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• STEM camp allows students to go to outer space

  21-07-2017 23:40
  A group of students have created their own space experiments during a program called Go for Launch. It's a 3-day space-inspired STEM camp where kids learn from a retired astronaut and other professionals who have worked in the industry."We gave them essentially five hours to build these experiments," said Alisha Sleeper, a middle school math teacher who helped to coordinate the program at Watkins Memorial High School. "Everything else was team work and leadership and collaboration and being insp
  
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• Woman waits 12 years for justice after her ex shot her

  21-07-2017 22:23
  Diona Clark's scars show where the bullet ripped through her wrist. Another just missed her heart.Clark says she thought she was going to die when her ex-boyfriend came to her apartment on Shrock Road in September 2005 and shot her at point blank range.Larry Belcher, her ex-boyfriend, later shot himself in the head. Police at the time didn't think he would survive his injury.Not only did Belcher awake from a coma a month later, police never bothered to check to see if he was alive.By the time po
  
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• Report: Kyrie Irving asked Cavs for trade

  21-07-2017 22:19
  
  by Jack Maloney (CBS SPORTS)All-Star guard Kyrie Irving has asked the Cleveland Cavaliers ​ to trade him, according to a report from ESPN's Brian Windhorst on Friday afternoon.The news came out of nowhere, shocking everyone in the NBA world, including even LeBron James, who according to Windhorst's report, was "blindsided" by the news. Via ESPN.This news brings new meaning to Kyrie's comments the other day, when he said that the Cavaliers were in a "peculiar place." If they weren't then, w
  
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• Around Columbus: Pearl Market

  21-07-2017 21:58
  
  
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• US 33 eastbound shut down due to crash near Gender Road

  21-07-2017 21:24
  
  The eastbound lanes of US 33 are closed just before Gender Road due to a crash.The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said two or three vehicles may be involved.Authorities also have the left westbound lane closed past Gender Road.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Sarah Sanders replaces Spicer as press secretary

  21-07-2017 20:51
  
  New York financier Anthony Scaramucci has been formally named White House communications director and Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been promoted to press secretary in the Trump White House's latest shakeup.Trump says in a statement read by Sanders that he's "grateful" for departing press secretary Sean Spicer's "work on behalf of my administration and the American people."He adds: "just look at his great television ratings!"Scaramucci also is addressing reporters at the White House. He calls Spice
  
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• Kentucky told to pay attorney fees in same-sex marriage case

  21-07-2017 20:39
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge has ordered Kentucky taxpayers to pay more than $220,000 in fees to the attorneys for two same-sex couples and others who won a legal fight against a county clerk who refused to issue them marriage licenses in 2015.U.S. District Judge David Bunning says Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was acting on behalf of the state government when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on the basis of her personal religious beliefs. He ordered the state
  
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• Wilson Road Park Bike Trail Opening Celebration

  21-07-2017 20:23
  
  
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• Some Columbus suburbs approach medical marijuana with caution: Ohio Matters

  21-07-2017 19:30
  Daniel Kessler, a plastics businessman, taps on his smartphone outside a former toy factory in Youngstown, Ohio on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Kessler is the grandson of a toy and plastics tycoon who patented an early version of the hula hoop.
  
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• 2 dead, 500 hurt as deadly quake rattles Greece, Turkey

  21-07-2017 18:50
  
  KOS, Greece (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook beach resorts Friday in Greece and Turkey, killing two tourists crushed when a building collapsed on a bar in the Greek island of Kos and injuring nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region.Only a few miles apart, Kos and the Turkish resort of Bodrum were hit hours before dawn by the shallow undersea quake that caused a two-foot (0.6-meter) sea swell and havoc among residents and thousands of vacationers at bars and restaurants.The U.S. Ge
  
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• Sushi Concept Planned for Short North Mixed-Use Project

  21-07-2017 18:32
  Imagine Forno, but with sushi instead of pizza. That’s the concept Corso Ventures has planned for the restaurant that’ll open inside the five story mixed-use building going up at the intersection of Third Avenue and High Street in the Short North. Like Forno, this new restaurant will have an open kitchen, allowing guests to witness […]
  
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• Chester Bennington died by hanging, coroner confirms

  21-07-2017 18:32
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County coroner confirmed Friday that Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died by hanging.Coroner's office spokesman Ed Winter says the 41-year-old rocker hanged himself from a bedroom door in his home near Los Angeles.Bennington was found dead Thursday.Winter says a half-empty bottle of alcohol was found in the room, but no drugs were evident. Bennington struggled with drug and alcohol addictions at various times during his life.A suicide note was not foun
  
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• Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary

