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• One in life-threatening condition after motorcycle crash in southeast Columbus

  17-09-2017 22:57
  
  COLUMBUS -- One person has been transported to Grant Medical Center in life-threatening condition after a car and motorcycle collided on Refugee Road at Courtright Road in southeast Columbus, according to Columbus police.The road is shut down in both directions.According to police on the scene, the driver of the motorcycle was westbound on Refugee Road when the driver of the car turned in front of the motorcycle while attempting to turn off of Courtright and head eastbound on Refugee Road.Stay w
  
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• Doppler 10: Another great night

  17-09-2017 22:14
  This Evening: Any clouds that are around break up, very pleasant.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and comfortable with patchy fog late.Low 61.Winds: Light and variable.
  Monday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with a few pop-up storms late.High 84, Winds: S 2-4 mph.
  Tuesday: Partly cloudy with the chance for pop-up afternoon storms.High 83.Winds: Variable 3-6 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:High pressure remains anchored in the area as Jose impedes
  
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• Shots fired after Ohio man chases daughter in clown mask

  17-09-2017 21:44
  
  YOUNGSTOWN — A man has been charged after chasing his 6-year-old daughter around a neighborhood while wearing a clown mask and another man is charged for firing a gun.Police say the girl first jumped into a stranger's car and then ran into a stranger's apartment while screaming that a clown was chasing her in northeast Ohio's Boardman Township on Saturday night.Police say a man in the apartment building came outside and fired a gunshot into the ground.The father told police he chased his d
  
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• UK lowers terror threat level as subway bomb probe advances

  17-09-2017 21:06
  
  LONDON — British police made progress Sunday in their investigation of the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway, leading counter-terrorism officials to lower the country's threat level because a fresh attack no longer was judged to be imminent.Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced the downgraded terror threat level hours after London police said a second suspect was in custody and a second property was being searched in connection with Friday's attack that injured 30 people
  
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• UK lowers official terrorist threat level after 2nd arrest

  17-09-2017 21:06
  
  LONDON — British police made progress Sunday in their investigation of the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway, leading counter-terrorism officials to lower the country's threat level because a fresh attack no longer was judged to be imminent.Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced the downgraded terror threat level hours after London police said a second suspect was in custody and a second property was being searched in connection with Friday's attack that injured 30 people
  
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• Police think 2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated

  17-09-2017 18:36
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again multiple times.The suspect, Kenneth Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities didn't immediately have enough evidence to arrest him on charges related to the ki
  
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• Fatal Crash In Marion County

  17-09-2017 18:14
  Troopers from the Marion Post are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Saturday, September 16 at 4:25 PM on SR-4 at CR-106 in Marion County. The crash involved a blue 2005 Volkswagon Golf driven by Shane M. Deyo, age 26, of Rushylvania, Ohio and a blue Honda Odyssey driven by Jeremy W. Cox, age 33, of Richwood, Ohio.
  
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• Top US diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba 'under review'

  17-09-2017 18:05
  
  NEW YORK— The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday.Tillerson's comments were the strongest indication to date that the United States might mount a major diplomatic response, potentially jeopardizing the historic restart of relations between the U.S. and Cuba. The two former foes reopened embassies
  
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• NASCAR driver, pilot killed in Connecticut plane crash

  17-09-2017 17:37
  
  NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. — Modified championship racer Ted Christopher was one of two people killed when a small plane crashed in the woods in Connecticut on Saturday, NASCAR officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that two people were aboard a Mooney M20C plane that went down near the North Branford-Guilford border shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, but they didn't release the names of the victims.Brian France, NASCAR chairman and CEO, said Christopher, 59, and the plane's
  
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• Harvey recovery czar faces limits to 'future-proofing' Texas

  17-09-2017 17:00
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The man tasked with overseeing Texas' Hurricane Harvey rebuilding efforts sees his job as "future-proofing" before the next disaster, but he isn't empowered on his own to reshape flood-prone Houston or the state's vulnerable coastline, which has been walloped by three major hurricanes since 2006.Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp will face the same political and bureaucratic challenges that have long stalled meaningful improvements in storm protections, and some doubt that
  
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• St. Louis area readies for third day of demonstrations

  17-09-2017 16:57
  
  ST. LOUIS — Suburban St. Louis shop owners on Sunday swept up broken glass and boarded up storefront windows that were shattered overnight when a day of peaceful protests turned violent, as the city and its surrounding communities prepared for a third day of demonstrations.Saturday night's clash between police and a few dozen protesters in the Delmar Loop area of University City, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of St. Louis near Washington University, resulted in the arrests o
  
