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• Dwayne Haskins wins Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Quarterback of the Year

  28-11-2018 23:57
  
  Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins was named the Big Ten Conference’s Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year and the league’s Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year.Haskins leads the nation in touchdown passes with 42 and second in passing yards with 4,081.During the 2018 season, Haskins set nearly two dozen school and conference records. He also won a record six Offensive Player of the Week awards.Haskins was also named to the first-team all-Big Ten on both the coaches and medi
  
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• Sister accused of sexual abuse of student at Fisher Catholic in 1982

  28-11-2018 23:28
  
  A sister formerly in the Diocese of Columbus is accused of sexual abuse.According to a press release from the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Sister Lisa Zuccarelli is accused of abuse that happened in 1982 while she was assigned to Fisher Catholic High School.According to a police report, a victim wrote a letter to the Dominican Sisters of Peace, saying that Zuccarelli molested her.The letter stated the victim left her home because of abuse and Zuccarelli allowed her to stay in her room that night
  
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• Press Conference: Campaign Finance Reform

  28-11-2018 23:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• CPD - Basketball Bootcamp

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• Ohio bill would drop time limits for prosecuting, suing over rape

  28-11-2018 22:27
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some Democratic state lawmakers want Ohio to eliminate time limits on when people can be charged with or sued over rape or attempted rape.Sen. Joe Schiavoni of Boardman, announced a bill Wednesday that would lift the statute of limitations that currently allows for charges within 25 years of a rape or civil litigation within two years.Schiavoni says there shouldn't be a clock on survivors seeking justice in such cases.He was joined by victims' rights attorney Gloria A
  
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• Gloria Allred supports change in sexual abuse legislation

  28-11-2018 22:27
  A prominent attorney comes to Columbus to support legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases.Gloria Allred joined State Senator Joe Schiavoni and two sexual abuse survivors to introduce the bill Wednesday.It is inspired by the Dr. Richard Strauss case. The former Ohio State University doctor was accused by about 150 athletes and students of abuse.The current statute is 25 years for criminal cases. The bill would get rid of the time frame completely.“We want
  
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• Mayor, City Council Announce Proposal for Campaign Finance Reform

  28-11-2018 21:47
  A new proposal for campaign finance reform would establish contribution limits for municipal elections for the first time in the city’s history, but local organization Yes We Can Columbus (YWC) says it doesn’t go far enough. The proposal was announced on Wednesday, Nov. 28, by Mayor Andrew Ginther and Columbus City Council, and aims to […]
  
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• Police: Body found in North Carolina is kidnapped teen girl

  28-11-2018 21:44
  
  LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — A body found in North Carolina has been preliminarily identified as a 13-year-old girl kidnapped outside her home, investigators said Wednesday, bringing a sad conclusion to a three-week search involving hundreds of investigators.Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill told reporters at a news conference that state crime lab tests indicate the body found late Tuesday is Hania Aguilar. While a final determination will be made with dental records, investigators believe
  
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• Authorities ID body as kidnapped North Carolina teen girl

  28-11-2018 21:44
  
  LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — A body found in North Carolina has been preliminarily identified as a 13-year-old girl kidnapped outside her home, investigators said Wednesday, ending a three-week search involving hundreds of investigators.Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill told reporters at a news conference that state crime lab tests indicate the body found late Tuesday is Hania Aguilar. While a final determination will be made with dental records, investigators believe the body is hers."This
  
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• Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be speaker

  28-11-2018 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi was nominated by fellow House Democrats to be speaker on Wednesday, but she still faces a showdown vote when the full House convenes in January.Pelosi entered the closed-door caucus election in an unusual position -- running unopposed despite the clamor by some Democrats for new leadership. Votes were still being counted, but she was assured of victory."Are there dissenters? Yes," the California Democrat told reporters as voting was underway. "But I expect to
  
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• Cat shot by arrow recovering at Richland County animal shelter

  28-11-2018 20:18
  
  BELLVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Officials at an Ohio animal shelter say a cat they found had been shot with an arrow is now recovering.The Humane Society of Richland County says the orange tabby cat named Oliver Queen was brought in Tuesday after the society learned he had been shot with an arrow in Bellville near Mansfield. Cleveland.com reports the society noted it is currently hunting season, but doesn't know if it was intentional or not.Officials at the shelter say the arrow missed the cat's he
  
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• Council Finance Committee: 2019 Proposed City Operating Budget Briefing

