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• NFL looking into incident with former Buckeye Darron Lee, Jets teammate Leonard Williams

  06-06-2017 23:12
  
  The NFL is looking into an incident last weekend involving New York Jets players Darron Lee and Leonard Williams at a concert.Lee and Williams were attending the Governors Ball Music Festival on Randall's Island on Saturday night when Williams was seen on a video , posted on Twitter by an eyewitness, stepping in front of a man who appears to be Lee, and then briefly lifting and forcibly removing him from a possible altercation.Details surrounding the incident are unclear, and police were not inv
  
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• With Columbus store ready to open, Ikea now focused on Cleveland

  06-06-2017 22:16
  Ikea will open its new Columbus store on Wednesday, but the Swedish furniture retailer is so enthusiastic about Ohio that it is turning its attention to Cleveland. "We thought we'd be in Cleveland many years ago," said Lars Petersson, president of Ikea's U.S. operations.
  
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• President Trump to talk infrastructure in Ohio Wednesday

  06-06-2017 22:12
  
  President Trump will come to Cincinnati's Rivertowne Marina on the banks of the Ohio river Wednesday afternoon for a speech on the nation's inland waterways.The President is also expected to address the nation's infrastructure needs.Here's a snapshot of Ohio's infrastructure:Ohio's roadways, like most of the nation, need repairs. Driving on roads in need of repair in Ohio costs each driver $475 per year, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.Ohio's bridges are in even worse shape,
  
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• Drivers prepare for slow-and-go commutes with Wednesday's IKEA opening

  06-06-2017 22:00
  Driving around the new IKEA store in north Columbus is going to get a little tricky starting Wednesday.But traffic is just a continued headache for Ric Burt."You can see that's what I got to look at every day," he said.The new business is less than 100 yards from Burt's front door. Since the construction started he says it's been constant.Cheat Sheet: Navigating traffic around IKEA's opening day"Construction all night," he said. "Like I said, 3:00 in the morning and they didn't even tell us."To
  
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• Insurer Anthem opens hole in Ohio ACA exchange choices

  06-06-2017 21:59
  One of the nation's biggest health insurers says it will not return to Ohio's public insurance exchanges next year, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Act's increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.Indianapolis-based Anthem's decision could leave shoppers in 20 counties without an option for buying individual coverage on the exchange, unless another insurer steps in. The exchanges are the only place where people can use an income-based tax credit to help
  
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• Mom carjacked at Hilliard Kroger with 3 kids inside vehicle

  06-06-2017 21:21
  A man has been charged with aggravated robbery after forcing a woman and three children out of a vehicle in Hilliard.According to Columbus Police, the incident happened at the Kroger located at 2525 Hilliard Rome Road just before 9 a.m. Tuesday.The suspect, identified as Abdiaziz Mohamud, approached the woman while she was parked and implied that he had a firearm. Abdiaziz Mohamud
  Mohamud demanded her to exit the vehicle and asked for her cell phone in the car.Police said the woman asked Mohamud
  
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• Doppler 10: Cooler today, warming tomorrow

  06-06-2017 21:09
  Today: Variable clouds. Slight chance for a sprinkle. Low 60sN 5-10 mph
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy. 53 NE 5-10 mph
  Thursday: Mostly cloudy, chance for a stray shower and milder. 75 Light NE
  Friday: Brightening and warmer. 81Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: An upper level low pressure system will slowly cross the Great Lakes over the next couple of days, bringing variable cloud cover and a chance for a few showers, mainly north today and a bette
  
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• Doppler 10: Below average Wednesday

  06-06-2017 21:09
  This Evening: Partly cloudy and milder with a slight chance of a shower.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy tonight. Low 54. N wind 5-10 mph.
  Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and below average temperatures. High 67. N wind 10 mph.
  Thursday: Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. High 74. NE 3-5 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Weak disturbances rotating around a low pressure system to our east will
  
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• 12-year-old hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in southern Franklin Co.

