• US-China trade war elevates the risks to the global economy

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The trade war that erupted Friday between the U.S. and China carries a major risk of escalation that could weaken investment, depress spending, unsettle financial markets and slow the global economy.The opening shots were fired just after midnight, when the Trump administration imposed a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion of imports from China, and Beijing promptly retaliated with duties on an equal amount of American products. It accused the U.S. of igniting "the biggest t
  • Ohio mom asked to leave pool for breastfeeding baby

    A breastfeeding mother in Ohio never imagined she’d be kicked out of a community pool for doing something perfectly legal.Cimarra Pierman was feeding her son at a Cincinnati pool when she said a lifeguard approached her and asked her to leave."Then that's when all of a sudden that's when it became a spectacle, like, why are you feeding your child?" Pierman said.Pierman said she was protected by Ohio law, but the lifeguard said she was breaking pool rules."It's 90 degrees outside. This is t
  • Craft breweries feeling the pinch from federal tariffs on imported aluminum

    Ohio's craft brewing industry now faces a cost increase for aluminum cans after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel."The aluminum itself, sheet aluminum, is not manufactured in the United States," said Collin Castore, co-founder of Seventh Son Brewing in Italian Village.The small brewing company uses bottles, kegs and can to package their beer for sale. But, new tariffs on imported aluminum is raising the cost of cans from wholesale manufacturers."We’ve
  • Security measures taken for kids and parents heading to Taylor Swift

    The biggest concert ever to come to Columbus happens Saturday when Taylor Swift will play Ohio Stadium.The concert rolled in on 80 semis and took 10 days to load in and set up.Organizers have taken measures to help kids and their parents navigate more easily.There are designated parent drop off areas at the Schottenstein Center, a parent waiting area inside and meeting areas outside of the Schott and the stadium.“We certainly understand that the parents are concerned for their kids and it
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  • Police investigating threatening letter received at Circleville newspaper

    Police investigating threatening letter received at Circleville newspaper
    CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – Circleville police are investigating a suspicious letter received at a local newspaper on July 5.Officers were called to the Circleville Herald after staff received a letter with what appeared to be threats toward the newspaper and the people who work there.The letter said there was fentanyl in the letter’s envelope, according to police.Police said a substance was found in the envelope and a HAZMAT team took the substance on July 6 to a laboratory for testing.Poli
  • 6-year-old twins from Ohio save toddler from drowning

    Six-year-old twin boys in Bowling Green are being called heroes after they saved a 3-year-old girl from drowning.Last week while on a family trip to Florida, Peyton and Bryant Switzer saved the girl from a pool."Then she jumped in and Peyton jumped in and put her arm around her and then he bring her to the ladder and I helped her out,” Bryant said.The twins said they could tell the girl was drowning because her head was going under water.Their parents said they are very comfortable in the
  • National drug shortage hitting Columbus hospitals

    A survey in May of emergency doctors by the American College of Emergency Physicians found that nine out 10 said they didn't have access to critical medicines and nearly four in 10 said that patient had been negatively affected.For Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and OhioHealth, both are experiencing a shortage of critical medications. Drugs that can help people with conditions ranging for nausea to cardiac arrests."We have multiple drug shortages and I think the question is do we have a drug s
  • Tracking Hurricane Beryl: First named hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    Tracking Hurricane Beryl: First named hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
    Trouble in the Tropics: Tracking Beryl, first named hurricane of the seasonFriday, July 6 Update:We are finally getting some relief from the heat this weekend, but we have something else brewing in the tropics.Over a matter of 24 hours, a disturbance about 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles (Arc of Caribbean islands that extends from the US Virgin Islands to Grenada) has picked up some strength and we now have our first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season, Hurricane Be
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  • Man who challenged black family's use of pool loses job

    Man who challenged black family's use of pool loses job
    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A white man who challenged a black family's use of a private community's pool has not only resigned from the homeowner's association board — he's also lost his job.Sonoco announced Friday that Adam Bloom is no longer employed by the packaging and industrial products company, saying it doesn't condone discrimination of any kind, even if it happens outside its workplace.A video posted on the Facebook page of Jasmine Edwards on July 4, seen more than 4 million
  • Survivor of state fair accident shares story of horror and hope

    She is a remarkable young woman who has been through an unthinkable ordeal.Her life changed forever last year at the Ohio State Fair.Keziah Lewis and her boyfriend Tyler Jarrell were riding the Fire Ball last July when their gondola broke off, ejecting them and sending them crashing to the ground.Tyler died of blunt force trauma.Keziah survived, but with barely any part of her unbroken.She endured months in the hospital, a dozen surgeries so far, and months of re-training her mind and body.Now s
  • Keziah's Story: Survivor of state fair accident shares story of horror and hope