  21-07-2017 18:05
  
  WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump's embattled spokesman during the first six months of his presidency, is resigning his position, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.Spicer's decision appears to be linked to the appointment of a new White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci. The people with knowledge of the decision spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the person
  
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• For The Record: The Gibb Collective

  21-07-2017 18:00
  When I interviewed local singer-songwriter Samantha Gibb last summer, she hinted at a new recording project that would surface within the next year. In the months following, she and her longtime collaborator and close friend Lazaro Rodriguez began work on what would eventually become Please Don’t Turn Out The Lights, a full-length album tribute to the musical […]
  
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• Wanted felon from Virginia found in Columbus after armed home invasion

  21-07-2017 17:24
  An out-of-state fugitive wanted for stalking and child sex crimes put a Columbus neighborhood on lockdown Friday.Christopher DeMoranville has a history of crimes including conspiracy to kill a judge and his own parents.He's wanted for multiple felonies in Virginia, but it was west Columbus where police arrested him.It was about 9:30 a.m. Friday morning that members of a fugitive task force located Christopher DeMoranville at the Meijer on Hilliard-Rome Road.When they tried to arrest him, police
  
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• Police arrest 'armed & dangerous' suspect near Hilliard

  21-07-2017 17:24
  
  Multiple agencies, including Columbus and Hilliard Police, captured a wanted man on Andrew James Drive in west Columbus early Friday afternoon.The man, Christopher Demoranville from Virginia, was arrested without incident according to Sgt. David Pelphrey of Columbus Division of Police. According to Pelphrey, police are unaware at this time of any connection to Ohio.WTVR in Virginia reports Demoranville was wanted for stalking and sex crimes against a child in Virginia.He was being previously sou
  
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• Doppler 10: Muggy & warm; chance for storms

  21-07-2017 17:14
  This Evening: Muggy & Warm. Chance for a stray shower or storm.
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy, warm & muggy with a chance for scattered showers & storms. 74 Light West
  Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. Chance for scattered showers and storms. Upper 80s. S 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Chance early, then brightening skies. 87 W 5-10 mphWeather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:A series of weak disturbances, combined with heat and humidity, will keep the chance for sho
  
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• Doppler 10: Hot & humid; chance for storms

  21-07-2017 17:14
  Today:Staying hot and humid. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower or storm. High 92. N wind 0-5 mph.
  Tonight:Mostly cloudy with a slight chance for storms. Low 74. Light and variable wind.
  Tomorrow: A better chance for showers and storms. High 90. SW wind 5-10 mph.
  Sunday::Still humid with a chance for showers and storms early, then mainly just mostly cloudy. High 88.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Hot and humid again today with a
  
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• Nolan in WWII, Bruce Willis in CBUS: Movies This Week

  21-07-2017 17:00
  So many movies! WWII epics, foul mouthed nuns, Bruce Willis in Columbus, foul mouthed besties, intergalactic adolescent fantasy, and Sally Hawkins in an award-worthy turn. Too many to cover, but I hit what I could. Mainly, see Dunkirk. For real. Dunkirk Christopher Nolan, one of the biggest imaginations in film, takes on a WWII epic. […]
  
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• Exhumed remains of Salvador Dali finds mustache intact

  21-07-2017 16:56
  
  Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali's embalmed remains to aid a court-ordered paternity test that may enable a woman who says she is the surrealist artist's daughter to claim part of Dali's vast estate.Officials said Friday that the artist's mummified remains were so well preserved that even his famous mustache had survived the passing of time and remained in "its classic shape of ten past ten," referring to the hands on a clock.Dali, who once
  
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• Ohio veteran can keep ducks to relieve PTSD, depression

  21-07-2017 16:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio veteran who sought to defy local law and keep pet ducks, that he says help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can now keep them.The Coshocton Tribune reports the West Lafayette Village Council this week granted Darin Welker a variance to an ordinance prohibiting farm animals in the village, about 80 miles east of Columbus.Welker was convicted in 2014 of a misdemeanor for violating the ban on farm animals. A state appeals court later upheld h
  
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• Photos: Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen

  21-07-2017 16:05
  Milwaukee, WI and Liverpool, UK alt-rock pioneers the Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen, respectively, co-headlined Express Live! on Wednesday night for an evening of decades-old classic rock and roll aimed squarely at the vastly vintage crowd that casually sprawled over the venues spacious lawn. Photos by Matt Ellis.
  
