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• Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalates

  23-08-2019 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Escalating his trade war with China, President Donald Trump bumped up his tariffs on Chinese imports Friday, lashing back after Beijing raised taxes on U.S. products.In a tweet, Trump said he would be raising tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods from 10% to 15%. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative also said that on Oct. 1 the U.S. would hike tariffs on another $250 billion in Chinese imports from 25% to 30%.The move came hours after Beijing said it would hike
  
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• Family of Donna Castleberry files wrongful death lawsuit against Andrew Mitchell, city of Columbus

  23-08-2019 23:30
  
  COLUMBUS (WBNS) – The family of a Columbus woman shot and killed last year by a former vice officer Andrew Mitchell has filed a wrongful lawsuit against Mitchell, 25 other Columbus Police officers, along with Columbus’ mayor and former police chief.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, is seeking $3.5 million following the death of Donna Castleberry – who was fatally shot during an alleged prostitution sting on August 23, 2018.The lawsuit alleges that Mitchell, who was cha
  
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• $1 million bond for suspected serial predator charged in 1993 cold case

  23-08-2019 23:13
  Police call him a serial predator who walked free for decades.This week 55-year-old Ralph Bortree was arrested for a violent attack on a woman in 1993.But prosecutors say DNA and other evidence ties him to even more unsolved attacks on women.10TV was in the courtroom as Bortree faced a judge for the first time.It's been 26 years since Bortree allegedly committed the crime that brought him to court Friday."The state has DNA evidence, a factor of one in a trillion that was determined by BCI, that
  
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• Ohio University adds more security on campus to address sexual assaults

  23-08-2019 22:06
  When Ohio University students stop looking at their phones while walking across campus, they'll notice large banners along light poles teaching them about how to be a good bystander.The banners are just part of a larger campaign to help bring awareness to sexual assault on campus and where students can get information if they become a victim or know someone who has."I think it's a good thing to have because there are a lot of survivors on campus and it's a good thing to let them know they are no
  
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• Bottomless soda, live DJ & improved Wi-Fi: What’s new at Ohio Stadium for 2019

  23-08-2019 21:21
  
  This fall marks the 98th season of Ohio State football being played at the iconic Ohio Stadium.This year, the Buckeyes open the season against Florida Atlantic on August 31.Ahead of the opener, the university’s athletic department has a detailed breakdown of what you can expect at home games this year:Attendance – Official capacity for fans in Ohio Stadium this year is 102,780.Bottomless soda – All soda this year will be served in souvenir cups with self-serve refill stations o
  
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• Ohio State men’s basketball 2019-20 full schedule released

  23-08-2019 20:58
  
  The complete schedule 2019-20 schedulefor the Ohio State men’s basketball team has been released.Head coach Chris Holtmann who is entering his third season. Their non-conference schedule features eight home games.The Buckeyes will open the season at Value City Arena against the University of Cincinnati. This is the first time these two schools will meet in Columbus since 1921.The schedule also includes a home game against Villanova, a road game against North Carolina and natural court game
  
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• Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas

  23-08-2019 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining.The court said Friday the tumor was "treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body."In a statement, the court said a biopsy performed July 31 confirmed a "localized malignant tumor." The court said Ginsburg does not need any additional treatment but will continue to have periodic b
  
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• Ohio health officials investigate 6 reports of vaping illness

  23-08-2019 20:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Health officials say they're investigating reports of six Ohioans who vape who experienced breathing illnesses.The Ohio Department of Health on Friday asked healthcare providers to report all suspected cases of serious pulmonary illness where the cause is unclear and the patients have a history of vaping, or using e-cigarettes.Dr. Amy Acton is the director of the state Health Department. She says such reports of illnesses contradict the widespread notion that vaping i
  
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• Press Conference: Free Menstrual Products Pilot Program

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• Attorneys for friend of Dayton shooter file new motion asking for his release

