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• Police open murder probe as 1 of 2 nerve agent victims dies

  08-07-2018 23:21
  
  LONDON — A woman who was poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent in southwest England died Sunday, eight days after police think she touched a contaminated item that has not been found.London's Metropolitan Police force said the case had become a homicide investigation now that 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess had died in a hospital in Salisbury. She and her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley, 45, were admitted June 30 and remained in critical condition.Police said tests showed the pair was exposed to No
  
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• Trump still pondering Supreme Court pick as big reveal nears

  08-07-2018 23:07
  
  BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Donald Trump said Sunday he was still deliberating his decision on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as his self-imposed deadline for an announcement neared amid furious lobbying and frenzied speculation."I'm very close to making a final decision. And I believe this person will do a great job," Trump said as he prepared to return to Washington from a weekend at his New Jersey golf club. Asked by reporters how many people were being c
  
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• Police: Michigan teenager used Snapchat to rob men

  08-07-2018 21:31
  
  WARREN, Mich. — Police accuse a Michigan teenager and two men of using the social media app Snapchat to orchestrate armed robberies.Detroit's WXYZ-TV cites Warren police as saying 19-year-old Sara Rowles, her 21-year-old boyfriend, Jackson Krosweck, and his friend Finzie Jones were charged Friday with armed robbery.Rowles allegedly used Snapchat to lure men to meet up with her, then invited them inside her car under the premise of engaging in sexual activity. Police say that's when the tri
  
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• Investigators believe 7-year-old responsible for setting fire to Lancaster playground

  08-07-2018 20:39
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio -- Investigators believe a 7-year-old is responsible for setting fire to a playground in Lancaster Sunday, according to the Lancaster Fire Department.LFD said crews were called to the 1400 block of E. Walnut St. just before noon where they quickly put out the flames. They said the damage is estimated to be about $25,000.According to the Lancaster Police Department, the child said they found a lighter and lit the rubber pellets at the playground on fire. The child then tried to st
  
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• 13-year-old boy goes missing while swimming in Lake Erie

  08-07-2018 20:17
  
  CLEVELAND — Authorities say a 13-year-old has gone missing while swimming in Lake Erie off a Cleveland beach and crews continue to search for him.The search continued Sunday for the boy who Cleveland police say disappeared beneath waves while swimming off of Edgewater Beach around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Authorities have not released the boy's name.Officials with Cleveland Metroparks, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Cleveland police and fire departments are
  
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• Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge

  08-07-2018 16:28
  
  SAN FRANCISCO— Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University.In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a special recruitment program offering immigrants in the country legally a path to citizenship.The future, he said, was bright.Now, he is one of the dozens of immigrant recruits an
  
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• Police search for suspect in grocery store theft in east Columbus

  08-07-2018 16:10
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- ​Police are looking for information that will lead to the arrest of a suspect who stole from a grocery store in east Columbus.On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, just before 4 a.m., the suspect broke into the El Tulipan grocery store in the 1800 block of East Livingston Avenue.Investigators say the man entered the store by breaking out the bottom window to the store's entry door.Once inside, he went directly behind the counter and took hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes.The
  
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• Tracking Tropical Storm Chris: Forms off the Carolina coast Sunday morning

  08-07-2018 15:25
  
  Trouble in the Tropics: Tracking Tropical Storm Chris, forming off the coast of the Carolinas and expected to strengthen next weekSunday, July 8 Update:Most of our focus in the tropics has been on what is now Tropical Storm Beryl approaching the Caribbean, but we now have another active storm, one that is just off the coast of the Carolinas.Early Sunday morning, a disturbance off the coast of the Carolinas has strengthened into what is now being called Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm
  
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• Columbus Ohio Division on Police 129th Recruit Class Graduation Ceremony

  08-07-2018 14:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Photos: All Things Brunch Festival 2018

  08-07-2018 13:00
  On Friday, April 20th, Brunch Fans joined together to celebrate their favorite meal at the All Things Brunch Festival. It was an evening full of delicious bites, sips, donut walls, giant bacon and more! Don’t worry if you missed it, we’ve got some photos so you can feel like you were there. A big shout […]
  
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• Thai cave rescue underway

  08-07-2018 05:54
  
  A Thai governor says the operation to bring out 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach from deep inside a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks has begun.The acting Chiang Rai governor has told reporters "today is D-Day" with 13 foreigner and five Thai divers taking part in the rescue.He says the divers went in at 10 a.m. and the boys will gradually come out accompanied by two divers each. He says the earliest they will come out is 9 p.m. Saturday (10 a.m. ET).The only way to bring them
  
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• Second phase of Thai cave rescue operation underway

  08-07-2018 05:54
  MAE SAI, Thailand — ​ Thai authorities said the second phase of the operation to rescue a youth soccer team trapped in a flooded cave was underway Monday, a day after four boys were pulled from the complex after more than two weeks underground.Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said the second phase began at 11 a.m. and authorities "hope to hear good news in the next few hours." Nine people remain trapped in the cave.Authorities have been rushing to extract the boys, ages 1
  
