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• Governor Kasich orders flags at half-staff to honor John McCain

  26-08-2018 23:01
  
  Governor John Kasich has ordered all public flags to be flown at half-staff to honor John McCain.McCain died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.McCain is expected to be remembered at ceremonies in Arizona and Washington. McCain is to be buried at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery on a peninsula overlooking the Severn River in Annapolis, Maryland.Governor Kasich's full order reads as follows:Kasich’s order reads: “In honor of the life and service of U.S
  
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• Sheriff: Gunman kills 2, then himself at video game tourney

  26-08-2018 20:35
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then fatally shooting himself in a rampage that wounded several others, authorities said.Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said authorities believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore carried out the attack using at least one handgun at the Jacksonville Landing, a collection of restaurants and shops along the St. Johns River. Wil
  
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• Multiple people are dead after Jacksonville mass shooting

  26-08-2018 20:35
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said.A source close to the investigation told the Associated Press the shooting has left at least four people dead.The source says the person who opened fire died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The source spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn'
  
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• 'Multiple fatalities at the scene, many transported' after Jacksonville mass shooting

  26-08-2018 20:35
  
  Police in Jacksonville, Florida, say they're responding to a mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing marketplace in the city's downtown area. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said there have been multiple fatalities at the scene and many people have been transported to the hospital.Multiple fatalities at the scene, many transported. #TheLandingMassShooting https://t.co/qBJvkaO7xT— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) August 26, 2018
  The sheriff's office said one suspect is dead at the scene a
  
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• Aspirin disappoints for avoiding first heart attack, stroke

  26-08-2018 20:35
  
  Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don't outweigh the benefits for most other folks, major new research finds.Although it's been used for more than a century, aspirin's value in many situations is still unclear. The latest studies are some of the largest and longest to test this pennies-a-day blood thinner in people who don't yet have heart disease or a
  
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• 3 people dead including suspect in Jacksonville mass shooting

  26-08-2018 20:35
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —The Jacksonville sheriff says three people were killed, including the gunman, during a mass shooting at a video game tournament at a north Florida mall.Sheriff Mike Williams said Sunday evening he believed the shooter is 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore. He said the FBI was searching the man's home as part of the investigation.Williams said nine other people were wounded by gunfire and are in stable condition and two others were hurt while fleeing the shots. He says
  
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• Services and other events set for McCain

  26-08-2018 18:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present joined members of Congress from both parties and world leaders in mourning Sen. John McCain and praising him for a lifetime of service and accomplishments.Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who blocked the Arizona Republican's own White House ambitions, are among those expected to speak at McCain's funeral."These were bitter contests, both of them," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and "to ask them to speak at your funeral, and for the
  
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• McCain funeral speakers expected to include Bush and Obama

  26-08-2018 18:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present joined members of Congress from both parties and world leaders in mourning Sen. John McCain and praising him for a lifetime of service and accomplishments.Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who blocked the Arizona Republican's own White House ambitions, are among those expected to speak at McCain's funeral."These were bitter contests, both of them," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and "to ask them to speak at your funeral, and for the
  
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• 8 people, 6 of them kids, killed in Chicago apartment fire

  26-08-2018 17:15
  
  CHICAGO — Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out early Sunday at a Chicago apartment, officials say.Two other people were hospitalized in very critical condition, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said. At least one firefighter was injured and was hospitalized in good condition.Officials have not released the ages of the victims, but fire Commissioner Jose Santiago told reporters that one of the children who was killed was an infant."We have n
  
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• John McCain mourned by Arizona sports community

  26-08-2018 14:33
  
  PHOENIX — The sight of John McCain sitting in the stands at Chase Field became so commonplace few people seemed to even notice. The senator from Arizona would get handshakes and take pictures with fans, but he was there just to be one of them, cheering on the home team.McCain died Saturday after battling brain cancer and the Arizona sports community mourned him across the Valley of the Sun. He was 81."Rest in peace to an American hero, statesman, servant of the people, and dear friend," Ar
  
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• Police search for armed home invasion suspects in northeast Columbus

  26-08-2018 13:11
  
  COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Division of Police need help to identify armed robbery suspects that left one man critically injured in northeast Columbus.Patrol officers responded August 4, 2018, around 12:30 a.m to an apartment on Palmer Park Circle West on what appeared to be a home invasion.Eric Manias had just returned to his first-floor apartment when he attempted to unlock his front door, two male black suspects rushed Manias from behind and forced him into his apartment at gunpoint, according t
  
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• Ohio State Highway Patrol investigating fatal crash in Fairfield County

  26-08-2018 07:18
  
  HOCKING TOWNSHIP -- Troopers with the Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Fairfield County.The crash happened Saturday just before 8:30 p.m. on State Route 188 near Becks Knob Road.The driver was in a 2007 Gray Honda Civic traveling eastbound on State Route 188 when they drove off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment, went airborne, struck two trees and overturned, according to investigators.The driver and the right fro
  
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• Bank inside grocery store robbed in northeast Columbus

  26-08-2018 05:49
  
  A Huntington Bank inside a Giant Eagle was robbed Saturday afternoon, according to Columbus Police.Police responded at 2:10 p.m. to the store located at 2900 Stelzer Road. According to a release, a male in 20's handed a note to an employee demanding money. The suspect pulled up the bottom of his hoodie showing a handgun in his waist.Authorities say the employee complied with the demands and gave the suspect an undetermined amount of money.Police describe the suspect as a skinny black male with a
  
