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• Video released provides timeline of deadly courthouse shooting

  19-01-2018 23:41
  10TV has obtained audio and video from inside the Franklin County courthouse the day a 16-year-old was shot and killed by a deputy.The teenager, identified as Joseph Haynes, was in juvenile court for two delinquency cases involving guns.Deputy Richard Scarborough was working security on the floor and was called to the Haynes’ courtroom over a disturbance.According to the sheriff's office, Scarborough shot 16-year-old Joseph Haynes during a physical struggle with Haynes and members of his f
  
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• Neighbor risks life to rescue woman from icy water

  19-01-2018 23:28
  Michelle Allen said she's driven down County Road 410 in Coshocton County hundreds of times.Allen said Wednesday morning, the road was covered in drifting and blowing snow, and what she described as a zig-zag of water."I crossed that and immediately started to sink," said Allen.The mother of three said in a matter of minutes she was trapped in waist-deep ice water and called her husband for help."I really thought I was going to die," said Allen.Dave Allen and the couple's next-door neighbor, Rus
  
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• Parents scrambling after ECOT shuts down

  19-01-2018 23:05
  ECOT was forced to close after its sponsor said the school would not have enough money to remain open the rest of the school year.The school is losing money after the state is making it pay back $80 million dollars in overpayments -- which the school disputes -- for the last two years.The state claims the school inflated enrollment figures and disputes the hours children spent learning online.ECOT is taking its case to the Ohio Supreme Court. It will argue that the Ohio Department of Education d
  
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• Police: SWAT arrests man accused of having sex with 15-year-old girl

  19-01-2018 22:55
  
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus police have arrested a man wanted for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and pandering obscenity involving a minor.Authorities said 35-year-old Jerome Jamall Washington has been involved in a sexual relationship with a family friend from last summer through last month.The victim’s mother found evidence and turned it over to police.Columbus Police tweeted that SWAT officers arrested Washington overnight.Washington is also charged in connection with sending nude pictur
  
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• Police: Man wanted for having sex with 15-year-old girl

  19-01-2018 22:55
  
  Columbus police are searching for a man wanted for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and pandering obscenity involving a minor.Authorities said 35-year-old Jerome Jamall Washington has been involved in a sexual relationship with a family friend from this summer through last month.The victim’s mother found evidence and turned it over to police.Washington is also charged in connection with sending nude pictures and videos of himself to the girl.Police said Washington told detectives that
  
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• Man sentenced to life for killing estranged wife and her brother

  19-01-2018 22:47
  
  A man who shot and killed his estranged wife and her brother in a southeast side parking in 2015 was sentenced to a life in prison after reaching a plea deal to avoid facing the death penalty.According to court records, Roy Harvison Jr. pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Jenea Harvison and Donell McDonald.The shootings happened on April 1, 2015 outside the offices of Success Kidz, a daycare chain founded by Jenea.Officers were forced to shoot Roy after he refused
  
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• Old Mercy Hospital turned into emergency overdose facility

  19-01-2018 22:15
  Maryhaven has turned the old Mercy Hospital on South High Street into an emergency overdose treatment center."We were leasing this space and it was primarily office space. So, I called the director or the executive director of the ADAMH board and said hey I think I can turn this facility into a 55-bed facility," said Shawn Holt, President/CEO of Maryhaven.The organization invested $1.6 million of private and public funds to renovate the former hospital into the Addiction and Stabilization Center
  
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• Sheriff's office releases new details, identifies deputy involved in deadly courthouse shooting

  19-01-2018 22:02
  
  The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has identified the deputy involved in the deadly shooting of a 16-year-old at the Franklin County courthouse on Wednesday.The sheriff's office said Deputy Richard Scarborough was assigned to security on the 5th floor of the Franklin County Juvenile Court when he was called to respond to a disturbance.Joseph Haynes was in the courtroom on two delinquency cases involving guns.The sheriff's office said Haynes and his mother became disruptive in the courtroom as
  
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• Italian Gastropub “The Osteria” Launching in Olde Towne East

  19-01-2018 21:39
  Urban winery Camelot Cellars will officially relaunch its restaurant space in March with a rebrand that that will turn the focus toward Italian cuisine. The restaurant, dubbed “The Osteria,” is a partnership between Camelot owner Janine Aquino and Ed Bisconti of Borgata Pizza Café. “As the Camelot brand expands and has its wines in over 200 stores throughout […]
  
