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• Melania Trump praises LeBron James after her husband bashes NBA star

  04-08-2018 22:32
  
  Melania Trump broke sharply with her husband on Saturday, after the president maligned NBA star LeBron James' intelligence on Twitter late Friday night. The first lady praised James for his work with children, even saying she is open to visiting the school for underprivileged children he founded in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. The first lady's platform, "Be Best," is all about encouraging children to conduct themselves in an honorable manner, and she has made promoting children's welfare a key p
  
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• Browns WR Gordon in contact with teammate though still absent from team

  04-08-2018 22:18
  
  BEREA — Josh Gordon hasn't reported to Cleveland Browns training camp, but his presence is being felt on the field.Fellow wide receiver Rashard Higgins is wearing his gear under his uniform at each practice."That's my locker buddy, and I'm wearing his shirts every day," Higgins said Saturday. "That's why I feel like I've got superpowers when I come out here."Gordon, whose nickname is Flash, remains away from the team as part of his treatment to battle drug and alcohol addictions. An NFL sp
  
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• Columbus police looking for runaway 17-year old and her 1-year-old son

  04-08-2018 21:25
  
  COLUMBUS -- Police are looking for an endangered runaway who voluntarily left home Saturday.The 17-year old girl, Breyanna Pack, left home with her 1-year-old son Q'zaylen. Both have brown eyes and black hair. Breyanna is described as 5-foot-2-inches tall and 110 pounds.She was reported missing on Nov. 30, 2017 from east Columbus.Anyone with info is asked to contact Det. Wallace in CPD’s Missing Persons Unit at 614-645-4624 or [email protected].
  
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• March for Our Lives protest at NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia

  04-08-2018 19:55
  
  Advocates of stricter gun control measures are protesting outside the National Rifle Association's headquarters in Northern Virginia on Saturday. Organizers are pushing for, among other things, the revocation of the heavyweight group's tax-exempt status.The "National March on the NRA" was expected to include activists from March for Our Lives and survivors from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.The protest is intended to honor and remember victims of gun viol
  
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• Amish man starts "Uber" ride service with his horse and buggy

  04-08-2018 19:31
  
  COLON, Mich. —A Michigan man is adding some horsepower to ridesharing with his horse and buggy.According to WWMT, Timothy Hochstedler calls it Amish Uber.Like Uber it's convenient and very popular soHochstedler found a way to make ridesharing more scenic.While riding people have the opportunity to share stories with Hochstedler."Uber is a cool thing, every single year something new comes in and Uber is hot right now, so we have the Amish Uber. We can deliver people to their front door step
  
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• Royal couple at friend's wedding on Meghan's 37th birthday

  04-08-2018 18:59
  
  LONDON (AP) — Weeks after tying the knot themselves, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were at another wedding Saturday — this time as guests.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the wedding of the prince's long-time friend Charlie van Straubenzee to videographer Daisy Jenks.Van Straubenzee has known the prince since childhood and was an usher at Harry and Meghan's wedding at Windsor Castle in May.The prince, wearing a tailcoat and sunglasses, arrived with other groomsmen at the medi
  
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• Opinion: How LeBron’s Public School Can Be a Model for Community Involvement

  04-08-2018 17:54
  On Monday, July 30, 2018, LeBron James and his Family Foundation opened The I Promise School in Akron, Ohio. It is a public school, part of the Akron Public School District, and will serve low-income and at-risk students in the NBA superstar’s hometown. This pointed mission and James’ demonstration of support in public education is […]
  
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• Ohio State issues neighborhood safety notice after armed robbery off campus

  04-08-2018 17:31
  
  The Ohio State University issued a warning Saturday about an armed robbery off campus.OSU says at 1 a.m. Columbus police responded to a report of an armed robbery in the 200 block of E. 15th Avenue.Reports indicate two female Ohio State students were approached by an unknown male with a handgun who demanded their purses. He then fled with their belongings in an unknown direction in a small silver/gray car.The suspect is described as a male with short dreadlocks, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans
  
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• Woman found dead in the road in southeast Columbus

  04-08-2018 17:09
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating a woman's body found in the road early Saturday morning.Officers were called at 2:30 a.m. to the intersection of Lockbourne Road and Sheldon Avenue in southeast Columbus.A 45-year-old woman was found lying in the road and was pronounced dead by first responders at 2:30 a.m., according to police.Investigators say it is unclear how the woman died and her name is being withheld until family can be notified.This incident remains under investigation.
  