  06-06-2017 20:44
  A 12-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle in southern Franklin County.The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened near the intersection of London Groveport Road and State Route 104.Authorities said the teen was rollerblading when he came onto the roadway and was hit by a pick-up truck.The boy was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital with serious injuries. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said he was not wearing a helmet.State
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Smart Cities Initiative

  06-06-2017 20:19 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Columbus Facility On Lockdown After Reports Of Man With Gun

  06-06-2017 20:08
  Columbus Police are investigating following reports of a man with a gun at a Chase Bank Facility located in the 1100 block of Polaris Pkwy in Columbus. FYI: We've gotten calls & emails about a situation officers are checking out at Chase Bank on Polaris Pky.
  
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• 22,000 pounds of beef recalled over E.coli concerns

  06-06-2017 19:02
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Kentucky-based food distributor has issued a recall on more than 22,000 pounds of ground beef and other beef products due to possible E. coli bacteria contamination.USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the Creation Gardens Inc. products subject to the recall were shipped to food service locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.The department says the problem was discovered Monday when plant management at the Lo
  
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• George and Amal Clooney welcome birth of twins

  06-06-2017 18:52
  
  NEW YORK — George and Amal Clooney are now parents of twins and, rest assured, George is doing fine.The Clooneys welcomed Ella and Alexander on Tuesday morning, the couple announced in a joint statement. Both children, born at a hospital in London, are "happy, healthy and doing fine.""George is sedated and should recover in a few days," read the statement.Clooney, 56, and lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 39, married in 2014. These are the first children for both.No other details were immediately ava
  
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• Was assault a hate crime?

  06-06-2017 17:52
  Columbus police say they have no evidence to suggest a neighborhood fight, which ended with a white woman tased and a Somali woman punched in the face, constituted a hate crime but a group that advocates for Muslims wants it investigated as one. "There is no evidence at this time suggesting the incident involved any type of bias which would constitute the incident being investigated as a hate crime," police spokesman Sgt.
  
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• Al Pacino to star as Penn State's Joe Paterno in HBO biopic

  06-06-2017 17:46
  
  NEW YORK — Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson.HBO says the film will focus on Paterno dealing with the fallout from the child sex abuse scandal involving his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The all-time winningest coach in major college football history was fired days after Sandusky's Nov. 2011 arrest and died two months later at the age of 85.A report commissioned by the university and conducted by
  
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• Man attacks police officer with hammer at Notre Dame in Paris

  06-06-2017 17:10
  
  PARIS —An assailant wielding a hammer attacked Paris police guarding Notre Dame Cathedral Tuesday, crying "This is for Syria" before being shot and wounded by officers outside one of France's most popular tourist sites, authorities said.At least 600 people were blocked inside the iconic 12th century church, while others fled in panic from the sprawling esplanade outside as police combed the area in the center of the French capital.The assault was the latest act of violence targeting securi
  
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• Report of man with gun prompts lockdown at Chase complex near Polaris

  06-06-2017 17:09
  
  Columbus Police say officers responded to report of a man with a gun at a Chase Bank branch located at 1111 Polaris Parkway. The bank is located in front of the large Chase complex at Polaris.Employees at the Chase building tell 10TV they received an alert saying there was a "domestic disturbance" and for employees to take shelter. The alert stated police were sweeping the area and asked staff to remain in locked rooms.No shots were fired and police do not believe there is a threat to the public
  
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• Former Cleveland Browns' NFL pension garnished to repay charity theft

  06-06-2017 16:41
  
  Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker will have nearly $400 a month garnished from his NFL pension payments after stealing from his nonviolence nonprofit groups.Rucker was sentenced last year to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $110,000 for using money from two charities to pay gambling debts and personal expenses. Cleveland.com reports the garnishments recently approved by a judge are Rucker's first meaningful payments to the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance and other groups.H
  
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• 3 Michigan State football players charged in campus sexual assault case

  06-06-2017 16:39
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. — Three Michigan State football players have been charged with criminal sexual conduct in connection with an incident that occurred on campus in January.Arrests warrants signed Tuesday by an Ingham County judge name Donnie Corley, Demetric Vance and Josh King. It was not clear when they would be arraigned.Corley and Vance face third-degree criminal sexual conduct. King is charged with first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct and distributing an image of an unclot
  
