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• Snake-necked turtle first animal born in 2017 at Columbus Zoo

  06-01-2017 23:45
  
  COLUMBUS - The first newborn of 2017 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a northern snake-necked turtle.From the recent clutch, four turtles were hatched: one on December 29, 31, and January 1.All hatchlings weigh about 9 grams and grow up to 10 pounds as an adult.The northern snake-necked turtle is named by its long neck by retracting inside its shell wrapping tightly around the turtle's body for protections.This newborn turtle is one of two cared for at the Columbus Zoo. The other, Roti Island
  
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• #bigbinkshow Tips On Starting Car In Cold Weather

  06-01-2017 23:41
  My heat don't work in my car but i want to make sure that you have everything you need in case your car won't start due to frigid temps.
  
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• Couple found dead with sign on door warning not to go inside

  06-01-2017 23:38
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. --Authorities say they have found the bodies of a couple after someone found a sign on the door warning people to not come inside and wait for help.Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans told media outlets that 69-year-old Paul Smith and his 70-year-old wife Sandra showed signs of carbon monoxide poisoning and also had wounds on their bodies. He did not give additional details on their injuries. Autopsies are scheduled for Friday, reports CBS affiliate WSPA.Evans says it appears
  
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• Columbus business owner shares chaos after Ft. Lauderdale airport killings

  06-01-2017 23:28
  Ray Brown co-owns two Columbus businesses: Union and Axis in the Short North. He had just left Columbus Friday morning and landed in Fort Lauderdale just after the attack happened.Brown said even as his plane was landing in Fort Lauderdale, it was clear something was wrong."We saw a large group of people outside around the airplanes in the terminal before us. And we landed in Terminal 1, so we thought that was odd that there were hundreds of people out by the airplane, standing outside by the ai
  
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• Possible Norovirus among students at an Olentangy High school

  06-01-2017 23:20
  Delaware County health officials are investigating a gastrointestinal disease among students at Olentangy Orange High School.The sickness has symptoms much like Norovirus which cause bouts of nausea, vomiting and stomach pain.Health officials have not released how many students became ill confirmed the students got sick over Christmas break while the band was in Atlanta for the Peach Bowl Music Festival.“Very successful performance,” said Dr. Ishbah Cox, director of bands for Olentan
  
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• Viral video raises issues of safety on ski lifts

  06-01-2017 23:09
  It was a remarkable scene, a skier hanging by his neck off a chair lift, unconscious. Another skier scaled the cables to get to him and cut him loose. The man got caught by his backpack.10TV checked with Mad River Mountain on their safety procedures.“We got almost two inches here yesterday,”said General Manager Tom Price.The snow falls, the runs fill up... Mad River Mountain is packed and the lifts are running non-stop.“The chair lift is kind of a shared responsibility,”s
  
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• Florida kids watched movie as parents lay dead outside SUV, sheriff says

  06-01-2017 22:51
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Investigators say they don’t know why a couple found dead outside their still-running SUV had stopped along Interstate 4 near Daytona Beach early on New Year’s Eve with their three young sons safely strapped in their car seats and watching a movie.A Florida Highway Patrol trooper found the bodies of Daniel Kelsey, 32, and his wife, Heather Kelsey, 30, about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 31, said Sgt. Kime Montes. She said the trooper was patrolling the stretch of highway t
  
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• Granville woman killed in Licking County wreck

  06-01-2017 22:48
  
  A Granville woman was killed in a Licking County crash this afternoon. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Route 16 near Cherokee Trail in Harrison Township, according to the Granville Post of the State Highway Patrol.
  