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• Grassroots: Black Queer & Intersex Columbus Brings Intersectionality to Liberation

  21-07-2017 16:00
  For such a young organization, Black Queer & Intersex Columbus (BQIC) has already managed to push itself to the forefront of issues at the intersection of race and gender identity. Joining other community organizations with common ideals and goals, BQIC confronts injustices as they affect queer and trans people of color, a population that’s been […]
  
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• Grassroots: Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus Redefines Liberation

  21-07-2017 16:00
  For such a young organization, Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus (BQIC) has already managed to push itself to the forefront of issues at the intersection of race and gender identity. Joining other community organizations with common ideals and goals, BQIC confronts injustices as they affect queer and trans people of color, a population that’s been […]
  
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• Chief: Australian woman shot by cop 'did not have to die'

  21-07-2017 15:52
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — An Australian woman should not have been shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call and the officer's actions "go against who we are in the department," the city's police chief said.In her first public remarks on the killing, Chief Janee Harteau on Thursday defended Officer Mohamed Noor's training but lamented the death of 40-year-old bride-to-be Justine Damond, who was shot in the stomach as she approached a squad car near her home."This did not
  
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• Changes Recommended for Tax Abatement Programs

  21-07-2017 15:48
  A new draft report takes a comprehensive look at how the City of Columbus incentivizes development and makes some recommendations on ways to change the system to benefit more neighborhoods. One of those recommendations calls for taking a portion of the benefit that developers currently get for building in the Short North and directing it […]
  
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• Police: Video shows teens watching, laughing as man drowns

  21-07-2017 15:29
  
  COCOA, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say a group of teens watched and laughed as a man drowned in a retention pond last week.Jamel Dunn drowned in a retention pond in the city of Cocoa on July 9. Cocoa police say they later discovered a group of teens recorded the 31-year-old's drowning on video. The video was released by the state attorney's office Thursday and audio was published by Florida Today. The teens can be heard laughing at Dunn, telling him he's going die and they weren't going
  
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• Beijing says no to Justin Bieber over past 'bad behavior'

  21-07-2017 14:59
  
  China's capital says it won't be inviting Justin Bieber to perform in the country because of his past "bad behavior," although it did concede that the Canadian singer has talent.In response to a question from a purported fan on its web page, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture said it was acting in the interest of imposing standards and order and "cleaning up" the domestic performance market.It said Bieber's "bad behavior," including in his private life abroad and while in China to perform,
  
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• Abortion protesters were monitored by Louisville Metro

  21-07-2017 14:47
  Abortion opponents seeking to shut down Kentucky's last abortion clinic plan to show graphic images of abortions at Louisville Metro Hall. Protesters plan to show abortion on jumbotron Abortion opponents seeking to shut down Kentucky's last abortion clinic plan to show graphic images of abortions at Louisville Metro Hall.
  
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• Florin Coffee Roasters Launches Online Retail Store

  21-07-2017 14:00
  After nine years of running roasting programs at local coffee shops, Hans Hochstedler was ready to branch out on his own. Teaming up with his wife Joelle, they’ve started new wholesaling roasting company Florin Coffee. “The goal is to not have a brick and mortar store,” Hans Hochstedler said. “The reason we’re doing that is […]
  
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• Gahanna Police: Burglar is prying open doors to break into homes

  21-07-2017 13:54
  Gahanna Police say someone is breaking into homes and using a tool to pry open doors.Police say the burglaries happened Thursday in the early morning hours.Homes along Laurel Ridge Drive and White Tail Drive were targeted.Police are asking for people who might see any suspicious activity in the area or have information about this crime to call Detective Eric Allen at 614-342-4214.
  
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• Microburst caught on camera

  21-07-2017 13:49
  Cameras caught a microburst during a thunderstorm in Tucson, Arizona
  
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• US to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea

  21-07-2017 13:36
  
  WASHINGTON — American citizens will be barred from traveling to North Korea next month following a prohibition on using U.S. passports to enter the country, the State Department said Friday.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to impose a "geographical travel restriction" on North Korea following the death last month of American university student Otto Warmbier, who fell into a coma while in North Korean custody."Due to mounting concerns over the serious risk of arrest and long-term de
  
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• Report: US to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea

  21-07-2017 13:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had decided to impose "geographic travel restriction" for North Korea, the officials said, which would make it illegal to use U.S. passports to enter the country. They said the restriction would go into effect 30
  
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• AP sources: US to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea

  21-07-2017 13:36
  
  U.S. officials say the Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea following the death of university student Otto Warmbier, who passed away after falling into a coma into a North Korean prison.The officials said Friday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had determined to implement a "geographical travel restriction" for North Korea, which would make the use of U.S. passports to enter the country illegal. They said the restriction would go into effect 30 days
  
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• Chester Bennington's death mirrors that of close friend Chris Cornell

  21-07-2017 13:33
  NEW YORK— The death of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington came as a surprise to the world when it was announced, but it also struck similarities to the death of fellow rocker and close friend Chris Cornell, who killed himself in May.Authorities are investigating Bennington's death as an apparent suicide, Los Angeles County coroner spokesman Brian Elias said Thursday. Bennington, who was 41, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles. He had a strong bond with Cornell and died on what
  
