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• Panicked neighborhoods evacuate as gas blasts destroy homes

  13-09-2018 23:41
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions left at least four people injured and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight fires and turn off gas and electric lines to prevent further damage.Massachusetts State Police urged all residents with homes serviced by Columbia Gas in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to evacuate Thursday afternoon, snarling traffic and causing w
  
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• 'It looked like Armageddon:' Gas explosions destroy homes

  13-09-2018 23:41
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions one official described as "Armageddon" left at least 10 people injured and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight the flames and turn off gas and electric lines to prevent further damage.Massachusetts State Police urged all residents with homes serviced by Columbia Gas in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to evacuate, snarlin
  
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• Explosions damage so many homes in Massachusetts 'you can't even see the sky'

  13-09-2018 23:41
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions caused fires at more than 20 homes across three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scramble to douse the flames and shut off gas and electric lines in an attempt to prevent further damage.Massachusetts State Police say troopers have been dispatched to Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to secure scenes and help traffic that has snarled roads as panicked residents attempt to flee their
  
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• 'Threat becomes reality': Florence begins days of rain, wind

  13-09-2018 22:36
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Florence is at the doorstep of North and South Carolina, and she's not going away anytime soon.Outer bands from the hurricane are now lashing land , at least a full day before the National Hurricane Center expects the slow-moving storm's eye to blow ashore around the North Carolina-South Carolina line. Officials say people refusing to evacuate could end up alone, drenched and in the dark, as rescue crews won't go out to help in winds above 50 mph (80 kph).BY THE NUMB
  
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• Hurricane Florence rolls ashore in Carolinas, tears buildings apart

  13-09-2018 22:36
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) —Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, ripping apart buildings and knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching.More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at the height of the storm, and many more who defied evacuation orders held out hope of being rescued. Pieces of torn-ap
  
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• Hurricane Florence pounds the Carolinas

  13-09-2018 22:36
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, splintering buildings and trapping hundreds of people in high water as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching.More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing cinderblock motel at the height of the storm. Hundreds more had to be rescued elsewhere from rising waters. And others could only hope someone
  
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• Hurricane Florence moves ashore in North Carolina

  13-09-2018 22:36
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):Hurricane Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, NC bringing heavy winds and rain 9 a.mEnergy Secretary Rick Perry says the U.S. electricity sector has been well prepared for Hurricane Florence even as hundreds of thousands of homes lose power in the storm.Speaking during a visit to Moscow less than an hour after the hurricane made landfall in North Carolina, Perry says "we've done this many times before. We
  
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• Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

  13-09-2018 22:36
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence rolled ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, splintering buildings and trapping hundreds of people in high water as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching.More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing cinderblock motel. Hundreds more were rescued elsewhere from rising water. Others could only wait and hope someone would come for them."WE ARE CO
  
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• Florence is about to make landfall in N Carolina

  13-09-2018 22:36
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 6 a.m.National Hurricane Center: Florence about to make landfall in N. Carolina causing life-threatening storm surge.The National Hurricane Center says Florence is about to make landfall in North Carolina bringing with it life-threatening storm surges and hurricane force winds.As of 6 a.m., Florence was 10 miles (20 kilometers) east of Wilmington, North Carolina. Its forward movement was 6 mph (9 kph). Hurricane-force
  
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• Florence downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane

  13-09-2018 22:36
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):11 p.m.Florence has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane with top sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph).The National Hurricane Center says Florence is now lashing the North Carolina coast with hurricane -force winds and a life-threatening storm surge. It says the threat of freshwater flooding will increase in coming hours and days from the storm's heavy rains.The Miami-based center said in an update at 11 p.m. EDT T
  
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• Recruiting foster parents: Ohio child welfare agencies say need is urgent

  13-09-2018 22:11
  
  Right now in Ohio, there are almost 16-thousand children in foster care.In the last four years, that number has jumped by more than 23 percent.Many of those kids are orphans of the opioid crisis in the state.Now child welfare agencies are stepping up their efforts to recruit foster families.The walls of Victoria Best's home are framed with love: photos of her four children, three of whom are now adults and on their own.Last year she decided there was room in her home, and her heart, for more."If
  