    Keziah Lewis should be savoring the summer before her senior year of college.She should be commanding a stage with her a capella group."Music just makes me happy," she said. "It makes me feel like nothing bad ever happened to me, or nothing bad could happen to me."She should be experiencing the beauty of young love with her boyfriend."He is the most loving and caring person I've ever met."Instead, she spends her days at OSU, re-training her mind and body.Abilities she once took for granted: stan
  • Thais fight water and oxygen levels in cave as diver dies

    Thais fight water and oxygen levels in cave as diver dies
    MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Authorities in Thailand said Friday they will not immediately attempt an underwater evacuation of 12 schoolboys who have been trapped in a cave for almost two weeks because they have not learned adequate diving skills in the short time since searchers reached the area where they are sheltering.However, the official in immediate charge of the operation, Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, indicated at a news conference that if heavy rains started and appeared to be causing
  • Former Ohio State Buckeye tackles new role as CPD officer

    From protecting the field to protecting our community. Today, one former Buckeye swapped his scarlet and gray for blue.10TV talked with former Ohio State football safety, C.J. Barnett about his dreams of working in law enforcement and how he made them a reality.After 29 weeks of training, Barnett graduated alongside 44 other police recruits from the Columbus Police Academy Friday morning.“It’s one thing to be in the NFL and have kids look up to you but it's another thing to actually
  • Trump administration seeks more time to reunite families

    Trump administration seeks more time to reunite families
    SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration asked a judge Friday for more time to reunite families who were separated at the border under its "zero-tolerance" policy to prosecute every person who enters the country illegally.Hours before a hearing in San Diego, the Justice Department filed papers seeking an extension of the deadline, which is July 10 for all parents with children under 5 and July 26 to reunite everyone else.The administration says federal law requires it to ensure that child
  • Franklin County Dog Shelter waiving adoption fees through Sunday

    The Franklin County Dog Shelter & Adoption Center is waiving adoption fees through Sunday, July 8.The shelter said it has taken in 86 dogs since fireworks on Tuesday and Wednesday.About half of those remain unclaimed. The shelter asks if you lost your dog to visit them immediately.After three days, unlicensed dogs will be evaluated for adoption.The first of those strays picked up will be available for adoption beginning this weekend so the shelter is waiving fees to make space for the new do
  • The List: The Top 20 Hottest Real Estate Neighborhoods in Columbus

    While the Columbus region has recently ranked as the #2 housing market in the entire country, we all know that real estate is all about location, location, location. That means that some parts of town are certainly “hotter” than others when it comes to houses selling more quickly and often for above their asking price. […]
  • Columbus Named #2 Hottest Housing Market in US

    Columbus is both literally and figuratively hot right now. The heat index has been pushed into the triple digits this week, and the housing market was just rated the #2 hot spot in the country according to Realtor.com. “This is really the same story we have had the last few years — there’s not enough […]
  • Ex-athletes say Ohio State doc groped, ogled men for years

    Ex-athletes say Ohio State doc groped, ogled men for years
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher.Some former athletes recall him differently: Locker-room voyeur. Serial groper. "Dr. Jelly Paws."In interviews with The Associated Press in recent weeks, seven former athletes and a former nursing student shared detailed allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1970s against the doctor, who kil
  • Jackson Creative Cooperative Brings New Local Retailers to Short North

    The Jackson Creative Cooperative is bringing a mix of retail and coworking space to The Jackson building at 1137 N. High St. Formerly the home of Short North Fitness, Jackson Creative Cooperative Owner Brad Howe says the new enterprise is a better use of the space, brining a unique retail opportunity to the growing Short […]
  • Face the State with Scott Light | July 8, 2018

    This week on Face The State with Scott Light:An Ohio Congressman accused - More former Ohio State wrestlers say Rep. Jim Jordan knew about alleged abuse by a team doctor. We look at the timing of the accusations and his response to controversy.The impact of tariffs - Billions of dollars in tariffs went into effect this week.Ohio will be hit especially hard when it comes to agriculture and exports.The industries feeling the pinch and when it could hit your wallet.Unions and Ohio - Our panelists d
  • 1 taken to NCH after SUV hits house in south Columbus

