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• Probation department takes fall for early release of Kirkersville gunman

  18-05-2017 23:34
  A report released Thursday looks at the early release of Thomas Hartless, the man responsible for the murders of three people inside a Kirkersville nursing home.The report found his early release involved a series of mistakes including following well-established protocols.Before the shooting rampage inside and outside this Kirkersville Nursing home, theLicking County Municipal Court probation department decided to release Thomas Hartless from jail on April 12. A decision the probation department
  
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• Press Conference: Police "Pink Out" For The Cure

  18-05-2017 23:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mourners remember Marlina Medrano, mother and nurse killed in Kirkersville

  18-05-2017 23:29
  Thursday friends, family members, and people from the community came together to remember Marlina Medrano.Medrano was one of three victims shot to death by Thomas Hartless in Kirkersville Friday May 12.A 46-year-old mother of an adult son, described as the light of her life, Medrano was remembered as a woman of great spirituality.She graduated Newark High School in 1988, and went on to a career in nursing.Her family described her as a natural caregiver, with a lively personality, and an exceptio
  
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• Man accused of posing as Ross County Sheriff’s deputy

  18-05-2017 23:08
  
  The Ross County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the community of a man posing as a deputy.The incident happened Thursday morning around 7 a.m. at a home on Hartwood Road.Sheriff George Lavender said a black male with yellow hair knocked on the door and stated he was with the sheriff’s office and was there to collect an unpaid ticket.The resident asked for identification and he claimed he had left it at home.The man then left the area driving a black Ford Escape with dark, tinted windows
  
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• Pushing pedals on the way to work for Bike to Work Day

  18-05-2017 22:45
  
  Forget pedal to the medal on Friday morning. The City of Columbus is encouraging people to participate in its Bike to Work Day.May is National Bike Month, and the city of Columbus is encouraging people to swap four wheels for two and cycle their way toward downtown Columbus. The city offer several pre-planned routes to a celebration outside Columbus City Hall Friday morning. That celebration is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.The celebration is to launch a statewide Your Move safety campaign. It is
  
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• TIMELINE: New report details gunman's early release before Kirkersville shooting

  18-05-2017 22:40
  The Licking County Municipal Court Adult Probation Department has released a timeline of events leading up to the early release of Thomas Hartless.In the report, the department has details from the first complaint against Hartless to the fatal shooting last week.Authorities said Hartless killed Kirkersville police chief Steven Eric DiSario before entering the Pike Kirk Care Center and killing Marlina Medrano and Cindy Krantz. Hartless then took his own life.The murders were the culmination of mo
  
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• TIMELINE: Judge's review details gunman's early release before Kirkersville shooting

  18-05-2017 22:40
  Licking County Judge Michael Higgins has released a timeline of events leading up to the early release of Thomas Hartless.​In his report, the judge details from the first complaint against Hartless to the fatal shooting last week.Authorities said Hartless killed Kirkersville police chief Steven Eric DiSario before entering the Pike Kirk Care Center and killing Marlina Medrano and Cindy Krantz. Hartless then took his own life.The murders were the culmination of months of abuse against Medra
  
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• Mother arrested after 2 children found shot outside Dayton home

  18-05-2017 22:19
  A woman has been arrested and charged after two children were found shot outside a home in Dayton.Dayton police said the two children were shot just after 10 a.m. Thursday on Lori Sue Avenue.According to WHIO, the victims are an 8-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy.Police said the mother shot the children in the head and dragged their bodies outside.Both children are listed in critical condition. An 11-year-old girl at the scene was not injured.WHIO said the mother has been booked into Montgomery
  
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• Fans react to the sudden death of Chris Cornell

  18-05-2017 21:59
  Fans began camping out on the grounds of Mapfre Stadium early Thursday morning in preparation for "Rock on the Range," an annual rock festival featuring mainstream rock bands."It's one of the greatest Rock and Roll shows ever," said Tom Stiles, who traveled to Columbus from Akron.Chris Cornell and Soundgarden were scheduled to headline Friday evening, the first night of the concert series.However, Cornell was found dead in his Detroit hotel room following a Soundgarden concert in the city. Repor
  