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• Target to hire 120,000 for holidays; UPS, FedEx beefing up

  13-09-2018 21:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Target plans to hire more than 120,000 people for the busy holiday shopping season, a 20 percent increase from last year.The retailer says the temporary hires will stock store shelves and check people out at the register. In addition, it plans to hire 7,500 people to pack online orders at its warehouses. Target says it will pay workers $12 an hour, a dollar more an hour than last year.With a strong job market, retailers will likely face a harder time attracting workers for
  
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• 'It's time for our moment': Ohio State football releases TCU trailer

  13-09-2018 21:21
  
  The Ohio State Buckeyes have released the trailer for their ranked matchup against TCU.This week's video features young Buckeyes talking about the 2015 championship won at AT&T Stadium, the site of Saturday's game.They mention they weren't there, but they'll be there this weekend to create their own legacies."They say everything's bigger in Texas, but there's really nothing bigger than this moment right here."The Buckeyes and Horned Frogs kickoff Saturday night at 8 p.m.
  
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• Amazon's Jeff Bezos to start $2 billion charitable fund

  13-09-2018 20:36
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he is giving $2 billion to start a fund that will open preschools in low-income neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps homeless families.Bezos, whose stake in Amazon is worth about $160 billion, says that he'll call it the Bezos Day One Fund. An Amazon.com Inc. spokeswoman confirmed that the money will all come from Bezos, though there are few details about how the fund will operate.In a post to his Twitter
  
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• Face the State with Scott Light | September 16, 2018

  13-09-2018 20:20
  This week on Face The State with Scott Light:Ohio Polling - The numbers are in for gubernatorial and senate candidates in Ohio. We look at what the numbers mean as outside cash flows in to back candidates in the Buckeye State.Talking Tariffs - The Trade Wars are becoming more than a headline and Ohio farmers are about to get hit hard.Our panel looks at how the possible taxes will trickle down to you and when you could see an increase at checkout.Grading the Graders - Ohio school districts get th
  
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• Citizens' Commission on Elected Officials Salaries 9/13/2018

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• Mega Weekend: Get The Top Things to Do This Weekend

  13-09-2018 20:00
  Art openings, Art for Life, Home Tours, and more festivals highlight this sunny weekend! Take a look at some top picks for the weekend and find links to daily lists below. If you would like to attend CoffeeFest, don’t wait, there are only tickets left for the Afternoon Session, and the Brewed event. Enter to […]
  
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• Trump disputes hurricane death toll in Puerto Rico, says Democrats inflated numbers

  13-09-2018 18:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year's Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him "look as bad as possible."As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the president picked a fresh fight over his administration's response to the Category 4 storm that smashed into the U.S. territory last September. Trump visi
  
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• First Look: Brunner Building

  13-09-2018 18:19
  Work is wrapping up at the Brunner Building, a six-story mixed-use project at 940 N. High St. On the first floor, clothing retailer THREAD opened last month and the build-out for Ampersand Asian Supper Club next door has started. Workers have moved into the second-floor office space and about half of the 33 apartments in the building […]
  
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• Comedy Preview & Interview: Kathy Griffin at the Ohio Theatre

  13-09-2018 18:00
  Whether you applauded or abhorred the protest image of Kathy Griffin wielding a latex mask that resembled the severed visage of President Donald Trump that surfaced last spring, the aftermath of its appearance is an intriguing, and unprecedented, case study of where comedy, politics, and freedom of expression can and should intersect in our current […]
  
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• Local Couple Makes Largest Donation in WOSU’s History

  13-09-2018 17:42
  Local couple Sandy and Andy Ross have made a $5 million gift to WOSU Public Media, the largest in its history and a “transformative” donation for the public radio and television station network. The Rosses are longstanding WOSU members, and have significantly contributed for more than 30 years to advance initiatives focused on news and […]
  
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• To Be a Good Neighbor

  13-09-2018 17:24
  Outsider moves into a new neighborhood — it’s a decent house, inexpensive, and the realtor used the words “up-and-coming.” Some like to say it’s getting “cleaned up,” or, in an even less tactful way, “nearing complete gentrification.” In other words: the poor black and brown (and sometimes white) people are on their way out. Meanwhile, […]
  
