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• Police investigating vulgar vandalism at New Albany High School

  15-05-2017 23:44
  
  The New Albany Police Department is investigating racist and vulgar graffiti left on New Albany High School’s tennis courts.Photos from a student sent to 10TV show spray paint on the tennis court surfaces including racial slurs, profanity and swastikas.The storage shed also was vandalized with a racial slur.The school said they are working with police and they plan to bring charges against those responsible.The school also said the vandalism has been removed.The statement below was sent fr
  
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• Court records detail decades of violence by Kirkersville gunman

  15-05-2017 23:43
  In July 2009, an ex-girlfriend of Thomas Hartless told police a terrifying story: He drove her into rural Knox County, punched her in the head and kicked her repeatedly. He choked her and taped her hands and feet.She told police "Tom hears voices in his head that tell him to kill her...and torture her."In March 2010, he pleaded guilty to abduction and aggravated assault and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Eight months later, he was released.In December 2016, a different girlfrie
  
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• Columbus Police: 2 dead in suspected murder-suicide

  15-05-2017 23:32
  
  Columbus police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide in eastern Franklin County.According to police, officers were called to the area of to the Retreat at Turnberry Metro Park on the report of a possible suicide around 8 a.m. Monday.Officers arrived and found 31-year-old Jason Kaufman dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.Just before 9 a.m., officers were called to the 3100 block of Southern Hills Drive on a report of a woman found dead.Police said they confirmed the victim,
  
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• Community coming together to help Kirkersville families

  15-05-2017 23:19
  Twelve people lost their parents in the Kirkersville shootings, a harsh reality that's inspired the community to help.“It doesn’t matter if you know someone or not, it just breaks your heart,”said Newark resident Kathy Thornton.Monday Kathy Thornton and her friend, Chris Brooks, added balloons to the growing memorial for those killed by gunman Thomas Hartless.They know some of the residents of the Pine Kirk Nursing Center. Brooks’ brother, who is Hebron's fire chief, resp
  
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• Autopsy report reveals new details on Kirkersville shooting

  15-05-2017 22:53
  
  The Licking County Coroner’s Office has released the preliminary autopsy reports of three victims and suspected killer in Kirkersville last week.Authorities said Thomas Hartless shot and killed Kirkersville Police Chief Steven DiSario and two employees at the Pine Kirk Care Center before turning the gun on himself last week.According to the coroner’s office, Chief Disario was killed outside of the Pine Kirk Care Center in the alley behind the center by a single shotgun wound as he ex
  
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• Talk it Out: How do Ohioans differ on Trump and national politics?...

  15-05-2017 22:00
  We're logged hundreds of miles for our Ohio Matters project , collecting perspectives from different vantage points across Ohio. We've identified six areas that represent the state as a whole: farm country in Seneca County , the old industrial area in Jefferson County , rural Vinton County , Greene County with the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Columbus suburbs in Franklin County and the urban center of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County .
  
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• Family: Pledge who died after hazing treated like 'roadkill'

  15-05-2017 21:59
  
  A fraternity pledge who was ordered to guzzle alcohol during a hazing ritual and twice fell down a flight of stairs before his death was treated like "roadkill," his father said Monday, days after criminal charges were filed against 18 of his son's Penn State fraternity brothers.Jim Piazza, the father of 19-year-old engineering student Timothy Piazza, said the Beta Theta Pi fraternity members were to blame for his son's February death."They planned this night out," Piazza said. "They had all the
  
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• Massively multiplayer online games allow strangers access to children

  15-05-2017 21:19
  
  You feel safe at home and work to ensure your children do too. Your house, however, could be at a major risk for a danger that you may have overlooked.Massively multiplayer online games are the source. They’re called “MMO” OR “MMOG” for short and allow large numbers of players to interact in a game or world.If you have a computer, tablet, phone and one of these multiplayer online games, it is possible strangers of all ages are hanging out with your kids. It’s
  
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• Doppler 10: Flirting with record highs

  15-05-2017 21:09
  Today: Mostly sunny and Hot. Mid 80s
  Tonight: Mainly clear. Staying warm. 65
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot.
  Thursday: Clouds rolling in, chance for late day pop-ups. 86Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: High pressure will dominate through midweek with lots of sun and summer-like temperatures. A cold front will sag across the region late Thursday bringing a chance for showers and storms Thursday and Friday. A stronger cold front will
  
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• Counselors made available to Kirkersville students following fatal shootings