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• Doppler 10: Rounds of showers and storms through the weekend

  18-05-2017 21:05
  This Evening: Partly sunny and warm, a few scattered showers and storms to our east.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 63. SW wind around 5-10 mph.
  Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and storms and milder. High 74.N wind around 5 mph.
  Saturday: Partly sunny with a chance for afternoon showers/storms. High 82. SE wind 5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Showers and storms are mainly SE of Columbus right now tracking NE. Th
  
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• Doppler 10: Rounds of showers & storms through the weekend

  18-05-2017 21:05
  This Evening: Partly sunny and warm, a few scattered showers and storms to our east.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 63. SW wind around 5-10 mph.
  Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and storms and milder. High 74.N wind around 5 mph.
  Saturday: Partly sunny with a chance for afternoon showers/storms. High 82. SE wind 5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Showers and storms are mainly SE of Columbus right now tracking NE. Th
  
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• Say It Isn't Soa Men's Rompers Have Made Their Debut

  18-05-2017 20:49
  Men's rompers have made their debut ... and everyone is going crazy. Yes, rompers, as in one-pieces where the shirt and shorts are attached.
  
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• Facebook to stream MLB game each Friday starting this week

  18-05-2017 20:49
  
  Baseball fans can like their team's games with a click starting Friday.Major League Baseball announced Facebook will carry a live game nationally each Friday starting with Colorado at Cincinnati this week. The Facebook package of 20 games will use the broadcast feed of one of the involved teams.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Thursday. He calls it "really important for us in terms of experimenting with a new partner in this area."The Twitter feed of a game each Friday, wh
  
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• Ohio Teacher on leave over Snapchat complaint about prom expenses

  18-05-2017 18:36
  
  BEDFORD, Ohio (AP) — A suburban Cleveland teacher has been put on paid leave over a social media post that appeared to criticize the expense of some students' prom arrangements in contrast with not having "enough money for school supplies or passing grades."WEWS-TV (http://bit.ly/2pWGmXl ) reports that a Bedford middle school teacher complained on Snapchat about students and parents "renting horses," after some students arrived to the local high school prom by horse and carriage. The teach
  
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• 1 dead, several injured after car slams into pedestrians in New York's Times Square

  18-05-2017 18:20
  
  NEW YORK -- At least one person has died and 20 wounded after a car drove through a crowd of pedestrians in Times Square just before noon Thursday.The New York Police Department says the crash does not appear to be terrorism-related. The driver, a 26-year-old man, is in custody and has a history of arrests for impaired driving. The car, a red Honda, struck the victims at 43rd Street and 7th Avenue in midtown Manhattan, the FDNY said. The driver was seen being hauled into a police car.Police have
  
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• Dayton-area drug deaths may set new annual record – by June

  18-05-2017 17:16
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A coroner's office says the Ohio county that includes Dayton might see more accidental drug overdose deaths in the first half of this year than in any previous full year.The Dayton Daily News reports that Montgomery County had a record-high 349 overdose deaths during 2016, most involving heroin or fentanyl. It's already seen about 300 overdose deaths this year. The coroner's office director, Ken Betz, says the county could have 700 to 800 overdose deaths by year's end if tha
  
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• Organizers expect 26,000 participants for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

  18-05-2017 17:15
  
  The 2017 Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure will take place Saturday, May 20, in and around Downtown Columbus.As one of the largest Race for the Cure events in the U.S., the Columbus event is expected to attract a crowd of around 26,000 participants and spectators.Motorists are reminded to be alert for extra pedestrian, bicycle and motor traffic in and near Downtown and to keep in mind that several roads will be closed for the race.Participants and spectators are encouraged to carpool or use COTA
  
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• 2017 Festival Latino Announcement

  18-05-2017 17:04 via youtube.com
  
  
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• New Jersey student dies as a result of the choking game

  18-05-2017 16:33
  
  A New Jersey school superintendent says a student has died as the result of the choking game.The Home News Tribune reports Bernards Township Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian wrote to parents that the student engaged in a game that is also known as space monkey, the fainting game or flatliner.Participants seek to achieve euphoria by briefly stopping oxygen from reaching the brain.The superintendent recommended that parents talk to their children and review the search history of their media d
  