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• The Apple Watch is inching toward becoming a medical device

  13-09-2018 16:54
  
  CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is trying to turn its smartwatch from a niche gadget into a lifeline to better health by slowly evolving it into a medical device.In its fourthincarnation, called the Series 4 and due out later this month, the Apple Watch will add features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect falls. It's part of Apple's long-in-the-making strategy to give people a distinct reason to buy a wrist gadget that largely does things smartphones already do.Since th
  
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• Auditor: multiple errors in Ohio medical marijuana program

  13-09-2018 16:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state auditor says Ohio's process for selecting medical marijuana grower applicants suffered from numerous errors and inconsistencies.Republican Auditor David Yost says the Department of Commerce exceeded its legal authority when it awarded two additional licenses to cultivators and found weaknesses in how the agency protected passwords, system folders, and summary scoring sheets.Yost, a candidate for Ohio attorney general, on Thursday, called the department's work slo
  
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• How did your school perform? 2017-18 report cards released for Ohio districts

  13-09-2018 16:21
  
  COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Department of Education released its annual school report cards Thursday.This year, for the first time,schools and districts were assigned an overall letter grade.Columbus City Schools received an overall grade of F.The district released a statement, saying in part, "There’s far more to measuring a child’s learning and growth than what’s scored on the state’s annual local report card, which offers only a limited snapshot on six state-selected indicato
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Foraged & Sown

  13-09-2018 16:00
  Dumpster dining got trendy again a few years ago. In the process, it popularized the euphemism “urban foraging” for the practice of retrieving edible food from restaurant and grocery waste containers. An operation called Foraged and Sown is based in Columbus proper, but it doesn’t do that sort of foraging. No dumpsters are involved. Instead […]
  
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• GM recalls over 1M pickups, SUVs for power steering problem

  13-09-2018 15:54
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than a million big pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. because of power-assisted steering problems that have been cited in a number of accidents.GM says the power steering can fail momentarily during a voltage drop and suddenly return, mainly during low-speed turns. Such a failure increases the risk of a crash. The company says it has 30 reports of crashes with two injuries, but no deaths.The recall covers certain 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and
  
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• Know Your Neighborhood: Things to Do in Hilliard

  13-09-2018 15:50
  Located between Big Darby Creek on the west and the Scioto River on the east, the city of Hilliard has a mix of residential and commercial development. Several of the city’s historic buildings remain standing, including its original train station located at Weaver Park, and several residences along Norwich Street in the historic district. But […]
  
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• Hurricane Florence's winds and rain begin lashing Carolinas

  13-09-2018 15:11
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina on Thursday as the monster storm moved in for an extended stay along the Southeastern coast, promising to drench the homes of 10 million people with immense amounts of water.Florence's top sustained wind speeds dropped from a high of 140 mph (225 kph) to 110 mph (175 kph) early Thursday . That reduced Florence from a Category 4 to a Category 2 hurricane, but forecasters warned th
  
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• Woman dies after vehicle crashes into ditch in east Columbus

  13-09-2018 14:53
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are investigating what caused a woman to drive a car off the roadway and into a ditch.Officers were called at 7:39 a.m. to 5900 block of Little Brook Way in east Columbus after reports of a vehicle crash.According to police, 23-year-old Ndeye Diop was traveling southbound on McNaughten Road when she lost control of her vehicle.Police said she traveled off of the west side of the road and into a ditch where she collided with a concrete culvert.Diop was severely in
  
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• 1 dead after vehicle crashes into a ditch in east Columbus

  13-09-2018 14:53
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus Police are investigating what caused a female driver to drive a car off the roadway into a creek and killing her.Officers were called at 7:39 a.m. to 5900 block of Little Brook Way in east Columbus after reports of a vehicle in a creek.First responders arrived to find a car stuck in a small ditch with a female inside.According to police, she was pronounced dead on the scene.Investigators are working to determine how the crash happened.Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com on this
  
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• Top Millennial Neighborhoods in Ohio Include Downtown & Near East Side