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• Apartment building with ground-floor cafe planned at on E. Main Street Downtown

  19-01-2018 20:43
  Another new apartment building is being planned for Downtown Columbus, this one in the emerging nightlife area of E. Main and S. 4th streets. Plans were submitted to the city for an 8-story building at 195 E. Main St., now the site of a one-story industrial building.
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on Trump travel ban

  19-01-2018 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of the latest version of President Donald Trump's ban on travel to the United States by residents of six majority-Muslim countries.The justices plan to hear arguments in April and issue a final ruling by late June.The action follows last month's ruling by the federal appeals court in San Francisco that struck down the travel ban.The federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, also is considering a challenge to the ban.Last m
  
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• Columbus Stands Behind Support of DACA

  19-01-2018 20:00
  As the federal government scrambles to avoid a shutdown at midnight tonight, much of the conversation centers around the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. While national lawmakers struggle to reach a deal, many in Columbus are taking a firm stance behind supporting the program that provides protection for young unauthorized immigrants — commonly referred […]
  
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• "I am here to face you, Larry": Aly Raisman confronts disgraced doctor

  19-01-2018 19:58
  
  Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman faced her abuser in a Michigan courtroom on Friday. The Needham, Massachusetts native is one of more than 140 women who say former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassarsexually abused them under the guise of medical treatment."You are so sick," Raisman told Nassar. "You took advantage of our passions and our dreams. I am here to face you, Larry, so you can see I have regained my strength. That I am no longer a victim, I am a survivor. I am no longer that
  
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• Face The State with Scott Light | January 21, 2018

  19-01-2018 19:46
  This week on Face The State with Scott Light:Closing up shop - ECOT, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has no tomorrow. The online charter school ceased operations as of January 19th leaving thousands of students and parents looking for new classrooms. Will this closure impact school choice in Ohio?Gubernatorial Choices - There's another new name in the race, Democrat Dennis Kucinich. The former Cleveland Mayor and Presidential Candidate says he wants Ohio's top office.In the spotlight - Ohio
  
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• Conversations & Coffee: I Felt, You Paint

  19-01-2018 19:32 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Vegas gunman studied SWAT tactics, music site before attack

  19-01-2018 19:23
  
  The Las Vegas gunman meticulously planned the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researching SWAT tactics, renting other hotel rooms overlooking outdoor concerts and investigating potential targets in at least four cities, authorities said Friday.But almost four months after Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and wounded more than 800 others with a barrage of bullets from the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel, investigators still have not answered the key question: Why did he do it?Clark County S
  
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• The Latest: No motive uncovered for Las Vegas mass shooting

  19-01-2018 19:23
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas last October that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured on the Las Vegas strip:Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo held a news conference Friday:1:10 p.m.Investigators say they have still not determined why Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock opened fire from his high-rise hotel suite, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds.Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Friday that investigators believe
  
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• Probe: Las Vegas shooting suspect's motive remains a mystery

  19-01-2018 19:23
  
  Investigators have still not discovered what motivated Stephen Paddock to embark on the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history but determined that he researched SWAT tactics ahead of the massacre and investigated other possible targets, including the famed California beach in Santa Monica, officials said Friday.They also determined that Paddock acted alone when he opened fire from his high-rise hotel suite, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told repor
  
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• Kucinich names city councilwoman as running mate

  19-01-2018 18:59
  
  AKRON, Ohio — Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has picked an Akron city councilwoman as his running mate in the Ohio governor's race.The 71-year-old Democrat announced Tara Samples as his lieutenant governor pick at an event Friday.Kucinich called it the honor of his life to stand beside Samples. He described her as a highly regarded community leader, volunteer and political activist.First elected to Akron City Council in 2013, Samples is a paralegal and former court bailiff and U.S. Posta
  
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• Working Together For Weinland Park

  19-01-2018 18:16
  Weinland Park Collaborative and members of Annie E. Casey Foundation met with Mayor Ginther, the Department of Development, and the Department of Neighborhoods to discuss lessons learned from Weinland Park’s ongoing revitalization and thank the city for its support. Successful tactics from this collaboration can then be shared and implemented across other neighborhoods in our […]
  