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• Trump to hold rally at Olentangy Orange H.S. ahead of special election

  04-08-2018 16:48
  President Donald Trump is set to travel to Ohio to hold a campaign rally in support of Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson, who is running for Congress.Trump's campaign says he will appear in Delaware County, Ohio, on Saturday evening, days before the Aug. 7 special election for the state's 12th congressional district. Balderson is running against Democrat Danny O'Connor in a race that is being viewed as a potential harbinger for Republicans' chances in the fall midterm elections.The event webs
  
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• Kasich blasts Trump for criticizing Lebron James

  04-08-2018 16:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Governor John Kasich fired back at President Trump's insulting tweets about Lebron James.Kasich says rather than criticize Lebron James, we should be celebrating him for his charity work and efforts to help kids.Rather than criticizing @KingJames, we should be celebrating him for his charity work and efforts to help kids.By the way, all-around he’s better than Michael Jordan. That’s a fact.— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) August 4, 2018
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• New York zoo announces birth of twin red panda cubs

  04-08-2018 15:20
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials at an upstate New York zoo have announced the birth of twin red pandas, an endangered species found in Asia.Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney announced Tuesday that the male cubs were born at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, in Syracuse, on June 21.Zookeepers have named them Loofah and Doofah after characters in "The Land Before Time" animated dinosaur film series.The cubs were born to the zoo's breeding pair of red pandas, mother Tabei (TAH'-bay) and father
  
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• NRA sues New York officials over 'blacklisting' campaign

  04-08-2018 14:34
  
  ALBANY, N.Y.— The National Rifle Association is suffering grave financial harm that threatens its ability to pursue its advocacy mission because of a "blacklisting" campaign by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York regulators, the gun rights group said in a federal lawsuit.In an amended version of a federal lawsuit filed in May, the Virginia-based NRA said it lost insurance coverage after the state's enforcement actions against companies underwriting an NRA-branded insurance program called Carry
  
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• Dog Walkers Weekly "Furr-cast" | August 4, 2018

  04-08-2018 13:57
  
  Welcome back, everyone! For you first-time readers, happy to have you here!This blog is dedicated to those dog lovers across central Ohio. Unless you have an outdoor yard, many of you probably walk your dog, or dogs, on a daily basis, and maybe even multiple times a day.The purpose and goal of this blog is to help those dog walkers and their furry, little friends make the most out of their walks outside while being safe at the same time.So, let's start things off with a look at what I call the "
  
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• Rev. Jesse Jackson talks about his fight for equal rights in the US and abroad

  04-08-2018 13:53
  COLUMBUS - The National Urban League Conference brought tens of thousands of people to Columbus this week. The nation's largest civil rights and social justice conference attracts many of the most influential leaders in the country, including civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson.Jackson has spent decades working to battle racial and social injustice in the United States and across the world. He tells 10TV's Pete Scalia that he feels like the United States has taken a step backward when i
  
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• France's first baby panda celebrates one-year anniversary

  04-08-2018 13:43
  
  PARIS— France's first baby panda celebrates his one-year anniversary Saturday with a birthday cake composed of bamboo, honey, apples, oranges, strawberries, and lemons.The panda named Yuan Meng weighs about 66 pounds and has recently started eating bamboo while still suckling milk from mother panda Huan Huan.For the occasion the Beauval Zoo south of Paris is open for free to all visitors born on August 4.Yuan Meng's mother and father are at Beauval on a 10-year loan from China aimed at hig
  