  28-11-2018 19:33 via youtube.com
  
  
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• City Chat: Holiday Safety at Home

  28-11-2018 19:30 via youtube.com
  
  
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• First Look: Ambrose & Eve in the Brewery District

  28-11-2018 19:19
  Ambrose & Eve looks to host a dinner party with Midwestern hospitality every day, opening its doors in the Brewery District on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Owned by local chefs and restauranteurs Matt Heaggans (The Rossi, Flatiron Bar & Diner) and Catie Randazzo (Challah! Food Truck), Ambrose & Eve takes on the look and feel of […]
  
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• Day care worker pleads guilty to smothering infant girl

  28-11-2018 18:20
  
  BALTIMORE — A Baltimore day care worker has pleaded guilty to smothering an 8-month-old girl who would not nap.News outlets report 24-year-old Leah Walden was sentenced to 70 years prison in the May 2017 death of Reese Bowman.Surveillance cameras captured Walden slapping Reese and pinning her down with one arm in the crib. When Reese kicked her legs, Walden snatched her up, pushed her back down and then piled blankets over the baby's face.Walden told the judge she didn't have training or h
  
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• Christmas in New York: It's time for the Rockefeller tree lighting

  28-11-2018 18:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A massive Norway spruce is ready for stardom in a New York City holiday tradition.A ceremony will be held on Wednesday evening to light the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.The tree will burst alive with 5 miles (8 kilometers) of LED multicolored lights and a 900-pound Swarovski crystal star during the televised extravaganza.Thousands of police officers will flood the area and spectators will be funneled through security screening.The 75-year-old tree was donated by a coup
  
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• New Stonewall Executive Director AJ Casey Hopes to Mend a Broken Community

  28-11-2018 18:09
  AJ Casey is inheriting a bit of a mess. Come January, she’ll take over Stonewall Columbus as the organization’s newest executive director, succeeding Karla Rothan. Rothan was the Person In Charge for Pride 2017, during which four black trans individuals were arrested after a peaceful protest, and after which the local LGBTQ+ community was left […]
  
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• Margaret Atwood announces "The Handmaid's Tale" sequel; out in 2019

  28-11-2018 17:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to public demand, and a certain American president, Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to her million-selling "The Handmaid's Tale.""The Testaments" will be published next September by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, the publisher announced Wednesday. The book is set 15 years after the final scene of Offred, narrator of "The Handmaid's Tale."Atwood's novel about a dystopian society in the imagined land of Gilead was a best seller when first published in 1985 and was back o
  
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• Source: Indiana house fire that killed 6 may have been set intentionally

  28-11-2018 17:38
  
  LOGANSPORT, Ind. (WTHR) — Six people, including four children, are dead after a house fire in Logansport and investigators believe it may have been set intentionally.A source from Cass County at the scene Told WBNS sister-station WTHR there is reason to believe Wednesday morning's fire was set intentionally. They also believe it may be connected to a suicide in Carroll County that happened after the fire. They believe the suicide victim was in some kind of relationship with a 20-year-old w
  
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• 4 children, 2 adults believed killed in Indiana house fire

  28-11-2018 17:38
  
  LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — One body has been found inside the burned-out remains of a rural northern Indiana home where fire officials believe four children and two adults died in a fire early Wednesday.The house was largely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 2 a.m., preventing any rescue attempts, New Waverly Fire Department Lt. Steve Crispen said.The building's roof collapsed after fire gutted most of the interior of the two-story, wood-frame house just outside Logansport,
  
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• Scientist claiming gene-edited babies reports 2nd pregnancy

  28-11-2018 17:05
  
  HONG KONG — A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world's first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway.The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, revealed the pregnancy Wednesday while making his first public comments about his controversial work at an international conference in Hong Kong.He claims to have altered the DNA of twin girls born earlier this month to try to make them resistant to infection with the AIDS virus. Mainstream scientists hav
  
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• Otterbein University Launches Statewide College Affordability Initiative

  28-11-2018 17:00
  On Nov. 15, Otterbein University officially announced its latest effort to increase college affordability for students attending Ohio high schools. Originally invoked as a pilot program in conjunction with Columbus City Schools to improve local high school graduation rates and increased access to post-secondary educational programs, the ‘Otterbein Commitment’ is now being expanded with the […]
  
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• Sen. Sherrod Brown urges action on auto bill