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• Police find toddler locked in cage, newborn alone in house

  18-05-2017 16:15
  
  Police in Pennsylvania say a 22-month-old boy has been found locked inside a makeshift wooden cage while his day-old sister and 1-year-old brother were found alone in the same house.Troopers acting on a tip arrived at the North Manheim Township home of 37-year-old Cecil Kutz on Wednesday afternoon.Police found a 1-year-old boy in a playpen, a 1-day-old girl in a baby seat and the toddler inside a makeshift cage made of plywood and wooden lattice, locked from the outside.Police arrested Kutz on c
  
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• Cops: Dad locked toddler in cage, left day-old baby alone

  18-05-2017 16:15
  
  A Pennsylvania man locked his 22-month-old son in a makeshift wooden cage and left the boy home alone with his two younger siblings, including a sister born hours earlier, police said Thursday.Troopers acting on a tip arrived Wednesday afternoon at the North Manheim Township home, knocked on the door and, when no one answered, forced their way in. Just inside the front door they found a 1-year-old boy in a playpen, a newborn girl in a baby seat and the toddler inside a cage made of plywood and w
  
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• Plane landing at Ohio airport veers, hits trees; no one hurt

  18-05-2017 16:06
  Authorities say a single-engine plane trying to land at a small airport in rural southern Ohio after an equipment malfunction veered off a runway and crashed into trees. The State Highway Patrol says none of the four people aboard the plane reported injuries after the crash Wednesday afternoon at the Vinton County Airport, roughly 50 miles southeast of Columbus.
  
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• Trump assails 'witch hunt' after naming of special counsel in Russia probe

  18-05-2017 15:55
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that his campaign collaborated with Russia to sway the 2016 election, tweeting Thursday that it is "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2017
  The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller
  
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• Roger Ailes, media guru and political strategist, dies at 77

  18-05-2017 14:51
  
  NEW YORK — Roger Ailes, the communication maestro who transformed TV news by creating Fox News Channel only to be ousted from his media empire at the height of his reign for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth Ailes. He was 77.---Elizabeth Ailes' statement on husband Roger Ailes' death:I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning surrounded by his beautiful family. Roger was my best friend, the
  
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• Fox News founder Roger Ailes died of complications from fall

  18-05-2017 14:51
  Roger Ailes, the communications maestro who transformed television news and America's political conversation by creating and ruling Fox News Channel for two decades before being ousted last year for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth Ailes. He was 77.Ailes died after a fall at his Palm Beach home on May 10 caused bleeding on the brain, the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office said. Ailes fell in his bathroom, hit his head and was bleeding profusely.
  
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• Police: Chris Cornell's death a possible suicide

  18-05-2017 14:23
  
  Detroit police say the death of rocker Chris Cornell, the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, is being investigated as a possible suicide.Police spokesman Michael Woody tells The Associated Press on Thursday morning that he can't provide details on what led investigators to make that determination, but noted there were "basic things observed at the scene."Woody says Cornell died at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel. He says Cornell's wife called a family friend and asked him to
  
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• Medical Examiner: Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging

  18-05-2017 14:23
  A medical examiner has determined that Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging in a Detroit hotel room following a concert.A full autopsy report was not yet completed Thursday afternoon.Two Detroit newspapers had earlier cited a police spokesman Cornell was found with "a band around his neck."A different Detroit Police spokesman, Michael Woody, told The Associated Press Thursday that he could not confirm that Cornell died with a band around his neck.The Detroit Free Press repo
  
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• What you need to know about Rock on the Range Posted at

  18-05-2017 13:49
  The 11th annual Rock on the Range music festival will bring roughly 120,000 people from across the United States to Mapfre Stadium for a three-day , rock-n-roll concert event. Rock on the Range is the largest annual rock music festival in the United States, featuring a lineup of both mainstream and classic rock bands.
  
