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• Chase Bank website and mobile app experiencing outages

  11-05-2017 23:53
  
  Chase customers are not currently allowed to access their accounts through the bank's website or mobile app.The company said on social media they were working restore access to both. We’re working to restore access to our website and mobile app. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.— Chase Support (@ChaseSupport) May 11, 2017Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• New Americans Forum Keynote Address by Dr. Frederic Bertley

  11-05-2017 23:48 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Progress Report: Cleaning up trash and clearing out crime in the Hilltop

  11-05-2017 23:22
  
  One section of Columbus is hearing increased calls for help when it comes to the heroin epidemic. Some police officers refer to this part of town as "ground zero."When it comes to tracking where Columbus medics make the most runs with naloxone – the antidote for someone who just overdosed – the numbers are troubling.In the past 15 months, most of the callsfall in zip codes along the I-70 line, and in neighborhoods to the west, south and east.Despite the numbers, the people who live i
  
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• Ohio State issues safety alert after armed robbery near campus

  11-05-2017 23:07
  
  Ohio State University has issued a neighborhood safety warning after an armed robbery near campus Thursday afternoon.Columbus police responded to Summit Street between E. Lane and E. Northwood Avenues around noon.Ohio State said three victims, who are not affiliated with the university, were robbed at gunpoint inside their residence by three males wearing dark clothing and bandanas over their faces.The suspect fled in a white 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis which belonged to one of the victims.Columb
  
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• More than 300 Ohio schools make U.S. News and World Report for best high schools

  11-05-2017 23:00
  The U.S. News and World Report has released its 2017 Best High Schools Report.Among those awarded, 384 schools were given gold, silver and bronze medals. Many of Ohio's best schools were in Cincinnati, however Central Ohio earned several honors.Bexley High School was given a gold medal ranking number four in the state with a 97 percent graduation rate.In the silver category, Grandview Heights ranked #31 in the state thanks to its Advanced Placement course work and exams. Also, on the list was Ce
  
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• Columbus Commons renamed to honor John F. Wolfe

  11-05-2017 22:51
  
  The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation & Capitol South is dedicating the Columbus Commons in honor of John F. Wolfe, the late chairman of The Dispatch Printing Company – parent company of WBNS-10TV.Mr. Wolfe passed away last June after a two-year battle with cancer.He dedicated his time and energy to non-profits and many staples in the Columbus community, including the Columbus Zoo, the Franklin park Conservatory, Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital.John F.
  
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• Mount Carmel's "Mobile Coach" brings Narcan to the community

  11-05-2017 22:09
  With a public health push to get everyone carrying Narcan, one hospital is taking the opiate overdose drug to the community and making it easy for anyone to obtain.Mount Carmel Health Systems' mobile coach makes the rounds to different spots around town daily.Patients can get social and mental health services and they climb on the bus for medical care.It offers everything from x-rays to minor surgery --a virtual a mobile urgent care.Something else offered on the mobile coach is Narcan, the drug
  
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• Cedarville University first Ohio school to allow concealed carry on campus

  11-05-2017 22:09
  Cedarville University plans to give full-time faculty permission to carry a concealed handgun on campus.The small Christian college with less than 4,000 students is the first in Ohio to make the policy.Leaders said Cedarville might be the ideal campus for a concealed carry policy because of who attends the school."Cedarville university's constituency tends to be very conservative, they tend to be conservative theologically, they are going to be conservative politically so when we surveyed our st
  
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• Newark stabbing suspect held on $1 million bond

  11-05-2017 21:30
  A Licking County Judge set bond at $1 million for stabbing suspect Raymond Taylor Thursday.Taylor is officially charged with felonious assault and could face additional charges, according to the Licking County Prosecutor's office.Newark police said officers fired shots at Taylor following a chase Wednesday afternoon.Police were called to the 400 block of Garfield Avenue on the report of a stabbing. Authorities said a woman, 36-year-old Cheryl Loughman was taken to a local hospital with several
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly having heroin in Fayette County

  11-05-2017 21:15
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Ohio - The Fayette County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man they say was in possession of a drug presumptively identified as heroin after a drug deal.The sheriff's office said 27-year-old Joshua Hudson of Washington Court House was arrested after an investigation into alleged drug trafficking.According to the sheriff's office, a woman, an elementary age child, and an infant were in the home when investigators were serving a search warrant related to the case.The sheriff's offic
  
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• Doppler 10: Cloudy and cooler Friday