  28-11-2018 16:47
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio's Democratic U.S. senator says it's time for Congress to get moving on his legislation to boost the nation's auto industry.Sen. Sherrod Brown's legislation introduced in August would give customers a $3,500 discount on cars made in America and also seeks to stop tax cuts on overseas profits from auto makers that move jobs overseas. The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee.Brown and Ohio's Republican leaders are seeking ways to save the Lordstown pla
  
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• Ohio lawmakers consider 'Pastor Protection Act' on marriages

  28-11-2018 16:35
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill being considered in the Republican-controlled Ohio Legislature would specify that ministers don't have to perform marriages that contradict their "sincerely held religious beliefs."The "Ohio Pastor Protection Act" would stipulate that an ordained or licensed minister or religious society isn't subject to civil or criminal liability for denying their services or use of their property for such marriages.Supporters say pastors shouldn't be forced to contradict the
  
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• Restaurant Review: Criollo

  28-11-2018 16:00
  Criollo marks new territory for the Sí Señor empire. While Sí Señor already operates successful sandwich shops Downtown, on the Scioto Mile, and in Grandview, it’s shifted gears for Criollo. The empire has entered the bowl zone. Of course, we’ve all had bowls. It’s impossible to walk a block in Columbus without hitting some sort […]
  
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• 2nd man to be arraigned in Rhoden family slayings

  28-11-2018 15:31
  
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — The second of four family members charged with killing eight people from another family is set for arraignment in southern Ohio.Twenty-seven-year-old George Wagner IV will be arraigned Wednesday in Pike County court.Watch Live coverage (expected to begin at 10 a.m.):
  Wagner, his parents and his brother are charged with aggravated murder and other counts in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenage boy from the Rhoden family. An attorney who has represented the W
  
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• 2nd man pleads not guilty in Rhoden family slayings

  28-11-2018 15:31
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — The second of four family members charged with killing eight people from another family in southern Ohio has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges.Twenty-seven-year-old George Wagner IV was arraigned on a 22-count indictment Wednesday in Pike County court. He's being held without bond. He ignored reporters' calls for comment before entering the courtroom.
  Wagner, his parents and his brother are charged in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a tee
  
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• Canadian man to get new kidney thanks to billboard campaign

  28-11-2018 15:15
  
  Most people use billboards to advertise products or restaurants near the highway, but one man made use of the space for another purpose -- to get a kidney. Spoiler alert: It worked.Ryan McLennan from Calgary, Canada, says he knew he would need his second kidney transplant earlier this year. The high school teacher was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in 2002, he told CBS News. His mother donated one of her kidneys to him and he recovered, until recently. Nobody else in McLennan's family was
  
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• Strait, Shelton to perform for Buckeye Country Superfest 2019

  28-11-2018 13:46
  
  COLUMBUS -Buckeye Country Superfest is returning.George Strait will headline the show at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, June 8, 2019.Blake Shelton, 2018 CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Chris Janson, Texas Trio Midland and singer/songwriter RaeLynn will also perform.When asked about his return to Buckeye Country Superfest, Shelton responded: “Columbus, I’m looking forward to coming back and spending a summer evening with y’all and King George too!”Tickets (starting at under
  
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• George Strait, Blake Shelton to perform at 2019 Buckeye Country Superfest

  28-11-2018 13:46
  
  COLUMBUS -Buckeye Country Superfest is returning.George Strait will headline the show at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, June 8.Blake Shelton, 2018 CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Chris Janson, Texas Trio Midland and singer/songwriter RaeLynn will also perform.When asked about his return to Buckeye Country Superfest, Shelton responded: “Columbus, I’m looking forward to coming back and spending a summer evening with y’all and King George too!”Tickets (starting at under $50 pl
  
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• Divisive race ends with Republican Hyde-Smith victory

  28-11-2018 13:17
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith returns to Washington as a solidly loyal Trump supporter after the president stumped for her in what was a divisive runoff marked by racial turmoil over a video-recorded remark Hyde-Smith made decried as racist.Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy, who was vying to become the state's first African-American senator since Reconstruction, during Tuesday's runoff.The race was rocked by the video, in which Hyde-Smith said of a supporter,
  
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• Police: No students injured after CCS school bus crash in north Columbus

  28-11-2018 13:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police confirm nine students were on board a Columbus City School bus when it collided with another vehicle.It happened around 6:30 a.m. on North Cleveland Avenue at East 25th Avenue in north Columbus.Columbus Police say Cleveland Avenue is closed in the area while the crash is under investigation.Authorities confirmed no students were injured in the crash. The driver of the SUV was taken to Grant Medical Center and is expected to be OK. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.
  