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• Chester Bennington dies on his friend Chris Cornell's birthday

  21-07-2017 13:33
  CNN - After his friend Chris Cornell died two months ago, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington wrote a letter thanking him for inspiring him and hoping he would find peace in "the next life.""Your talent was pure and unrivaled," Bennington wrote. "Your voice was joy and pain, anger and forgiveness, love and heartache all wrapped into one. I suppose that's what we all are."Bennington died Thursday, on Cornell's birthday. Authorities are treating Bennington's death as an apparent suicide.In his l
  
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• Scaramucci under consideration for top White House job

  21-07-2017 12:55
  
  New York financier Anthony Scaramucci is under consideration to join the Trump administration as communications director.That's according to two people with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.Scaramucci is a frequent defender of the president on television and was a fixture at Trump Tower during Trump's transition.He'd be filling the role left by Mike Dubke, who announced his resignation in May. White House press secretary Sean Spicer
  
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• Three hospitalized after car crashes into Starbucks

  21-07-2017 12:42
  Three people were hospitalized Thursday after a car crashed into a Valley Glen Starbucks in California.Eight people were in the area around 1 p.m. when a vehicle collided with another car trying to make a turn, sending one of the cars into side of the building and spraying glass and chunks of the building inside.Investigators say three were taken to the hospital. No serious injuries were reported.It was not immediately clear who was at fault.A police investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Renter wants to target property developer, manager in submeter complaint

  21-07-2017 12:32
  Month-old rules regarding utility submetering may get their first test as the result of a complaint filed this week by a Reynoldsburg woman. Cynthia Wingo, an elementary-school teacher, is asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for permission to revise the complaint she filed in December against Nationwide Energy Partners, the company that resells electricity service in her apartment complex.
  
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• Gahanna Police cancel Amber Alert for 2-year-old girl

  21-07-2017 09:02
  
  UPDATE: Gahanna Police canceled the AMBER Alert. Police told 10TV the child is OK.ORIGINAL STORY: Gahanna Police issued an AMBER Alert early Friday for 2-year-old Leah Ross. Police said she was taken by John Ross, who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol.The vehicle was described as a light blue Honda Odyssey with the license plate #GXN9107.Police say they may be headed to Sunbury.Here's what Gahanna Police tell 10TV about Leah Ross.Age now: 2 years old
  Sex: Female
  Skin: White
  Hair:
  
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• Shuffle: Why AEG's Agora Takeover Is Good For Cleveland And Music Fans

  21-07-2017 08:03
  Northeast Ohio's music scene is likely to change dramatically with the arrival of AEG. The world's second-largest concert promoter is taking over the storied Agora venue, in a building in Cleveland's midtown that began life over a century ago as an opera house.
  
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• Apollo 11 bag laced with moon dust sells for $1.8 million

  21-07-2017 05:50
  
  A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle.The collection bag, used by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the first manned mission to the moon in 1969, was sold at a Sotheby's auction of items related to space voyages. The buyer declined to be identified. The pre-sale estimate was $2 million to $4 million.The artifact from the Apollo 11 mission had been misidentified and sold at an online government auction, and NASA had fo
  
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• Man critically injured after shooting on near east side of Columbus

  21-07-2017 05:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a shooting on the city's near east side.Police said a 25-year-old man was shot around 11:15 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Mt. Vernon Avenue.Authorities say the victim La'Kee Chatman was standing with a group of people when shots were fired at the group.Chatman was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition, according to police.Police issued a warrant for the suspect who fired the shots, 25
  
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• 1 person critically injured after shooting on near east side of Columbus

  21-07-2017 05:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a shooting on the city's near east side.Police said one person was shot around 11:15 p.m. in the 1000 block of Mt. Vernon Avenue.That person was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Does booming Columbus have enough OB-GYN doctors?

  21-07-2017 03:34
  With some cities across the country bracing for potential OB-GYN shortages, a new study assessing OB-GYN staffing in major metro areas shows that Columbus is well-equipped. The study was released Thursday by Doximity, a professional social network for physicians and advanced-practice clinicians designed to enhance collaboration among health-care professionals.
  
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• Chief: Death of Australian woman 'should not have happened'

  21-07-2017 03:01
  
  The fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call "should not have happened," police Chief Janee Harteau said Thursday, adding that the officer's actions "go against who we are in the department."In her first public remarks since the death of Justine Damond, a 40-year-old life coach and bride-to-be, Harteau defended Officer Mohamed Noor's training but criticized his actions."The actions in question go against who we are in the department, how we
  
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