  11-05-2017 20:59
  This Evening: Cloudy with a few light showers mainly south of I-70. Temps in the 60s.
  Tonight: Patchy fog develops under cloudy skies. Low 51. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Friday: Areas of fog early. Cloudy and cooler in the wake of a cold front. High 63. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Saturday: More sunshine and warming up. High 68. N wind 5-10 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: A cold front pushing south continues to bring a chance of showers, especially south o
  
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• Attorneys say 8-year-old was bullied before killing himself

  11-05-2017 20:27
  
  School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for the boy's mother said Thursday.The 8-year-old hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati home on Jan. 26. School officials called the boy's mother the day her son was bullied and said he had fainted, attorney Carla Leader told The Associ
  
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• Trump: I was going to fire Comey even without recommendation

  11-05-2017 20:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have fired FBI Director James Comey even without the recommendation from his top political appointees at the Justice Department, contradicting earlier White House accounts.He insisted anew that Comey had told him directly three separate times that he personally was not under investigation."I was going to fire Comey," Trump said in an interview with NBC. The White House and Vice President Mike Pence have said the president acte
  
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• Lawmakers reach agreement on stalled VA accountability bill

  11-05-2017 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement on a long-stalled bill to make it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire its employees, part of an accountability effort touted by President Donald Trump.The deal announced Thursday could smooth the way for final passage on an issue that had been in limbo since the 2014 wait-time scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center. As many as 40 veterans died while waiting months for appointments as VA emp
  
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• Ohio Supreme Court rules backpack search that found bullets was constitutional

  11-05-2017 19:49
  The search of a high school student's backpack that authorities say led to the discovery of bullets and later a gun was constitutional, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday. At issue before the high court was whether the search of the backpack following an initial search violated the student's privacy rights, which are generally weaker inside school walls.
  
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• Columbus City Council Rules and Reference Committee, May 11, 2017

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• Mormon church pulls older teens out of Boy Scouts

  11-05-2017 19:40
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youngsters from the organization as part of an effort to start its own scouting-like program.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the move wasn't triggered by the Boy Scouts of America's decision in 2015 to allow gay troop leaders, since Mormon-sponsored troops have remained free to operate according to their religi
  
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• Acting FBI chief contradicts White House on Comey firing

  11-05-2017 19:13
  WASHINGTON — Piece by piece, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe undermined recent White House explanations about the firing of FBI Director James Comey during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday.Since President Donald Trump's surprise ouster of Comey on Tuesday, the White House has justified his decision, in part, by saying that the director had lost the confidence of the rank and file of the FBI as well as the public in general."That is not accurate," McCabe said in a response to
  
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• Report: WR Josh Gordon's reinstatement denied by NFL

  11-05-2017 18:58
  
  CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon won't be back in the NFL anytime soon.A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Cleveland Browns wide receiver has been denied reinstatement by the NFL. The person, speaking Thursday on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced publicly, says Gordon can reapply for reinstatement in the fall.Gordon has been suspended several times by the league, including the current ban for violating the NFL's substance abus
  
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• Dayton man accused of trying to join ISIS indicted on terrorism charge

  11-05-2017 17:57
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A Dayton man accused of attempting to join ISIS was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday.Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS.Alebbini was arrested April 26 at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky. He has remained in custody since his arrest.Federal prosecutors say they began investigating the Jordanian citizen living in Ohio after he was arrested while
  
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• 13 students, driver hurt in school bus crash near St. Louis

  11-05-2017 17:41
  
  ST. LOUIS — The principal of a suburban St. Louis grade school expressed "huge relief" Thursday after 13 students escaped serious injury in a harrowing school bus accident.The children and bus driver were hurt Thursday morning when the bus swerved to avoid an accident on Interstate 44, drove over a guardrail and down a steep embankment.As bad as it looked, the bus driver was able to keep the vehicle from tipping over as it rambled down a bumpy, grassy ravine, ending up against trees and bu
  
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• Small Italian village wants to pay you $2,000 to move there and charge you $50 rent

  11-05-2017 17:02
  
  BORMIDA, Italy (WTHR) -- We hear Italy is lovely this time of year.According to a report in the British newspaper The Guardian, the small Italian village of Bormida, in the northwestern part of Italy, is enacting a plan to pay you to move there.The village has suffered from dwindling population in the past few years.The mayor, Danielle Galliano, says it's a way to breathe new life into the area. He tells The Guardian that young people move away to find work in the coastal Mediterranean town of S
  
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• Zoo home to April the giraffe and baby opening Monday

  11-05-2017 17:01
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — People hoping to get an up-close look at April the giraffe's baby born at an upstate New York zoo before a live stream audience will have to wait a little longer.Animal Adventure Park originally planned to open for the season this weekend, but delayed the date until Monday because of cool and rainy conditions in the forecast.April gave birth to a male calf on April 15. Her pregnancy was the second most live-viewed channel in YouTube's history, with more than 232 millio
  