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• Conjoined twins separated in Columbus heading home to Uganda

  06-01-2017 22:48
  Toddlers can turn every step they take into an adventure.Two-year-olds formerly conjoined twins, Jodi Grace Apio and Melisa Faith Achen, are now making up for some lost time.The girls endured a multiple hour surgery in September 2015 at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. It required a team of 30 surgeons, experts in various specialties because the babies were born conjoined at their pelvic and hip regions.We first reported that they'd traveled to Columbus with their mother Ester for separatio
  
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• Trump pick becomes chairwoman of Ohio GOP, ousts incumbent

  06-01-2017 22:40
  
  LEWIS CENTER, Ohio— Republicans chose President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the next leader of their state party on Friday after the sitting chairman withdrew his name from consideration.Matt Borges' decision to stand down came after two rounds of voting ended in a deadlock. Challenger Jane Timken of Canton, who became the Ohio GOP's first chairwoman, had criticized Borges for failing to "fully support" Trump after he became the nominee.Borges believed he had the votes to win before Trum
  
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• Columbus Charter Review Committee 1/5/17

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• Doppler 10 Forecast: Wickedly cold weekend

  06-01-2017 20:54
  This Evening: Mostly cloudy and bitterly cold. Temps in the teens but the breeze makes it feel like single digits. NW wind around 10 mph.
  Tonight: Frigid and mostly cloudy. Low around 3. Subzero wind chills. NW wind 5-7 mph.
  Saturday: Sunny, but bitterly cold again. High near 16. Wind chill values as low as -8. NW wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday: Mostly sunny and still well below average. High 19. NW wind 6-9 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information
  
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• Ohio law now prevents banks from using plywood on vacant, abandoned properties

  06-01-2017 20:35
  
  Ohio is the first state to prevent banks from using plywood on properties vacant and abandoned properties in foreclosure.
  
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• 1 injured in Madison County crash involving ambulance

  06-01-2017 20:12
  
  MADISON COUNTY - Ohio State Highway Patrol is on the scene of a crash involving an ambulance at State Route 29 and State Route 38 in Madison County.One person was transported to The Ohio State University Wexner Center in an unknown condition.The intersection at State Route 29 and State Route 38 is closed.Traffic was over a half mile away from the crash scene.This crash remains under investigation.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• State law prevents banks from using plywood on vacant, abandoned properties

  06-01-2017 20:04
  
  Ohio is the first state to prevent banks from using plywood on properties vacant and abandoned properties in foreclosure.
  
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• New Concept Revealed for old ZenCha Space Downtown

  06-01-2017 20:01
  
  It wasn’t too long ago that the Asian restaurants with which we’re all now intimately familiar were considered strange, exotic concepts. But, over the last 30 years or so, we acclimated to their existence, and they adapted to our safe tastes, cooking up as much sweet and sour chicken and fried rice as we could […]
  
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• Fatality reported in 3-vehicle wreck in Licking County

  06-01-2017 20:01
  
  A fatal crash has been reported on Route 16 in Licking County, near Pataskala. The crash occurred near Cherokee Trail in Harrison Township, according to the Granville Post of the State Highway Patrol. It was reported just before 12:30 this afternoon.
  
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• Officials: Possible human remains found in search for missing plane

  06-01-2017 19:38
  
  UPDATE: 6:30 p.m.Officials with the city of Cleveland said they have found a seat with possible human remains while searching for missing plane in Lake Erie.The medical examiner was called in to analyze the remains.Original StoryDivers searching Lake Erie have found the cockpit voice recorder from a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared near Cleveland over a week ago.Officials said Friday afternoon that search crews found more debris and parts of the tail but are continuing to l
  
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• Officials: Cockpit voice recorder found in search for missing plane in Lake Erie

  06-01-2017 19:38
  
  Divers searching Lake Erie have found the cockpit voice recorder from a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared near Cleveland over a week ago.Officials said Friday afternoon that search crews found more debris and parts of the tail but are continuing to look for the plane's fuselage.They say the search is slow-going because conditions along the bottom of the lake are limiting visibility to a few inches.Superior Beverage Company executive John T. Fleming was piloting the Columbus-
  
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• Crews in Lake Erie find what may be human remains from plane

  06-01-2017 19:38
  
  Crews searching Lake Erie on Friday found what may be human remains on a seat from a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared more than a week ago.Officials said Friday night that the remains were being analyzed by a medical examiner to determine if they are human. They said the remains were found on a seat from the plane's passenger compartment.Divers guided by an underwater detector earlier Friday found the cockpit voice recorder and pieces of the tail from the plane. They contin
  
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• Police: 5 dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport; US veteran arrested

  06-01-2017 19:34
  An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his checked luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said.The gunman - identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq but was discharged last year for unsatisfactory performance - was immediately taken into custody.
  