    1 taken to NCH after SUV hits house in south Columbus
    COLUMBUS - One person was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital after an SUV hit a house in south Columbus.It happened just after 12 p.m. in the 2500 block of Wilson Avenue. Police are investigating how the crash happened.Authorities said one person was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital and is expected to be OK.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  • 1 taken to Nationwide Children's after SUV hits house in south Columbus

    1 taken to Nationwide Children's after SUV hits house in south Columbus
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One person was injured Friday when an SUV crashed into a home in south Columbus.It happened just after 12 p.m. in the 2500 block of Wilson Avenue. Authorities said one person was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital and is expected to be OK.Police are investigating what caused the single-vehicle crash.No other information was immediately available.
  • Ant-Man, Purge & Other Good Stuff in Theaters

    A mid-week holiday followed by a weekend means even more days to sit in the air-conditioned heaven of a CBUS movie theater. Reclining seats! Never-ending beverages! Milk Duds! So, luckily there is some really good stuff to watch. Here’s a quick look: Ant-Man and The Wasp by George Wolf Like the titular heroes who get […]
  • Local Artist Spotlight: Christian Cimoroni

    Illustrator and designer Christian Cimoroni is keen on representation. He himself represents a host of identities as an LGBTQ artist and Columbus College of Art and Design alum, while his work sets out to give everyone a voice, or rather, an image. Cimoroni’s day job is at PrintSyndicate, a local t-shirt company where he designs trendy items […]
  • Mother warns about popular kids game following sexual assault portrayal

    A North Carolina mom is warning others after a game her child was playing featured a violent sexual assault.Amber Peterson made a post on Facebook detailing what she witnessed as her 7-year-old daughter played the game Roblox."At first, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My sweet and innocent daughter’s avatar was being VIOLENTLY GANG-RAPED ON A PLAYGROUND by two males," she wrote in the post. "A female observer approached them and proceeded to jump on her body at the end of the act. Th
  • Patrol says 8 died in traffic crashes over holiday period

    Patrol says 8 died in traffic crashes over holiday period
    COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says eight people died in traffic crashes over the Fourth of July holiday reporting period.The patrol says the eight people were killed in four crashes in the period which began July 3 and ended July 4.A patrol release says 21 fatal crashes killed 21 people in last year's Fourth of July holiday reporting period. That period ran longer, from June 30 to July 4.Troopers say they made 296 arrests for impaired driving and 276 for drug-related charges in
  • Two sobriety checkpoints planned tonight in northern Franklin County

    Two sobriety checkpoints planned tonight in northern Franklin County
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County DUI Task Force will hold two sobriety checkpoints tonight to combat impaired driving.The checkpoints will be onCleveland Avenue near Hanawalt Road in Westerville andSchrock Road near Garden Terrace Road in the city of Columbus.The Franklin County DUI Task Force members will conduct the sobriety check between 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.The task force says it wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver or make other arra
  • Some detention centers for migrant children not subject to state inspections

    Some detention centers for migrant children not subject to state inspections
    A loophole in federal policy allows the "Tent City" at the Tornillo Port of Entry in Texas and a massive shelter in Homestead, Florida to escape the rigorous, often unannounced child welfare inspections that nearly all other similar shelters are subjected to.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) operates more than 100 shelters for unaccompanied migrant children across 17 states. All but two— Tornillo and Homestead, housing more than 1,350 children combined — must com
  • State Rep. Janelle Bynum says police called as she canvassed neighborhood

    State Rep. Janelle Bynum says police called as she canvassed neighborhood
    LACKAMAS, Ore. -- A black Oregon lawmaker says one of her constituents called police as she canvassed a Portland-area neighborhood that she represents. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for re-election this fall, said she was knocking on doors, talking to residents and taking notes on her cellphone in Clackamas on Tuesday when a Clackamas County sheriff's deputy showed up.Bynum said the deputy told her a woman called police because the lawmaker appeared to spend a long time at homes and a
  • US job growth was likely solid in June despite trade risks

    US job growth was likely solid in June despite trade risks
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers in the United States are thought to have kept up their brisk pace of hiring in June, reflecting the durability of the second-longest U.S. economic expansion on record even in the face of a trade war with China.Economists have estimated that 195,000 jobs were added last month and that the unemployment rate remained at an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, according to data provider FactSet. If, though, the unemployment rate reached 3.7 percent or less in June, it would
  • Chris Brown arrested on felony battery charge after Florida concert