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• Netflix announces 5th season of 'Arrested Development'

  18-05-2017 13:18
  
  Netflix says the cast of "Arrested Development" has signed on for a fifth season of the comedy that will return to the streaming service next year.Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett and the rest of the series regulars will reprise their roles in the show that follows the Bluth family. Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz is also on board. Hurwitz says he's "grateful" to Netflix and Fox "for making this dream of mine come true.""Arrested Development" ran on Fox for three seasons
  
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• Central Ohio students to showcase their work solving the drug crisis

  18-05-2017 12:47
  Students from around Central Ohio will showcase their work to solve the state's drug crisis today.More than 100 kids from several different schools will take part. That includes Akron North H.S., Bio-Med Science Academy, Dayton Regional STEM, Metro Early College H.S., Metro Institute of Technology, Reynoldsburg H.S. and Ridgeview STEM Jr. H.S.They'll be presenting their findings at Battelle. They represent 1200 students who have been taking part in projects.Secretary of State Jon Husted and Atto
  
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• Ohio preschool helps kids affected by drug overdoses

  18-05-2017 12:40
  An Ohio preschool is helping children who are affected by the state's drug epidemic.A Cincinnati-area boy lost his mother to a heroin overdose when he was just four years old.He is getting support at Cincinnati Children's Hospital through what's called the Therapeutic Interagency Preschool.That school helps children who could suffer from post traumatic stress disorder."Once he opened up, he released all of his emotions, his anger, he cried," said his father, Brad Tussey. "That was the breaking p
  
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• Cancer through a child's eyes

  18-05-2017 10:54
  Playtime with mommy is priceless for Grace Preston. Just a few years ago her mom Amber didn't have the strength to get out of bed.
  "I told her mommy has cancer and mommy's going to have to take medicine and surgery. And it's going to be ok, mommy has to do this to stay alive," Amber Preston explains.
  Those are hard words for a four-year-old to hear about her mom who was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.
  "She went through a biopsy," Grace, who's now 7, says about her mom.
  "I did six months of
  
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• Woman critically injured in east Columbus stabbing

  18-05-2017 10:08
  
  Columbus Police are investigating after a woman was found stabbed early Thursday morning.Police and medics were called around 3:15 a.m. Thursday to the area of Oakwood Avenue and Newton Street in east Columbus on a report of a stabbing.A female victim was found to have multiple stab wounds. She was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.Police said that the suspect is a man, but a more specific description was not immediately available.
  
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• Rocker Chris Cornell has died at age 52

  18-05-2017 09:38
  
  According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52.In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery says Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit.Bumbery called the death "sudden and unexpected" and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause and asked for privacy.According to Rock on the Range,
  
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• Chris Cornell, Soundgarden singer and grunge rock icon, dead at 52

  18-05-2017 09:38
  
  Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52.Cornell, who had been on tour, died Wednesday night in Detroit, Cornell's representative Brian Bumbery said in a statement to The Associated Press. Cornell had performed a Detroit concert with Soundgarden that night.They were expected to play in Columbus Friday night at Rock on the Range. Bumbery called the death "sudden and unexpected" and said his wife and family are in sh
  
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• Second Baptist Church women plan celebration

  18-05-2017 09:29
  The women of Second Baptist Church will hold the Annual Women's Day Celebration on Sunday, May 21 at the 11 a.m. worship hour.
  
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• Jury finds Oklahoma cop not guilty in shooting of driver

  18-05-2017 05:12
  An Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man last year was found not guilty Wednesday of first-degree manslaughter.Jurors acquitted Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby in the Sept. 16 shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher. Shelby said she fired her weapon out of fear because she said he didn't obey her commands to lie on the ground and appeared to reach inside his SUV for what she thought was a gun. Crutcher was unarmed.Prosecutors told jurors that Shelby overreacted. They noted Crutc
  
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• Columbus womana s death in Delaware County motel called a suspiciousa

  18-05-2017 05:11
  The death of a Columbus woman found Wednesday at a Sunbury motel is considered "suspicious", according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office and BSTG Fire personnel were called at 12:16 p.m. to America's Best Value Inn & Suite on Route 37 on the report of an unresponsive female discovered in a room by the housekeeping staff.
  