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• Protesters smash windows in 2nd violent night near St. Louis

  17-09-2017 16:57
  
  ST. LOUIS — Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of officers in riot gear to make arrests.The confrontation took place late Saturday night in the Delmar Loop area of University City, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometers)
  
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• Protesters rallied in St. Louis on 3rd day of demonstrations

  17-09-2017 16:57
  
  ST. LOUIS — Several hundred protesters were marching in downtown St. Louis near the city's police headquarters Sunday evening, and later through the St. Louis University campus, continuing demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man.Heading into a third night of protests, organizers said they were frustrated that a few people who have caused trouble at night could make it harder to spread their nonviolent message.Sunday's
  
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• Dozens of arrests as protests turn violent again in St. Louis

  17-09-2017 16:57
  
  Hundreds of police officers in full riot gear responded to the streets of downtown St. Louis after a third day of peaceful demonstrations over a former officer's acquittal in the shooting death of a black man gave way to property damage and dangerous encounters with officers, the same pattern that unfolded on the previous two daysAnother round of protests was in the works for Monday, with demonstrators planning to meet at 7 a.m. near Union Station downtown.Police said more than 80 people were ar
  
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• Official: 4 US tourists attacked with acid in France

  17-09-2017 16:46
  
  PARIS — Four young female U.S. tourists were attacked with acid Sunday in the French city of Marseille by a woman who has been arrested, the Marseille prosecutor's office said.Two of the tourists were injured in the face in the attack in the city's main Saint Charles train station and one of them has a possible eye injury, a spokeswoman for the Marseille prosecutor's office told The Associated Press in a phone call.She said all four of the tourists, who are in their 20s, have been hospital
  
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• France: Acid attack on 4 US tourists not seen as terror act

  17-09-2017 16:46
  
  PARIS — Four young American tourists were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in the French city of Marseille, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the alleged assailant, the local prosecutor's office said.Two of the female tourists suffered facial injuries during the late morning attack at Marseille's Saint Charles train station and one of the two also had a possible eye injury, a spokeswoman for the Marsei
  
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• France: Acid attack on 4 US students not seen as terror act

  17-09-2017 16:46
  
  PARIS — Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in the French city of Marseille, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the alleged assailant, the local prosecutor's office and the students' school said.Boston College, a private Jesuit university in Massachusetts, said in a statement Sunday that the four female students were treated for burns at a Marseille hospital after they w
  
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• Columbus man killed in Prairie Township crash

  17-09-2017 15:59
  Michael E. Tanner, 47, was driving northbound on Hubbard Road just north of West Broad Street in the extreme western end of Franklin County around 12:50 a.m. when his car went off the road and struck a tree, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• Authorities looking for men accused of robbing pharmacy in Prairie Township

  17-09-2017 14:46
  
  Authorities are looking for two men who are accused of robbing a pharmacy in Prairie Township.Franklin County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Buckeye Pharmacy at 27 Norton Road on August 22. According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, two men had entered the pharmacy and one of them had a gun.The suspects are then accused of bounding two pharmacy employees and a customer with zip ties and forcing them into a back room.Authorities say the suspects forced another employee to open the pharmacy sa
  
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• Bomb threat forces evacuation of Target store near Dayton

  17-09-2017 14:30
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a bomb threat forced the evacuation of a Target store near the Dayton Mall in Miami Township.The Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center says someone called the store about 10 p.m. Saturday and indicated there were four packages inside that would be detonated.Police closed nearby roads as a precaution.An investigation is continuing.
  
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• Residents of the southern Florida Keys start to return home after Irma

  17-09-2017 14:22
  
  BIG PINE KEY, Florida -- One week after Hurricane Irma slammed Florida,residents of the hard-hit southern Keys are returning to their homes this weekend to see the devastation. Authorities will open up the entire chain of islands to residents Sunday morning.The deeper south you drive into the Florida Keys, the worse Irma's destruction gets.You'll find a slice of the state worlds away from Naples and Miami, which held up much better.Officials on the ground say it could take at least one week befo
  
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• Man killed in western Franklin County crash

  17-09-2017 14:16
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio – One man is dead after a crash early Sunday morning according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies and medics responded to the crash around 12:50 a.m. Sunday near Hubbard Road and Conbrook Court in Prairie Township in western Franklin County.The sheriff’s office said 47-year-old Michael Tanner was driving a 1974 Chevrolet Nova north on Hubbard Road when he drove off the right side and hit a tree.Tanner was pronounced dead at the scene.Investig
  