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• Yes, The Amazon HQ2 Project Would Increase Your Rent

  19-01-2018 17:55
  Yesterday, it was revealed that Columbus was one of the top 20 finalist cities to make the short list of site locations where Amazon may build its new $5 billion HQ2 project. We don’t know when the final announcement will be made as to which city will be selected, but we do know that any […]
  
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• Forecast: Warming trend continues; showers by Saturday night

  19-01-2018 17:40
  This Evening: Clear and cool.
  Tonight: Mainly clear and not as chilly. 28 SW 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Partly cloudy and milder. 41 SW 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Chance for showers. Still mild. 45
  Monday: Rain likely, but warm. 53Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: High pressure will keep skies clear through the early part of the weekend as a more southerly flow of air brings in warmer temperatures. More moisture will also creep in by
  
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• Forecast: Seasonable this afternoon, warming trend continues

  19-01-2018 17:40
  This Afternoon: Mostly sunny.Still cold and brisk.High 36. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Tonight: Few clouds.Not as cold.Low 27.Winds: SW 6-9 mph.
  Tomorrow: Sunny start, increasing clouds.Mild. High 42. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Sunday: Chance rain, cloudy and warmer.High 48.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: After a cold & breezy start, we’ll become more seasonable this afternoon with highs in the mid 30's. This will be o
  
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• Amazon boosts monthly Prime membership fees by 20 percent

  19-01-2018 16:20
  
  NEW YORK- Amazon is boosting the price of its monthly Prime membership fees for new and existing members by nearly 20 percent.The online retailer says its annual membership fee of $99 will not change.Starting Friday, new members will pay $12.99 a month, up from $10.99. Qualifying college students will pay $6.49 a month, up from $5.49.Amazon.com Inc. says existing monthly members will start paying the higher fees next month.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Border wall models thwart US commandos in tests

  19-01-2018 16:19
  
  SAN DIEGO — Recent assaults by tactical teams on prototypes of President Donald Trump's proposed wall with Mexico indicate their imposing heights should stop border crossers, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the rigorous assessment told The Associated Press.Military special forces based in Florida and U.S. Customs and Border Protection special units spent three weeks trying to breach and scale the eight models in San Diego, using jackhammers, saws, torches and other tools and climb
  
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• Ex-teacher jailed for 20 years for child porn

  19-01-2018 16:06
  A former Dublin high school teacher has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for taking nude photos of a 15-year-old student he was involved with and encouraging her to send him sexually provocative photos of herself to him. Gregory Lee, of Columbus, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to nearly 22 years in prison, 20 years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine for production of child pornography, according to Benjamin Glassman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of O
  
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• Horseback Soldiers, Russian Dashcams, Foreign Romance + Nic Cage in Theaters

  19-01-2018 16:01
  Damn, a lot of movies open this weekend—too many to cover! (Sorry Gerard Butler. Well, not really…) Some of these are beautiful, some magical, some insane, and one is like picking a scab, but most of them are worth your time. Call Me By Your Name It’s a languid Italian summer circa 1983 and everything […]
  
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• TV Review: HBO’s “Gunpowder” Misfires

  19-01-2018 16:00
  Kit Harington’s new show, Gunpowder, which was created and produced by Harington, just wrapped up a few weeks ago. The show reeks of a self-indulgent pet project for Harington, who just so happens to be a distant relative of Robert Catesby, his character in the show. Gunpowder takes place in early 1600s England, when a […]
  
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• 'How dare you': Gymnasts confront Michigan sports doctor

  19-01-2018 15:27
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Olympian McKayla Maroney said being sexually assaulted by a Michigan sports doctor who molested her and other gymnasts scarred her mind in ways that may never heal.Dr. Larry Nassar won't be sentenced until next week to accommodate the many victims who want to speak. Since Tuesday, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has listened to more than 60 who were molested after seeking his help for injuries, including a statement from Maroney that was read by a prosecutor on Thursday
  
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• Gold medalist to Nassar: I won't live as a victim any longer

