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• Diocese in Kentucky apologizes after students mock Native American man following rally

  19-01-2019 23:38
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A diocese in Kentucky has apologized after videos emerged showing students from an all-male Catholic high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.The Indigenous Peoples March in Washington on Friday coincided with the March for Life, which drew thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a group from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills.Videos circulating online show a youth staring at and standing extremel
  
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• Theatre Review: Available Light’s Hilarious and Painful Appropriate

  19-01-2019 22:22
  Happy families have no place on the stage since King Lear and before. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, opening this weekend in a visceral, hot-blooded production directed by David J. Glover for Available Light, skewers the contemporary model of toxic-family play, sets it on fire, and illuminates ugly truths about the human condition from a fresh, surprising […]
  
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• Ohio teen earns perfect scores on college entrance exams

  19-01-2019 21:25
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager hoping to become a book editor someday has earned perfect scores on both the ACT and SAT college entrance exams.The Canton Repository reports 18-year-old Dinah Ward, a student at Canton South High School in northeast Ohio, took the exams previously and worked with a tutor work to achieve perfection.Only .2 percent of the 1.9 million people who took the ACT last year earned a perfect score of 36. The newspaper reports there weren't any data available to
  
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• Trump offers immigration deal for border money proposal

  19-01-2019 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to break the government shutdown impasse Saturday, offering to extend protections for young people brought to the country illegally as children, if Democrats give him $5.7 billion for his long-promised border wall. But Democrats dismissed the offer as non-starter, calling on Trump to re-open the government first.Speaking from the White House, Trump said he was offering a "commonsense compromise both parties should embrace."In advance of Trump
  
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• Trump expected to make new shutdown offer to Democrats

  19-01-2019 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a shutdown solution, President Donald Trump was expected to announce Saturday that in exchange for money for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall he was open to trading temporary protections for young people brought to America illegally as children. But it was not clear the offer would trigger a breakthrough, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the anticipated proposals as a "non-starter."Trump planned a speech from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room at
  
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• Police: 13-year-old arrested, charged following stabbing death of 15-year-old near New Albany

  19-01-2019 18:52
  
  Columbus police say a 13-year-old juvenile is in custody following a stabbing incident that left a 15-year-old juvenile dead.Officers responded to the 7200 block of Billy Goat Drive near New Albany around 3 p.m. Friday to a report of a stabbing. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:06 p.m., according to authorities.According to the report, police say they believe the two juveniles were half-brothers and a fight between the two escalated to the stabbing.The suspect, a 13-year-old juve
  
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• Kondo-ing it Yourself: 36 Places to Donate Your Clutter in Columbus

  19-01-2019 16:00
  The new Netflix TV show “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” in which the best-selling author reintroduces her popular tidying techniques to a brand new audience, has shed a light on the cluttered lifestyles of the everyday family. If you’re following Kondo’s method, you may be inspired to donate the stuff no longer “sparking joy.” Of […]
  
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• Mueller’s office disputes BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie

  19-01-2019 15:20
  
  A spokesman for Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued a rare statement Friday evening in response to a controversial BuzzFeed report that said President Trump instructed his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower talks."BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony are not accurate," spokesman P
  
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• Wind chill advisory takes effect for most of Ohio

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warningsCatch a special weather edition of 10TV News4:30 p.m. Forecast Update - Sunday, Jan. 20Now the snow has passed, central Ohioans aren't out of the woods yet with winter weather. A wind chill advisory is in effect from 6 p.m. until noon Monday. As temperatures drop below zero, wind chills will make the "feels like" temperatures range from -5 to -15
  
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• Warmer air pushes north; snow fall totals impacted in parts of central Ohio

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warningsForecast Update 1:00 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 19 - Ross CarusoRain and sleet continue to be the main form of precipitation reported across Columbus as this rain/snow continues to nudge north of I-70.As expected, this will continue to limit snow from accumulating across areas along and south of I-70 through this afternoon.Areas north and northwest of
  
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• Snow, ice makes its way to Columbus

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warnings 12:05 a.m. update - Sunday, Jan. 20 - Jeff Booth Our weather-maker has been bringing primarily rain to the area with sleet and snow in the far north so far today.Precipitation will change over to sleet, freezing rain then snow in the early evening and we’ll see icy conditions developing as temperatures fall rapidly tonight.Expect to see ro
  
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• Snow falls overnight leading to hazardous road conditions across central Ohio

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warnings 9:45 a.m. forecast update - Sunday, Jan. 20 - Ross Caruso Well, what a difference a day can make. I understand many of your frustrations with how much of the day here in Columbus was rain with a little bit of sleet, but we did tell you that this would be the case going into yesterday morning based on the shift of this rain/snow line.It stayed ju
  
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• Precipitation to change to sleet, snow once temperatures drop in the evening

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warningsForecast Update 5:00 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 19Our weather-maker has been bringing primarily rain to the area with sleet and snow in the far north so far today. Precipitation will change over to sleet, freezing rain then snow in the early evening and we’ll see icy conditions developing as temperatures fall rapidly tonight. Expect to see rough
  
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• Freezing temperatures coming in evening hours to bring sleet, snow