    Chris Brown arrested on felony battery charge after Florida concert
    Recording artist Chris Brown was arrested Thursday after a concert in Florida on an outstanding warrant for felony battery.The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed that he was booked on the charge and then released on $2,000 bond.According to a statement sent to CBS News by the sheriff's office, Brown, 29, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at 11:00 p.m. on a warrant issued by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Hillsborough is about 150 miles northwest of Palm Beach.It was
  • OSHP: 8 died in traffic crashes over holiday period

    OSHP: 8 died in traffic crashes over holiday period
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says eight people died in traffic crashes over the Fourth of July holiday reporting period.The patrol says the eight people were killed in four crashes in the period which began July 3 and ended July 4.A patrol release says 21 fatal crashes killed 21 people in last year's Fourth of July holiday reporting period. That period ran longer, from June 30 to July 4.Troopers say they made 296 arrests for impaired driving and 276 for drug-related charg
  • Pro-Trump "Deplorable" store shuts down after two days

    Pro-Trump "Deplorable" store shuts down after two days
    A pro-Trump store in upstate New York called the "Team Deplorable Community Activity Center" – whose owner planned to turn the shop into a national support center for the president's agenda – has closed after just two days.The store vanished as suddenly as it had appeared this week in Webster, a village outside of Rochester, CBS affiliate WROC reports. In its two-day lifespan, the store drew an Independence Day protest and fierce social media backlash while its owner tried to raise $
  • Deadline to reunite immigrant families rapidly approaching

    Deadline to reunite immigrant families rapidly approaching
    This spring, the Trump administration began a "zero tolerance" policy to criminally prosecute anyone caught crossing the border illegally. Because children can't be in jail with their parents, more than 2,300 families caught by Border Patrol were separated. The move prompted mass outrage in the United States and internationally. After first blaming the practice on the Democrats, Trump on June 20 signed an executive order that stopped the separation of families. A June 26 court order by a federal
  • Pompeo in North Korea vows to get details of nuke commitment

    Pompeo in North Korea vows to get details of nuke commitment
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began his first trip to Pyongyang since President Donald Trump's summit with leader Kim Jong Un last month with a vow to nail down the specifics of Kim's commitments on denuclearization.Pompeo, who arrived in the North Korean capital on Friday, has the crucial task of dispelling growing skepticism over how seriously Kim is about giving up his nuclear arsenal and translating the upbeat rhetoric following the summit into concrete action.He was met at the Pyongyang ai
  • Victims of triple shooting say they were shot outside club in east Columbus

    Victims of triple shooting say they were shot outside club in east Columbus
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police is investigating a shooting that left three people with injuries.An officer patrolling in the area of E. Livingston Avenue heard gunshots. As the officer was heading toward shots, he spotted a car that ran a stop sign at E. Livingston and Saranac Drive. The vehicle stopped and the officer found three shooting victims inside.The victims told police they were in a car outside the Savoy Club on Lake Club Drive when someone opened fire on the vehicle.According to pol
  • Thai authorities say rescuer in cave dead from lack of oxygen

    Thai authorities say rescuer in cave dead from lack of oxygen
    MAE SAI, Thailand — Thai authorities say a former navy SEAL working to rescue boys trapped in a cave has died from lack of oxygen.SEAL commander Arpakorn Yookongkaew said during a news conference Friday morning that the rescuer was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission in which he was placing oxygen canisters.Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23.
  • Ross County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 15-year-old girl

    Ross County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 15-year-old girl
    ROSS COUNTY, Ohio – The Ross County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl.The sheriff’s office said Larra Potts ran away from her foster home in the 2000 block of Sulphur Lick Road and she was last seen around 11 p.m. on July 1.She is 5-feet-8 inches tall, weighs about 100 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.She was last known to be wearing a blue skirt and a white top.If anyone has any information on where Larra Potts m
  • Ohio high court denies stay of execution for condemned killer

    Ohio high court denies stay of execution for condemned killer
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Supreme Court has denied a condemned killer's motion to stay his execution.The court denied death row inmate Robert Van Hook's motion Thursday without additional comment. He was sentenced to die for fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in Cincinnati in 1985. His execution is set for July 18.Van Hook had filed a motion seeking the execution delay while he pursues a challenge in a lower court to Ohio's adoption of its lethal injection protocol.Prosecutors a
  • US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

    US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits
    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures."It was my
  • Investigators' emails to US Rep. Jordan went to bad address