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• Southwest Airlines' 3-day sale offers flights as low as $49 out of Columbus

  06-06-2017 16:21
  
  Southwest Airlines' has launched a three-day sale nationwide offering fares for travel as low as $49.The sale started Tuesday and ends Thursday. Discounts are available for travel dates between August 22 and December 13 of this year.Here's a list of Southwest Airlines' 3-day sales out of Columbus, OH:Atlanta, GA starting at $79 one-wayBaltimore/Washington, MD starting at $49 one-wayBoston Logan, MA starting at $69 one-wayChicago (Midway), IL starting at $49 one-wayDallas (Love Field), TX startin
  
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• Worthington pizza joint celebrates opening with free pies Tuesday

  06-06-2017 16:08
  
  A new pizza restaurant in Worthington is celebrating their grand opening with free pizzas all day Tuesday.Blaze "Fast-Fire'd" Pizza is opening their second Columbus-area location at 7166 North High Street in Worthington.The restaurant says they'll give a free 11" personal pizza to any customer who follows them on social media all day Tuesday.Customers are able to customize their pizzas with a number of different toppings before being cooked in a high-temperature, open flame brick oven. The pizza
  
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• Amazon offers Prime discount to people on food stamps

  06-06-2017 15:19
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon is offering a sizeable discount on its Prime membership for people who receive government assistance.Customers that possess a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer card, used for programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs, or food stamps, will pay $5.99 per month.The typical monthly payment for Prime membership is $10.99, but users can also pay $99 per year up front, which equates to $8.25 per month.Prime members get free shipping on goods and unlimited
  
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• UK police name third attacker as new search gets underway

  06-06-2017 14:59
  LONDON — British police have named the third London Bridge attacker as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba and said he is believed to be an Italian national of Moroccan descent.Police said Tuesday he lived in east London and that his family has been notified, adding that he was not considered to be a "subject of interest" to either police or the intelligence services.The other two attackers were named Monday as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane. Khuram Shazad Butt (left) Rachid Redouane (middl
  
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• Women can get screened in mobile mammography unit

  06-06-2017 14:21
  A potentially life-saving tool will be in Pataskala today.Women can head to the Kroger on East Broad Street from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and get screened in a mobile mammography unit.One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. Experts say early detection is the best defense.You can learn more from OSU here.
  
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• Clippers 15, Bats 5

  06-06-2017 13:27
  The Clippers and Bats combined for 20 runs and 28 hits but it was Columbus that made the most noise where it counted in a 15-5 drubbing of Louisville in the first game of a five-game series at Huntington Park Monday night. Columbus did the most damage in the bottom of the third inning on Richie Shaffer's grand slam and a two-run homer by Mike Papi that gave the Clippers a 6-0 lead.
  
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• Trump infrastructure push faces cold shoulder from Congress

  06-06-2017 12:42
  
  Repairing the nation's crumbling roads and bridges was supposed to be an area ripe for bipartisan compromise between congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump. Instead, Democrats are panning Trump's proposed $1 trillion overhaul, the White House is signaling plans to go it alone, and even Republicans are balking at some aspects of the emerging plan.The White House's self-proclaimed "Infrastructure Week" began with Trump appearing Monday with aviation officials and some prominent GOP law
  
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• Google to teach school kids about online safety, etiquette

  06-06-2017 12:19
  
  Google is spearheading an educational campaign to teach pre-teen children how to protect themselves from scams, predators and other trouble.The program announced Tuesday is called "Be Internet Aware." Google coordinated the curriculum with several online safety groups, including the Family Online Safety Institute, the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and Connect Safely.The lessons are tailored for kids ranging from eight to 12 years old, a time when many of today's children are getting their own sma
  
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• Cheat Sheet: Navigating traffic around IKEA's opening day