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• Foster parents own London home being searched

  17-09-2017 14:10
  
  LONDON (AP) — The property being searched by counter-terrorism police investigating the London subway bombing belongs to an elderly couple who have for years taken in foster children.Ronald Jones, 88, and his wife Penelope Jones, 71, have been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for their work with children in need of a stable home.They are reported to be staying with friends while the search continued Sunday in the suburban town of Sunbury southwest of London. Police have not provided details a
  
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• The Confluence Cast: Dine Originals Week

  17-09-2017 14:00
  Dine Originals Week is fast approaching! Hear from the organization’s executive Director about the deals you can take advantage of while enjoying Columbus’s finest independent restaurants and learn about the pitfalls of public relations in Columbus. As a bonus this week, I sat down with the founders of the new restaurant Ambrose and Eve, slated […]
  
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• On the House: Sliding Ori system helps small homes reuse space Updated at

  17-09-2017 13:42
  In a small Dublin apartment this month, Hasier Larrea demonstrated the future of furniture with the touch of a button. Larrea, a 29-year-old Spaniard, is the founder of Ori, a Boston startup that makes robotic movable furniture - in effect, a wall of furniture that slides.
  
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• Doppler 10: Feeling like summer again today

  17-09-2017 11:20
  Today: Lots of sunshine with a few afternoon clouds, warm.High 84.Winds: Light & variable.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and mild, patchy fog late.Low 63.Winds: Light & variable.
  Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy with the slight chance for a few pop-up afternoon storms.High 84.Winds: S 2-4 mph.
  Tuesday: Partly cloudy with a few pop-up afternoon storms.High 83.Winds: SW 3-6 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live RadarSpecial Information:Fall officially starts this week bu
  
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• British Airways flight in Paris gets extra security checks after threat

  17-09-2017 10:54
  
  PARIS (AP) — Police and firefighters checked a British Airways plane on the tarmac of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport Sunday morning after reports of a security threat but authorities determined it was a false alarm.One passenger on the plane said it was surrounded by dozens of armed officers and firefighters.James Anderson, a 20-year-old entrepreneur on the flight from Paris to London's Heathrow Airport, told The Associated Press that the pilot initially told passengers there were techni
  
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• Police investigating apparent murder-suicide in north Columbus apartment

  17-09-2017 09:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating after two people were found dead in a north Columbus apartment.Officers were called to Taylor House near the corner of Olentangy River Road and Bethel Road around 3 a.m. Sunday, police said.Columbus police said homicide detectives responded to the scene.Sgt. David Sicilian said two people in their 20s, a man and a woman, were found dead in a first floor apartment."At this point it appears to be a murder-suicide," Sgt. Sicilian said.Sgt. Sicilian said a
  
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• Police identify woman, man found dead in apparent murder-suicide in north Columbus apartment

  17-09-2017 09:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating after two people were found dead in a north Columbus apartment.Officers were called to Taylor House near the corner of Olentangy River Road and Bethel Road around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.Columbus police said homicide detectives responded to the scene.Sgt. David Sicilian said two people in their 20s, a man and a woman, were found dead in a first floor apartment.Police identified them as 22-year-old Heather Campbell and 25-year-old Kyle Lafferty."At
  
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• OSU student and boyfriend found dead in apparent murder-suicide in north Columbus apartment

  17-09-2017 09:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating after two people were found dead in a north Columbus apartment.Officers were called to Taylor House near the corner of Olentangy River Road and Bethel Road around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.Columbus police said homicide detectives responded to the scene.Sgt. David Sicilian said two people in their 20s, a man and a woman, were found dead in a first floor apartment.Police identified them as 22-year-old Heather Campbell and 25-year-old Kyle Lafferty."At
  
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• Ohio State student killed in apparent murder-suicide in north Columbus apartment

  17-09-2017 09:31
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating after two people were found dead in a north Columbus apartment.Officers were called to Taylor House near the corner of Olentangy River Road and Bethel Road around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.Columbus police said homicide detectives responded to the scene.Sgt. David Sicilian said two people in their 20s, a man and a woman, were found dead in a first floor apartment.Police identified them as 22-year-old Heather Campbell and 25-year-old Kyle Lafferty."At
  