  15-05-2017 20:58
  Blue ribbons are now tied on many trees and poles outside of Kirkersville Elementary School. Out front, the flag flies at half-staff and inside children are taking the time to acknowledge Friday's tragedies.Authorities said Thomas Hartless shot and killed Kirkersville Police Chief Steven DiSario and two employees at the Pine Kirk Care Center before turning the gun on himself last week.Some of the kindergarten and first graders inside attended a vigil over the weekend with their parents.Aaron Sch
  
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• Police: Man walks into Oregon grocery store holding human head, stabs employee

  15-05-2017 20:43
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Police say a man carrying what appeared to be a human head stabbed an employee at a grocery store in Oregon, and authorities later found a woman's body at a home.The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says the incidents east of Portland are connected.Sgt. Nate Thompson says the stabbing suspect was arrested Sunday afternoon after he was subdued by other employees at the grocery store in Estacada.The victim and the suspect were both taken to a hospital.Soon after the attack,
  
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• Federal judges rejects appeal bid in Ohio terror plot

  15-05-2017 20:35
  
  A federal appellate panel has dismissed an Ohio man's bid to appeal his 30-year prison sentence for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol.The three Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled recently that 22-year-old Christopher Cornell had waived his broad appeal rights when he pleaded guilty last year to three charges including attempted murder of U.S. officials and employees in support of the Islamic State group.Court documents state Cornell had reserved the right to appeal
  
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• Fire officials: 7 people killed in Akron house fire

  15-05-2017 20:25
  
  A fire chief says seven people have died in a northeast Ohio house fire.Akron Fire Chief Clarence Tucker didn't say how many of the dead are children or adults at a news conference outside the Akron home about 30 miles south of Cleveland.Neighbors and a relative have said there were children inside the home where a fire was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Monday.Tucker says the Akron Fire Department is working with the state fire marshal's office and Akron police to determine the cause of the bla
  
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• Franklin Co. deputy fired after alleged misconduct with student at Westland High School

  15-05-2017 19:07
  
  A Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after alleged misconduct with a female student at Westland High School.The deputy worked as a school resource officer at the high school.Earlier this month, the sheriff’s office was contacted by the administration with South-Western City Schools District to alert them to a situation on campus. The sheriff’s office removed Deputy Chris Cuccio from the school as they opened an investigation.Cuccio was terminated as a result
  
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• Baby boy found dead in apparently abandoned car in NW Ohio

  15-05-2017 18:52
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Police in Ohio say the body of a baby boy was found in an apparently abandoned car, and his death is under investigation.Toledo police say the child's body was found on Friday night in a vehicle that had been parked on the city's west side for some time. They were working to identify the boy, who was believed to be about 2 months old.WTOL-TV reports a coroner conducted an autopsy but couldn't determine the cause of death because of decomposition. Authorities weren't sure how
  
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• Trump: We will 'take care of' violent crimes against police

  15-05-2017 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump is asking the Justice Department to develop strategies to prevent and prosecute violent crimes against law enforcement.Trump says in the Oval Office that police officers have "had it with what's going on" and notes that 118 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2016.Trump signed a proclamation to mark Peace Officers' Memorial Week and Police Week. He was speaking Monday to the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Capitol Hill.Trump
  
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• British WWII veteran, 101, breaks skydiving record

  15-05-2017 17:28
  
  LONDON— A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has become the oldest person in the world to skydive.Bryson William Verdun Hayes completed a tandem skydive with members of his extended family on Sunday at an airfield in Honiton, southwest England.Among those jumping were Hayes' son, grandson, great-grandson and great-granddaughter.At the age of 101 years, 38 days, Hayes broke the Guinness World Record held by Canada's Armand Gendreau, who jumped in 2013 at 101 years, three days.
  Hayes said he had wan
  
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• Ohio officer overdoses from Fentanyl powder on shirt after drug arrest

  15-05-2017 17:17
  Police say an Ohio officer suffered an accidental overdose after a drug arrest when he touched powder on his shirt without realizing it was the powerful opiod fentanyl. He was treated with an overdose reversal drug after brushing off the powder with his hand and passing out Friday in East Liverpool, roughly 160 miles east of Columbus near the Pennsylvania line.
  
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• Katy Perry books Sept. 7 concert in Columbus

  15-05-2017 17:17
  The 43-city North American tour will promote her new album, "Witness," which is scheduled for release on June 7. Ticket sales to the general public will begin at 10 a.m. May 22, but fans may enroll for a chance to buy tickets early. By registering at www.katyperry.com, people will become eligible to receive a code via text message that will permit to buy up to eight tickets between 9 a.m. and noon on May 18. Not all people who register will receive a code.
  