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• Police: 5 dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport

  06-01-2017 19:34
  
  A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before being taken into custody in an attack that sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, authorities said.Authorities gave no details on a possible motive for the shooting."People started kind of screaming and trying to get out of any door they could or hide under the chairs," a witness, Mark Lea, told MSNBC. "He just kind of continued co
  
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• 1 dead after 3-vehicle crash in Licking County

  06-01-2017 19:22
  
  LICKING COUNTY - Licking County Sheriff's Office confirm one person has died after a 3-vehicle crash on State Route 16 near Outville Road in Licking County.The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash which happened around 1 p.m. Friday.One other person was transported to a local hospital.The road is currently closed between Outville Road and Cherokee Trail near Indians Hill Golf Course.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• The Limited to close all brick-and-mortar shops

  06-01-2017 18:25
  
  WASHINGTON -- More grim news for malls as women's apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.The New Albany, Ohio company says it will continue to operate online only after the closures.The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy's said it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to strug
  
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• Bicyclist killed after crossing into oncoming traffic

  06-01-2017 18:25
  
  A 35-year-old bicyclist was killed after he crossed into oncoming traffic early Friday morning in the North Side, according to Columbus police. The man, who has not been identified, was riding east on Morse Road and crossed into oncoming traffic heading west near Colerain Avenue. He was hit by a car driven by 48-year-old Charles Sanders, police said.
  
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• Police take guns, drugs, cash from home of University District shooting victim

  06-01-2017 18:21
  
  Columbus police confirmed that guns, drugs and cash were seized at a University District residence where a Ohio State University student was shot to death. Tarak Andrew Underiner, 20, was shot multiple times and died just after midnight Thursday at a residence in the first block of East Northwood Avenue near North High Street.
  
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• Cops reveal motive in chopping death of senator's nephew

  06-01-2017 18:20
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. -- A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the slaying of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s nephew after telling a friend in a recorded phone call that he did it because the nephew had abused a 17-year-old girl, authorities said Thursday.The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said investigators arrested 22-year-old John A. Radavich on Thursday evening at an apartment in Spokane Valley for investigation of first-degree murder. It was not immediately clear if Radavich had an attorney o
  
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• Blue Jackets Winning Streak Comes to an End at 16

  06-01-2017 18:12
  
  With just one win shy of matching the NHL record, the Blue Jackets were stopped in their efforts last night in a 5-0 loss against the Washington Capitols. The Jackets surged over the past month winning 16 games in a row. The biggest winning streak in the professional sport’s history was set by the 1992-1993 […]
  
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• Arizona police led on wild chase after naked woman steals deputy's truck

  06-01-2017 17:58
  
  ELOY, Ariz. -- A naked woman stole a sheriff’s department pickup truck which led law enforcement officers on an estimated 70-mile high-speed chase on two Arizona highways before she was taken into custody.The unidentified woman was disrobed, disoriented and claimed she had been sexually assaulted when a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy responded to a 9 a.m. call about a naked woman at a gas station in Gila Bend along Interstate 8, authorities said.The deputy put the pickup truck in p
  
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• Updates on the Hot Yoga Scene

  06-01-2017 17:30
  
  Columbus is a great place for hot yoga! Last year, national brands Yoga Six and CorePower came to town and really raised the bar for yoga studio amenities like showers. Blue Spot Yoga opened in Bexley delivering high heat and vigorous yoga. Modo Yoga (based in Canada) opened it’s lovely studio just a mile from […]
  
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• SeaWorld: Tilikum, orca that killed trainer, has died

  06-01-2017 17:28
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has died.Sea World officials said Friday that Tilikum died but did not give a cause of death. In a statement, the officials said Tilikum had faced serious health issues including a persistent and complicated bacterial lung infection. He was estimated to be 36 years old. A necropsy
  
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• Arrests made after another fight at Logan County youth center

  06-01-2017 17:05
  
  Nine teenagers at a Logan County home and school for troubled youths were arrested Wednesday evening after police were called to stop a fight. The arrests follow similar violence and vandalism over the weekend in which six other residents of the Adriel School in West Liberty were arrested and the personal car of a staff member was stolen.
  