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• Police: No injuries reported after CCS school bus crash in north Columbus

  28-11-2018 13:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police confirm nine students were on board a Columbus City School bus when it collided with another vehicle.It happened around 6:30 a.m. on North Cleveland Avenue at East 25th Avenue in north Columbus.Columbus Police say Cleveland Avenue is closed in the area while the crash is under investigation.Authorities confirm nobody was injured in the crash. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Michigan Senate to consider Straits oil pipeline legislation

  28-11-2018 12:47
  
  LANSING, Mich. - Legislation poised to advance in Michigan's Senate would authorize the Mackinac Bridge Authority to help implement a deal to replace twin oil pipelines in a crucial Great Lakes channel.The Republican-led Senate Government Operations Committee plans to pass the fast-tracked bill Wednesday, and the Senate may follow later in the day.Gov. Rick Snyder's administration says the bridge authority is the logical choice to oversee a proposed pipeline tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac. Op
  
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• Man in hazing death refuses to provide cellphone password

  28-11-2018 12:41
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. - A former Louisiana State University student charged with negligent homicide in the hazing death of a fraternity pledge is refusing to provide prosecutors with his cellphone password.The Advocate reports prosecutors have filed a motion asking a judge to order 20-year-old Matthew Alexander Naquin to provide the password. But Naquin's lawyers say such an order would violate Naquin's constitutional right against self-incrimination. The motion is set to go before a judge Tuesday.Na
  
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• Portion of W. Broad reopens after car hits business

  28-11-2018 10:43
  
  COLUMBUS -Columbus police are investigating if weather played a role in a wreck involving a car that hit a business.
  Dispatchers were notified of the crash on W. Broad around 3:40 on Wednesday morning.A car hit a pole and the front of a business.The two people inside the car were not hurt.Police have reopened West Broad Street in both directions near Eureka Avenue and the crash is now clear.
  
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• Portion of W. Broad closed after car hits business

  28-11-2018 10:43
  
  COLUMBUS -Columbus police are investigating if weather played a role in a wreck involving a car that hit a business.Dispatchers were notified of the crash on W. Broad around 3:40 on Wednesday morning. A car hit a pole and the front of a business.The two people inside the car were not hurt.Police have W. Broad Street closed in both directions near Eureka Avenue.
  
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• Driver critically injured in east Columbus crash following sheriff's office pursuit

  28-11-2018 04:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A person is in critical condition following a crash in east Columbus Tuesday night, according to police.The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said a deputy tried to pull over a driver for not having a license plate in the area of James Road and East Livingston Avenue.The sheriff's office said the driver did not stop and the deputy pursued at a low rate of speed due to road conditions.Soon after, the deputy stopped chasing the driver because of the icy roads.It was then the driver
  
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• Concerns about proposed rezoning that could bring 1,100 residential units to Hilliard area

  28-11-2018 04:11
  
  HILLIARD, Ohio - In the cafeteria of Hilliard Horizon Elementary School, Tuesday night, there were a lot of questions.Questions and concerns were voiced to representatives from Pulte Homes and Harmony Development Group about the proposed development on 370 acres near Alton Darby Creek Road that could see 1,100 additional residential units.Roger Kincaid is not a fan of the proposal."It concerns me a lot," he said. "I don't know what kind of response we're going to have from the local police and f
  
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• Concerns about proposed rezoning could bring 1,100 residential units to Hilliard area

  28-11-2018 04:11
  HILLIARD, Ohio - In the cafeteria of Hilliard Horizon Elementary School, Tuesday night, there were a lot of questions.Questions and concerns were voiced to representatives from Pulte Homes and Harmony Development Group about the proposed development on 370 acres near Alton Darby Creek Road that could see 1,100 additional residential units.Roger Kincaid is not a fan of the proposal."It concerns me a lot," he said. "I don't know what kind of response we're going to have from the local police and f
  
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• Cat recovering in Richland County after being shot by arrow

  28-11-2018 04:08
  
  RICHLAND COUNTY, Ohio - A cat is recovering at the Humane Society of Richland County after it was shot with an arrow.The agency posted photos of the cat, named Oliver Queen, and an x-ray of its injury on social media on Tuesday.The arrow missed his heart by two inches, according to the humane society.The injury is a few days old and the agency does not know where or when the cat was shot.The humane society said the cat walked up to someone's door on Ankneytown Road in Bellville.They do not know
  