    Investigators' emails to US Rep. Jordan went to bad address
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's office said records released Thursday show lawyers' attempts to schedule an interview with him as part of an Ohio State University sex abuse investigation were sent to a non-existent email address.Jordan's spokesman said the Republican congressman is now working with investigators to set up a meeting.The email address glitch appeared to clear up contradictory statements by Jordan's office and Porter Wright, the law firm leading Ohio State's inve
  • Police: No foul play in death of man found in Worthington Kroger parking lot

    Police: No foul play in death of man found in Worthington Kroger parking lot
    WORTHINGTON, Ohio – A man's body was found in a car parked outside the Worthington Kroger Thursday and police say he may have been there for several days.Worthington Police said someone called 911 around 6:35 p.m. and reported seeing a body inside a vehicle at the Kroger located on Old Wilson Bridge Road near North High Street. Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the man's death but investigators did locate items associated with drug use inside the vehicle.The Franklin County Coro
  • Police: No foul play after man’s body found in Worthington Kroger parking lot

    Police: No foul play after man’s body found in Worthington Kroger parking lot
    WORTHINGTON, Ohio – Worthington Police say no foul play involved in man's death in Kroger parking lot.Police said they received a call just after 6:35 p.m. Thursday on a report of a body in a car at Old Wilson Bridge Road near North High StreetThe Franklin County Coroner Office pronounced the man dead on the scene.The body was possibly there for several days and according to investigators items associated with drug use were found inside the vehicle.The cause of death and identity of the bo
  • Body found inside vehicle in Worthington Kroger parking lot

    Body found inside vehicle in Worthington Kroger parking lot
    WORTHINGTON, Ohio – Police are investigating the discovery of a body in a car in a parking lot at Kroger on Old Wilson Bridge Road near North High Street in Worthington.Police said they received a call about the body just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday.Detectives and the Franklin County Coroner’s Office are on the scene.The body has not been identified.
  • Brawl caught on video at Pickerington Fourth of July fireworks show

    After a brawl broke out at the Pickerington Fourth of July celebration, Josh Phillips says he knew he needed to jump in and help."We thought it'd be a little laid back," Phillips said. "Not so chaotic, not as many people...we didn't expect what quite was going to happen."New to the area, Phillips went to Wednesday's fireworks show in Pickerington.During that show he says a large crowd began to gather around one spot and people were getting their phones out. He says someone yelled "Gun!" and ever
  • Ohio Amber Alert issued for missing 6-year-old girl

    Ohio Amber Alert issued for missing 6-year-old girl
    A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 6-year-old girl from Cincinnati.The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says Malayah Sisco was taken from a residence by her non-custodial mother, Ashley Davona Hardy, Wednesday night at 11:30 p.m.Malayah is described as a black female, 3 feet tall, 40 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last wearing a grey sleeveless shirt with red and blue designs on the front, grey skirt with brown shoes and braids with red and blue beads.Har
  • Ohio Amber Alert canceled, 6-year-old girl safe

    Ohio Amber Alert canceled, 6-year-old girl safe
    BREAKING UPDATE: Malayah Sisco, the subject of a statewide Amber Alert, has been found and is in good condition, according to Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Ashley Hardy is in custody after turning herself in, WCPO reports.Original story:A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 6-year-old girl from Cincinnati.The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office says Malayah Sisco was taken from a residence by her non-custodial mother, Ashley Davona Hardy, Wednesday night at 11:30 p.m
  • Man arrested for kidnapping, rape of Ohio teens; 2 fugitives at-large

    Man arrested for kidnapping, rape of Ohio teens; 2 fugitives at-large
    The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested one of the three men wanted in the kidnapping and rape of two teenagers in Bowling Green.David Ramos Contreras was taken into custody in Lubbock, Texas. He was found hiding under a bed and will be extradited back to Ohio to face charges.Authorities are still searching for Arnulfo Ramos and Juan Garcia Rios Adiel in connection with the same incident. Their current whereabouts are still unknown.Authorities say the fugitives are not U.S. citizens and are repor
  • Authorities arrest man wanted for kidnapping, rape of Ohio teens; 2 fugitives at-large

    Authorities arrest man wanted for kidnapping, rape of Ohio teens; 2 fugitives at-large
    The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested one of the three men wanted in the kidnapping and rape of two teenagers in Bowling Green.David Ramos Contreras was taken into custody in Lubbock, Texas. He was found hiding under a bead and will be extradited back to Ohio to face charges.Authorities are still searching for Arnulfo Ramos and Juan Garcia Rios Adiel in connection with the same incident. Their current whereabouts are still unknown.Authorities say the fugitives are not U.S. citizens and are repo

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