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• Paris stabbings investigated as terror attack, claimed by IS

  12-05-2018 23:05
  
  PARIS — A knife-wielding assailant killed one person and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris' famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police Saturday night. The Islamic State group claimed the attacker as one of its "soldiers."Counterterrorism authorities took charge of the investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron vowed that France would not bow to extremists despite being the target of multiple deadly attacks in recent years.Paris police officers evacuated peop
  
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• Paris stabbing: Assailant and 1 other killed, 4 injured

  12-05-2018 23:05
  
  PARIS — A knife-wielding assailant killed one person and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris' famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police in the French capital Saturday night.Paris police officers evacuated people from some buildings in the Right Bank neighborhood after the attack, and bar patrons and opera-goers described surprise and confusion.Beyond the police cordon, however, crowds still filled nearby cafes and the city's night life resumed its normal pace s
  
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• Ex-Ohio mayor gets 10 years in bribery, gambling case

  12-05-2018 22:32
  
  WARREN — A former northeast Ohio mayor convicted of taking bribes in exchange for jobs and running an illegal gambling house has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Ex-Niles Mayor Ralph Infante was sentenced Friday in Trumbull County after a jury found him guilty Monday of charges that included tampering with records, theft in office, gambling and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.The 62-year-old Infante asked for forgiveness and said he'd been humiliated before the judge sentence
  
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• Georgia officer resigns after dragging woman, 65, from car

  12-05-2018 21:30
  
  ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- A police department in Georgia has opened an internal investigation into why an elderly black woman was dragged out of her car during a traffic stop, authorities say. The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety says an officer has resigned following the May 4 incident outside of Atlanta, which was caught on dashcam video.The 65-year-old woman was pulled over after an Alpharetta police officer saw her vehicle drift into another lane, nearly causing a collision, the department sa
  
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• Scattered showers and storms possible tonight

  12-05-2018 21:29
  This Evening:Scattered showers and storms, some could have hail and gusty winds, especially east of Columbus.
  Tonight: Scattered showers and storms at times.Low 59.Winds: Light variable.
  Tomorrow: A chance for more showers and storms, especially south of I-70.High 80.Winds: WSW 5-10 mph.
  Monday: A continued chance for showers and storms, warmer.High 83.Winds: WSW 4-8 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: We’re in the midst of an unsett
  
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• President Trump's prescription to reduce drug prices takes small steps

  12-05-2018 18:54
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's long-promised plan to bring down drug prices would mostly spare the pharmaceutical industry he previously accused of "getting away with murder." Instead he focuses on private competition and more openness to reduce America's prescription pain.In Rose Garden remarks at the White House Friday, President Trump called his plan the "most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people." But it does not include his
  
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• 2 hospitalized after birthday party shooting in northeast Columbus

  12-05-2018 16:23
  
  COLUMBUS - Two people are hospitalized after a shooting in northeast Columbus, according to police.It happened just after 5 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Windsor Avenue.Authorities said an unknown person dropped off one victim at Riverside Methodist Hospital suffering a gunshot wound to the lower body.A second victim was taken to Grant Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot. Police said both victims, identified as Miller Lewis, 25 and Marques Slade, 28, attended the private birthda
  
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• The Students and Teachers Upending Traditional Approaches to Discipline

  12-05-2018 16:05
  What happens when you don't blame kids for bad behavior? An elementary school in Columbus, Ohio is trying to find out. Katherine Reynolds Lewis writes: Many of Ohio Avenue's children have brushed against violence and other traumatic experiences in their short lives - abuse and neglect, a household member addicted to drugs, homelessness, to name a few.
  
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• Seeing some sun; Chance storms later today

  12-05-2018 13:18
  Today:Mild & dry start.Partly sunny.Chance storms, mainly pm.High 80.Winds: W 5-15.
  Tonight: Chance storms. Mostly cloudy & mild.Low 58.Winds NE 5-10
  Tomorrow: Scattered showers & storms. Mostly cloudy.High 81.
  Monday:Mostly cloudy, lingering showers & storms.High 85.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Starting off dry & mild this morning with some scattered cloud coverage. A frontal boundary positioned across the Ohio Vall
  
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• Woman killed after being struck in motorized wheelchair in east Columbus

  12-05-2018 11:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle while operating a motorized wheelchair in east Columbus.The Columbus Division of Police said the crash happened Friday just before 10 p.m. on Livingston Avenue and Cunard Road.Investigators said Marc Anglin, 46 of Columbus was traveling westbound on Livingston Avenue and Cunard Road in his Ford sedan when he hit Carolyn Childers, 61 of Columbus in her wheelchair in the middle of Livingston Avenue.Childers was taken to Grant Medica
  