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• Bus overturns on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland

  15-05-2017 16:49
  
  Maryland State Police say 26 children were on board a bus that overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland.Police said in a tweet that one child and one adult were flown to hospitals Monday morning after the bus overturned in the Havre de Grace area. No deaths have been reported. Three chaperones and a driver were also on the bus.Police say some of the injured were taken by ambulance to area hospitals and others are still on the scene being examined. Police did not give details of the p
  
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• Bus carrying 26 kids on DC field trip overturns on I-95

  15-05-2017 16:49
  
  HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of Pennsylvania school children to Washington, D.C., for a field trip overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland on Monday, state police said.The bus carrying 26 children, three chaperones, and the driver overturned at least once on the highway near Havre de Grace, Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley said. One child and one adult were flown to hospitals in Maryland and Delaware and others are being taken to hospitals by am
  
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• Officer overdoses from powder on shirt after drug arrest

  15-05-2017 16:11
  
  Police say an Ohio officer suffered an accidental overdose after a drug arrest when he touched powder on his shirt without realizing it was the powerful opioid fentanyl.He was treated with an overdose reversal drug after brushing off the powder with his hand and passing out Friday in East Liverpool, roughly 85 miles (137 kilometers) southeast of Cleveland near the Pennsylvania line.Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, and a few specks can kill an adult.East Liverpool police Captain Patrick
  
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• Funeral for fallen Kirkersville police chief set for Saturday

  15-05-2017 15:47
  
  The funeral for the Kirkersville police chief killed last week in a shooting will be held Saturday, the Kirkersville mayor tells 10TV.Calling hours for the Chief Steven DiSario are scheduled for Friday.Times for the services have not yet been released but are expected to be announced Monday afternoon.DiSario, nurse Marlina Medrano and nurse's aide Cindy Krantz were killed in the Friday attack. Suspect Thomas Hartless was found dead inside the Pine Kirk Care Center.Authorities have said they're l
  
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• Firefighters battle second alarm fire near Buckeye Lake

  15-05-2017 14:51
  
  Fairfield County firefigthers are battling a house fire near Buckeye Lake in the town of Millersport.The fire was reported around 8:30 a.m. on Terrace Street.Firefighters on the scene reported fire in the second story and roof of the home. A second alarm was called.It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries in this incident.
  
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• Columbus will be first stop on Katy Perry’s “Witness” tour

  15-05-2017 14:06
  
  Katy Perry announced a release date Monday for her new album and an arena tour that begins this fall in Columbus.Perry’s album, “Witness,” will be released on June 9. Singles released from the album include “Chained to the Rhythm” featuring Skip Marley and follow-up single, “Bon Appétit” featuring Migos.The singer’s arena tour kicks off at the Schottenstein Center on September 7. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 22 at 10 a.m. A presale is avai
  
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• Kevin Hart, wife Eniko Parrish expecting baby boy

  15-05-2017 14:04
  
  Kevin Hart and wife Eniko Parrish are expecting a baby boy, their first child together.The 37-year-old comedian decided to announce the news on his Instagram account on Mother's Day by posting a selfie with Parrish and writing, "We are laughing at the fact that this time next year we will be celebrating her 1st actual Mother's Day." Hart revealed the baby to be a boy in another since-removed post. Celebrating Mother's Day with my beautiful wife. We are laughing at the fact that this time next ye
  
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• What you need to know about the global "WannaCry" cyberattack

  15-05-2017 13:22
  
  HONG KONG -- Experts are trying to figure out who's behind a global "ransomware" software cyberattack that shut down hundreds of thousands of computers around the world by exploiting a software vulnerability.Some details about the "WannaCry" attack, which emerged late Friday, and what you can do to stay safe:HOW THE VIRUS WORKSCybersecurity experts say the worm affects computers using Microsoft operating systems and takes advantage of a vulnerability in the software to spread the infection. "Wan
  
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• 'Deadwood' actor Powers Boothe dies at 68

  15-05-2017 13:21
  
  Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his villain roles in TV's "Deadwood," and in the movies "Tombstone," ''Sin City" and "The Avengers," has died. He was 68.
  Boothe's publicist said he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday.Fellow actor Beau Bridges tweeted the news and called him "a dear friend, great actor, devoted father and husband." Boothe won an Emmy in 1980 for playing cult leader Jim Jones in the TV movie "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones." The ceremon
  
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• One killed, another wounded in shooting at Near East Side house

  15-05-2017 12:29
  Columbus police were called to a house in the 2200 block of Ridgeway Avenue, near East Fifth Avenue and Sunbury Road, shortly after 1 a.m., a police dispatcher said. Another person was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
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• Supreme Court's views on immigration get a test

  15-05-2017 12:25
  The Supreme Court's views on how to handle immigration are about to become more clear.Decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration are expected over the next two months. They could offer some insight into how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped up deportations.The outcomes could indicate whether the justices are retreating from long-standing decisions that give the president and Congress great discretion in dealing with immigrat
  
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• Kayla Allison and Luke Bogner are engagedCouple to marry this August in Wadsworth. Today at

  15-05-2017 05:55
  Kayla graduated from Wadsworth High School in 2010, and from Bowling Green State University in 2014, with a bachelor of science in communications and marketing. She is currently employed at the Boy Scouts of America - Simon Kenton Council in Columbus.
  
