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• Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

  22-03-2018 23:40
  
  President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.Trump tweets that McMaster has done "an outstanding job & will always remain my friend." He says Bolton will take over April 9.I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18, @AmbJohnBolton will be my new National Security Advisor. I am very thankful for the service of General H.R. McMaster who has done an outstanding job & will always remain my fr
  
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• UC to pay former officer more than $300K in back pay, legal fees

  22-03-2018 22:10
  
  CINCINNATI, Ohio – Former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing will receive more than $300,000 in back pay and legal fees from the school according to an agreement released Thursday.In July 2015, Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Sam DuBose.Two juries were not able to reach a verdict in the case – which led to two mistrials before the charges were dropped.The Fraternal Order of Police filed a grievance on behalf of Tens
  
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• Stocks dive on trade war fears after China sanctions

  22-03-2018 22:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged Thursday after the Trump administration slapped sanctions on goods and investment from China. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 700 points as investors feared that trade tensions between the world's largest economies would escalate.The planned sanctions include tariffs on $48 billion worth of Chinese imports as well as restrictions on Chinese investments. Trump said he's taking those steps in response to theft of American technology, and the
  
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• Youths brainstorm on how to fight trafficking

  22-03-2018 22:01
  If all flowers are beautiful regardless of bloom, why do people shame themselves for not meeting others' expectations of what they should like? Grace Grand, 16, a student at Toledo Early College High School, posed the question Thursday as part of the second youth summit on human trafficking at the Ohio Statehouse. Poor self-esteem is among the factors that could make youths vulnerable to potential traffickers lurking online, quick to drop a compliment to ingratiate themselves with their next vic
  
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• Plaskolite creates sheet giant with Covestro deal

  22-03-2018 22:01
  Acrylic sheet giant Plaskolite LLC has expanded the scope of its business by acquiring the North American polycarbonate sheet unit of materials maker Covestro. Officials with Plaskolite in Columbus, Ohio, said the deal transforms the North American sheet industry by combining the leader in acrylic manufacturing with the leader in polycarbonate manufacturing.
  
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• Makenzie remembers sister Reagan Tokes, reflects on Parkland shooting classmates

  22-03-2018 22:01
  From left, Reagan Tokes, with her mother Lisa, sister Makenzie Tokes, and father Toby Tokes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Makenzie Tokes is a poised and well-spoken 18-year-old.
  
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• Local film festival features state-based human trafficking films

  22-03-2018 21:50
  A very serious social issue is central to this year's Columbus International Film and Animation Festival - human trafficking.The festival received several submissions on the subject with the films being set in Ohio.“We thought this was an opportunity for the art to show a side of this normally people don’t see,”said Festival Executive Director Jeremy Henthorn.Two of the films will be featured Friday night from 7 p.m. Until 9 p.m. With a panel discussion after.For more informati
  
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• Thank Yoga Studio Launches Playful Rebrand

  22-03-2018 21:30
  “For me yoga isn’t life, yoga is the thing that makes life better. It’s the icing, not the cake,” says Melissa Petty, owner of the recently rebranded Thank Yoga studio tucked behind the storefronts at 29 East 5th Avenue near the Short North and Italian Village. “I don’t want you to look at your practice […]
  
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• Clinton Township officer fires gun during chase; 2 arrested

  22-03-2018 20:54
  
  Two people have been arrested after a brief pursuit with police where one officer fired his weapon.According to Clinton Township Police Chief Michael H. Jones, police noticed a U-Haul van that was stolen in the 3700 block of Cleveland Avenue.The officer was able to pull the vehicle over and Jones said the people in the van cooperated with the officer at first.When the officer tried to open the driver’s side door so the driver could get out, Jones said the person behind the wheel drove away
  
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• Forecast: Clear skies and cool temperatures.