  23-08-2019 19:48
  
  DAYTON, Ohio - Attorneys for Ethan Kollie, the friend of the Dayton shooter accused of helping to assemble the weapon used in the deadly Oregon District attack, are asking again that their client be released from jail.Kollie is facing two charges unrelated to the shooting -- making a false statement in regards to a firearm and using drugs while in possession of a firearm. Authorities say he purchased a weapon and lied on the ATF Form 4473 when asked about his drug use.Last week, a judge ordered
  
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• City, School District to Improve Public Menstrual Product Access

  23-08-2019 19:32
  Council President Pro Tem Elizabeth Brown and Columbus City Schools Superintendent and CEO Dr. Talisa Dixon have announced a collaborative effort to expand public menstrual product access, by providing them in school restrooms. The City will also increase menstrual products access at recreation centers and municipal buildings around Columbus, starting Downtown. Columbus non-profit Free the […]
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• Man who claims serial killings pleads guilty in 4 Ohio deaths

  23-08-2019 19:06
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who claims he has killed more than 90 women across the country pleaded guilty Friday to murdering four women in Ohio.Samuel Little appeared via Skype from the California state prison where he's serving multiple life sentences. He admitted in separate hearings that he killed two women in Cincinnati and two in Cleveland.Little is possibly the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, surpassing others such as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway, the Green R
  
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• Man who claims serial killings pleads guilty in 2 Ohio deaths

  23-08-2019 19:06
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who claims he has killed more than 90 women across the country pleaded guilty Friday to killing two women in Cincinnati in the 1980s.Samuel Little appeared via Skype from the California state prison where he's serving multiple life sentences. Hamilton County Judge Melba Marsh asked the 79-year-old man a series of questions about giving up his rights to trial that Little answered affirmatively, sometimes with, "Yes, ma'am."Raising her voice when Little had trouble he
  
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• Climate Change Will Harm Children, Says Ohio Environmental Council

  23-08-2019 18:27
  “Climate change is hazardous to children’s health.” That is the blunt assessment of a report issued August 22 by the Ohio Environmental Council and Policy Matters Ohio. In the same week that the world learned the full extent of the fires burning down the Amazon rainforest and releasing tons of climate-shifting carbon into the atmosphere, […]
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• Kids Games, Fallen Angels, Peanut Butter, Birds in Theaters

  23-08-2019 18:00
  Foul-mouthed children came out huge at the box office last weekend. Can murderous brides or tired franchises you thought were long dead bump them? You may be better off with the indies: one alarming doc, one harrowing horror, one feel-good flick we can get behind.  Ready or Not by Hope Madden Fucking rich people. I […]
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• 24-year-old tree trimmer dies after being shocked by power line in Gahanna

  23-08-2019 17:39
  
  GAHANNA, Ohio -- A 24-year-old man working with a tree trimming company in Gahanna died Friday after coming in contact with a live power line.At approximately 9:50 a.m. the Gahanna Division of Police and Mifflin Township Fire responded to a 911 call at the intersection of N. High and Walnut Street on a reported electrocution.Gahanna police say the man was in a bucket lift when he made contact with a live AEP power line. He sustained fatal injuries as a result.AEP has cut power to the area impact
  
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• 2 sobriety checkpoints scheduled for Friday night in Franklin County

  23-08-2019 17:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County DUI Task Force is holding two sobriety checkpoints Friday night on the southeast side of Columbus.The first will be located on Hamilton Road at Harbor Boulevard from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.The second is scheduled from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Refugee Road west of Hamilton Road.The task force wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver or make other arrangements.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times
  
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• Trump vows response as China plans tariffs on $75B U.S. goods

  23-08-2019 16:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday that he had "hereby ordered" American companies with operations in China "to immediately start looking for" an alternative after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs.But as markets in the U.S., Asia and Europe tumbled, the White House offered no further details or explanation of Trump's intentions.Instead, the president tweeted that he would be "responding to China's Tariffs this afternoon.""This is a GREAT opportunity f
  
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• China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of U.S. products

  23-08-2019 16:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother, Charles, transformed American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, has died at age 79.Charles Koch announced the death on Friday, saying, "It is with a heavy heart that I now must inform you of David's death."David Koch, who lived in New York City, was the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate in 1980. He was a generous donor to conservative political causes as well as edu
  
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• Green Berets killed in combat in Afghanistan identified

  23-08-2019 16:11
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army's Special Operations Command on Thursday released the names of the two Green Berets who were killed a day earlier during combat operations in Afghanistan.Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, died as a result of small arms fire in northern Faryab Province. Both were members of 7th Special Forces Group, which is based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida."It was an honor having them serve within the ranks," said Col. John W.
  
