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• Advocates stage first big Texas protest against border wall

  12-08-2017 23:19
  
  MISSION, Texas — Hundreds of protesters wearing white and chanting in English and Spanish marched Saturday in Texas' first major protest against a border wall, crossing the earthen Rio Grande levee where President Donald Trump's administration wants to build part of the first phase.The protesters launched what's expected to be a fierce movement against Trump's best-known immigration policy priority. Many of the participants acknowledged they might not be able to stop a project that the U.S
  
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• Doppler 10: Expect a pleasant evening

  12-08-2017 21:27
  This Evening: Clouds break through the evening, pleasant.
  Tonight: Mostly clear with patchy fog late.Low 59.Winds: N 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with passing clouds in the afternoon.High 81.Winds: NE 4-8 mph.
  Monday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, seasonable.High 83.Winds: ENE 4-8 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Any afternoon clouds that are around will break through the evening and we’ll turn mostly clear with patchy fog lat
  
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• Officials re-evaluate recycling programs

  12-08-2017 21:17
  In the course of a single day last Saturday, roaming clean-up crews pulled 65 tons of discarded furniture from the sidewalks and alleys near Ohio State University. "A majority of our waste comes through during this time of the year," said Kyle O'Keefe, innovation and programs director for the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.
  
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• Trump condemns violence after white nationalist rally

  12-08-2017 20:56
  
  President Trump broke his Twitter silence Saturday after being criticized for his silence as protests turned violent at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.WATCH LIVE: President Trump speaks after protests turn violent in Charlottesville, VAMr. Trump tweeted that all Americans must condemn hate and violence, without mentioning the Charlottesville incident directly. The "Unite the Right" rally erupted into chaos Saturday morning, resulting in fights, tear gas and injuries and p
  
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• Trump blames 'many sides' for violent clashes in Virginia

  12-08-2017 20:56
  
  BEDMINISTER, N.J.— President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led the governor to declare a state of emergency, contending that Trump's campaign fed the flames of prejudice.Trump, on a working vacation at his New
  
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• Ohio veteran laid to rest 73 years after death

  12-08-2017 20:22
  
  The body of an Ohio veteran was laid to rest Saturday, 73 years after he was killed during World War II.
  “It’s something that every soldier that dies in active duty is entitled to and we didn’t have an opportunity to do that during the war and now we’ve finally got that opportunity to give him the honor and recognition that he deserves,” said Capt. Joel Sprout, who helped Davis’ family with the process.
  Dozens of people lined the streets of Zanesville to bid S
  
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• MadLab’s Warm, Vibrant Counter/Top

  12-08-2017 20:14
  MadLab’s Fall 2017 season dedicated to premieres bursts strong off the blocks with Kirin McCrory’s Counter/Top directed by Megan Mateer. Counter/Top takes place in a diner you think has been right off the highway forever. Miss Betty (Catherine Cryan) presides over the scene, den mother, mediator and magistrate. Adrift Liza (Kayla Theis) hints she’s at the diner more […]
  
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• White nationalist rally, violence rock Virginia city; 1 dead

  12-08-2017 18:29
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade: the governor declared a state of emergency, police dressed in riot gear ordered people out and helicopter
  
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• Vehicle plows into protesters at white nationalist rally in Virginia; injuries unknown

  12-08-2017 18:29
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Authorities are on the scene after a vehicle plowed into a group of people marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville.An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately afterward the incident, which occurred approximately two hours after violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters.The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a s
  
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• Suspect ID'd in Charlottesville deadly car crash as 20-year-old Ohio man

  12-08-2017 18:29
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 34 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.CNN reports the suspect being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a deadly crash near a scheduled rally of white nationalists has been identified as James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, according to Superinten
  
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• Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths

  12-08-2017 18:29
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 34 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.Officials say the deaths of two people in a helicopter crash near Charlottesville, Virginia, have been linked to a violent white nationalist rally earlier in the day.It was not immediately clear how the crash was connected
  
