned the gun on himself in Kirkersville earlier this year may have bought the gun at a private sale, according to investigation records obtained by the Newark Advocate.According to the newspaper, Thomas Hartless’ father told investigators his son likely bout the Remington 12 gauge shotgun and a Ruger .45caliber pistol at a gun show.The paper reports the purchases would not have needed the background check requir
  
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• Ohio State police urge students to take security measures

  15-12-2017 02:54
  Friday is the final day of final exams for Ohio State University students and police are urging them to take security measures before heading home for the long winter break.Police say it sounds like common sense, but officers are urging students to check and double check to make sure every door and window to their home is locked and secure before leaving town.CrimeTracker 10 researched police offense reports and found the majority of holiday burglaries happen off campus and east of High Street.S
  
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• 2018 Proposed Columbus City Budget Hearing: Judiciary & Court Administration

  15-12-2017 02:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 2018 Proposed Columbus City Budget Hearing: Public Safety

  15-12-2017 02:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Activism, charity sustain Sandy Hook families 5 years later

  15-12-2017 02:04
  
  Out of a senseless tragedy, they have sought ways to find meaning in advocacy.Many relatives of the 26 children and educators killed five years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School have dedicated themselves to charity, activism and other efforts to channel their grief and, in many cases, to help prevent violence."You have two choices," said Rebecca Kowalski, whose 7-year-old son, Chase, died in Newtown. "I could be in the bottom of a bottle; I could not get out of my bed. Or, I could do what's ma
  
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• Ohio politician: Cleavage in Congress 'invitation' for harassment

  15-12-2017 01:41
  
  A U.S. representative from Ohio is complaining about the cleavage in Congress.Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur has told members of her caucus that revealing clothes worn by staffers and some members of Congress are an "invitation" for sexual harassment. She says she's seen a member this week with cleavage so deep "it was down to the floor."Kaptur is the longest-serving member in the Ohio delegation. Her remarks were first reported by Politico after a private Democratic caucus meeting on Wednesday.Ka
  
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• Cleveland-based REBoL Bringing Healthy Restaurant to Bridge Park in Dublin

  15-12-2017 01:30
  Local healthy food fans will get another spot to dine in 2018 when REBoL launches at Bridge Park in Dublin. The Cleveland-based concept focuses primarily on non-GMO and organic menu items, which takes the form of grain bowls, smoothies, bone broths, cold-pressed juices and breakfast sandwiches. Protein options range from grass-fed steak to ahi tuna […]
  
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• 2018 Proposed Columbus City Budget Hearing: Public Utilities

  15-12-2017 00:18 via youtube.com
  
  
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