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• Chicago-Based Brewery Opening First Ohio Location at Easton

  23-08-2019 15:08
  Easton is getting in on the craft beer scene. Chicago-based Forbidden Root Brewing Company will open its second-ever location and first in Ohio as a part of the $500 million Easton Town Center expansion. The brewery opened its doors in Chicago in 2016 offering a lineup of botanical beers. Rootmaster & Founder Robert Finkel and […]
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• Billionaire David Koch, major conservative donor, dies at 79

  23-08-2019 15:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire David Koch has died at age 79. Koch was a major donor to conservative causes and educational groups.His older brother, Charles, said on Friday, "It is with a heavy heart that I now must inform you of David's death."The Kochs were best known for a vast political network they built that became popularly known as the "Kochtopus" for its far-reaching tentacles in support of conservative causes.The brothers founded the anti-tax, small government group Americans for
  
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• 7-year old Columbus girl launches inclusive clothing line

  23-08-2019 13:20
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Many adults don't dare to take the leap and start their own business. But a central Ohio seven-year-old has done just that.With the help of her mom, Kylie just launched her clothing line called "Kylie Dreamz" this week. They're starting small, with shirts, pants and a backpack.She was inspired to create her apparel of her own after noticing a trend in stores - she didn't notice pictures of girls on clothing that looked like her. Her mom encouraged her to do something about it.Th
  
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• Man who claims serial killings to plead guilty in 2 Ohio deaths

  23-08-2019 13:16
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who says he has killed at least 90 women is expected to plead guilty to two Ohio slayings.Samuel Little is scheduled Friday to appear via Skype from California state prison, where he's serving multiple life sentences.Court documents show a Hamilton County Judge Melba Marsh will sentence the 80-year-old man after his pleads. A call seeking comment was left for Little's attorney.Little is charged with the 1981 murder of 32-year-old Anna Stewart, last seen alive in Cin
  
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• Pastor charged with coercing minor held without bond

  23-08-2019 13:14
  
  CINCINNATI — An Ohio pastor accused in federal court of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity won't be released on bond.A U.S. magistrate in Cincinnati on Thursday ordered Cesar Guerrero Jr. held pending trial. The Liberty Township man is the pastor at Misión Cristiana El Calvario in the Cincinnati suburb of Sharonville. He's charged in a federal complaint detailing accusations against him from a 17-year-old girl and another female.Court documents show Guerrero
  
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• Police: Satchel-wearing men pose as customers to rob pawn shop customer

  23-08-2019 12:52
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- Columbus Police are searching for three people accused of posing as pawn shop customers to rob someone.Police say Thursday afternoon, three men walked into the Big Bucks Pawn Shop on East Livingston Avenue carrying weedeaters.Police say they walked around, posing as customers, with one suspect even attempting to see if the access panel behind a glass gun display counter was locked.After one customer left the store, police claim the suspects followed him outside into the
  
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• Peppa Pig to get new owner: GI Joe maker Hasbro

  23-08-2019 12:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hasbro is going whole hog on Peppa Pig.The maker of Monopoly and GI Joe will pay about $4 billion to buy Entertainment One Ltd., a British entertainment company that produces "Peppa Pig," ''PJ Masks" and other animated shows for preschoolers."Peppa Pig," which stars a pink cartoon pig with a British accent, airs worldwide and is translated into over 40 languages.Shares in Entertainment One jumped 30% in London on Friday.Hasbro Inc., based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, says th
  
