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• Crash causes delays on I-71 northbound in southern Franklin County

  14-07-2019 23:32
  
  FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — A crash on I-71 northbound is causing delays in traffic in southern Franklin County Sunday.Grove City police say the crash just before 3 p.m. involved semis in the area of Harrisburg-Georgesville Road at mile marker 92. At least three lanes of traffic on I-71 northbound are shut down, authorities say.No injuries have been reported at this time.
  
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• Decorated soldier dies in combat operations in Afghanistan

  14-07-2019 22:30
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — U.S. military officials say a decorated Special Forces company sergeant major has died during combat operations in Afghanistan.A spokesman for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said in a statement Sunday that 40-year-old Sgt. Maj. James G. "Ryan" Sartor was killed Saturday during combat operations in Faryab Province.Sartor was from Teague, Texas, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Fort Carson, Colorado.He joined the Army in 20
  
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• 1 taken to hospital following east Columbus shooting

  14-07-2019 22:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — One person was taken to the hospital following a shooting in east Columbus Sunday.Columbus police say it happened just before 3 p.m. on North Everett Avenue. The victim was transported to Grant Medical Center in stable condition.Police are searching for a suspect.
  
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• Norah O'Donnell on the future of "CBS Evening News"

  14-07-2019 20:54
  Before the debut of "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," correspondent Vladimir Duthiers sat down with O'Donnell to talk about everything from the upcoming election to her experience growing up in a military family and what viewers should expect from the broadcast.Watch their conversation in the video player above.The show will air an exclusive interview with Jeff Bezos and Caroline Kennedy to kick off the network's coverage of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. Bezos discussed the future of
  
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• Trump's immigration sweeps in major cities expected to begin

  14-07-2019 19:08
  
  CHICAGO — The Trump administration's nationwide crackdown on immigrants is expected to begin this weekend, targeting migrant families in cities across the country.The sweeps were expected to start Sunday, but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Saturday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had already taken action in New York.Immigrant communities have been on edge since President Donald Trump's administration announced plans for the operation, inflaming the political
  
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• Patrol: 15-year-old boy on bicycle struck by car; dies

  14-07-2019 18:13
  
  CHRISTIANSBURG, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old boy riding a bicycle has been struck by a car on an Ohio highway and has died.The patrol reports that Lucas Whitt, of Urbana, was riding the bicycle westbound in the eastbound lane of State Route 55 near Christiansburg in western Ohio's Champaign County when he was struck about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The teen was taken to a hospital where he died.Troopers say the bicyclist was struck from behind by a car that was traveling in
  
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• 3 injured after vehicle hits pole east Columbus

  14-07-2019 17:26
  
  COLUMBUS - Three people were hospitalized after a vehicle hit a pole in east Columbus.It happened just before 10 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of East Livingston Avenue and Bairsford Drive.Dispatchers told 10TV three people were taken to Mount Carmel East and are expected to be OK.No other information was immediately available.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• Police offering reward for information about 2017 homicide case

  14-07-2019 15:55
  
  COLUMBUS-- Police are looking for answers in a homicide case from back in 2017.On Friday, March 10, 2017, at approximately 7:54 p.m., the Columbus police say they received a call for people screaming and crying in the area of Maize Road.When officers arrived, they found two men inside of a home on Maize Road, who police say looked lifeless and were suffering from gunshot wounds.The two men,Je’Vohn Hill and Jeronn Hill were brothers. They were pronounced at 8:05 p.m.At this time, there are
  
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• Leaked UK memo says Trump axed Iran deal to spite Obama

  14-07-2019 14:44
  
  LONDON (AP) — A U.K. newspaper published more leaked memos from Britain's ambassador in Washington on Sunday, despite a police warning that doing so might be a crime.In one 2018 cable published by the Mail on Sunday, U.K. ambassador Kim Darroch says President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran as an act of "diplomatic vandalism" to spite his predecessor, Barack Obama.The memo was written after then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited Washington in a fail
  
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• Local members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority ride out the storm in New Orleans following cancelled convention

  14-07-2019 05:28
  
  As the state of Louisiana battled threats of heavy rain and flooding, several local sorority members are riding out the storms in New Orleans.Judy Wright and Maggie Burnes traveled from Central Ohio to New Orleans to take part in the annual convention for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The convention was scheduled to run until Sunday but ended early to give attendees a chance to escape the storm.“We’re happy with the decision was made so that everyone could be safe, and everyone cou
  
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• Man who lived in central Ohio among 26 killed in Somali hotel attack

  14-07-2019 04:28
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia — A man who lived in central Ohio has died in a terror attack that killed 26 people at a hotel in Somalia.Abdullahi Isse Abdulle graduated from The Ohio State University and worked to improve the lives of people in Somalia, The Columbus Dispatch reported.10TV spoke to Abdirizak Ahmed, who worked with Abdulle.“He always had that impression that Somalia one day would be a very peaceful and beautiful country,” Ahmed said. “He knew that he had to contribute
  
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• Michel scores in 84th to lift Orlando City past Crew, 1-0

  14-07-2019 04:13
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Benji Michel scored his first MLS goal in the 84th minute to help Orlando City beat the Columbus Crew 1-0 on Saturday night.Lamine Sané sent an entry pass up the right channel, Ruan flicked a cross into the area and Michel poked it into the back of the net for Orlando (7-9-4).The Crew (5-14-2) had their best chances early and late. Gyasi Zardes' shot crashed off the crossbar in the sixth minute and Harrison Afful's knuckler was saved by Brian Rowe in the 88th mi
  
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• Researchers: Expect another large amount of algae on Lake Erie this summer

  14-07-2019 03:55
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Heavy rains that inundated the Great Lakes region this spring will fuel another massive algae bloom across parts of western Lake Erie later this summer, researchers said Thursday.Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expect this year's bloom to rank among the top five since it began measuring their severity in 2002, according to their annual algae forecast for the lake.What's not known is how toxic it might be or whether it will pose a thre
  
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• NYC power outage knocks out subways, businesses, elevators

  14-07-2019 03:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a transformer fire caused a power outage in Manhattan and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled.The New York City Fire Department said the fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue and affected at least 38,000 customers as of 8 p.m. Saturday.Power reportedly went out early Saturday evening at much of Rockefeller Center and reached the Upper West Side.A diner on Broadway at West 69th Street lost its lights, as
  
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• Calls for investigations after power restored in Manhattan

  14-07-2019 03:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) —A Manhattan power outage that temporarily turned off the bright lights of the big city only lasted for a few hours, but left plenty of lingering questions and calls for investigations on Sunday.Con Edison engineers and planners are looking into what happened at a substation on Saturday evening that caused the blackout, which stretched 30 blocks from Times Square to the Upper West Side for about four hours. A widespread power outage in New York City is leaving some buildings
  
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