  13-09-2018 14:00
  The largest generation in the United States — the Millennial cohort, currently aged between 22 and 37 — are moving into urban neighborhoods in large numbers, according to a new report compiled by RentCafe.com. Data was gathered on population trends in major cities across the US between 2011 and 2016, to find which zip codes […]
  
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• Putin attends Russia-China war games

  13-09-2018 13:07
  
  President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended Russia's biggest-ever war games, which involved some 300,000 troops as well as a significant contingent of Chinese forces.The weeklong Vostok (East) 2018 maneuvers span vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East, the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans and showcase the military might of Russia and China at a time of simmering tensions with the U.S.As well as the troops, some 1,000 Russian aircraft and 36,000 tanks and other combat vehicles are involved. The
  
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• Columbus Makes Art Presents: Stephanie Rond and Columbus Open Studio & Stage

  13-09-2018 13:00
  Stephanie Rond is Columbus-based mixed media artist whose colorful and feminist work can be seen on walls around the world, both inside and out. Rond is one of the original founders of Columbus Open Studio & Stage (COSS), a two-day event in which Columbus artists welcome guests to tour their studios and demonstrate their work. […]
  
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• "Strange Bedfellows" group in Congress aims to weed out nonviolent marijuana records

  13-09-2018 12:57
  
  Even as the partisan divide in Washington seems to grow more pronounced, glimmers of bipartisanship still appear. There's a new effort afoot to address the records of non-violent marijuana offenders that bridges ideological and geographic differences.Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Democrat, along with 20 of her fellow Congressional Black Caucus members have joined forces with Freedom Caucus Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, and recently introduced the only current federal bill to seal the records of
  
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• Ohio gubernatorial candidate buys Weather Channel ads ahead of hurricane

  13-09-2018 12:53
  
  The Republican candidate for Ohio governor has paid for ad time on The Weather Channel as it gears up for coverage of Hurricane Florence.Cleveland.com reports Attorney General Mike DeWine bought more than $10,000 worth of ad time on the channel Tuesday.His purchase includes 960 individual commercials that will run through Monday. Hurricane Florence is predicted to hit the Carolinas later this week.DeWine's campaign spokesman Josh Eck says the campaign wasn't targeting potential hurricane viewers
  
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• Jimmy Buffett surfs in South Carolina before Hurricane Florence hits

  13-09-2018 12:44
  
  Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the East Coast later this week, but that isn't stopping Jimmy Buffett from catching some waves in South Carolina. He ended up posting a photo to his Instagram and Facebook, with a warning to others.The "Margaritaville" singer and known Hawaiian shirt aficionado posted a screenshot of an Instagram story Wednesday, featuring himself, and another man, standing next to large surfboards.The photo's caption quotes the musician's song, "Surfing in a Hurricane.""I a
  
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• Infant, woman dies after house fire in southwest Ohio

  13-09-2018 12:15
  
  DAYTON, Ohio - An infant and a woman are dead after a house caught on fire in Dayton early Thursday morning, according to WHIO.Dayton Fire Chief Jeffrey Payne says fire crews responded around 3 a.m. to the 1300 block of Tampa Avenue, near South Paul Laurence Dunbar Street, and found fire coming from the attic area of the home.As firefighters worked to put out the fire, they found the woman and child inside the home. Both were transported to area hospitals where they later died, according to the
  
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• Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast

  13-09-2018 11:50
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Time is running short to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm that has a region of more than 10 million people in its potentially devastating sights as it zeroes in on the Southeastern coast.Forecasters said early Thursday that the storm's outer rain bands are approaching the North Carolina coast. Its wind speeds have dropped from a high of 140 mph (225 kph) to 110 mph (175 kph), reducing it from a Category 4 storm to a Category 2, and ad
  
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• Obama to stump for Cordray, other Democrats on Ohio visit

  13-09-2018 11:40
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is visiting closely divided Ohio to campaign for governor candidate Richard Cordray and other Democrats.Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, faces Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine in one of the season's most closely watched governor's races.Republican Gov. John Kasich is term-limited and Democrats hope for the momentum to seize back control of the office for their party, which is out of power at every level of Ohio government.
  