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• OVI checkpoint scheduled for Saturday night in Richland County

  23-08-2019 12:06
  
  MANSFIELD - The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be holding an OVI checkpoint Saturday night in Richland County.The location of the checkpoint will be announced on Saturday.The OVI checkpoint is done to deter motorists from driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a release.OSHP is reminding drivers if you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements.---EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times of a sobriety checkpoint released?Guidelines iss
  
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• 'Swept under the rug': Parents voice concerns after gun incident in March at Highland Local Schools

  23-08-2019 05:36
  MORROW COUNTY, Ohio (10TV) -- Some families are feeling betrayed by a central Ohio school district after an incident involving a child and a gun.On March 8 before school hours, the Highland Local Schools transportation director left her gun unsecured and walked away. Her grandson, a first-grader, picked it up. A little girl was in the room with him. Fortunately, no one was physically harmed. The district eventually suspended the transportation director for three days without pay. However, parent
  
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• Lancaster police looking for person behind fake "swatting" 911 call

  23-08-2019 05:28
  LANCASTER, Ohio - Detectives with the Lancaster Police Department are looking for the person behind a “swatting” call.Investigators say on August 18, dispatchers received a call from a man saying he killed his girlfriend and was threatening to kill his two children.The caller who identified himself as “Carl” told dispatchers he lived on North Pierce Avenue. Officers, as well as several agencies, responded, closing roads and surrounding the home. Two people walked out of t
  
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• Phone companies, Ohio AG take part in nationwide initiative to combat robocalls

  23-08-2019 02:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major phone companies have pledged to do more to fight robocalls plaguing Americans, the country's state attorneys general say.It's the latest step from government and industry to combat the growing problem. Americans get nearly 5 billion automated calls from scammers, telemarketers, debt collectors and others every month. Parts of the agreement echo steps already taken by regulators and Congress, which is working on anti-robocall bills.There's no timeline, though, for the
  
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• Community dialogue surrounding local needs to return in 'The Big Table' discussion

  23-08-2019 02:37
  The Columbus Foundation's "The Big Table" is back.On Wednesday, Aug. 28, people all over central Ohio will come together for face-to-face conversations about the needs in the community. It’s all about people connecting, sharing thoughts and ideas and inspiring one another to improve the neighborhoods we all live in.Last year, Leigh Ann Simms hosted a Big Table discussion. In her group, they decided helping children was the biggest need.“And one of the attendees actually said somethin
  
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• Face the State with Scott Light | August 25, 2019

  23-08-2019 02:33
  This week on Face The State:Red Flag Laws - Ohio lawmakers are having their doubts about Governor Mike DeWine's plan to reform gun laws.We look at which leaders are shying away from the idea, and what that could mean for Ohio.Mayor in the Spotlight - Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley has been making the rounds in the weeks after the Deadly Dayton Shooting.The democrat has been outspoken about changing gun laws, but some critics aren't happy with her rhetoric.Medical Marijuana - Two medical conditions on t
  
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• Dave Chappelle to host Oregon District benefit event in wake of Dayton shooting

  23-08-2019 02:05
  DAYTON, Ohio — The day after Dayton was blindsided by a mass shooting that killed nine people, the mayor of Dayton got an email from someone who asked how they could help the city and the Oregon District.That someone was comedian Dave Chappelle of Yellow Springs, Ohio.Now, Chappelle is hosting a free show Sunday for residents of Dayton.The event, called “Gem City Shine”, will honor the lives lost in the Aug. 4 shooting and reclaim the community’s Oregon District.“Th
  
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• Franklin County Children Services note “concerns” in unannounced visit to Sequel Pomegranate

  23-08-2019 00:02
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — When state inspectors conducted a surprise, unannounced visit to Sequel Pomegranate last week, they uncovered issues with children being improperly restrained and noted that the psychiatric facility for teens had failed to report a sexual assault allegation from June.But the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services isn’t the only agency investigating.10 Investigates has learned that Franklin County Children Services also found concerns during a surpris
  
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