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• Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally

  12-08-2017 18:29
  
  Hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city's downtown.Rally supporters and counter-protesters screamed, chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning.Men dressed in militia uniforms were carrying shields and openly carrying long guns. Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler planned what he called a "pro-white" rally to protest Charlottesville's decision to remove a statu
  
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• Plane crashes during Veterans event at Ashland County airport

  12-08-2017 18:13
  
  Minor injuries were reported after a plane made what authorities described as a "crash landing" at the Ashland County Airport Saturday morning. The plane, described as a restored Navy SNJ-4 aircraft, was involved in a Veterans Appreciation Event scheduled at the airport. The Ashland post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol were investigating the incident along with the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, according to an OSHP dispatcher. A flyer for the event advertised Military Jeep rides, military me
  
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• Concert Preview: TLC

  12-08-2017 18:02
  I reserve almost all of my singing for the safe and judgment-free confines of my Volkswagen. Because a 41-year-old man belting out the bridge of TLC’s “Red Light Special” in falsetto — with pitch-perfect conviction, I’ll add — is something that really should be enjoyed by an audience of just himself in complete isolation. While […]
  
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• Newark Police searching for missing teen, infant son

  12-08-2017 17:44
  
  Newark Police and Licking County Childrens Services are searching for a missing 16-year-old girl and her 1-year-old son.Macalie Hammond is described as Caucasian, 5' 6" tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen with her infant son, Jonathen, on Friday afternoon in the downtown Newark area. Police say that Hammond does not have the means to care for Jonathen. She is believed to have family ties in both Newark and Heath. Authorities are asking anyone with information about the wherea
  
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• Columbus school officials thrilled to benefit from WOSA's used-instrument drive

  12-08-2017 16:46
  Because music has profoundly affected the lives of Bill and Sarah Lange, the Far North Side couple jumped at the chance to introduce it to someone else. The Langes donated a trombone belonging to their son to Columbus City Schools - via a recent used-instrument drive sponsored by WOSA , the classical-music station of WOSU Radio.
  
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• Bolt gets Jamaica into the relay final for grand farewell

  12-08-2017 14:05
  
  LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt set the stage for his grand farewell, powering down the finishing straight Saturday to qualify Jamaica for the 4x100-meter relay final at the world championships.Fittingly, he will face Justin Gatlin and the United States in the final chapter of his unparalleled career.Both nations won their heats early Saturday, though the U.S. relay squad got the baton around with more aplomb than Jamaica, which had to rely on Bolt to clinch victory.And Bolt relished the adulatio
  
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• Two Buildings on Key Block Downtown Undergoing Renovations

  12-08-2017 14:00
  Work is set to begin soon on the renovation of a three-story building at 44 N. High St. downtown, between Broad and Gay streets. Plans call for four residential units on the upper floors with the retail incubator POP Columbus eventually slated to occupy the ground level. “These four units will be really spectacular and […]
  
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• 9-year-old girl shot dead amid Kenya post-election protests

  12-08-2017 13:59
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police shot and killed two people during riots by opposition supporters after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in elections overshadowed by fraud allegations, authorities said Saturday, while a father said his 9-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet in the capital.The two police shootings occurred on the outskirts of Kisumu, a city where opposition leader Raila Odinga has strong support, according to Leonard Katana, a regional police co
  
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• Fire blocks route for dozens in Glacier National Park chalet

  12-08-2017 13:54
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire has cut off the return route for dozens of people staying in a Glacier National Park backcountry chalet, leaving them the choice of remaining until rangers tell them it's safe or hiking out along a longer and more difficult trail, park officials said Friday.Park rangers also planned to lead out 39 other hikers who were staying in backcountry campsites near fires that broke out after a passing lightning storm on Thursday, Glacier spokeswoman Lauren Alley said
  
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• Parents test school liability in bullying and child suicide