  19-01-2018 15:27
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber described herself in court Friday as one of 140 survivors of sexual assault by Larry Nassar, as Michigan State University called on the state's attorney general to investigate the school's handling of complaints against the disgraced former sports doctor.Wieber is the fourth member of the "Fierce Five" — the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team — to publicly tell of abuse by Nassar under the guise of medical treatment."Even
  
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• Crash with school bus injures one in Madison Township

  19-01-2018 14:53
  
  MADISON TWP. -- A crash involving a school bus Friday morning has sent one man to Grant Medical Center.The crash happened in the area of Watkins Road and Winchester Pike. Watkins Road is closed in the area of the crash. The crash happened a little before 8:30 a.m.According to Franklin County Sheriff's officials on scene, the bus was northwest on Winchester Pike and the truck was crossing Watkins Road. About six children were aboard the bus and some bumps and bruises were treated at the scene. Th
  
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• Crash with school bus in Madison Township injures off-duty firefighter

  19-01-2018 14:53
  
  MADISON TWP. -- A crash involving a school bus Friday morning has sent one man to Grant Medical Center.The crash happened in the area of Watkins Road and Winchester Pike. Watkins Road is closed in the area of the crash. The crash happened a little before 8:30 a.m.Officials from the Columbus Division of Fire said the man transported was an off-duty firefighter.According to Franklin County Sheriff's officials on scene, the bus was northwest on Winchester Pike and the truck was crossing Watkins Roa
  
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• Congress likely racing toward a government shutdown

  19-01-2018 14:15
  
  WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided Congress hurtled toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported.Democrats in the Senate have served notice they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that cleared the House Thursday evening, seeking to shape a subsequent measure but exposing themselves to charges they are responsib
  
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• Swearing in Ceremony for Council Member Emmanuel Remy

  19-01-2018 14:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Comedy Preview: Josh Blue at The Funny Bone

  19-01-2018 14:00
  Like much of the country, I became acquainted with Josh Blue as his humble, disarming humor propelled him into the national spotlight as winner of season four of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. His affability and winsome wit made him easy to root for, and he would eventually best an impressive list of comedians who auditioned for […]
  
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• Fake TV news crew tried to sneak fake bomb through airport checkpoint

  19-01-2018 13:51
  
  Authorities say at least seven people who claimed to be working for a TV network were arrested at a New Jersey airport after they tried to pass a fake explosive device through a security checkpoint, authorities say. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says it happened at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday.She says some members of the group attempted to bring the fake explosive device in a carry-on bag, but it was detected by TSA officers and never made
  
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• Interview: Darley Newman of “Equitrekking” and “Travels with Darley”

  19-01-2018 13:00
  Darley Newman, star and creator of the PBS travel series Equitrekking and Travels with Darley, will appear at the AAA Great Vacations Travel Expo in Downtown Columbus this weekend. In this edited interview, Newman shares with Columbus Underground some thoughts about choosing travel destinations and how to get the most out of a journey. Jesse […]
  
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• California DA says couple's abuse of 12 kids became torture

  19-01-2018 12:56
  
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing of the outside world.And yet, some of the children of David and Louise Turpin hatched an escape plan.It took two years to carry out but last weekend a 17-year-old girl and her sister cli
  
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• Beatings, strangulation, starvation: Charges against parents offer chilling look into abuse

  19-01-2018 12:56
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. — They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing of the outside world.And yet, some of the children of David and Louise Turpin hatched an escape plan.It took two years to carry out but last weekend a 17-year-old girl and her sister climbed
  
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• Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes--and save Big Tobacco

  19-01-2018 12:30
  
  WASHINGTON — Imagine if cigarettes were no longer addictive and smoking itself became almost obsolete; only a tiny segment of Americans still lit up. That's the goal of an unprecedented anti-smoking plan being carefully fashioned by U.S. health officials.But the proposal from the Food and Drug Administration could have another unexpected effect: opening the door for companies to sell a new generation of alternative tobacco products, allowing the industry to survive — even thrive &mda
  
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• Airborne nuptials: Pope marries couple on papal plane

  19-01-2018 12:30
  
  Pope Francis celebrated the first-ever airborne papal wedding on Thursday, marrying two flight attendants from Chile's flagship airline at 36,000 feet during a flight from Santiago.Bride Paula Podest, 39, and groom Carlos Ciuffardi, 41, said "I do" after telling Francis that they had been married in a civil service in 2010 but had been unable to follow up with a church ceremony because of the Feb. 27, 2010, earthquake that rocked Chile.Francis then offered to marry the LATAM flight attendants ab
  