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• Florida school shooting survivors plan to rally at NRA

  04-08-2018 13:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of a deadly shooting at a Florida high school plan to join a march in Virginia to protest what they consider efforts by the National Rifle Association to block gun-control laws and bans on assault rifles.Protesters are scheduled to meet Saturday for the "National March on NRA" at the association's headquarters in Fairfax. Among the activists and organizers will be students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who survived the February shooting in which 17 s
  
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• Weather to bring renewed fire danger to Northern California

  04-08-2018 13:38
  
  SAN FRANCISCO— Crews battling deadly Northern California wildfires braced for a weekend of windy, hot weather that could drive the flames into new areas and threaten more homes.The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings of critical fire weather conditions through Saturday night, saying a series of dry low-pressure systems passing through the region could bring wind gusts of up to 35 mph that could turn small fires or even sparks into racing walls of flame."This is a particularly
  
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• US warns Russia, others on enforcing North Korea sanctions

  04-08-2018 13:14
  
  SINGAPORE — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Russia, China, and other countries on Saturday against any violation of international sanctions on North Korea that could reduce pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons. Pompeo's comments came on the heels of a new United Nations report that found North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and is violating U.N. sanctions, including through illicit ship-to-ship transfers of oil.North Korea quickly shot bac
  
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• First Look: See Inside Yoga On High’s Gorgeous New Space

  04-08-2018 13:00
  “The first day is when it begins,” said Jerry Marcom, a long-time teacher at Yoga on High, and student participating in the first yoga class held at the new Yoga On High location at 1020 Dennison Avenue in the Short North. After pioneering yoga in Columbus and eighteen years on North High Street in the […]
  
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• Man who harassed Yellowstone bison arrested at Glacier park

  04-08-2018 11:56
  
  MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — An Oregon man who was caught on video harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park was arrested in Glacier National Park in the third disturbance in less than a week at a national park, officials said Friday.Rangers looking for Raymond Reinke of Pendleton, Oregon, found him causing a disturbance Thursday evening at the historic Many Glacier Hotel in the popular Montana park, the National Park Service said.He remains jailed pending a hearing next week and
  
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• President Trump insults Lebron James on Twitter

  04-08-2018 11:31
  
  President Trump insulted LeBron James on Twitter late Friday, writing that CNN's Don Lemon "made LeBron look smart, which isn't easy to do." Mr. Trump also went after Lemon, calling him the "dumbest man on television."The tweet from Mr. Trump's official account ended by saying "I like Mike!" It's unclear what Mike he was referring to.Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!— Donald J
  
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• Shooting victim in critical condition after home invasion in northeast Columbus

  04-08-2018 08:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a shooting that left one person in critical condition.The shooting happened Saturday around 12:30 a.m. on the 4100 block of Palmer Park Circle West.Police say it appears the shooting happened during a home invasion. A male was shot in the abdomen and was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. According to police, the shooting victim is expected to survive his injuries.Investigators do not have a suspect at thi
  
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• One person in critical condition after shooting in northeast Columbus

  04-08-2018 08:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a shooting that left one person in critical condition.The shooting happened Saturday around 12:30 a.m. on the 4100 block of Palmer Park Circle West.According to police, the shooting victim was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.There are no suspects.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• One person in critical condition after Palmer Park shooting

  04-08-2018 08:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a shooting that left one person in critical condition.The shooting happened Saturday around 12:30 a.m. on the 4100 block of Palmer Park Circle West.According to police, the shooting victim was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.There are no suspects.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Johnny Manziel throws 4 interceptions in CFL debut

  04-08-2018 05:08
  
  MONTREAL (AP) — Johnny Manziel threw an interception — and made a tackle — on his second play in the Canadian Football League. It didn't get much better after that, with four of his six first-half series ending in interceptions.Seeing regular-season action for first time since December 2015 with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, Manziel fizzled in a hurry in the Montreal Alouettes' 50-11 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night.After completing a pass for a 5-yard loss on his
  