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• 18-year-old arrested after deadly shooting in Athens

  28-11-2018 02:54
  
  ATHENS, Ohio - An 18-year-old man is in custody and charged in the death of a man in Athens on Sunday, according to police.Athens police said officers responded to the 200 block of West Washington Street for a report of a shooting in an apartment on Sunday around 9:50 a.m.When officers arrived, they found 55-year-old Charles Duncan, Sr. shot and killed.Police said Michael A. Russell called 911 on Tuesday to turn himself in and was taken into custody around 6:45 p.m.Russell is charged with involu
  
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• California bar shooter had enough ammo to kill many more

  28-11-2018 02:53
  
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The gunman who killed 12 people in a crowded Southern California bar had more than 150 bullets left to fire but stopped shooting to ambush arriving officers, killing one of them, police said Tuesday.Investigators said they still don't know why 28-year-old Ian David Long attacked staff and customers at the Borderline Bar and Grill in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks on Nov. 7.There's no evidence that Long was radicalized or was targeting anyone at the bar
  
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• Collaborative Effort Provides Hope Amidst Opiate Epidemic

  28-11-2018 02:45
  As opiate overdoses continued to skyrocket, Shawn Holt had been Maryhaven’s President and CEO for only months. Working closely with the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) and other partners on the front lines of the crisis, they created an innovative new treatment option to bring hope to clients battling opiate […]
  
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• Father whose son shot himself with dad's gun pleads guilty

  28-11-2018 02:41
  
  CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man whose 2-year-old son shot himself with his father's handgun is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 14 in Des Moines.Polk County court records show 30-year-old Jonathan Hauser, of Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty last week to felony child endangerment causing injury.The shooting occurred Aug. 19 at the Sterling Inn in the Des Moines suburb of Clive. Officers say the toddler fired the .45-caliber handgun that his father had left in luggage on a bed. The bullet passed
  
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• Council Announces Lower Ticket Tax, Separate Fund for Nationwide Arena

  28-11-2018 02:23
  After months of public input, the Greater Columbus Art Council’s (GCAC) proposed ticket fee has been considered and revised by Columbus City Council. Through the Columbus Art Alliance, council has established two funding streams: the Creativity Fund and the Stabilization Fund, designated for GCAC grants and capital improvements at Nationwide Arena, respectively. “This proposal is […]
  
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• US sued for $60 million after infant in detention later died

  28-11-2018 02:15
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a toddler who died weeks after being released from the nation's largest family detention center filed a legal claim seeking $60 million from the U.S. government for the child's death.Attorneys for Yazmin Juarez submitted the claim against multiple agencies Tuesday. Juarez's 1-year-old daughter, Mariee, died in May.Juarez's lawyers said Mariee developed a respiratory illness while she and her mother were detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in D
  
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• Faculty trained to use hockey pucks to thwart shooters

  28-11-2018 02:00
  
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Faculty members at Oakland University in suburban Detroit have received hockey pucks and are being trained to use them to potentially thwart active shooters.WDIV-TV reports the American Association of University Professors distributed pucks to its 800 members.University Police Chief Mark Gordon says to fight effectively, faculty and students need to be prepared to throw heavy objects that will cause a distraction. Gordon says pucks fit the bill and can convenient
  
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• Migrant mother falls off border fence, impaled in front of her children

  28-11-2018 01:57
  
  A 26-year-old mother from Guatemala was impaled by a rebar in front of her children when she fell while trying to climb a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. She was found near a San Diego border crossing and was treated for non-life threatening injuries. The agency said the woman had fallen from the border wall about one mile east of the San Ysidro port of entry Saturday evening after she climbed over it to illegally enter the country. She landed on rebar t
  
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• Jones, Young and Fuller earn all-Big Ten honors on defense

  28-11-2018 01:51
  
  Defensive lineman Dre'Mont Jones, defensive end Chase Young and safety Jordan Fuller picked up honors Tuesday as the Big Ten Conference announced defensive teams.Jones was named to the first team by the coaches and second team by the media.The coaches placed Young on their second team and third by the media.Fuller was named to the media's second team.Punter Drue Chrisman was named to the special teams second team by both the coaches and media.To view the full list, click here.
  
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