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• Mayor says Houston 'open for business' despite flood threat

  03-09-2017 23:29
  
  HOUSTON — Crews went door-to-door Sunday in parts of western Houston, shutting off power and warning anyone still in homes left soggy by Harvey that more flooding was possible as engineers relieved pressure on overtaxed city reservoirs.Some people took a break from their cleanup efforts in the sweltering heat to worship on a declared National Day of Prayer, while others worried about looters and scavengers in storm-ravaged neighborhoods.Houston officials stressed that the recovery was alre
  
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• Houston braces for new flooding, chemical plant burns anew

  03-09-2017 23:29
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities launched a controlled burn Sunday at a chemical plant damaged by Harvey that had already seen several explosions, saying highly unstable compounds inside needed to be neutralized.Officials announced "proactive measures" to ignite the six remaining trailers at the Arkema plant in Crosby, outside Houston, but said doing so wouldn't pose any additional risk to the community. People living within a mile and a half of the site are still evacuated.Video broadcast Sunday aft
  
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• Woman transported to hospital after being struck by vehicle in west Columbus

  03-09-2017 23:03
  
  COLUMBUS -- A woman was transported to Mount Carmel West after she was struck by a vehicle Sunday afternoon in west Columbus.According to police, the woman is in critical condition. The call came in at 4:38 p.m.Police on the scene say the woman is in her 50s. There are no charges pending at this point.The incident occurred on the corner of Fremont Street and Wayne Avenue, two blocks north of Sullivant Avenue.Stay with 10TV for more on this developing situation.
  
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• Doppler 10: A pleasant evening

  03-09-2017 22:47
  This Evening: Clearing skies, a pleasant evening.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and seasonable.Low 59.Winds: SW 3-6 mph.
  Labor Day: Mostly sunny and breezy with the slight chance for rain after sunset.High 85.Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
  Tuesday: Showers and storms early with a few lingering in the afternoon.High 75.Winds: W 8-12 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:High pressure is moving in and pleasant conditions are returning to the region as a result.La
  
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• Construction Cranes Dot the Skyline in Downtown Columbus

  03-09-2017 20:47
  With so many construction sites dotting the landscape of Downtown Columbus, it’s easy to lose track of what exactly is being built in each location. When all else fails, it’s generally safe to assume you’re looking at the future home of a mixed-use project containing a mix of ground-floor retail, office, apartments or condos, and […]
  
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• Texas expects EPA to 'get on top of' toxic water risk

  03-09-2017 20:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he expects the Environmental Protection Agency "to get on top" of the threat of possible water contamination after an Associated Press report of highly toxic waste sites flooded in the Houston area."The EPA is monitoring that. The EPA is going to get on top of that," said Abbott, when asked on "Fox News Sunday" whether toxic floodwaters could pose a continuing health threat to Texas residents."We are working with the EPA to make sure that we
  
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• Neighbor remembers 1-year-old stabbing victim as "loving, happy"

  03-09-2017 20:14
  
  COLUMBUS - "That's heartbreaking," Cheriese Reid said. "Because my kids are my life."It's heartbreaking. Unimaginable."I would never, ever think of nothing or anything or anybody that would want to hurt a baby because what can they do at that age," Reid said.Sunday morning, Reid, a mother-of-seven, learned what had happened just next door on South 22nd Street."It was just like...how could a mom do that to their own kids," she said.Police say it's where her neighbor, 1-year-old Lalanna Sharpe, wa
  
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• Trump, asked if he'd attack North Korea, says: 'We'll see'

  03-09-2017 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON — North Korea on Sunday claimed a "perfect success" for its most powerful nuclear test so far, a further step in the development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States. President Donald Trump, asked if he would attack the North, said, "We'll see."He also suggested squeezing China, the North's patron for many decades and a vital U.S. trading partner, on the economic front, in hopes of persuading Beijing to exert leverage on its neighbor. Trump tweeted that t
  
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• Mattis: North Korea threat would bring massive military response

  03-09-2017 20:06
  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a "massive military response — a response both effective and overwhelming." Earlier, President Donald Trump threatened to halt all trade with countries doing business with the North, a veiled warning to China, and faulted South Korea for its "talk of appeasement."The tough talk from America's com
  
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• Mattis: NKorea threat would bring massive military response

  03-09-2017 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea's latest nuclear provocation with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a "massive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming." While he said America does not seek the "total annihilation" of the North, he added somberly, "We have many options to do so."The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday after North Korea conducted its mos
  
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• Baby dies from stab wounds; 17-year-old mom charged

  03-09-2017 19:57
  A one-year-old infant died early Sunday after she was stabbed, and her mother has been charged with murder. Columbus medics and police officers were called to a home in the 800 block of South 22nd Street on the South Side at 12:50 a.m. on a report that a baby needed medical attention and was not moving.
  