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• Homicide detectives investigating after 2 bodies found in north Columbus apartment

  17-09-2017 09:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are investigating after two people were found dead in a north Columbus apartment.It happened around 3 a.m. Sunday morning at Taylor House near the corner of Olentangy River Road and Bethel Road, authorities said.Columbus police say homicide detectives responded to the scene.This is a developing story. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• 2 people stabbed in west Columbus

  17-09-2017 07:06
  
  Columbus Police arrested a suspect in a double stabbing in west Columbus.The stabbing happened around 12:30 Sunday morning on West Broad Street at Rodgers Avenue.The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.Police have not yet released the names of the victims or suspect.Stay with 10TV and refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Woman killed and five others injured in Marion County crash

  17-09-2017 05:22
  
  One woman was killed and five others were injured after a crash in Marion County Saturday afternoon according to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Mildred L. Robinson, 46, was taken to Grant Medical Center by Medflight, and was pronounced dead at the hospital. She was the passenger in a vehicle driven by Shane M. Deyo, 26, of Rushylvania.Deyo was headed east on County Road 106. He stopped at a stop sign and proceeded through the intersection when he was struck by a vehicle driven by J
  
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• Westerville family sends four generations through school system, matriarch celebrates 102 years

  17-09-2017 03:10
  We're taught at a young age the building blocks of learning. The lessons of life.Inside a preschool classroom at the Early Learning Center in Westerville, Miss Lauren Bennett teaches these lessons. It's a daily routine."I've always loved working with children," she said. "I think it's just great. They're always so happy and eager to learn and they just brighten your day up."Across town at the Parkside Village Senior Living Community, there's a different routine; a quieter one.She's earned it.102
  
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• No. 8 Ohio State bounces back with 38-7 rout of Army

  17-09-2017 02:19
  
  Freshman J.K. Dobbins ran for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns as No. 8 Ohio State rebounded from a deflating loss to rout Army 38-7 on Saturday.Dobbins broke away for an electrifying 52-yard touchdown run to open the second half after romping for 22 yards on the previous play, extending Ohio State's 17-7 halftime lead. The Buckeyes (2-1) then got touchdowns on two of their next three drives to pull away.J.T. Barrett, the target this week of critics who suggested he should be benched after the
  
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• PHOTOS: Ohio State vs. Army | September 16, 2017

  17-09-2017 01:31
  
  The Buckeyes took on the Black Knights for the first time in school history.After losing to Oklahoma last week, Ohio State got back on track with a 38-7 win over Army.Check out photos from Saturday's matchup:
  
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• WATCH: Ohio State Marching Band ‘New York, New York’ halftime show | OSU vs. Army

  17-09-2017 00:37
  The Ohio State Marching Band played tribute to New York City during halftime of the Ohio State-Army game Saturday.This week’s halftime show, “New York, New York,” celebrates the sights and sounds of the city that never sleeps. Some of the sights paid tribute to by The Best Damn Band In The Land included the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, the ball dropping in Times Square and the Statue of Liberty.As a tie-in to Saturday's show, the band announced they had been sele
  
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• Tropical storm warning for Los Cabos, Mexico due to Norma

  17-09-2017 00:20
  
  MEXICO CITY — Hurricane season roared on Saturday as Jose threatened heavy surf along the U.S. East Coast, Tropical Storm Norma edged toward Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula, and Tropical Storm Maria formed in the Atlantic and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane, taking aim at some already-battered Caribbean islands.Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lee formed in the Atlantic far from land.A tropical storm warning was in effect for the southern tip of the Baja California P
  
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• New storm Maria a growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean

  17-09-2017 00:20
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The hurricane-battered islands of the Caribbean prepared on Sunday to face yet another potential disaster, with forecasters saying that Tropical Storm Maria is likely to hit the Leeward Islands as a strengthening hurricane by Monday night.Hurricane watches were in effect for many of the very islands still trying to cope with the devastation left by Hurricane Irma, including St. Martin, St. Barts and Antigua and Barbuda.The U.S. National Hurricane Center
  
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• New Hurricane Maria growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean

  17-09-2017 00:20
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The islands of the eastern Caribbean prepared Sunday to face another potential disaster, with forecasters saying newly formed and likely to strengthen Hurricane Maria was headed for a hit on the Leeward Islands by Monday night.Hurricane or tropical storm warnings were posted for many of the islands already coping with the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, including St. Barts and Antigua and Barbuda.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Maria was ex
  
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