  22-03-2018 19:59
  This Evening: Clear skies and cool.
  Tonight: Mostly clear and cold. 25 W 5-10 mph
  Tomorrow: Mostly sunny but cool. 43 NW 5-10 mph
  Saturday: Chance for a mix of light rain & snow showers. Not much accumulation expected. 38 E 5-10 mph
  Sunday: Becoming partly cloudy and a little milder. Mid 40sWeather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysA c;ear and cool evening and nighttime ahead as high pressure dominates our weather. We’ll drop into the
  
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• Drug laced with bug spray has zombie-like effects

  22-03-2018 19:29
  A street drug that contains bug spray is taking a toll on drug users in Indianapolis.Officials say they are seeing a big spike in overdoses from KD drug.Emergency responders said users act like they’re zombies on the drug."We describe it as being like a zombie. They cannot talk to us," Indianapolis Fire Department Capt. Chris Major said.Crews found one man crawling in the grass, unresponsive and struggling to breathe after they say he overdosed on the drug."Their movements are very slow, l
  
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• Mega Weekend: Your Guide to Fun in Columbus

  22-03-2018 19:00
  Spring is here, whether the weather complies or not, and Columbus has a myriad of events to mark the occasion! Don’t forget to submit your upcoming events on our events page, sign up for the MegaWeekend newsletter, and enter to win tickets to X Ambassadors, Wolf Alice, The Gluten Free Food Allergy Festival, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and […]
  
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• Mega Weekend – A Weekend of Film, A Spring Powwow, and More!

  22-03-2018 19:00
  Spring is here, whether the weather complies or not, and Columbus has a myriad of events to mark the occasion! Don’t forget to submit your upcoming events on our events page, sign up for the MegaWeekend newsletter, and enter to win tickets to X Ambassadors, Wolf Alice, The Gluten Free Food Allergy Festival, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and […]
  
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• 12-year-old arrested after reported carjacking in northeast Columbus

  22-03-2018 18:51
  
  A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after reportedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint in northeast Columbus.According to Columbus police, the incident happened just after midnight on Wednesday.A woman was sitting in her vehicle in the 800 block of East 5th Avenue when the 12-year-old boy came up to her car and told her to get out while pointing a gun at her.The woman got out of the vehicle and the boy got in.Police were able to quickly locate the vehicle and the boy fled from officers before crash
  
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• Erin Upchurch to be New Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Youth Center

  22-03-2018 18:38
  Kaleidoscope Youth Center (KYC), a local nonprofit benefiting LGBTQ+ youth and their allies, has found new leadership in Erin Upchurch, MSSA, LISW-S. As new Executive Director of KYC, Upchurch succeeds former executive director Amy Eldridge, who resigned last year. Upchurch will begin her new role on April 1. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the […]
  
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• State investigators say video shows Ohio man "bearbaiting"

  22-03-2018 17:56
  A southern Ohio man, who holds a permit to own a bear is now facing criminal charges.The case involves what's called "bearbaiting."Drone surveillance video was obtained by 10TV through a public information request.The Franklin County Sheriff's Department shot the video in November of last year.The video shows a wire-enclosed fence and several hunting dogs being sent into the cage. According to the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which assisted in the investigation, the bear was not injured.Accor
  
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• OSU Seeking Developer for Hotel at 15th and High

  22-03-2018 17:38
  A new storm sewer has been installed underneath North High Street and a six-story apartment building with a ground-floor Target is set to open this summer, but there hasn’t been much new to report about the centerpiece of the 15th and High plan – a large boutique hotel that will look out onto a new […]
  
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• Alternative Fashion Mob Celebrates Six Years of Alternative Fashion Week

  22-03-2018 17:30
  Alternative Fashion Mob, a collection of fashion designers and industry professionals, will kick off the sixth annual Alternative Fashion Week on March 10 with inclusive fashion-centric programming through the 25th. As with every year, Alternative Fashion Mob says its goal is to showcase “beauty in all shapes, sizes, and looks” with the week’s events. The […]
  
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• Columbus metro now bigger than Cleveland metro

  22-03-2018 17:28
  Tick off another demographic win for central Ohio: New census estimates released Thursday say the growing Columbus metro area now has more people than the Cleveland metro area. Comparing the cities within their borders, Columbus has long been the bigger city.
  