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• Police dog dies after being left in hot car for more than 6 hours

  26-08-2018 04:57
  
  A police dog in South Carolina died after being left in a police vehicle for more than six hours on a day where the high temperature reached 94 degrees, the Associated Press reports. The dog's handler has been suspended without pay for five days, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said. The K9, a Labrador retriever mix named Turbo, was 22 months old and had been trained to sniff out explosives. Turbo had been with his handler, Master Police Officer David Hurt, for seven months. Hurt was at a hi
  
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• Central Ohio man reacts to riding out volcano, tropical storm

  26-08-2018 04:45
  
  After the threat of molten lava in May, a central Ohio native is now facing the aftermath of Hurricane Lane.Reynoldsburg High School graduate Jeffrey Wise now calls Hawaii home.“Life in Pahoa has been pretty interesting the last three or actually three and half months,” Wise said.In May, Wise stood just yards away as a volcano spewed hot lava into Hawaii's Leilani Estate.The bystander used his cell phone to capture the molten geyser and ash.“A lot of people actually lost their
  
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• Police arrest juvenile suspect in near East Columbus shooting

  26-08-2018 03:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police have arrested a suspect that left one person dead in a shooting.Officers were called to the 1700 block of East Rich Street Saturday just after 8 p.m.When officers arrived they found a female victim shot in extremely critical condition.Authorities say she was transported to Grant Medical Center where she died from her injuries.Several people were detained by the first responding officers which led investigators to gather enough evidence to arrest
  
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• Police arrest juvenile suspect in fatal east Columbus shooting

  26-08-2018 03:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police have arrested a suspect that left one person dead in a shooting.Officers were called to the 1700 block of East Rich Street Saturday just after 8 p.m. When officers arrived they found a female victim shot in extremely critical condition.Authorities say she was taken to Grant Medical Center where she died from her injuries.Several people were detained by the first responding officers which led investigators to gather enough evidence to arrest and c
  
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• Police: 15-year-old shot and killed in east Columbus; juvenile in custody

  26-08-2018 03:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Division of Police arrested and charged a suspect for the death of a 15-year-old girl in east Columbus.Officers were called to the 1700 block of East Rich Street Saturday just after 8 p.m. When officers arrived they found a female victim shot in extremely critical condition.Authorities say the 15-year-old was taken to Grant Medical Center where she died from her injuries. Her identity is being withheld because she is a minor. According to police, several people wer
  
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• One critically injured in Near East Columbus shooting

  26-08-2018 03:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Police searching for a suspect that left one person hospitalized in a shooting Saturday evening, according to Columbus PoliceOfficers were called to the 1700 block of East Rich Street at 8:10 p.m.Authorities say one person was suffering from a gunshot wound immediately transported by first responders to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.Officers are looking for a suspect at this time, according to detectives.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this developing story.
  
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• War hero and presidential candidate John McCain dies at 81

  26-08-2018 02:28
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, was a fearless and outspoken voice on policy and politics to the end, unswerving in his defense of de
  
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• Arizona Senator John McCain has died at age 81

  26-08-2018 02:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Arizona Sen. John McCain, the war hero who became the GOP's standard-bearer in the 2008 election, has died. He was 81.His office says McCain died Saturday. He had battled brain cancer.In 1967, his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. He was severely injured and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war.He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1982 and the Senate in 1986. A conservative on most issues, he pushed for campaign finance reform
  
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• No love for ankle monitors on captured immigrants

  26-08-2018 02:10
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal authorities' shift away from separating immigrant families caught in the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and children are quickly released, only to be fitted with electronic monitoring devices — a practice which both the government and advocacy groups oppose for different reasons.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is issuing thousands of 5.5-ounce (155-gram) ankle monitors that immigrants call grilletes, or electronic shackles, spelling
  
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• Skywatch: Look for the Full Sturgeon Moon

  26-08-2018 01:17
  
  As I mentioned last week we’re starting things off with a Full Sturgeon Moon this week.The Full Moon arrives on Sunday morning at 7:56 A.M.It’s called the Sturgeon Moon because of the fact that sturgeon were more easily caught this time of year.It’s also known as the “Full Green Corn Moon” and if you’ve been watching the fields lately you may know why this is the case.Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation with the sun on Sunday evening at 5 P.M.Simpl
  
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• Democrats OK limiting party leaders' role in picking nominee

  26-08-2018 00:32
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — After two years of sometimes ugly public fighting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday voted to limit their own high-profile roles in choosing presidential nominees, giving even more weight to the outcome of state primaries and caucuses.The debate over the influence of party insiders known as superdelegates was evidence of the fallout from the 2016 fight between eventual nominee Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. His supporters accused the national party of ti
  
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• Ohio's fall hunting seasons to begin next month

  26-08-2018 00:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fall hunting seasons begin next month in Ohio.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says the early waterfowl season for hunting Canada goose and teal begins Sept. 1. The fall hunting seasons for squirrel, dove, rail, snipe and gallinule in Ohio also open that day.Officials urge hunters to check regulations for changes to rules, season dates and bag limits. A summary of Ohio's hunting and trapping regulations is available where licenses are sold, at the ODNR Divisio
  
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