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• Prosecutor to erase convictions in strip-club touching cases

  04-08-2018 04:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The city attorney for Columbus says he's willing to erase convictions of those prosecuted under a state law prohibiting strip club employees from touching customers.The Columbus Dispatch reports City Attorney Zach Klein made the offer this week after announcing last month that Columbus would no longer file such cases and dismissed charges against adult film actress Stormy Daniels and two Ohio women.Klein has since dismissed the pending cases of eight other women charg
  
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• Execution date set for Ohio man who lit fire that killed son

  04-08-2018 04:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has set an execution date in four years for a man convicted of setting a fire that killed his 3-year-old son.Death row inmate Michael Webb doesn't dispute the 1990 blaze in southwestern Ohio was arson, but he denies starting it. Webb says investigators using now-discredited methods came to the wrong conclusion about where in the house the flames broke out and says the correct determination points to someone else as the culprit.The court on Frida
  
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• “I will be cheering you on!”: Chris Bradley shares video in support of Pelotonia

  04-08-2018 04:27
  
  Chris Bradley shared a video in support of those riding in Pelotonia this weekend.Even though he will not be riding, he said in a video posted on Facebook Friday that he will be cheering on all the riders.“It will be beautiful to see the community come together,” Chris said as he encouraged the riders in the video.He also appreciates all the work the riders put in for Pelotonia, an annual bike ride that raises money for cancer research.Chris is one of the recipients of the research t
  
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• Wild Women Writing Produces Shorts by Acclaimed Playwright Will Eno

  04-08-2018 03:46
  There are few contemporary playwrights more acclaimed than Will Eno. Eno has tapped into a stripe of the American neurosis with an eye both witty and unsparing. Columbus has had a spate of fantastic productions of his work over the last few years, from Otterbein to CATCO to Available Light but arguably his finest local […]
  
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• Ohio judge orders inmate's mouth taped shut in courtroom

  04-08-2018 02:26
  A dramatic scene played out in a Cleveland courtroom Tuesday that seemed more like something out of a movie than real life.A judge ordered tape to be placed over the mouth of defendant Franklyn Williams."Not a fair trial. I wasn't in trial. I'm not being allowed to speak how I need to speak. He's stopping me from talking. He's gagging me, putting tape over my mouth at this moment,” Williams said.Judge John Russo was frustrated after Williams kept talking during sentencing."Mr. Williams, I'
  
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• At least one dozen vehicles vandalized in Prairie Township

  04-08-2018 01:51
  
  PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Ohio – At least one dozen vehicles were found vandalized Friday morning in Prairie Township according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.The agency posted photos on Twitter showing what looks to be a red substance on a few vehicles.The damage is not permanent and was able to be cleaned up, according to the sheriff’s office.The sheriff’s office said there are no suspects and no witnesses.If anyone has any information they are asked to call the Frankl
  
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• Parents of man who died from fentanyl overdose share powerful message

  04-08-2018 00:54
  
  A Columbus man's parents have taken to social media to spread the word about the dangers of fentanyl."People just are not listening," Debbie Gibney said."People aren't aware," Brett Gibney said.It's a picture posted by the Gibneys. It's not worth a thousand words. It's worth a life."We really want to send a strong message to people about fentanyl and how powerful these drugs are," Brett said.Pictures show their son before the drugs and before the addiction. Brent Gibney struggled for years addic
  
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• Zach Smith denies hitting ex-wife; says firing Urban Meyer would be ‘flat wrong’

  04-08-2018 00:52
  Former Ohio State assistant football coach Zach Smith spoke with ESPN and 105.7 FM The Zone Friday afternoon to discuss the domestic abuse allegations involving his ex-wife Courtney Smith.In the interview with The Zone, Zach said he and Courtney had a ‘volatile and toxic’ relationship and it needed to end.He admitted to making her mad and did a ‘thousand things’ he regretted but he never hit her.Zach said he didn’t know where the photos posted in Brett McMurphy&rsqu
  
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