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• Rare Baseball Films Returns to the Wex

  22-03-2018 17:00
  Springtime is finally rearing its sunny head, and the Wexner Center for the Arts is celebrating the way a lot of Midwesterners do: with sports. Somewhere inside a cluster of sports-themed programming (Expanding the Field: Sports and Culture, The Nation’s Finest, Lady Wrestler) sits that shiny gem we’ve been missing, Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels. […]
  
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• Forecast: Bright skies but still chilly out

  22-03-2018 16:38
  This Afternoon: Lots of sun but brisk & chilly out.High 43.Winds: NW 7-13 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear, calm and cold.Low 23.Winds: Light NW
  Tomorrow: More sunshine, not as brisk but still below average.High 44.Winds: NW 4-8 mph.
  Saturday: Rain/snow mix, mainly during the day.Colder.High 37Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysEnjoy the nice & sunny afternoon ahead.It’s a little chilly out but it’s miles ahead of the weath
  
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• TV personality known for playing Bozo the Clown dies at 89

  22-03-2018 16:03
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children's TV program "Bozo the Clown," has died. He was 89.Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease, his family said in a statement to WCVB-TV .Avruch played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, a clown character particularly popular in the U.S. in the 1960s because of widespread franchising in television. Avruch became the first nationally-syndicated Bozo the C
  
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• Auditor's preliminary finding: CCS violated law in superintendent search

  22-03-2018 16:02
  
  COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Board of Education violated a law when it conducted its search for a new superintendent, according to the preliminary findings of Ohio Auditor Dave Yost."I write today to inform you that, while our investigation is still ongoing, our preliminary investigative work has confirmed that the Board of Education acted in violation of ORC 121.22, the Open Meetings Law, and any decisions made are void ab initio as a matter of law," according to a letter sent by Yost to the board'
  
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• Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Will Add Event Space This Year

  22-03-2018 15:59
  Wolf’s Ridge Brewing is on the road to expansion. The five-year-old brewery and taproom is absorbing the adjacent 700 square foot space on the northern side of their building. The first week of April, work will begin to build out an event room and kitchen. An opening is expected by late fall. The space itself […]
  
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• U.S. Census: Columbus metro bigger than that of Cleveland, gaining on Cincinnati

  22-03-2018 15:27
  
  COLUMBUS -- New census estimates released Thursday show the Columbus metro area now has more people than the Cleveland metro area.The Columbus metro area, which includes 10 counties within commuting distance of the city, has surpassed that of Cleveland by about 20,000 people. The 2017 estimates show the Columbus metro area with 2,078,725 people. That's compared to the Cleveland metro area with 2,058,844 people.Still, Cincinnati’s metro area still has about 100,000 more people with an estim
  
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• Man killed in Hocking County crash Thursday morning

  22-03-2018 15:27
  
  ATHENS, Ohio - A man was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash in Hocking County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.The crash occurred on CR-17 around 4:30 a.m. Authorities identified the victim as Jason V. Cassells, 47, of Nelsonville, Ohio.OHSP says Cassells was traveling south when he failed to negotiate a curve and crossed the center line. He then corrected and drove off the right side of the roadway.The car struck an embankment and overturned before striking a tree. OHSP says C
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Hummavore Hummus

  22-03-2018 15:00
  For Fox Hollow Garden, aka “Hummavore,” hummus is serious business. So serious, that this past winter it dedicated itself to the lone task of making and selling hummus — lots and lots of hummus. Of course, a line-up consisting of only hummus doesn’t have to be boring. A chip dip can have many variations when […]
  
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• Making Buckeye Lake a Destination by 2030

  22-03-2018 14:56
  A collaborative effort is underway to transform the shores of Buckeye Lake into a year-round tourism destination that will serve as a premier getaway for those in central Ohio and throughout the region. “When the governor and legislature decided to fix the Buckeye Lake dam in a way that would be good for the next […]
  
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• Power outage reported throughout downtown Columbus

  22-03-2018 14:46
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police say a power throughout portions of downtown Columbus was caused by four substations that went down Thursday morning.Columbus State Community College, Franklin University, Columbus Division of Police Headquarters and The Riffe Center were among locations impacted by the outage. All have since reported that their power has been restored.Thank you everyone for your patience during the power outage. A LARGE portion of downtown including the courthouse and the Short North w
  
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• I-71 North closed due to a crash in north Columbus

  22-03-2018 12:59
  
  COLUMBUS - A two-vehicle crash has closed I-71 north between E. North Broadway and Cooke Road, according to Columbus Police.Police said the collision happened around 7:30 a.m. Thursday.One person was taken to Riverside in critical condition.The roadway is expected to remain closed until the police get an update on the condition of the person injured.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• 1 critical after crash on I-71 in north Columbus