  06-06-2017 11:05
  
  Central Ohioans should brace themselves for heavy traffic around the new IKEA location at I-71 and State Route 36/37 in Delaware County. Traffic is expected to be very heavy as the Swedish retailer's newest store officially opens its doors at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.10TV's Brittany Begley assembled this cheat sheet to get you there as smoothly as possible.IKEA Traffic Cheat Sheet—51,000 cars use the area dailyIKEA expects 10-12k visitors dailyStopped traffic, delays, and possible ramp restr
  
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• Columbus passes ordinance protecting city's immigrants

  06-06-2017 09:22
  The Columbus City Council has voted in favor of an executive order by Mayor Andrew Ginther creating protections for the city's immigrants. The vote Monday makes it against the law in Columbus to arrest or deny someone services based on their immigration status.
  
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• Person hit by car near Ohio State campus

  06-06-2017 07:40
  
  One person is in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle early Tuesday morning.Columbus Police say it happened on North High Street, just north of Patterson Avenue near the Ohio State University campus.The pedestrian was rushed to OSU Wexner Medical Center with life-threatening injuries at about 1:30 a.m. Police then shut down both lanes of High Street near Patterson to investigate. High Street reopened at about 2:00 a.m.According to Columbus Police, the pedestrian's condition improved at the
  
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• Pedestrian hit near OSU campus

  06-06-2017 07:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- A pedestrian is in the hospital after being hit by a car early Tuesday morning.Columbus Police officers say it happened in the 2300 block of North High Street, just north of Patterson Avenue near the Ohio State University campus.The pedestrian was rushed to OSU Wexner Medical Center with life-threatening injuries at about 1:30 a.m. Police then shut down both lanes of High Street near Patterson to investigate. High Street reopened at about 2:00 a.m.According to Columbus Police, t
  
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• How Baby Boomers Are Shaking Up the Retirement Home Biz

  06-06-2017 07:19
  As millions of Baby Boomers enter retirement, it's time to rethink the stale and depressing model of traditional retirement homes : institutional food, grumpy underpaid staff, and endless rounds of bingo. Jimmy Buffett's on board.
  
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• Hostage-taker in Australia had been acquitted of terror plot

  06-06-2017 05:52
  A gunman who killed a man and took a woman hostage before dying in a police shootout had been acquitted of plotting a terror attack at a Sydney army base years earlier, police said Tuesday. Three police officers were wounded.The siege Monday at an apartment building in a Melbourne suburb was being treated as an act of terror, but Victoria state Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the gunman appeared to have acted alone and not as part of any ongoing plot or threat."There is nothing that
  
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• Qatar says Kuwait trying to mediate, solve diplomatic rift

  06-06-2017 05:49
  Kuwait is trying to mediate a diplomatic crisis in which Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties to Qatar and moved to isolate the energy-rich, travel-hub nation from the outside world, Qatar's foreign minister said early Tuesday.The biggest diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf region since the 1991 U.S.-led war against Iraq pits several nations against Qatar, which is home to some 10,000 American troops and a major U.S. military base. Airlines suspended flights and residents nervous about the
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 6/5/2017

  06-06-2017 04:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Maxwell Releases Documentary About His King & Queen of Hearts Tour [VIDEO]

  06-06-2017 03:20
  Maxwell is giving fans a preview of everything that went into the his King & Queen Of Hearts Tour, which he embarked on with Mary J. Blige . In this new documentary, he opens up about what it takes to put on the quality kind of show that he wants every night, and showcases the members of his team that really make touring a family affair.
  
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• Canadian victim in London attack died in her fiance's arms

  06-06-2017 03:05
  
  Canadian social worker Christine Archibald is being remembered as a "bright light" for her profession as those who loved her launch an online campaign of compassionate acts after she was struck by a van of terrorists on London Bridge and died in her fiance's arms.The 30-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, had recently moved to the Netherlands to be with her fiance Tyler Ferguson, his sister Cassie Ferguson Rowe said. The couple was engaged three months ago.Ferguson had been walking a few steps ahead
  
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• Bridge named after Knox County Marine killed in Iraq

  06-06-2017 02:43
  Corporal Nathan Anderson lost his life in 2004 while serving his country in Iraq.Now a bridge has been dedicated to the fallen veteran from Knox County.Anderson graduated from East Knox High School.
  