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• Friends reflect on Marlina Medrano, her work, relationship with shooter

  15-05-2017 04:51
  
  More than 300 people gathered at Kirkersville United Methodist Church for a vigil honoring Kirkersville Police Chief Steven DiSario, Marlina Medrano and Cindy Krantz, the three people killed in a shooting Friday morning.
  "You don't think it's going to happen to happen to you or your community or you cant sleep," said Wilma Stout-Gross, an employee at the Pine Kirk Care Center where the shooting took place.
  Stout-Gross was off Friday when 43-year Thomas Hartless was able to enter the secured faci
  
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• Torch-wielding group protests Confederate statue removal

  15-05-2017 03:40
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A group that included a well-known white nationalist carried torches and chanted "you will not replace us" at a weekend protest in Virginia over plans to remove a monument of a Confederate general.The protesters on Saturday evening called on officials to halt the removal of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville and were swiftly condemned by the city's mayor, who said the event appeared to hearken "back to the days of the KKK," the Daily Progress newspap
  
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• North Korea says new long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

  15-05-2017 03:26
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of long-range ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead.North Korean propaganda must be considered with wariness, but if confirmed, the claim marks another big step forward in the country's escalating efforts to field a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Outside experts don't believe the North can do that yet, but each new test pushes them close
  
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• Miss USA finalists named in pageant taking place in Vegas

  15-05-2017 03:19
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The top 10 finalists have been named at the Miss USA contest in Las Vegas.Contestants from Minnesota, New Jersey, Missouri, Tennessee, California, District of Columbia, South Carolina, New York, Illinois and Alaska will continue on in the beauty pageant.The winner of Sunday's 2017 Miss USA competition held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip will go on to compete in the Miss Universe contest.The two-hour show featured 51 contestants representing ea
  
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• Woman finds 2.65-carat diamond within minutes at state park

  15-05-2017 03:14
  
  MURFREESBORO, Ark. -- An Oklahoma woman made a sparkly discovery when she visited the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas last weekend, CBS affiliate WHNT in Huntsville, Arkansas, reports.Victoria Brodski, 25, of Tulsa, was searching for diamonds with her family for 10 minutes when she found a shiny rock that she originally thought was a piece of glass. She put the rock in her pocket and went to the Diamond Discovery Center a few hours later where officials said she had discovered a 2.65-c
  
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• 200 jail officers call in sick on Mother's Day, authorities say

  15-05-2017 03:10
  
  CHICAGO -- It seems correctional officers at the Chicago jail feel strongly about spending time with their moms.The Cook County Sheriff's Department says more than 200 officers at the county jail called in sick or invoked the Family Medical Leave Act -- the federal law that requires employers provide leave for some medical reasons -- to explain their absence on Sunday, Mother's Day.The department says another 154 informed the jail they won't be coming to work for the shift that starts later in t
  
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• School scraps anti-drug program after parents find link to Scientology

  15-05-2017 03:07
  
  SANTA MONICA -- Santa Monica High School canceled an anti-drug program after parents learned that it is affiliated with the Church of Scientology, CBS Los Angeles reports.The Foundation for a Drug Free World recently held three assemblies at Santa Monica High School. But the principal scrubbed the rest of the series on substance abuse prevention.Parents were upset after they got wind the Church of Scientology sponsored the talks."Separation of church and state. They're a religious group. I don't
  
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• United Airlines says cockpit door access info may have been made public

  15-05-2017 02:58
  
  United Airlines said in a "Safety Alert" emailed to employees that information regarding its flight deck access security procedures "may have been compromised," CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.It also said in an emailed statement to CBS News that "some cockpit door access information may have been made public." The email to employees, sent on Saturday, was short on specifics. But the airline said it was working on a "corrective action plan," noting that pilots have
  
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• lilD's #YouGoGIRL Single Mother's Day Brunch 2017 [PHOTOS]

  15-05-2017 01:38
  Check out some pictures from the event: 3. The homie @djlukenastyy in the building tonight at #PowerFallFest. I'm DJn his set so we bout to set Columbus on Y" Y" Y" Y" #DownWithTheKing 12. #rp @LILDonAIR: "I said "hey @djmrking we should dress alike!" He said "that's corny."
  
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