  22-03-2018 12:59
  
  COLUMBUS - One person was injured Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 71 in north Columbus.The northbound lanes of the interstate was closed between E. North Broadway and Cooke Road. It has since reopened. Police said the collision happened around 7:30 a.m. One person was taken to Riverside in critical condition.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• New exhibits opening at Emily Davis Gallery

  22-03-2018 12:46
  Two new exhibits will open in the Emily Davis Gallery at The University of Akron's Myers School of Art March 19. According to UA officials, The Contemporary Eye: Historic Photographic Processes Revisited, will feature present-day artists who use 100-year-old photographic processes to create their artwork, reminding viewers that photography goes beyond digital by delving into the techniques that create physical objects. The exhibit, which is curated by Arnold Tunstall, who is director of Universi
  
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• Trump: 'Crazy' Biden would go down crying if he assaulted me

  22-03-2018 12:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at Joe Biden for wanting to "beat the hell out of him," saying the former vice president "would go down fast and hard, crying all the way."The Republican president tweeted Thursday: "Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn't know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don't t
  
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• YouTube tightens restrictions on firearm videos

  22-03-2018 12:19
  
  SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — YouTube has tightened its restrictions on firearms videos.The video-serving network owned by Google is banning videos that provide instructions on how to make a firearm, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, and accessories such as bump stocks and silencers.The ban includes showing viewers how to install the accessories or modifications. YouTube also prohibits content about the sale of guns or firearm accessories.The policy comes weeks after a mass shooting at a Flo
  
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• Ashland University women's basketball team advances to the Division II finals

  22-03-2018 11:52
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The number one seed Ashland University (AU) women's basketball team advanced to the Division II finals last night after they beat Indiana University-Pennsylvania (IUP).AU beat IUP 92-68 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.They are going into the National Championships with a 36-0 record.AU won titles in 2013 and 2017.They play again Friday night at 8 p.m. against Central Missouri (a number ten seed) on CBS Sports Network.
  
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• Officials to turn over Prince investigative files to family

  22-03-2018 11:30
  
  Prosecutors in the county where Prince was found dead have agreed to provide his siblings with investigative documents so the family can determine whether civil litigation is warranted, according to a stipulation filed in court Wednesday.The siblings and their attorneys must keep the information confidential, or could be held in contempt of court, the agreement says. A judge hasn't yet signed off on it, according to court records, but that's typically a formality when both sides agree.Prince was
  
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• Trump to punish China on trade as US companies fear backlash

  22-03-2018 11:13
  
  Farmers, electronics retailers and other U.S. businesses are bracing for a backlash as President Donald Trump targets China for stealing American technology or pressuring U.S. companies to hand it over.The administration is expected Thursday to slap trade sanctions on China, perhaps including restrictions on Chinese investment and tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese products.Dozens of industry groups sent a letter last weekend to Trump warning that "the imposition of sweeping tari
  
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• Trump signs order punishing China on trade

  22-03-2018 11:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that paves the way for imposing tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese imports to punish Beijing for what he said is the theft of American technology and Chinese pressure on U.S. companies to hand it over."It is the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world," Trump said of the U.S.-China trade imbalance, blaming it for lost American jobs.He said his action would make the country stronger and rich
  
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• Police: Austin bomber's motive still unknown, despite video

  22-03-2018 11:03
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 25-minute cellphone video left behind by the bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for weeks details the differences among the weapons he built and amounts to a confession, police said. But his motive remains a mystery.Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed college dropout who bought bomb-making materials at Home Depot, recorded the video hours before he died after detonating one of his own devices as SWAT teams closed in. It seemed to indicate the 23-y
  
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• Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt recorded 25-minute "confession," police say

  22-03-2018 11:03
  
  AUSTIN, Texas -- A 23-year-old man who is suspected of terrorizing Texas residents with explosive packages for several weeks recorded a 25-minute confession on his cellphone, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley announced during a news conference Wednesday evening. Mark Conditt was killed when he detonated an explosive device early Wednesday morning as a SWAT team closed in on his vehicle.In the video, Manley said Conditt described key differences between each of the seven bombs he is believed to ha
  
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• Protecting workers' hard-earned tips

  22-03-2018 10:28
  Tips belong to the workers who earn them. But a new rule under this administration is threatening the wages Ohio workers earn.
  
