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• Police: 2 bodies found in van in Hilltop; suspect in custody

  04-11-2018 23:09
  COLUMBUS – Columbus police were on the scene at a home on South Powell Avenue after two bodies were found in a van on South Harris Avenue Sunday afternoon.Police said they received a call to the radio room just before noon Sunday with a tip that bodies were in a van in the 100 block of South Harris Avenue. The sergeant at the South Powell Avenue scene said a cruiser went to check out the report and did find two decedentsA press release from the Columbus Division of Police stated that a sus
  
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• Police: 2 bodies found in van in Hilltop

  04-11-2018 23:09
  
  COLUMBUS – Columbus police were on the scene at a home on South Powell Avenue after two bodies were found in a van on South Harris Avenue Sunday afternoon.Police said they received a call to the radio room just before noon Sunday with a tip that bodies were in a van in the 100 block of South Harris Avenue. The sergeant at the South Powell Avenue scene said a cruiser went to check out the report and did find two decedentsA press release from the Columbus Division of Police stated that a sus
  
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• Man charged with murder of missing Columbus couple

  04-11-2018 23:09
  COLUMBUS -- Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a van in the Hilltop area Sunday.John Jordan, 54, confessed to beating and killing Ryan Fuller and Mikayla Sotherland – a Columbus couple who has been missing for more than a week, according to court documents. John H. Jordan Jr. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office)
  Monday Jordan was given a $3 million bond in Franklin County Municipal Court -- a $1.5 million bond for each of the murder charges he is facing.The family of Sot
  
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• Court docs: man charged with murder of missing Columbus couple

  04-11-2018 23:09
  COLUMBUS -- Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a van in the Hilltop area Sunday.John Jordan, 54, confessed to beating and killing Ryan Fuller and Mikayla Sotherland – a Columbus couple who has been missing for more than a week, according to court documents. John H. Jordan Jr. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office)
  Monday Jordan was given a $3 million bond in Franklin County Municipal Court -- a $1.5 million bond for each of the murder charges he is facing.The family of Sot
  
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• Bodies found in van believed to be missing Columbus couple

  04-11-2018 23:09
  COLUMBUS -- Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a van in the Hilltop area Sunday.John Jordan, 54, reportedly confessed to the crime and had been charged with two counts of murder. John H. Jordan Jr. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office)
  10TV obtained court documents indicating that Jordan is responsible for the death of a Columbus couple who has been missing for more than a week.Family of Mikayla Sotherland and Ryan Fuller were searching for the couple Sunday when a tip came int
  
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• Second round of football playoffs announced by OHSAA

  04-11-2018 22:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the pairings for the regional semifinals (second round) of the football playoffs.During the first four rounds of the playoffs, all games will kick off at 7 p.m. Division I, II, III and VI games will be on Fridays. Division IV, V and VII games will be on Saturdays.This week's games begin neutral site locations.Brackets and more playoff information is posted at: https://ohsaa.org/sports/footballOHSAA Regional Semifinal Playo
  
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• Biles wraps up remarkable worlds with 4th gold medal

  04-11-2018 21:07
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Simone Biles returned to training last November wondering if she could ever return to the form that made her an Olympic champion.She doesn't wonder anymore. Neither does anyone else.The American star capped a remarkable 2018 world gymnastics championships by claiming gold on floor exercise and bronze on balance beam during event finals Saturday, giving her six medals for the meet and 20 overall in the world championships, tied with Russia's Svetlana Khorkina for the most
  
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• Ohio State remains at No. 8 in latest AP Poll

  04-11-2018 20:15
  
  No. 7 West Virginia re-entered the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll after another weekend in which the number of ranked teams losing reached double digits.Unanimous No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Notre Dame remained unchanged, and No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Georgia and No. 6 Oklahoma each moved up a spot. Ohio State remained at No. 8. The Mountaineers surged from No. 12 after beating Texas on a go-ahead 2-point conversion in final minute.Ten ranked teams lost this weekend,
  
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• Police: 19-year-old woman stabbed in chest, dies

  04-11-2018 19:43
  
  XENIA, Ohio — Police in Ohio say a 19-year-old woman has been stabbed and has died.Xenia police say they found Tre'ana Tarver in the backyard of a residence with a stab wound to her chest around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.Authorities say they have taken a female suspect into custody. She is being held at the Greene County jail in Xenia, which is roughly 60 miles northeast of Cincinnati.Police said they are still investigating and
  
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• End of daylight saving time can take a toll on your mental health

  04-11-2018 18:42
  
  This weekend marks the end of daylight saving time, and just about everyone in the U.S. set their clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday. While most Americans will revel in the extra hour of sleep, for some people the shift can have a significant impact on health, and in particular their mood.For those suffering from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), the shorter days and longer nights that come this time of year can exacerbate the condition.About half a million Americans suffer from SAD, while a
  
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• Schools get more time to apply for Ohio safety grant funding

  04-11-2018 18:03
  
  COLUMBUS — The state attorney general is giving Ohio public schools more time to apply for their share of $12 million set aside for school safety grants.His office says the original deadline for grant applications was this week, and more than $2.8 million was still unclaimed then. The application deadline is being extended to Nov. 30 to encourage more schools to claim their share of the funding.Schools were eligible to get $5.65 per student, or at least $2,500 per school. The state Legisla
  
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• Ohio likely to consider medical pot for opioid addiction

  04-11-2018 16:37
  
  CLEVELAND — An Ohio medical professor and family physician says he's gathering data and research on treating opioid addiction with cannabis.Dr. F. Stuart Leeds said he plans to give the information to the Ohio Medical Board as it accepts petitions through the end of the year seeking to add new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use. The board will consider adding conditions next year after consulting with experts.Leeds says research is limited, but he thinks the medical community
  