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warningsForecast Update 8:00 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 19The changeover from rain to wintry precipitation is currently happening in Columbus. Some sleet is making it to the surface in parts of Downtown Columbus. This will be changing over to all snow through the evening.Forecast Update 5:00 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 19Our weather-maker has been bringing primaril
  
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• Areas up north report snowfall while rain persists during afternoon south of I-70

  19-01-2019 15:14
  Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, Delays |Snow emergencies | Winter weather terms, breakdown of watches & warningsForecast Update 1:00 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 19 - Ross CarusoRain and sleet continue to be the main form of precipitation reported across Columbus as this rain/snow continues to nudge north of I-70.As expected, this will continue to limit snow from accumulating across areas along and south of I-70 through this afternoon.Areas north and northwest of
  
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• Trump plans 'major announcement' on border, longest shutdown

  19-01-2019 14:04
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he'll be making a "major announcement" on the government shutdown and the southern border on Saturday afternoon as the standstill over his border wall continues into its fifth week.Democrats are now proposing hundreds of millions of dollars for new immigration judges and improvements to ports of entry from Mexico but nothing for the wall, a House aide said, as the party begins fleshing out its vision of improving border security.After days of bitter
  
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• 1 in life-threatening condition after SUV crashes into mobile home

  19-01-2019 12:43
  
  COLUMBUS-- Police responded to a crash in south Columbus early Saturday morning.It happened around 1:10 a.m. in the 800 block of Greenlawn Avenue when the SUV crashed into a mobile home, according to police. One person was taken to a local hospital in life-threatening condition. No other information was immediately available. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for further developments as this story progresses.
  
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• No. 19 Maryland tops Ohio State 75-61 for 7th straight win

  19-01-2019 04:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Maryland's depth and shooting touch were too much for Ohio State.Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 20 points, and the 19th-ranked Terrapins won their seventh straight game, 75-61 over the skidding Buckeyes on Friday night.Bruno Fernando added 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and had 15 rebounds for Maryland (16-3, 7-1 Big Ten), which shot 58.1 percent from the field. Aaron Wiggins and Darryl Morsell each scored 11, and Jalen Smith had 10. The Terrapins went 11 of 17 (64.7 percent)
  
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• Don't want to shovel? There's an app for that

  19-01-2019 04:14
  Several new apps have popped up that run just like you would order and Uber, but for your snow removal needs.Just download the app, give your address and how much of your driveway you need cleared.“Nowadays, everyone likes to simplify things. You order your groceries online, you have the elderly people who can’t physically get out. People are on the move, don’t have time to get out,” said Mike Anderson with Plowz and Mowz app.Traditional landscaping and snow removal compa
  
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• Trump's attorney general nominee may shift policy on marijuana enforcement

  19-01-2019 03:49
  
  The booming business of legalized marijuana may be seeing a favorable shift from the Trump administration. Attorney General nominee William Barr's testimony this week signaled potential relief for business owners in states that have enacted various laws legalizing cannabis products. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and there's no consensus in Congress on a recent proposal to change that.In front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Barr said he doesn't plan on using federal
  
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• Amid Mount Carmel lawsuits, retired nurse talks checks and balances within hospitals

  19-01-2019 03:46
  Retired nurse Jill Ebright says it's troubling; a doctor, William Husel, accused of ordering lethal doses of fentanyl to 27 patients who were near death."Many of [those patients] probably never even said goodbye to their family or the family didn't say goodbye to them," Ebright said. "Somebody decided the time and the means of their death, and those were healthcare providers."Ebright is a retired nurse with 35 years experience. She has trouble understanding how the number of deaths got so high."
  
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• George W. Bush delivers pizzas to Secret Service personnel to show support during shutdown

  19-01-2019 03:09
  
  Former President George W. Bush took to social media Friday to give thanks to federal employees and call for an end to the government shutdown.Bush posted a photo of him on Instagram delivering pizzas to his Secret Service detail, KENS5 reported.“(Laura Bush) and I are grateful to our Secret Service personnel and the thousands of Federal employees who are working hard for our country without a paycheck. And we thank our fellow citizens who are supporting them. It’s time for leaders o
  
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• PayPal offers cash advances to government workers hit by shutdown

  19-01-2019 02:13
  
  Silicon Valley tech giant PayPal on Friday said it was committing $25 million to a program offering interest-free cash advances of up to $500 to federal workers impacted by the partial government shutdown, now in a record-breaking fourth week."No matter where you stand on the issues, the fact is that 800,000 of our fellow Americans suddenly find themselves without a paycheck," PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a blog post, which included a link to 211.org, which lists resources for government work
  
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• Chicago cop who shot teen gets nearly 7 years in prison

  19-01-2019 01:44
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The white Chicago officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, ending an explosive case that was centered on a graphic dashcam video and added fuel to debates about race and policing and law enforcement's "code of silence."Jason Van Dyke was convicted last year of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery — one for each bullet fired at Laquan McDonald.Moments before learning the sentence, Van Dyke
  
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• Ohio Department of Health investigating after deadly doses of painkillers at Mount Carmel West Hospital

  19-01-2019 00:28
  COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday that it has launched an investigation on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – the federal agency that oversees things like patient safety and hospital performance. The investigation follows the news this week that a Mount Carmel doctor ordered lethal doses of prescription painkillers to 27 patients.Mount Carmel hospital confirmed that the state health department conducted a site visit at the hospital this
  
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