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• Increase of car break-ins reported in Delaware County

  06-06-2017 02:31
  The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is reminding neighbors to keep their car doors locked and items out of sight after a spree of break-ins are reported in the Concord Township area.Investigators are looking for suspects who broke into dozens of cars over the last few weeks.Chris Martin knew immediately that something didn't seem right when he opened his passenger side door last week."We try to be very vigilant, but if you just let your guard down one second, just one night," Martin said.Someon
  
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• Girls sentenced in school bathroom attack that led to death

  06-06-2017 02:18
  
  A 17-year-old Delaware girl convicted in a school bathroom attack that left a 16-year-old classmate dead was sentenced Monday to six months in a juvenile facility.The girl was convicted of criminally negligent homicide by a Family Court judge in April in the 2016 death of Amy Joyner-Francis. Cellphone video of the attack shows Joyner-Francis struggling to fight back and escape as she is repeatedly hit and kicked in the head while her assailant holds on to her hair.The convicted teen will be sent
  
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• Report suggests Russia hackers breached voting software firm

  06-06-2017 02:05
  
  Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election, according to a government intelligence report leaked Monday that suggests election-related hacking penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than previously known.The classified National Security Agency report, which was published online by The Intercept, does not say whether the hacking had any effect on election results. But it says Russian military intelligence attacked a U.S.
  
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• Report: Harvard revokes student admission offers over online comments

  06-06-2017 01:53
  
  At least 10 students who were accepted to Harvard University had their admission offers revoked because they made offensive comments online, the university's student newspaper reported.The Harvard Crimson reported that some students in the incoming freshman class created a private Facebook group in December where they traded images and messages that were often sexually explicit and sometimes mocked racial minorities.One commenter called the hypothetical hanging of a Mexican child "piñata
  
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• Linda Sarsour Has Raised $80K For Anti-Muslim Hate Crime That Allegedly Did Not Happen

  06-06-2017 01:17
  Activist Linda Sarsour has raised more than $80,000 for a Somali woman who claims she was attacked by a white man in a hate crime, but there's much more to the story, the two people accused of the hate attack tell The Daily Caller. Sarsour started the fundraiser for Rahma Warsame, a 40-year-old single mother who lives in Columbus, Ohio, who says she was attacked on Saturday night by a white man while defending a friend.
  
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• Police searching for man accused of exposing himself in Grandview Heights

  06-06-2017 00:58
  
  Authorities are searching for a man who exposed himself to several women in Grandview Heights.Police said the incident happened around 9 a.m. Sunday at the tennis courts at McKinley Field on W. Goodale Boulevard.A victim told people the suspect parked along W. Goodale Boulevard, exited his vehicle completely nude except for a shirt draped over his head.The suspect shouted at the women to get their attention before returning to his vehicle and left southbound on Urlin Avenue.The suspect is descri
  
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• President Trump to visit Cincinnati Wednesday

  06-06-2017 00:37
  President Donald Trump will be in Cincinnati on Wednesday to discuss his infrastructure plan.He will speak at the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati at 1 p.m.President Trump will launch his push for a $1 trillion overhaul to the nation's roads.During his campaign, Trump said he would spend the money over 10 years to fix up roads, bridges and highways across the country.
  
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• Local Islamic group calls for thorough investigation into assault on Somali woman

  06-06-2017 00:18
  Was a neighborhood dispute a hate crime?The assault of a Somali woman has ignited calls for action across social media, but Columbus Police said the facts of the case may not match stories spreading online.It happened around 9 p.m. Saturday evening on Pinellas court in north Columbus. Rahma Warsame'sface is scabbed and swollen from the assault.What you can't see from the outside, she said, are the fractures in her face, two missing teeth and the stitches inside her mouth.She saidshe came home Sa
  
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