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• Elon Musk's Tesla pay package could net him $50 billion...or nothing

  22-03-2018 10:25
  
  DETROIT — Shareholders of electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. have approved an ambitious pay package for iconic CEO Elon Musk that could net him more than $50 billion if he meets lofty milestones over the next decade.A company filing Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed shareholders supported the pay deal by a large margin.Tesla says the all-or-nothing package is worth $2.6 billion at current stock values, but that would rise dramatically if Musk meets 12
  
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• Two people in custody after reports of shots fired in Dublin

  22-03-2018 10:10
  
  Two people are in custody after reports of shots fired in DublinDublin police are investigating a report of shots fired early Thursday morning.It happened at the Craughwell Village community around 2:45 a.m. Police received a call that six to seven shots were fired on Inishmore Lane.Police arrived to the address and reported hearing more gunshots. Two men were arrested. They have not been identified.No one was hurt.
  
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• Police charge man with illegally firing gun in Dublin

  22-03-2018 10:10
  
  DUBLIN - One man has been charged after allegedly firing a gun in Dublin, according to Dublin Police.Police charged William Vanhoose, 42,with Inducing Panic, Having Weapons While Intoxicated, and Discharging a Weapon in a Prohibited Place.The incident allegedly happened at the Craughwell Village community around 2:51 a.m. Thursday.Police say they received numerous calls about witnesses hearing gunshots.When officers arrived, they reported hearing several shots and were able to find the suspect i
  
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• Forecast: Icy spots this morning; Sunshine returns but chilly

  22-03-2018 09:02
  Today: Icy spots. Becoming mostly sunny but brisk & chilly out.High 43.Winds: NW 7-13 mph.
  Tonight: Mostly clear, calm and cold.Low 23.Winds: Light NW
  Tomorrow: More sunshine, not as brisk but still below average.High 44.Winds: NW 4-8 mph.
  Saturday: Rain/snow mix, mainly during the day.Colder.High 37Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar | School closings, delaysHigh pressure nudges eastward into the Ohio Valley today.This will clear out the clouds later this mo
  
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• Otterbein University students show how kindness matters

  22-03-2018 08:51
  WESTERVILLE - Otterbein University students are spreading the simple message that kindness matters.Last summer, the university first partnered with the Columbus Foundation’s Kind Columbus initiative known as Kindness Matters.“I think kindness is something that we can take for granted,” Jeremy Paul said.When Paul became student government president last fall, he kept that kindness going.“Kindness is so important especially in a day like today,” he said.Paul and the s
  
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• Family impacted by gun violence is for city's efforts on gun control

  22-03-2018 08:25
  COLUMBUS - Some Columbus families impacted by gun violence say they are behind the city’s proposals to curb the problem.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, City Attorney Zach Klein, and City Council President Shannon Hardin announced 11 changes to local laws in an attempt to reduce gun violence."The healing process is very slow,” Diane Lewis said.It certainly doesn’t feel like a decade. Not to Diane Lewis."He was about to graduate from high school. That's all he wanted to do was go
  
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• Cuyahoga County No. 3 nationally in population loss last year, new census estimates say

  22-03-2018 05:53
  Cuyahoga County's population dipped by an estimated 4,940 residents last year, the third highest loss in the country, new estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau say. Only Cook County and Baltimore city lost more people from 2016 to 2017, with Cook County falling by 20,093 residents and Baltimore slipping by 5,310.
  
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• 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels to be broadcast Sunday

  22-03-2018 05:17
  
  The 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star and director who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, will be broadcast on Sunday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.Daniels talks to Anderson Cooper about the relationship she says she had with Trump in 2006 and 2007, revealing details that bring her story up to the present. It is the first and only television interview in which she speaks about the alleged relationship. The president has denied having an affair with Daniel
  
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• Bomb squad detonates explosive devices after search warrant served in Muskingum County

  22-03-2018 04:15
  
  MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio – A bomb squad detonated some explosive devices in Muskingum County Wednesday night.Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz told 10TV the sheriff’s office was serving a search warrant when a detonating cord and blasting caps were found.Lutz said the bomb squad was called in to investigate and they determined it was best if the materials were detonated at a separate location from the search warrant address.The materials were detonated near Dresden Road and Fairview R
  
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