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• Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist, Walter Becker dies at 67

  03-09-2017 18:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the rock group Steely Dan, has died. He was 67. His official website announced his death Sunday with no further details.Donald Fagen released a statement in remembrance of his Steely Dan bandmate. Fagen said he intends to keep the music they created together alive as long as he can with the Steely Dan band.Becker had missed performances earlier in the summer in Los Angeles and New York. Fagen later told Billboard th
  
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• Authorities looking for man accused of robbing Wendy's restaurant in Whitehall

  03-09-2017 17:43
  
  Authorities are trying to identify a man accused of robbing a Wendy's restaurant in Whitehall.According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, it happened on Aug. 29 at the Wendy's located at 3747 E. Broad St. Authorities say the man approached the front counter and ordered food before implying he had a gun and demanding money from the cashier.After the cashier complied, authorities say the man fled from the restaurant on foot.Crime Stoppers describes the man as 30-40 years old, 130-145 pounds, nearly
  
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• Man found fatally shot on East Side

  03-09-2017 15:38
  Columbus police were called to the 1200 block of Stone Ridge Drive, south of East Main Street and just west of Big Walnut Creek, at 10:36 p.m. on a report of a shooting, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• Teenage mother charged with murder, accused of killing 1-year-old daughter

  03-09-2017 15:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder after police say she stabbed her 1-year-old daughter Sunday morning.Columbus police say the child was stabbed by her mother, Lachelle Anderson.It happened on the 800 block of 22nd Street just before 1 a.m.Officers have identified the victim as 1-year-old Lalanna Sharpe. She suffered from stab wounds and was pronounced dead at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Missing Temple University student found dead, police say

  03-09-2017 14:58
  
  PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police say the body of a missing Temple University student has been found and a man will be charged in her death. In a press conference Saturday night authorities say that Joshua Hupperterz, 29 has been taken into custody and is facing multiple charges including the murder of 22-year-old Jenna Burleigh, CBS Philadelphia reports. Police say Burleigh met Hupperterz, a former Temple University student, at the bar and were seen leaving together on video Thursday morning,
  
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• Astronaut Peggy Whitson home after record-setting flight

  03-09-2017 14:53
  
  Wrapping up a record-setting flight, Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced astronaut with nearly two years of time in orbit across three missions, returned to Earth Saturday after a 288-day stay aboard the International Space Station, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Soyuz MS-04 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineer Jack Fischer.Descending gently under a billowing orange-and-white parachute, the Soyuz crew module, scorched after a fiery high-speed plunge back into the atmos
  
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• 3 injured after shooting in southeast Columbus

  03-09-2017 13:23
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus Police are investigating a shooting that injured three people in southeast Columbus.It happened at the intersection of Fleet Road and Refugee Road around 3:30 Sunday morning.Detectives on scene confirm there may be three different scenes, possibly all related.One victim was transported to Grant Medical Center in stable condition. The other victims were taken to other local hospitals in non-life-threatening condition.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Alan Miller: New editorial page editor steeped in Columbus

  03-09-2017 11:27
  When I introduced Barbara Carmen as our interim editorial page editor in April, I told you that she would be with us for less than a year because she plans to retire from The Dispatch early in 2018. Many of us are saddened by her departure, but we are happy that she and her husband, who also retired from The Dispatch, are able to enjoy retirement at a relatively young age.
  
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• Doppler 10: Sun returns through the afternoon

  03-09-2017 11:14
  Today: Decreasing clouds with afternoon sunshine.High 78.Winds: 5-10 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and seasonally cool.Low 60.Winds: S 2-4 mph.
  Labor Day: Warm and breezy with more sun.Slight chance for late day rain.High 84.Winds: SW 10-15 mph.
  Tuesday: Scattered showers and storms, breezy.High 75.Winds: WNW 5-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information: After patchy fog and seasonally cool conditions on Sunday morning changes will move in during
  
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• Glass City Goat Gals show how to pave the way for urban farming

  03-09-2017 09:27
  A goat peeks out of its cage Saturday during a tour of Glass City Goat Gals, which is part of the Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. Rudi Petruziello, 6, of Columbus, feeds a few of the goats Saturday during a tour of Glass City Goat Gals, which is part of the Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series.
  
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• North Korea says it successfully tested hydrogen bomb

  03-09-2017 06:38
  
  The Latest on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local):4:10 p.m.South Korea's presidential office says the security chiefs for Seoul and Washington have spoken following North Korea's sixth nuclear test.The office says U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster spoke with his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, for 20 minutes in an emergency phone call about an hour after the detonation.North Korea's nuclear test Sunday was apparently its most powerful yet. State-controlled
  
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• North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test, says it was H-bomb

  03-09-2017 06:38
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.South Korea's weather agency estimated the nuclear blast yield of the presumed test was between 50 and 60 kilotons, or five to six times stronger than North Korea's fifth test in September 2016. That would mark a significant step forward in the North's quest for a viable nuclear missile capable of striki
  
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• 'Oak wilt' tree outbreak invades Cleveland Heights historic district

  03-09-2017 05:36
  The latest scourge to threaten the east side's stately tree canopy -- in this case, the mighty oak -- has infiltrated the city limits. The fungal blight known as "oak wilt" has been found in 30-50 trees, mostly within the Forest Hill historic district of Tudor-and-Normandy-style houses built by the Rockefellers and straddling the border of East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights.
  
