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• FBI opens investigation into Dayton shooter citing his interest in violent ideology

  06-08-2019 23:55
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The shooter who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators said Tuesday as the FBI announced it is opening an investigation.Federal investigators will try to determine what ideologies influenced 24-year-old Connor Betts, who might have helped him, and why he chose the specific target of Dayton's Oregon entertainment district for the shooting early Sunday, said Special Age
  
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• Columbus man found guilty of killing 4-year-old daughter, child’s mother

  06-08-2019 23:52
  
  A Columbus man has been found guilty on all counts in the murder of his 4-year-old daughter and her mother in southeast Columbus.Twenty-six-year-old Kristofer Garrett is facing the death penalty for stabbing 34-year-old Nicole Duckson and their daughter, Christina.Garrett stabbed both of them multiple times outside of their home in the 2000 block of Fleet Road on January 5, 2018.Authorities say Garrett waited at the home and attacked both of them when they exited the home that morning.Garrett is
  
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• Oregon District uncomfortable with national spotlight on Dayton

  06-08-2019 23:44
  DAYTON, Ohio - There is no privacy for the pain the people who live and work in Dayton's Oregon District are feeling right now."Everyone who has gone through a major grief in their life knows that, when you are going through that, everybody is staring at you like there’s something broken about you and that you are their worst nightmare, is not what you need," said Amelia O'Dowd, the owner of the Brim hat shop. "You need people who are just going to treat you like a normal human being, and
  
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• Whitehall police searching for missing 13-year-old girl

  06-08-2019 22:03
  
  The Whitehall Division of Police is searching for a missing 13-year-old girl.Chloe Hadley was last seen on July 23. She left her home in the 4200 block of Beechrun Road.She is described as a white female who was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and black shoes with fuzz on them.Police said Chloe has some family in the Zanesville area.Anyone with information about Chloe’s whereabouts is asked to call the Whitehall Police at 614-237-6333.
  
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• Former Columbus preschool teacher sentenced over playground fighting video

  06-08-2019 21:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a former Columbus preschool teacher accused of recording and posting a video online of children fighting at the school playground has been sentenced to three weekends in jail on 14 endangering children counts.The Columbus Dispatch reports 31-year-old Chavay Jessie, also known as Chavay Williams, was sentenced Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court. The video posted on Snapchat in 2018 showed children fighting at Playtime Pre-School in Columbus where
  
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• 37 people treated for injuries in Ohio shooting

  06-08-2019 21:26
  
  Ohio hospital officials say 37 people have been treated for injuries connected to the mass shooting in Dayton over the weekend.Dayton police are scheduled to provide an update on their investigation at 3:30 p.m. You can watch in the player below.
  Authorities have said 14 people were treated for gunshot wounds after a gunman opened fire in a popular nightlife area Sunday, killing nine people. The gunman was quickly shot by patrolling officers who responded to the shooting within 30 seconds from w
  
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• Ex-girlfriend of Dayton shooter: There were warnings signs

  06-08-2019 20:21
  DAYTON, Ohio (WBNS) — Adelia Johnson stood before a small gathering of reporters and said there were warning signs about Connor Betts that concerned her, but none that compelled her to go to police.“What a weird sentence - my ex-boyfriend is a mass murderer. What?!? I am going to be dealing with these emotions for months if not longer.”Johnson told 10 Investigates that she met Betts in January while taking classes together at Sinclair College in Dayton.In hindsight, she says th
  
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• Ex-girlfriend of Dayton shooter: There were warning signs

  06-08-2019 20:21
  DAYTON, Ohio (WBNS) — Adelia Johnson stood before a small gathering of reporters and said there were warning signs about Connor Betts that concerned her, but none that compelled her to go to police.“What a weird sentence - my ex-boyfriend is a mass murderer. What?!? I am going to be dealing with these emotions for months if not longer.”Johnson told 10 Investigates that she met Betts in January while taking classes together at Sinclair College in Dayton.In hindsight, she says th
  
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• Dayton gunman's ex details mental health struggles

  06-08-2019 20:21
  
  An ex-girlfriend of the Ohio gunman who killed nine people says he showed her a video of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on their first date.Adelia Johnson says in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that Connor Betts often joked about having dark thoughts. She says he told her that he had bipolar disorder and that his talk didn't scare her because she thought it was a symptom of his mental illness.Johnson says she met Betts in a college psychology class this year and they dated for a
  
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• Trump, Republican party sue over California tax return law

  06-08-2019 20:01
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump campaign and Republican Party sued California on Tuesday over a new law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in the state's primary, legislation that was aimed at prying loose President Donald Trump's returns.California's law is "a naked political attack against the sitting President of the United States," the state and national Republican parties argued in one of two lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento.Th
  
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• Trump visits Dayton to meet with Oregon District shooting victims, first responders