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• Operation to rescue Thai boys in flooded cave starts

  08-07-2018 05:54
  
  MAE SAI, Thailand — The operation has begun to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who will need to dive out of the flooded Thai cave where they have been trapped for more than two weeks, with officials saying Sunday morning that "today is D-Day."Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said 13 foreign and five Thai divers were taking part in the rescue and two divers will accompany each boy as they are gradually extracted. The operation began at 10 a.m. and he said it would take at
  
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• Official: 4 more boys brought out of flooded Thai cave

  08-07-2018 05:54
  MAE SAI, Thailand — Four more of the boys trapped for over two weeks in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were brought out on Monday, an official said, bringing to eight the number extracted in a high-stakes rescue operation."The eighth person is out and the operation is done for today," Sitthichai Klangpattana, flag officer to Thailand's navy SEAL commander, told The Associated Press. "Four boys were brought out today."He didn't comment on the health of the boys or how well the operatio
  
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• Ambulance leaves Thai cave on 2nd day of rescue operation

  08-07-2018 05:54
  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — An ambulance with flashing lights left the site of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where a youth soccer team has been trapped for two weeks, just hours after the second phase of a rescue operation was launched on Monday.The ambulance drove toward a helipad, where a helicopter was seen taking off shortly after to the cheers of the crowd below. The same process was used Sunday for at least one of the four boys rescued in the first attempt at getting the 12 boys a
  
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• 4 rescued from Thailand cave as rescue operation underway

  08-07-2018 05:54
  
  MAE SAI, Thailand — Rescuers in northern Thailand on Sunday extracted at least four members of a youth soccer team from the cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, part of an ongoing operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach, officials said.The operation to rescue the boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave began Sunday morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling complex for the complicated and dangerous missi
  
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• 4 rescued from Thai cave in risky operation; 9 remain inside

  08-07-2018 05:54
  
  MAE SAI, Thailand — Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground.Eight of boys and the coach remained inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex as authorities paused the international effort until Monday to replenish air tanks along the treacherous exit route.But the succes
  
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• 4 rescued from Thai cave in risky operation; 9 left to go

  08-07-2018 05:54
  
  MAE SAI, Thailand — Rescuers in northern Thailand on Sunday extracted four members of a youth soccer team from the cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, part of an ongoing operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach. The head of the operation said it was going "better than expected."The operation to rescue the boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave began Sunday morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling comp
  
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• Columbus Fire works to increase the number of female firefighters, medics

  08-07-2018 05:12
  In an effort to increase the number of women in the department, Columbus Division of Fire hosted its first ever all-female recruitment event.“We’re just giving people the opportunity to kind of understand what it is like to be a firefighter and EMT in today’s world,” Battalion Chief Steve Martin said.The event welcomed more than 50 women and gave them firsthand experience in the day to day experiences facing firefighters.The national average for women in firefighting is a
  
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• Airman pleads guilty to raping teen, gets year in prison

  08-07-2018 03:00
  
  DOVER, Del. — An airman stationed at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base has pleaded guilty to raping and endangering a runaway 14-year-old girl.WDEL-FM reports 22-year-old Zepplin Ray Taylor-McGinness was sentenced Friday to a year in prison, followed by probation.Dover Police M. Cpl. Mark Hoffman has said authorities were contacted in November 2017 by the girl's guardian who learned the girl was staying at a local apartment complex. Officers went to the complex and found the teen and then 21
  
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• Mother survives car crash that killed husband, 4 daughters

  08-07-2018 02:16
  
  TOWNSEND, Del. -- A family spokesperson has identified the New Jersey family who was killed in Friday's crash in Townsend, Delaware, CBS Philadelphia reports. The spokesperson identified the father as 61-year-old Audie Trinidad. The children were identified as 20-year-old Kaitlyn, 17-year-old Danna and 13-year-olds Melissa and Allison.His wife, 53-year-old Mary Rose, was transported to a local area hospital after suffering serious but non-life threatening injuries.Both husband and wife were prop
  
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• Kids as young as 1 in US court, awaiting reunion with family

  08-07-2018 01:23
  
  PHOENIX — The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for "agua."Then it was the child's turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigration judge, who could hardly contain his unease with the situation during the portion of the hearing where he asks immigrant defendants whether they understand the proceedings."I'm embarrassed to ask it, because I don't know who you
  
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• Prosecutor: 2 dead in house blast, no foul play suspected

  08-07-2018 00:49
  
  NEWFIELD, N.J. — A house exploded in New Jersey early Saturday, killing a husband and wife and reducing the two-story home to piles of scattered rubble, but no foul play was suspected, authorities said.The blast initially reported as a gas explosion shattered windows in nearby homes, KYW-TV reported. Debris was strewn over several blocks, and pieces could be seen hanging from a tree and power line.John Paladino, 73, and Carole Paladino, 72, were the only occupants of the Newfield home when
  
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