  12-08-2017 13:48
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie are testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying.The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabriel Taye against Cincinnati Public Schools and school officials cites repeated examples of Gabriel and others being bullied at his elementary school. They contend school officials knew about the bullying but played it down, allowing what they call a "treache
  
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• Chinese President calls for calm after Trump says US is 'locked and loaded'

  12-08-2017 12:21
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping made a plea for cool-headedness over escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea in a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, urging both sides to avoid words or actions that could worsen the situation.The call came after Trump unleashed a slew of fresh threats against North Korea on Friday, declaring the U.S. military "locked and loaded" and warning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he "will regret it fast" if he takes any action
  
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• Methodists look for creative ways to reverse membership losses Updated at

  12-08-2017 12:13
  It used to be that when a United Methodist church was built, people came without coaxing. Now, the denomination's leaders say they have to be a little more creative when it comes to getting people through the doors.
  
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• Doppler 10: Drying out over the weekend

  12-08-2017 10:29
  Today: Clouds gradually break through the morning with some afternoon sunshine.High 80.Winds: NW 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy to mostly clear with patchy fog late.Low 60.Winds: N 3-6 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with passing clouds in the afternoon.High 81.Winds: NE 4-8 mph.
  Monday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, seasonable.High 83.Winds: ENE 4-8 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: Showers are moving out but some clouds are left in thei
  
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• Buyer sought for Fairview Cemetery

  12-08-2017 07:51
  The receiver of Fairview Memorial Cemetery has filed his third report in Delaware County Common Pleas Court and said he is reaching out to potential purchasers.A.C. Strip, Esq., a Columbus-based attorney specializing in corporate insolvency, was appointed to care for Fairview Memorial Cemetery by Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David Gormley at ... (more)
  
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• Ohio police union casts no-confidence vote against mayor

  12-08-2017 03:31
  Jason Pappas, left, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9, explains a no-confidence vote taken by Columbus officers against the city's mayor, city council president and safety-service director, at a news conference attended by several other union officials, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio.
  
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• Columbus police union casts no-confidence vote against mayor

  12-08-2017 03:31
  Jason Pappas, left, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9, explains a no-confidence vote taken by Columbus officers against the city's mayor, city council president and safety-service director, at a news conference attended by several other union officials, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio.
  
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• Judge in groping case tosses DJ's suit against Taylor Swift

  12-08-2017 02:20
  
  A judge on Friday threw out a Denver radio host's case against Taylor Swift in a trial that delved into their dueling lawsuits over whether he groped her during a backstage meet-and-greet and whether she and her team ruined his career.U.S. District Judge William Martinez determined that the pop star could not be held liable because David Mueller failed to prove that she personally set out to have him fired after the 2013 photo op before a concert. His identical allegations against Swift's mother
  
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• Dolphins Raekwon McMillan out for season with torn ACL

  12-08-2017 01:37
  
  Promising Miami Dolphins rookie linebacker Raekwon McMillan will miss the entire season with a torn ACL in his right knee, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.The person confirmed the diagnosis to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Dolphins had not disclosed the severity of the injury. McMillan was the front-runner to win the starting job at middle linebacker until he was hurt covering a punt early in Thursday's exhibition opener against Atlanta.McMillan was
  
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• Teenager injured in near east side Columbus shooting

  12-08-2017 00:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A 16-year-old was shot while attending a memorial vigil at Beatty Park in Columbus on Friday, according to police.Police told 10TV the victim showed up at Ohio State University Hospital East before being taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.Police said the victim was in serious condition.Beatty Park is in the 200 block of N. Ohio Avenue on the city’s near east side.No one has been arrested in connection to the shooting.Police ask anyone with information to call Co
  
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• One injured in near east side Columbus shooting

  12-08-2017 00:16
  
  One person is injured after a shooting at Beatty Park in Columbus.Police told 10TV the victim showed up at Ohio State University Hospital East before being taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in stable condition.Beatty Park is on N. Ohio Avenue on the city’s near east side.Police have not identified the person who was shot.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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