  06-08-2019 18:47
  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made a visit to Dayton on Wednesday to meet with the survivors and first responders of the deadly shooting in the city’s Oregon District Sunday night.They spent around two hours at Miami Valley Hospital along with Gov. Mike Dewine and his wife, Fran, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman.The president spoke with three patients who are still recovering in the hospital, another group of survivors and the first r
  
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• Trump visits Dayton in wake of deadly Oregon District shooting

  06-08-2019 18:47
  
  The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Dayton, Ohio:12:45 p.m. Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Sen. Sherrod Brown discuss President Donald Trump's visit___12:40 p.m. - President Trump not visiting Oregon District #OregonDistrict #UPDATE - We're told President Trump will NOT make a stop in the Oregon District.— Dayton Police Dept. (@DaytonPolice) August 7, 201911:35 a.m.President Donald Trump and the first lady are heading to the hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where many of the victims of S
  
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• President Trump to visit Dayton Wednesday

  06-08-2019 18:47
  
  DAYTON, Ohio -- President Donald Trump is expected to visit both Ohio and Texas Wednesday in wake of two mass shootings that killed 31 people.The White House says the president is expected to arrive in Dayton after 10 a.m. No other details of his visit has been released at this time.During a press briefing Tuesday, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said that she "hopes President Trump is coming [to Dayton] because he wants to add value to the community" and that he recognizes that's what the community nee
  
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• Dayton awaits Trump visit in wake of deadly Oregon District shooting

  06-08-2019 18:47
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley's stricken community will have a visitor Wednesday in President Donald Trump, who in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend has made calls for unity on the heels of his divisive political talk.White House officials said Trump's visits to Texas and Ohio, where a combined 31 people were killed and dozens wounded in less than 24 hours, would be similar to those he's paid to grieving communities in the past. But Whaley, a Democrat, made rema
  
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• Developing a Culture of Dialogue with The Big Table

  06-08-2019 17:45
  The Big Table is a day-long event where community-led conversations take place across central Ohio. This year, The Big Table happens on Wednesday, August 28. Individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations–anyone, really!–can sit around a table, share a snack, and have a conversation about a topic important to them. What people talk about can be as broad as […]
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• Dublin Partners with Microtransit Startup SHARE for a More Mobile Workforce

  06-08-2019 17:34
  The city of Dublin has traditionally been a place where central Ohio area employees needed a car to get to and from work. There is only limited access to COTA bus lines, and those that do ride have to change buses multiple times, walk, and/or take a Lyft or Uber from their bus stop to […]
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• Newark foster dad guilty of manslaughter in 5-year-old boy's death

  06-08-2019 17:08
  
  NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — A Newark man whose 5-year-old foster son died after sustaining severe head trauma and bruises has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and endangering children.Thirty-year-old Kenneth Schulz, of Newark, pleaded guilty Monday in Licking County to the charges in Nathaniel Gard's death. Schulz also was indicted on a murder charge, but that was dropped by prosecutors in exchange for the plea.The child was hospitalized in June 2018 with injuries that also included d
  
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• History Lesson: 614Tiki Week and a Newly Discovered Kahiki Story

  06-08-2019 16:27
  There’s a rhyme that I’ve heard from lots of my Tiki pals this week when discussing all of the happenings in our local Tiki-verse and it goes like this: One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak Using this ditty about making one of the oldest rum punches as a jumping […]
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• Celebrate Halloween Early with Drexel’s Cronenbergathon

  06-08-2019 16:00
  Halloween just too damn far away? Jonesing for a sleepless night, hours on end spent in the dark with strangers keen on seeing something gruesome? How do you feel about Oliver Reed? If you answered “yes,” “yes,” and “can’t get enough,” then the Drexel Theatre has just the cure for your pre-horror holiday blues. The […]
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• Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88

  06-08-2019 15:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Sula" and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88.Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York after a brief illness."Toni Morrison passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends," Morr
  
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• Gov. DeWine urges gun sale background checks, red flag laws after Dayton shooting

  06-08-2019 14:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led state Legislature Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access for people perceived as threats.Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio needs to do more while balancing people's rights to own firearms and have due process during a press conference Tuesday. He outlined a series of legislative a
  
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• Gov. DeWine addresses gun violence, mental health in wake of Dayton shooting

  06-08-2019 14:52
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor plans to outline his proposals designed to deal with gun violence and mental health.Gov. Mike DeWine said he'll discuss those ideas in detail on Tuesday, a little more than a day after hundreds of people chanted "Do something!" while he spoke at a vigil for nine people killed in Dayton over the weekend by a gunman with an AR-15 style gun.LIVE COVERAGE
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• Former President George W. Bush shares photo of first grandson