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• 'Putin-like rule'? GOP lawmaker, Kasich clash over health-care transparency law

  06-01-2017 17:00
  
  Accusing Gov. John Kasich of “engaging in Putin-like rule” to overturn a state law on health-care price transparency, the law’s sponsor wants the attorney general to hire outside counsel to defend the state against an industry lawsuit.
  
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• Time to Hike!

  06-01-2017 16:48
  
  Enjoy the chilly outdoors with Winter Hike Series by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks! The first hike takes place January 7, and each following weekend through February. The Columbus Foundation is working to capture The Spirit of Columbus through images that showcase the determination, dedication, and commitment of people in our smart + open community. Be sure […]
  
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• Columbus Police: Ohio State student's shooting death appears drug related

  06-01-2017 16:15
  BREAKING UPDATE: 10:20 a.m. - January 6 Columbus police say a homicide near the Ohio State University campus appears to be drug related.Investigators say they seized illegal drugs and weapons from the home, as well as cash.---Original story:Columbus Police are investigating its first homicide of the year after a 20-year-old Ohio State University student was shot and killed early Thursday morning.Investigators say they found 20-year-old Tarak Andrew Underiner unresponsive with several gunshot wou
  
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• Theatre Review: Don Nigro’s Dark, Delightful ‘Chaplin Plays’ at Short North Stage

  06-01-2017 16:00
  
  Sartre’s hell of “other people” and the hell we make ourselves present their similar and unique challenges in Wild Women Writing’s production of playwright Don Nigro’s The Chaplin Plays: A Double Feature that opened Thursday at Short North Stage. This production, directed by Katherine Burkman, of Tramp on Tightrope With Monkeys and Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess, might disappoint those […]
  
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• Ohio becomes 1st state to ban plywood on vacant properties

  06-01-2017 15:44
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio— Boarded-up property will no longer be synonymous with blight in Ohio.The state became the first in the nation this week to outlaw the use of plywood on properties certified as vacant and abandoned.The prohibition was tucked into one of 28 bills signed Wednesday by Republican Gov. John Kasich. It takes effect in 90 days.It's a boon for a practice known as clear boarding, which has been catching on around the country.Fannie Mae, the federal government-sponsored mortgage assoc
  
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• January Movie Releases: Oscar Hopefuls and Dreck

  06-01-2017 15:30
  
  January at the movies…sigh. It’s that time of year when the studios start sweeping out their closets of the films that were not Oscar contenders or holiday blockbuster candidates – so it’s time for another Underworld. But there is hope. Here in Ohio, a lot of the big awards head-turners – films that saw limited […]
  
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• Film Review: Hidden Figures

  06-01-2017 15:30
  
  January at the movies…sigh. It’s that time of year when the studios start sweeping out their closets of the films that were not Oscar contenders or holiday blockbuster candidates – so it’s time for another Underworld. But there is hope. Here in Ohio, a lot of the big awards head-turners – films that saw limited […]
  
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• The Limited Closing All Retail Stores

  06-01-2017 15:21
  
  News began circulating just before Christmas that The Limited was quietly working to shutter stores in malls around the country, but without a whole lot of other details being provided. Local news outlets across the US mostly reported the closures as isolated incidences, noting that their local stores were having inventory-clearing events with deeply discounted […]
  
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• Southwest Airlines adds, ends service to some Ohio airports

  06-01-2017 15:12
  
  CLEVELAND — Southwest Airlines will add flights at an airport in northeast Ohio while ending service at another airport in that section of the state.The Dallas-based carrier said Thursday that it will begin twice-daily service between Cleveland and Atlanta and a second daily flight between Cleveland and St. Louis out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on June 4. But Southwest also says it's pulling out of Akron-Canton Airport in June.The carrier announced Wednesday that it also pla
  
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• Deadly winter storms pummeling or threatening much of U.S.