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• Ohio Attorney General warns consumers of online puppy scams

  11-05-2017 16:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of online puppy scams reported in the state. Con artists post pictures online advertising desirable breeds and then never provide the puppy, according to DeWine.The Ohio Attorney General’s Office says they received about 40 puppy scam complaints this year, with an average reported loss of about $600. “Con artists are very good at what they do,” Attorney General DeWine said. “They lure
  
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• Ohio court upholds backpack search that led to bullets, gun

  11-05-2017 15:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a student's backpack search that authorities say led first to the discovery of bullets and later a gun.At issue before the high court was whether a second search of the backpack violated the student's privacy rights, which are generally weaker inside school walls.The court ruled unanimously Thursday that the search furthered the "compelling governmental interest" in protecting students from harm.The decision revers
  
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• One dead, two injured in head-on collision near fairgrounds

  11-05-2017 15:11
  The collision occurred on E. 11th Avenue near Grogan Avenue just south of the fairgrounds about 3:39 a.m., according to Columbus police. A man driving a Toyota westbound on 11th that was struck by a Toyota that was driven eastbound on 11th by Greg Davis, 33. Davis and a passenger in his car, 32-year-old Brandon Pannell, were taked to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and are listed in stable condition.
  
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• Ohio House OKs bill allowing generic substitute for EpiPens

  11-05-2017 14:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House has passed a bill that would let pharmacists offer a generic and cheaper alternative to life-saving EpiPens used to treat certain severe allergic reactions.That kind of substitution for the branded auto-injectors isn't currently allowed.The proposal follows harsh criticism last year over the cost of the brand-name EpiPen soaring to more than $600 for a two-pack. Its maker, pharmaceutical company Mylan, later announced a generic version at half the price.Repu
  
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• City removes 2nd of 4 Confederate statues in New Orleans

  11-05-2017 13:23
  
  Workers Thursday morning removed the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in a contentious, months-long process that has sparked protests on both sides.As the statue was lifted from its perch on a grassy median along one of the city's main thoroughfares, a cheer went up from some of the dozens of protesters on the scene who have been pushing for the monument's removal. It was then lowered behind trucks encircl
  
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• Microsoft unveils smartband to help Parkinson's patients with tremors

  11-05-2017 13:18
  
  Microsoft has unveiled a new band that could help silence tremors for people with Parkinson's Disease.During Build 2017, an annual technology conference in Seattle, the company showcased a prototype watch that helps get rid of arm shaking.Microsoft says the Emma Watch will remain a prototype, but developers are working with a research team to test it on a small group of Parkinson's sufferers.You can read more about the watch here.
  
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• One dead after head-on collision near fairgrounds

  11-05-2017 12:57
  The collision occurred on East 11th Avenue near Grogan Avenue just south of the fairgrounds around 3:35 a.m., a Columbus police dispatcher said. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, the dispatcher said.
  
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• Dayton to resume using red-light cameras after legal fight

  11-05-2017 12:43
  
  Officials in Dayton plan to resume using cameras to catch drivers who run red lights, two years after dropping that practice to comply with Ohio restrictions that led to a legal battle.The Dayton City Commission approved the program's restart in a 5-0 vote Wednesday.City officials say speed detectors and red light cameras will make the city safer. Police officials have said traffic crashes increased and the number of traffic deaths doubled after the original red light cameras were removed.The ci
  
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• Last-minute Mother's Day present ideas

  11-05-2017 12:27
  
  The best gifts come from the heart. Here are a few Mother's Day crafts that might be right for your mom.1. Hand print oven mint
  It's practical and personalized. Idea Room says it's something mom will love now and even more when the kids grow up.2. Egg carton flowers
  Country Living says leftover egg carton from Easter can be used to make flowers that will never wilt.3. Do-it-yourself face magnet
  PBS Parents says all you need is a magnet sheet, glue, construction paper, scissors and a picture.4. M
  
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• Apple can track your sleep

  11-05-2017 12:21
  
  Apple now has technology to track your sleep.The tech giant has acquired a sleep-tracking company called Beddit.Beddit sells a $150 sensor that you can put under your sheets.The sensor tracks how much time you spend snoring, awake or restless.
  