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• Second woman arrested in Lancaster massage parlor investigation

  18-05-2017 04:53
  
  Police have arrested a second person in connection with the investigation of two Lancaster message parlor.Police said 54-year-old Xugyin Wen is charged with misdemeanor solicitation and procuring prostitution.Police: Sex for sale at 2 Lancaster massage parlorsFairfield County authorities raided two massage parlors this month which they said were fronts for prostitution.Jinrong Hedrick was arrested last week.While the two parlors were busted, police don't think they are connected.
  
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• Hundreds attend Cindy Krantz memorial service in Pataskala

  18-05-2017 04:30
  Cindy Krantz's family said they are focusing on the life she had, and Cindy would want them to be happy.There were hugs and tears at a memorial service for Krantz. She is the first of three Kirkersville shooting victims to be laid to rest.Hundreds of people went to the Vineyard Christian Church in Pataskala to show their support for the beloved mother of five."What happened in Kirkersville on Friday was horrible," Assistant Pastor Ben Yee said.Because of what happened that day, people gathered i
  
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• Report: House GOP leader suggested Putin was paying Trump

  18-05-2017 03:00
  
  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last year to fellow top Republicans that Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying Donald Trump, according to a published report. A spokesman for McCarthy says the remark was a bad joke.The Washington Post reported Wednesday that it heard a recording of the conversation, which occurred last June 15.Trump, at the time a GOP presidential candidate, formally received his party's nomination the following month. McCarthy backed his candidacy.The McCart
  
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• Autopsies show smoke inhalation killed 7 house fire victims

  18-05-2017 02:19
  
  An Ohio medical examiner says the two adults and five children found dead after a house fire died from smoke inhalation.A Summit County medical examiner's office investigator says the bodies of 35-year-old Dennis Huggins and his partner, 38-year-old Angela Boggs, have been identified. He says the children's bodies will have to be identified through DNA testing.The investigator says none of the bodies had injuries unrelated to the fire.The dead children have been named as 1-year-old Cameron Huggi
  
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• Trump: Thorough investigation will confirm there was "no collusion"

  18-05-2017 01:35
  
  President Donald Trump says a thorough investigation will confirm what he says is already known: that there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and any foreign entity.Trump commented late Wednesday after the Justice Department announced the appointment of former FBI director Robert Mueller to oversee the probe into Trump-Russian connection in the 2016 election.Trump says In a written statement that he looks forward to "this matter concluding quickly."He also pledges to never stop
  
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• The Latest: Mueller accepts responsibility for Russia probe

  18-05-2017 01:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election (all times EDT):7:30 p.m.Former FBI Director Robert Mueller says he accepts the responsibility of being appointed as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 election.
  
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• Columbus woman found dead in Delaware County hotel

  18-05-2017 01:01
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio – The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a woman’s body was found inside a hotel Wednesday.The sheriff’s office said 37-year-old Christy Brand was found dead around 12:15 p.m. by housekeeping staff at the America Best Value Inn & Suites on OH-37 near I-71.Investigators told 10TV they are talking to several people to figure out what happened to Brand.The sheriff’s office said Brand was from Columbus.
  
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• Man sentenced to 25 years for sexually exploiting teenage boy

  18-05-2017 00:42
  A convicted sex offender from Jackson, Ohio, is likely to spend the rest of his life in federal prison as a result of Wednesday's 25-year sentence for sexually exploiting a minor. The sentencing of Dennis Rawlins, 68, in U.S. District Court in Columbus is the culmination of an investigation by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force.
  
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• Some lanes reopen after crash on I-270 southbound on east side of Columbus

  18-05-2017 00:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The southbound lanes of I-270, south of I-70, on the east side of Columbus were closed because of a crash but most have since reopened.The Columbus Division of Police said the ramps from I-70 to I-270 south are open along with two lanes of I-270.Police said multiple vehicles are involved and at least one person had to be cut out of a vehicle.Stay with 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Former FBI Director Mueller to lead Trump-Russia probe

  18-05-2017 00:08
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.The appointment came amid a growing Democratic outcry for someone outside the Justice Department to handle the politically charged investigation.It followed the revelation Tuesday that fired FBI Director James Comey had written in a memo th
  
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