  06-08-2019 14:50
  
  Former President George W. Bush is excited about the birth of his new grandchild — his first grandson. The former president posted a photo with his growing brood, including his two granddaughters, Mila and Poppy."[Laura] and I are thrilled to welcome Henry Harold Hager to our family," Mr. Bush posted on Instagram. "We are happy for the proud parents, [Jenna Bush Hager] and Henry. And pleased that Mila and Poppy have a little brother to love. We thank God that mom and baby are healthy and w
  
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• South Carolina woman found dead, her 5 year-old daughter missing

  06-08-2019 13:32
  
  SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman was found dead in her apartment and police say her 5-year-old daughter is missing.News outlets report Nevada Lashy Adams has been missing since Monday evening after a relative discovered her mother's body. Nevada is described as a 4-foot-3, 50-pound girl with braided black hair and colored beads.Sumter Police say they haven't determined how 29-year-old Sharee Bradley died. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.A news release from police says 28-year
  
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• Trump's America: Where politics dictate definition of racism

  06-08-2019 13:30
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — It was the last morning of the workweek, and Scott Bremner, a popular talk-radio host here, found himself — again — in the role of accidental referee on the issue of race.And again, the discussion was inspired by racial provocations from President Donald Trump. For one caller, critics of Trump had things upside-down."It has nothing to do with race, and those who suggest that it does, they are the real racists," the caller said. "We're getting angry again, and I
  
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• Apple-branded credit card rolls out to some on Tuesday

  06-08-2019 13:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An Apple-branded credit card designed primarily for mobile use will start rolling out on Tuesday.Apple announced the card in March in a partnership with Goldman Sachs. On Tuesday, some iPhone users who requested a notification about Apple Card will get invites to apply through Apple's Wallet app. The company plans to expand sign-ups more broadly in coming weeks. The card is available only in the U.S.The company promises quick sign-ups and the elimination of most fees. Custo
  
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• Schools increasingly aim to assess, manage student threats

  06-08-2019 13:15
  
  Schools around the country have been setting up teams to assess threats posed by students who display signs of violence like the former student who compiled a "hit list" years ago in high school and went on to kill nine people in a weekend shooting in Dayton, Ohio.Despite consensus on the approach's benefits, school officials say they are limited in what they can do by privacy concerns, a lack of resources and limits on what they can communicate once a student leaves school.The gunman, 24-year-o
  
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• Hillary and Chelsea Clinton writing book on 'Gutsy Women'

  06-08-2019 12:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton have teamed up for "The Book of Gutsy Women," honoring everyone from scientist Marie Curie to climate activist Greta Thunberg.Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that the book will come out Oct. 1. It's the first time the former secretary of state and presidential candidate has written a book with her daughter. Each has published several previous works, including Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" and "Living History" and Chelsea
  
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• Authorities scour leads in mass shootings that left 31 dead

  06-08-2019 12:16
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in crowded public places.In El Paso, Texas, the death toll creeped upward Monday from the shooting two days earlier at a Walmart store, with two additional victims succumbing to injuries. Police zeroed in on a racist screed posted online before the shooting to try to link it
  
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• Man riding bike to work reported missing from west Columbus

  06-08-2019 11:50
  
  COLUMBUS - Columbus police are looking for a high-risk missing adult.Amba Cleeve, 23, was last seen in west Columbus around 8 a.m. Monday. He was riding his bike to work located in the 2300 block of International Drive.According to police, Cleeve has black hair and brown eyes. No clothing description was released.Anyone with information is asked to call Columbus Police at 614-645-4545.
  
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• 2 injured following shooting in south Columbus

  06-08-2019 04:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police are looking for a suspect following a shooting that left two injured in south Columbus Monday night.The call came in shortly before 10 p.m. at E. Barthman Avenue and S. 9th Street.Both victims — one in critical condition and one in stable condition — were taken to Grant Medical Center.No suspect information has been released at this time.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for updates on this developing story.
  
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• More than 100 people show up to vigil in Bellbrook, Ohio, to honor Dayton victims

  06-08-2019 02:39
  BELLBROOK, Ohio — More than 100 people were at Bellbrook Park Monday evening for a vigil in the aftermath of Sunday's shooting in Dayton.Bellbrook, about 15 miles southeast of Dayton, was home to the alleged gunman, Connor Betts and his sister, shooting victim Megan Betts.At Monday's vigil, there was little to be said or little to be heard that eased the pain of what happened. Sometimes, the best thing to do is to be there for one another."We came to provide support to the family," said Sa
  
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• Humane society brings puppy, kitten to Dayton community in aim to provide comfort

  06-08-2019 02:39
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton's humane society showed its support for a community reeling from a deadly attack early Sunday morning.The Humane Society of Greater Dayton brought a puppy and a kitten to Dayton's Oregon District and put up a sign: "Come and get some love from a furry friend.""A lot of us feel helpless right now. So, this is just kind of our way to lend a little support and show some unconditional love to the community," said Jessica Garringer of the Humane Society of Greater Dayton.I
  
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