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• Person dies after shooting in east Columbus

  03-09-2017 05:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One person has died after a shooting in east Columbus on Saturday night.Columbus Police say officers responded to the 1200 block of Stone Ridge Drive around 10:36 p.m. after reports of shots fired in the area.Authorities say officers found Robert Antonio Marshall Jr. suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in front of a nearby apartment building.Marshall, 25, was taken to Grand Medical Center where he later died, according to police.The shooting is under investigation.Stay with
  
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• McCain attends Italy forum before Congress returns to work

  03-09-2017 03:41
  
  CERNOBBIO, Italy — U.S. Senator John McCain, who has spent the summer undergoing treatment for brain cancer, has attended an international forum in an Italian resort town.McCain's participation at the Ambrosetti Forum in northern Italy on Saturday was his first overseas trip during the congressional recess.The forum is an annual gathering of high-profile figures and experts from the fields of politics, finance and other interests. The Arizona Republican participated in a panel focused on t
  
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• Crime, violence dog Mexico as president addresses nation

  03-09-2017 03:30
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Saturday that security is his government's top priority, amid growing violence and that is marring his fifth year in office and despite figures showing significant drops in crime-fighting results.In his annual state-of-the-union address, Pena Nieto said there has been progress in education reform and infrastructure projects but acknowledged the bloodshed that's on pace to be the country's worst in many years."Recovering public safety
  
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• North Korean leader inspects new H-bomb

  03-09-2017 03:14
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new, "super explosive" hydrogen bomb meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile, Pyongyang's state media said Sunday, a claim to technological mastery that some outside experts will doubt but that raises the possibility of an imminent nuclear bomb test.Photos released by North Korea showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device that was apparently the purported thermo
  
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• Astros return to Houston for 1st game since Harvey

  03-09-2017 02:48
  
  HOUSTON — Baseball returned to Houston on Saturday with the Astros giving the flood-ravaged city a few hours of entertainment at the end of a terrible and trying week.The Astros beat the New York Mets 12-8 in a doubleheader opener, the first professional sporting event in the city since Hurricane Harvey."After the week that we've gone through people ... need a sign that tomorrow will be better than today," Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said. "No better way to do that than for the Astros t
  
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• US seizes control of Russian posts in San Fran, DC, NY

  03-09-2017 02:14
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States seized control Saturday of three Russian diplomatic posts in the U.S. after confirming the Russians had complied with the Trump administration's order to get out within two days, officials said.As the Kremlin cried foul, accusing Washington of bullying tactics, the U.S. disputed Moscow's claims that American officials had threatened to "break down the entrance door" to one of the facilities, and that the FBI was "clearing the premises." Not true, said a senio
  
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• UDF near OSU campus robbed

  03-09-2017 01:32
  
  COLUMBUS - A United Dairy Farmers near the Ohio State University campus was robbed Saturday, according to Columbus Police.The robbery happened at the United Dairy Farmers located at 1680 N. High St. on the corner of 12th Avenue near the Ohio State University campus, according to police.The suspect was described as a 5-foot-5 black male appearing to be in his 40's and was wearing a grey hoodie and a red hat.According to police, the suspect implied he had a gun and robbed the store.There was no de
  
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• Saturday rain caused several crashes, highway closures

  03-09-2017 01:21
  Columbus-areas highways were shut down at least four times on Saturday by crashes on rain-soaked roads that frustrated drivers and clogged traffic until mid-afternoon. The ramp from Interstate 670, a highway slicing east-west through Downtown Columbus, to northbound Route 315 twice was shut down Saturday morning due to crashes.
  
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• Meteorological fall is here and it feels like it thanks to Harvey

  03-09-2017 00:45
  
  By now, you've likely seen the massive flooding and damage left in Hurricane Harvey's wake.As the storm has moved inland, it has lost a lot of its punch, which is expected.When these systems move off the warm ocean and onto land, they get cut off from their heat and moisture source which is where tropical cyclones derive their energy. Media Folder: Media Root
  As Harvey has moved into the Ohio Valley, it has brought rain and cloud cover with it.As a result, both Friday and Saturday have been
  
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• City struggles to restore water service in Harvey aftermath

  03-09-2017 00:23
  
  HOUSTON — A Texas city that lost its drinking water system to Harvey struggled Saturday to restore service, and firefighters kept monitoring a crippled chemical plant that has twice been the scene of explosions and fires since the storm roared ashore and stalled over Texas more than a week ago.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner gives update on Harvey flood aftermath.Officials in Beaumont, population almost 120,000, worked to repair their water treatment plant, which failed after the swollen Ne
  
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