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• Obama to rally for Indiana senator who backs President Trump policies

  04-11-2018 14:14
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Former President Barack Obama's national campaign tour to boost Democratic candidates takes an unusual path Sunday with an Indiana rally for Sen. Joe Donnelly, who has sounded more like Donald Trump while trying to persuade voters in the conservative Midwestern state to grant him a second term.Obama's rally for the Democratic senator in Gary will be sandwiched between his successor's trips to the state Friday and Monday on behalf of GOP Senate candidate Mike Braun.For Braun,
  
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• Trump presidency faces high stakes in midterm elections

  04-11-2018 14:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been acting like a candidate on the ballot this week, staging daily double-header rallies and blasting out ads for Republicans up for election on Tuesday. Given the stakes for his presidency, he might as well be.A knot of investigations. Partisan gridlock. A warning shot for his re-election bid. Trump faces potentially debilitating fallout should Republicans lose control of one or both chambers in Congress, ending two years of GOP hegemony in Wa
  
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• Police searching for man who stole cigarettes, various items from Kroger stores

  04-11-2018 13:38
  DUBLIN, Ohio-- Police are searching for a man who stole various items from two Kroger stores on Monday, October 23 and Tuesday, October 24.Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., an unknown man entered the Kroger store located on 7100 Hospital Drive and Kroger store at 7625 Sawmill Road, respectively.In both thefts, the man went to the cashier and asked for several cartons of cigarettes. The cashier grabbed the cartons and the suspect's other items and proceeded to ring him out. The suspect then
  
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• Utah mayor killed in "insider attack" in Afghanistan, officials say

  04-11-2018 08:10
  
  NORTH OGDEN, Utah -- The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, the town's temporary mayor Brent Chugg confirmed to CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.Another U.S. service member is being treated for wounds sustained in the attack, American military officials said.The Utah National Guard has identified the
  
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• Utah mayor, guard member killed by trainee in Afghanistan

  04-11-2018 08:10
  
  NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor who was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos in Afghanistan was fatally shot by one of his Afghan trainees, officials said Sunday.Brent Taylor, 39, had taken a yearlong leave of absence as mayor of North Ogden north of Salt Lake City for his deployment to Afghanistan.He was a military intelligence officer with Joint Force Headquarters and was expected to return to his mayoral job in January. Another U.S. military member whose name w
  
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• Twitter deletes thousands of automated accounts that discouraged midterm voting

  04-11-2018 03:52
  
  Twitter has deleted thousands of automated accounts that tried to discourage users from voting in the upcoming midterm elections, the company confirmed Friday. The accounts originated in the U.S. and were determined to be more mischievous than an organized plot."We removed a series of accounts for engaging in attempts to share disinformation in an automated fashion — a violation of our policies," a Twitter spokesperson said. "We stopped this quickly and at its source. "The Democratic Congr
  
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• Yoga studio gunman had history of arrests, posted misogynistic rants online

  04-11-2018 03:32
  
  The gunman who killed two women in a Florida yoga studio had been arrested at least two times for touching women in public, according to court records. He also posted a series of a YouTube videos in which he proclaimed himself a misogynist and aligned himself with Elliot Rodger, a killer who wanted revenge on women.Scott Paul Beierle, 40, killed two women in a Tallahassee studio on Friday and wounded five others before turning the gun on himself, police said. Leon County court records show he ha
  
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• 3 Girl Scouts, 1 adult killed in Wisconsin hit-and-run crash

  04-11-2018 02:59
  
  LAKE HALLIE, Wis. — A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin Saturday and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash in a ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead and critically injuring a fourth girl, police said.Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department said the driver of the black Ford F-150 pickup truck fled the scene but later turned himself in. He identified the driver as Colton Treu, 21, of Chippewa, Falls, Wisconsin.Sokup said Treu will be charged w
  
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• Reds: Minor leaguer killed, 2 injured in car accident

  04-11-2018 02:20
  
  CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds say pitcher Jairo Capellan was killed and two other minor leagues players injured in a car accident Saturday morning in the Dominican Republic.Dick Williams, the Reds' president of baseball operations, confirmed Capellan's death and said pitcher Raul Hernandez was in critical condition and outfielder Emilio Garcia in stable condition. The club released no details about their injuries.Capellan was 19, the same age as the two injured players.Reds owner Bob Ca
  
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• Police: 2 people shot near Canal Winchester

  04-11-2018 01:12
  
  COLUMBUS -- Two people were shot in a southeast Columbus residence Saturday night, according to police.The shooting happened in the 6900 block of Laurel Boat Lane and was called into police at about 7:40 p.m.One person was taken to Mount Carmel East in stable condition. The other was taken to Grant Medical Center, but no condition was available.No information was available on a suspect.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• Police: 2 people shot in southeast Columbus

  04-11-2018 01:12
  
  COLUMBUS -- Two people were shot in a southeast Columbus residence Saturday night, according to police. The shooting happened in the 6900 block of Laurel Boat Lane and was called into police at about 7:40 p.m.One person was taken to Mount Carmel East in stable condition. The other was taken to Grant Medical Center, but no condition was available. No information was available on a suspect. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com as this story develops.
  
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• Black & Decker recalls three kinds of drills due to hand injuries

  04-11-2018 00:32
  
  Three consumer grade hammer drills and drill drivers were recalled due to possible hand injury, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.The drills are made by Black & Decker, Bostitch and Porter-Cable and include 641,000 drills.According to the recall, The side handle sold with the drill can slip or break, leading to a loss of control of the tool, posing an injury hazard.This recall involves side handles supplied with Porter-Cable brand model PC70THD ½ Inch VSR 2-Speed Ham
  
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