Trump heads west to meet OSU victims

NEW YORK

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was taking on a sombre task Thursday that became all too familiar to his predecessor – supporting survivors after an outbreak of violence, this time families and victims from last week’s attack at Ohio State University.

Trump flew to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with several people who were slashed by Ohio State student Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

Artan, 18, first rammed a campus crowd with his car before getting out with a knife and stabbing students before being fatally shot by police.

As Trump left for Ohio, there was word he was expected to pick fast-food executive Andrew Puzder to lead the Labor Department. That’s according to a Republican official and a person close to Trump’s transition, both speaking on condition of anonymity.