  06-01-2017 15:01
  
  (CBS/AP) -- States from California to the Carolinas are bracing for massive winter storms this weekend.More than 40 states are under winter- related advisories or warnings.States of emergency are in effect in Alabama and Georgia, where several inches of snow are expected.New York’s snowbelt off Lake Ontario saw whiteout conditions Thursday.More than two feet of snow fell at a rate of three inches an hour in some places.Weather Resources: Latest Forecast | Interactive Radar | Weather Warnin
  
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• Theatre Preview: Emotional and Playful Shows Coming Up at The Wexner Center

  06-01-2017 15:00
  
  The Wexner Center’s bringing two shows from England’s acclaimed Forced Entertainment troupe as part of a small tour including NYC’s PS122 COIL Festival and Pittsburgh’s Warhol Museum. This tour includes the US premiere of their new work, Real Magic, along with a revival of their crowd-pleasing and thought-provoking 2011 Tomorrow’s Parties. Artistic Director Tim Etchells said, in Caridad Svich’s Trans-Global […]
  
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• City Looking for Feedback on New Short North Parking Rules

  06-01-2017 15:00
  
  The City of Columbus is moving forward with at least one of the recommendations from its wide-ranging Short North Parking Study. The study, completed more than two years ago, called for a variety of strategies aimed at simplifying parking restrictions and ensuring that visitors, residents and employees in the district continue to have parking options, […]
  
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• 3-year-old Cleveland dies of carbon monoxide poisoning from van

  06-01-2017 14:17
  
  CLEVELAND — Authorities in Cleveland say a 3-year-old boy died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after riding for hours in a van that had no catalytic converter to properly remove the odorless gas.His father found Lorne Johnson Jr. unresponsive in the back seat after running errands on Sunday. The father called 911 and tried unsuccessfully to revive the boy, who died at a hospital.Cleveland.com reports police records indicate the boy had earlier told his father that he felt tired a
  
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• 3-year-old Cleveland boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning from van

  06-01-2017 14:17
  
  CLEVELAND — Authorities in Cleveland say a 3-year-old boy died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after riding for hours in a van that had no catalytic converter to properly remove the odorless gas.His father found Lorne Johnson Jr. unresponsive in the back seat after running errands on Sunday. The father called 911 and tried unsuccessfully to revive the boy, who died at a hospital.Cleveland.com reports police records indicate the boy had earlier told his father that he felt tired a
  
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• Local Sexual Health Expert Addresses LGBTQ Health Disparities With Some Tips for the New Year

  06-01-2017 13:40
  
  It’s a straight, cisgendered world, and if anything could make that more clear, it’s the health care system. Mimi Rivard, medical provider for Equitas Health, said the absence of cultural competency within mainstream health care has normalized discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ individuals, leading to a community at disparately high risk for morbidity and mortality. Coming into […]
  
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• Columbus City School buses delayed for students at bus stop in frigid temps

  06-01-2017 13:16
  Columbus City School students had to wait at the bus stop in frigid temps longer than usual Friday morning.The district said a strain on the transportation team caused delays for morning bus routes.Temperatures stood in the single digits, with the wind chills hovering around zero degrees.CCS contacted parents, warning them of potentially “significant” delays.The district recommended parents bundle their children heading to the bus stop and stay with them, or even find another way to
  
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• Car hits and kills bicyclist in north Columbus

  06-01-2017 13:11
  A bicyclist is dead following a crash in north Columbus Friday morning.The person on the bike was hit by a car around 5 a.m. on Morse Road.Columbus Police shut down Morse from Indianola to Sharon Avenue as they investigated.Police tell 10TV they do not believe this was a hit-skip.Officers have not released the names of the people involved in the crash.Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Yahoo deletes tweet that included racial slur

  06-01-2017 12:53
  
  Yahoo Finance says it accidentally tweeted out a racial epithet when promoting a story about the cost of President-elect Donald Trump's plans to increase the size of the U.S. Navy.
  The headline for the story on Yahoo Finance is, "Trump Wants a Much Bigger Navy: Here's How Much It'll Cost." But when it was tweeted Thursday, the word "bigger" had an 'n' as its first letter instead of a 'b.'The tweet was deleted and Yahoo Finance tweeted an apology, chalking up the mishap to a spelling error. A com
  
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