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• 1 injured after drive-by shooting in north Columbus 

  12-05-2018 11:33
  
  COLUMBUS - One person is critical after a drive-by shooting in north Columbus.It happened just before 5 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of East Hudson Street and Grasmere Avenue, according to police.An unknown person drove up to the victim and fired shots into the victim's car. The victim identified as Steven Moore, 53 suffered gunshot wounds to the hip and was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition but is expected to be OK.No other information was immediately available.Stay with
  
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• Dry & mild start; Storms move in later today

  12-05-2018 11:06
  Today:Mild & dry start.Partly sunny.Chance storms, mainly pm.High 80.Winds: W 5-15.
  Tonight: Chance storms. Mostly cloudy & mild.Low 58.Winds NE 5-10
  Tomorrow: Scattered showers & storms. Mostly cloudy.High 81.
  Monday:Mostly cloudy, lingering showers & storms.High 85.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Live Radar Weather Discussion: Starting off dry & mild this morning with some scattered cloud coverage. A frontal boundary positioned across the Ohio Vall
  
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• Man killed in Newark shooting

  12-05-2018 08:10
  
  NEWARK, Ohio -- A man was shot and killed in Newark Friday night.Police believe the shooting happened just after 11 p.m. in the first block of Hancock Street, according to the Newark Advocate. Police said they received multiple calls of shots being fired.Investigators said when officers arrived the victim was found dead.The shooting is under investigation.The Advocate reports that this is the second shooting in Newark in 2018.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Woman sustains smoke inhalation escaping fire at East Side home

  12-05-2018 06:55
  Columbus firefighters were called at 7:23 p.m. to a reported structure fire at 2878 Manola Dr., a single-family house in a neighborhood just north of I-70 and west of South James Road. Battalion Chief Bill Bishop said the woman, who was the only person home when the fire began, was transported to Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center for treatment for smoke inhalation.
  
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• Woman in motorized wheelchair killed in crash with car on East Side

  12-05-2018 06:55
  A woman in a motorized wheelchair died Friday night of injuries she sustained when she was struck by a car while riding in the travel lanes of an East Side street, Columbus police said. The accident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on the 3400 block of East Livingston Avenue, said Sgt.
  
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• Columbus police to create digital forensics unit to analyze cellphone evidence

  12-05-2018 06:55
  Nearly everyone carries a smartphone, and some criminal groups use more than one phone, leaving Columbus police detectives working to keep up with a mounting volume of digital evidence collected at crime scenes. In one house, police found more than 20 cellphones tied to a homicide case, said Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs.
  
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• Geauga Lake's Tilt-A-Whirl comes to Carnation City

  12-05-2018 04:44
  In a strange twist of fate, Jason and Dawn Dlugokecki, owners of Funtimes Fun Park in Alliance, have been reunited with Geauga Lake's Tilt-A-Whirl - a reunion they are now offering to others. The Ravenna couple will introduce Alliance area residents to the old ride and new addition to their business during a grand reopening on Saturday at the former Caddie Shack, 12175 W. State St., Alliance.
  
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• Pompeo: US to help North Korea economy if it gives up nukes

  12-05-2018 02:58
  
  The United States aspires to have North Korea as a "close partner" and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday, noting that the U.S. has often in history become good friends with former adversaries.Pompeo said he had told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of that hope during his brief visit to Pyongyang earlier this week, during which he finalized details of the upcoming June 12 summit between Kim and President Donald Trump and secured the release of three Americans imprisoned in
  
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• Inspection at MAPFRE Stadium reveals health code violations

  12-05-2018 01:16
  COLUMBUS -- An inspection of several concession stands inside of MAPFRE Stadium revealed a list of violations including issues with drainage and the presence of mouse droppings inside one of the kitchens.Columbus Public Health conducted inspections on nine concession stands Wednesday and found violations at all but one of them.According to the report, some violations were corrected at the time of the inspection such as the disposal of three dozen cooked brats being stored in a cooler without a d
  
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• Brothers resurrecting family's Mazza's Restaurant, a Mount Vernon icon

  12-05-2018 00:11
  Back in the 1950s, when Otho Eyster was a teen - and for many years afterward - Mazza's Restaurant was the place to be in downtown Mount Vernon. Interstate 71 was just in the works at the time, so people driving from Cleveland or Canton or other areas to the north, or Columbus or Cincinnati to the south, often drove right through the Knox County seat on Route 3. If they were hungry, they'd stop at Mazza's for the house salad or spaghetti or any of the other Italian dishes served up by the f
  
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