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• Ohio man convicted in fire that killed 9 wants case tossed

  19-01-2018 12:26
  
  CLEVELAND — An Ohio man convicted of setting a house fire that killed a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover has asked a judge to throw out his conviction.Juries have twice convicted Antun Lewis on charges he set the 2005 fire in Cleveland.Lewis has contended repeatedly that he didn't set the fire and expressed condolences to the families. The 34-year-old Lewis is serving a 35-year prison sentence.Lewis asked U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. last week to throw out his con
  
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• Prosecutor: Man killed ex-wife, buried body as son watched

  19-01-2018 12:08
  
  CLEVELAND — An Ohio man accused of strangling his ex-wife and burying her remains as their 3-year-old son watched has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Cleveland.com reports that 28-year-old Fahad Saeed pleaded guilty Thursday to charges including involuntary manslaughter as part of a deal with prosecutors.Saeed's ex-wife, 25-year-old Roaa Al-Dhannoon, disappeared in October 2016. Her body was found in May 2017 in a wooded area across from a Cleveland-area amusement park. Assistant Cuya
  
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• Judge set to sentence Ohio man who plotted US attacks

  19-01-2018 11:28
  This undated file photo provided by Franklin County Sheriffis Office shows Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud. Mohamud, of Columbus, accused in April 2015 of receiving training on weapons, combat and tactics in Syria, and then returning to the U.S. with a plan to attack a military base or a prison.
  
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• 6 teenage inmates charged with rioting at juvenile jail

  19-01-2018 11:25
  
  CLEVELAND — Six teenagers have been charged in what authorities believe was a planned riot at a juvenile jail in Cleveland.Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley said Thursday that the inmates, ages 14 and 15, are charged with aggravated rioting, inciting violence, vandalism and disorderly conduct. One is also being charged with aggravated menacing for threatening to stab a SWAT officer with shards of glass, and at least two are charged with attempted escape.The disturbance at the Cuy
  
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• Judge delays sentencing of Ohio man who plotted US attacks

  19-01-2018 11:19
  COLUMBUS — A federal judge on Friday delayed by a few days the sentencing of an Ohio man who plotted to kill military members in the U.S. following a delay in the case when a previous judge withdrew.Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, who was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. as a child, was arrested in 2015 and pleaded guilty to plotting those attacks after becoming radicalized in Syria. The attacks were never carried out.Judge Michael Watson said without explanation he was delaying sentencing u
  
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• Hippo-y birthday to Fiona! The popular preemie is turning 1

  19-01-2018 11:14
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Some days, it's more like being a Hollywood movie star's agent than a communications official for the zoo. That's what happens when your prematurely born hippopotamus becomes a global celebrity.The Cincinnati Zoo has a day of festivities ready for Fiona's first birthday party Saturday, and expect plenty more of Fiona in Year 2.Zoo director Thane Maynard's own "Saving Fiona" will later this year join the growing library of books about her. The Cincinnati Reds baseball team
  
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• Forecast: One last cold morning, warmer this weekend

  19-01-2018 09:28
  Today: More sunshine.Still cold and brisk.High 36. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear.Not as cold.Low 27.Winds: SW 6-9 mph.
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, increasing clouds.Mild. High 42. Winds: SW 7-11 mph.
  Sunday: Chance rain early, cloudy and warmer.High 48.
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysSpecial Information: Waking up to another cold start but skies will stay clear again, with highs topping off in the mid 30’s.Winds will re
  
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• Police ID man in fatal east Columbus crash

  19-01-2018 08:49
  COLUMBUS -- Columbus police identified the man who died in an early morning crash in east Columbus.The 48-year-old man has been identified as Mashhud Al-Nur Qiblah Rashid X. He has been residing in Columbus without an address, according to police. Police said it happened on Courtright Road near Kimberly Parkway at about 2:06 a.m. Friday.Courtright Road was closed in that area as police worked to clear downed wires.Police say the driver, who has yet to be identified, lost control of his 2000 Chev
  
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