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• Robber cuts gas station clerk with large knife

  11-05-2017 12:16
  
  A man with a large knife stole cash and cut a clerk at a northwest Columbus gas station.It happened at the Circle K on Kenny Road near King Avenue around 2:00 Thursday morning.Surveillance video captured the man in a black hoodie walk in the store and walk behind the desk with a large knife.Columbus police say the robber began swinging the knife at the store clerk, stabbing him in the process.The clerk was transported to OSU Wexner Medical Center, where he was treated and released.Police do not
  
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• One killed, two injured in head-on crash in north Columbus

  11-05-2017 10:21
  One person was killed and two others injured after two cars collided early Thursday morning.According to Columbus Police, a driver went left of center on 11th Avenue near Grogan Avenue in north Columbus, striking an oncoming car head-on.One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were hospitalized.11th Avenue was closed at Grogan Avenue as Columbus Police investigated the crash.
  
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• One killed, two injured in head-on crash

  11-05-2017 10:21
  
  One person was killed and two others injured after two cars collided early Thursday morning. According to Columbus Police, a driver went left of center on 11th Avenue near Grogan Avenue in north Columbus, striking an oncoming car head-on. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were hospitalized. 11th Avenue was closed at Grogan Avenue as Columbus Police investigated the crash.
  
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• #WordEyeHeard: Bow Wow Explains Fake Private Jet Picture [WATCH]

  11-05-2017 08:30
  Bow Wow posted a picture insinuating he was about to board a private jet, but he used a stock photo that anyone can google. To make it worse, someone snapped a flick of him sitting on a regular airplane.
  
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• Crews working to fix water main break at OSU Hospital East

  11-05-2017 05:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Crews are working to fix a water main break at The Ohio State University Hospital East.A hospital spokesperson said it happened Wednesday night and there is water on the floor in the basement, and on the first, second, and third levels.The spokesperson said no one has been removed from their rooms.The following statement was issued by the hospital:A water line broke Wednesday night at The Ohio State University Hospital East, affecting the three lower floors. An emergency plan wa
  
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• Environmentalists triumph as Senate upholds drilling rule

  11-05-2017 05:41
  
  Environmentalists notched a rare win in the Republican-led Senate on Wednesday as a GOP effort to reverse an Obama-era rule restricting harmful methane emissions unexpectedly failed.The 51-49 vote against the repeal measure was a blow to the fossil-fuel industry and groups linked to the conservative Koch Brothers, which had waged a public campaign to overturn the Interior Department rule.The rule, finalized in November, would force energy companies to capture methane that's burned off or "flared
  
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• Senate intel panel subpoenas Michael Flynn documents

  11-05-2017 04:37
  
  The Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel's investigation into Russia's election meddling.Sen. Richard Burr, the Republican chairman, and Sen. Mark Warner, the committee's Democratic vice chairman, issued a joint statement saying the panel decided to issue the subpoena after Flynn, through his lawyer, declined to cooperate with an April 28 request to turn over the documents.Flynn and other ass
  
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• Male pedestrian struck by vehicle and killed on North Side

  11-05-2017 04:17
  A male pedestrian has died after being struck by a car Wednesday night on Morse Road near the Sandy Lane Road intersection on the North Side, Columbus police said. City police and fire were called at 9 p.m. on the report of person being struck.
  
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• Person dies after being struck by vehicle in north Columbus

  11-05-2017 03:13
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A person has died after being struck by a vehicle in north Columbus.Columbus police said the incident happened near the intersection of Sandy Lane Road and Morse Road just before 9 p.m. Wednesday.Police said the victim, a white male, was in the westbound lanes when he was hit.Police said the driver of the vehicle did stop and is cooperating with the investigation.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Paul Ryan avoids Comey questions on Ohio visit; local Congressmen want answers

  11-05-2017 02:48
  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan ducked questions about the President's firing of FBI Director James Comey as he toured New Albany-based Accel, Inc.He praised the family-owned business with humble beginnings."Here you are with a 500,000 square foot facility, 400 full-time employees coming from all different walks of life.What you have done here embodies the American dream."He also had praise for the capital city."I look at Columbus as kind of like the Silicon Valley of manufacturing," Ryan said. "
  
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• Hearing officer says Ohio online school owes state $60M

  11-05-2017 02:37
  
  A state hearing officer has ruled against Ohio's largest online charter school in its appeal of the state education department's determination that the school owes $60 million for enrollment that can't be justified.The Columbus Dispatch reports the officer's recommendation to the Ohio Board of Education says the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow didn't document its full enrollment and was overpaid by $64 million last school year.The officer recommends the board use its power to collect $60 millio
  
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• Columbus Metropolitan Club: Highest Eviction Rate In Ohio

  11-05-2017 02:26 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus City Council Safety Committee Meeting 5/10/2017

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