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• China says Washington asks to resume talks on tariff fight

  13-09-2018 11:18
  
  Washington has invited Beijing to hold new talks on their escalating tariff dispute, the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday, ahead of a decision by President Donald Trump on whether to raise duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports.The announcement followed reports by American and European chambers of commerce that foreign companies in China have been hurt by earlier tariff hikes by both sides in the fight over Beijing's technology policy."We have indeed received an invitation from the U.S.
  
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• US, Cuba to meet on mystery 'health attacks' in Havana

  13-09-2018 11:15
  
  U.S. and Cuban officials will meet later today in an effort to determine the method and motive behind mystery incidents in Havana that have injured American diplomats.The meeting comes amid widespread frustration among national security agencies and in Congress at the lack of answers about what the U.S. describes as "health attacks" that began nearly two years ago and affected some two dozen people, including some diagnosed with brain damage. It also comes amid a flurry of reports suggesting inv
  
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• Death toll at 11 in China vehicle attack, 44 in hospital

  13-09-2018 07:50
  
  Authorities say the death toll has risen to 11 with another 44 people hospitalized after a man allegedly drove an SUV deliberately into a crowd in central China before jumping out and attacking victims with a dagger and shovel.The Hengyang city government said Thursday the suspect in the case had previous convictions for crimes including drug trafficking, theft and assault and, acting alone, had sought to "get revenge on society."That appeared to rule out terrorism, although vehicles have previo
  
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• Gunman kills his wife, 4 others and himself in California

  13-09-2018 07:46
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A gunman went on a rampage in Kern County, California, killing his wife and four other people before shooting himself to death, authorities said.Officials provided no immediate details Thursday morning on what prompted the shootings Wednesday evening at a home and a trucking company in Bakersfield, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told reporters the shootings were not random."Obviously, there is some type o
  
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• Gunman kills 5, self in Southern California rampage

  13-09-2018 07:46
  
  A gunman killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself as a Kern County sheriff's deputy closed in Wednesday, authorities said.There was no immediate word on what sparked the shootings that took place at a home and a business in Bakersfield, which is some 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Los Angeles."Obviously, these are not random shootings," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told KERO-TV. Six people died in a short amount of time, he added.The man first showed
  
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• No. 4 Ohio State will learn how good it is vs. No. 15 TCU

  13-09-2018 02:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State so far proved it can dispense merciless beatings to opponents it is supposed to beat. The Buckeyes will learn more about their potential when they travel to Arlington, Texas, this week to face another AP Top 25 team in TCU.This will be the first real measuring stick of the season for the No. 4 Buckeyes, a road game in front of what essentially will be a home crowd for TCU, whose Fort Worth campus is a half-hour drive from AT&T Stadium, home of the Dalla
  
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• Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission Meeting 9/12/2018

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• Detention of migrant children reaches its highest level ever

  13-09-2018 02:35
  
  The number of migrant children being detained by the government has reached its highest level ever, according to a report by The New York Times. Data obtained by the Times showed that 12,800 children were detained in federal custody this month, compared to 2,400 children detained in May 2017. Federal shelters housing migrant children have remained filled at around 90 percent capacity since May of this year.The increase is not due to an influx of more migrant children, but rather because fewer ch
  
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• House of Representatives votes to ban eating of dogs and cats

  13-09-2018 01:57
  
  The government shuts down at the end of the month, and Democrats and Republicans seem unable to make a deal to keep it open. They are, however, united in trying to stop people from eating pets.The House passed a bill Wednesday by voice vote banning the slaughter, transportation, sale and possession of dogs and cats for consumption. The "Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018" was sponsored by Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan and Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, both of Florida.Buchanan wrote
  
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• Red Cross volunteers head to the east coast before Florence

  13-09-2018 01:53
  Jeff Smith kissed his family goodbye, grabbed his bags and walked into the John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Wednesday.It's his second deployment with the American Red Cross Ohio Buckeye Region. He's headed to the east coast to lend a hand for the possible aftermath of Hurricane Florence."Yeah, you just want to help these folks and your heart goes out to them," he said.Smith retired from the Army Special Forces and served about 10 years in combat zones in the middle east. He's been a vo
  
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