WSYX, CNN

By Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado, Yan Kaner

(CNN) — A respected dentist and his wife were gunned down in their upscale Ohio home while two young children were inside, authorities said, as the killer remains on the loose.

The bodies of Spencer Tepe, 37, and his wife, Monique Tepe, 39, were found Tuesday after a welfare check at their home in the 1400 block of N. 4th Street, Columbus police said.

“Two small children were also found in the residence unharmed,” police said.

Officers found no obvious signs of forced entry, and no firearm was found at the scene, CNN affiliate WSYX reported. Police have not released any details about a possible suspect or motive and are asking the public for any information on the case.

Detectives are investigating the deaths as a double homicide, not as a murder-suicide. Their direction is not surprising, CNN Senior National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem said.

“If there’s no gun, there would have been no way to do murder-suicide,” she said. “So that’s why they excluded that relatively quickly. The other clue is, of course, the children are left safe.”

The Tepes’ children, ages 4 and 1, are now in the care of relatives, the couple’s brother-in-law, Rob Misleh, told CNN.

“We are heartbroken beyond words,” reads a statement provided to CNN on behalf of the Tepe family. “While no outcome can ever undo this loss, our family is committed to seeing this tragedy fully and fairly brought to justice, and to honoring Spencer and Monique by protecting the future of the children they loved so deeply.”

The couple “shared a beautiful, strong and deeply happy relationship,” the statement said. “They loved to travel, to laugh, and to build a life rooted in love.”

Missed work arrival spurred concern

The owner of the practice where Spencer Tepe worked called 911 on Tuesday morning when Tepe uncharacteristically missed work.

“He is always on time, and he would contact us if there was any issues,” Dr. Mark Valrose of Athens Dental Depot told dispatchers. “I don’t know how else to say this, but we are very, very concerned. This is very out of character for him. We can’t get in touch with his wife, which is probably the more concerning thing.”

An officer responded at 9:22 a.m., but did not get an answer, WSYX reported, citing police records.

Colleagues also drove to the Tepes’ home, and one friend heard children crying inside. But no one answered the door.

The friend called police around 9:56 a.m.

“I can hear kids inside, and I think I heard one yell,” the caller said, according to dispatch audio. “But we can’t get in.”

Around 10:03 a.m., an audibly distressed man called 911.

“There’s a body,” he said.

Type of crime is ‘exceptionally rare’

Either of two scenarios for how the crime unfolded see

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Nearly 150 members of Santa Barbara county’s communities – including about 85 residents of Santa Maria – were reported earlier this week as having been apprehended by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Leaders say that number continues to increase on a daily basis, raising more alarm bells in the community.

Advocates say many of the people apprehended by ICE since December 27th didn’t know their immigration status was in question, had no criminal records, and no warrants were issued for their arrests.

Senator Monique Limon, Santa Maria City Councilwoman Gloria Soto, Immigrant Legal Defense Attorney Maria Salguero, and others impacted by these apprehensions spoke at a press conference Friday morning in front of the local ICE office in Santa Maria.

They are demanding greater transparency and better protections for families who are allowed to live in the U.S. amid this concerning surge of activity.

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NIPOMO, Calif. (KEYT) - An upcoming infrastructure project on a busy Nipomo roadway will disrupt traffic flow in the area for several months.

On Monday, Jan. 12, the Nipomo Community Services District (NCSD) is scheduled to begin what is officially known as the "Frontage Road Trunk Sewer Replacement Project Phase 1."

Expected to last through June, the $3.8 million project entails the replacement of sewer pipeline on South Frontage Road between Tefft Street and Division Street.

During work hours, detours will be in place directing traffic to use alternate routes between Tefft Street and Division Street.

Drivers can expect impacts through a handful of traffic control measures that are still being finalized with San Luis Obispo County.

To help minimize the disruption, construction will not take place during the busiest commute hours during weekdays.

Work on the project between Division Street and Hill Street will happen each day beginning at 8:30 a.m. and last several hours through the mid-afternoon.

Work between Hill Street and Tefft Street will take place during evening hours.

According to the NCSD, the project is being done in preparation so the wastewater treatment facility can accommodate future in the community.

In addition, the NCSD is closing its secondary wastewater treatment plant at Blacklake Golf Resort and needs a larger pipeline to handle the increased outflow to its primary site located along Highway 101 and Southland Street.

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By Rachel Tashjian, CNN

(CNN) — On a frigid New Year’s Day, New York’s new democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in, with his wife, Rama Duwaji, alongside him, grabbing attention for her romantic brown frock coat, trimmed at the hem and cuffs with chocolate faux fur.

For political wives, the inauguration coat is an agenda-setter – the first statement on how someone who may or may not have aspired to be a public symbol will navigate the always-tricky, often exasperating act of using clothes to elucidate or complement her husband’s administration.

In 2009, Michelle Obama wore a chartreuse coat and matching dress by the Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo – hardly a household name like first lady go-tos Oscar de la Renta or Ralph Lauren, and a signal that Obama would direct the inevitable attention on her wardrobe to smaller-scale American designers, often people of color and small business owners. In 2017, Melania Trump chose a powder blue cashmere Ralph Lauren sheath with a 1960s feel, perhaps a gesture of unity through a bit of Kennedy-esque glamour.

At Donald Trump’s second inauguration, her assertively tailored Adam Lippes coat and wide-brimmed Eric Javits hat told the world that this time, the first lady would attempt no such soft power – and the hat, casting a shadow over much of her face, became an enduring symbol of her evasiveness and the Trump administration’s constant obfuscation.

Duwaji is a mayor’s wife, not a president’s, but her husband’s victory has drawn international attention. At first blush, Duwaji’s outerwear suggested a by-the-book sartorial diplomacy: the coat was a custom version of a runway look – which Duwaji ordered and paid for, per an administration spokesperson – by the Palestinian-Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej of Renaissance Renaissance. As Duwaji’s stylist, former Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, explained in a Substack post, “On her first official day as First Lady of New York, Rama is wearing a small, independent woman designer from the Middle East. That representation resonates. It reverberates.”

That sort of biographical dressing is typical for women in the eye of politics: wear a garment that speaks to the historic nature of your place in government. (The public expects Democrats in particular to play this game: Kamala Harris, though she was an elected official rather than a first lady, was often criticized by fashion editors for wearing too few female designers, or for choosing the French brand Chloe over American options.) Mamdani, too, spoke to his heritage by wearing a tie by the South Asian designer Kartik Kumra, of Kartik Research, at an earlier swearing-in ceremony shortly after midnight.

For that event, Duwaji wore a vintage Balenciaga coat – rented from a fashion archive, Karefa-Johnson wrote, and a nod to her love of secondhand clothes – and a pair of boots by the British label Miista. A regular sighting on New York City subway lines, Miista boots are beloved by young women who like the freaky fabulousness but not the price point of Prada or Balenciaga. You can get a pair secondhand on Depop or The Real Real for about $200. Here, she seemed to say, she’s just a regular, young New York woman, with a love for vintage and low-practical, low-heeled shoes.

Despite that market positioning, The New York Post seized on the boots, which retail for $630, as a sign of hypocrisy. How can Mamdani, who campaigned on a platform of affordability, tell New Yorkers he relates to their financial struggles when his wife appears by his side in $630 footwear? (Karefa-Johnson noted in her post a few hours later