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• Late touchdown lifts Bengals over Falcons

  30-09-2018 22:58
  
  ATLANTA— Andy Dalton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green with 7 seconds remaining, lifting the Cincinnati Bengals to a 37-36 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.Dalton moved the Bengals 75 yards in about four minutes. He completed two passes on fourth down to Tyler Boyd, who had 11 catches for 100 yards, to keep the drive alive.Green, the former University of Georgia star making his first return to the state of Georgia, made a diving catch in the right side of the end zone to c
  
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• Search for Ohio hiker underway in Great Smoky Mountains park

  30-09-2018 22:53
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Search efforts are continuing for an Ohio woman who went missing while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border.The National Park Service said in a news release over the weekend that personnel from agencies in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia are aiding in the search for 53-year-old Mitzie Sue "Susan" Clements.Clements is from Cleves, Ohio in Hamilton County according to multiple outlets.Clements was last seen in the Cl
  
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• 3 dead after Pennsylvania car explosion

  30-09-2018 22:42
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A car exploded on a downtown street in what authorities called a "criminal incident," leaving three people dead and leading to a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents and an investigation by federal, state and local authorities.The blast in Allentown that occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday left three males dead, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said Sunday afternoon. Autopsies were planned Monday, and Grim said the names of the males would be released once their id
  
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• Lancaster police officer passes away unexpectedly while off-duty

  30-09-2018 22:25
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio - Lancaster Police Department Lt. Brian Lowe passed away unexpectedly while off-duty Saturday.The police department said Lowe was an “amazing officer and friend” and a “loving father and husband.”"This is a shock to our entire agency and he is sadly missed," the department said in a statement on Sunday."Our prayers and thoughts are with Brian's family and friends."According to the website for the City of Lancaster, Lowe was in charge of the department's De
  
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• White House adviser Kellyanne Conway: "I'm a victim of sexual assault"

  30-09-2018 20:52
  
  While defending Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway revealed she herself had been a victim of sexual assault. Conway briefly acknowledged her past assault during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, arguing that perpetrators should be solely responsible for such crimes."I feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape. I'm a victim of sexual assault. I don't expect Judge Kavanaug
  
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• New training aimed at preventing sex misconduct at Ohio State

  30-09-2018 19:30
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State University is providing students with new online training about preventing sexual misconduct.Administrators notified students this week that the training is mandatory. They say it takes an hour or less and includes information about identifying and reporting sex- and gender-based misconduct and about resources providing support.The school plans to roll out new online training for faculty and staff later this fall.It says students and employees are expected to prioriti
  
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• Man critical after shooting during party in north Columbus

  30-09-2018 18:47
  
  Columbus Police responded to a shooting at a party on Mock Road in north Columbus early Sunday morning.Officers found one victim with a gunshot wound to his left thigh, and facial injuries, according to police.The victim was transported to Grant Hospital in critical condition, which was later downgraded to stable condition.The victim stated he did not know who shot him and did not want to prosecute if detectives found a suspect.
  
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• Senate candidate in Ohio flies on strip-club owner's plane

  30-09-2018 18:13
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican congressman vying for U.S. Senate in Ohio has used a strip-club owner's private plane to fly to campaign events, campaign finance records show.U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci has paid Don Ksiezyk about $2,500 for flights between January and June, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch on Renacci's campaign filings.Renacci has won the backing of Republican President Donald Trump in his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in November.Ksiezyk owns Peek
  
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• Highway patrol: "unsafe speed" causes deadly Athens County crash

  30-09-2018 16:41
  
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash on Bates Road, just north of Hawks Nest Road that took the life of a 26-year-old man in Athens County on Saturday.According to OSHP, the driver lost control of the vehicle and slid off the left side of the road. The vehicle struck a tree, fence and house before stopping.The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by the Athens County Coroner, according to police. Troopers believe unsafe speed contributed to the crash.A safety-belt was used b
  
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• Lost baby koala cuddles with golden retriever to stay warm

  30-09-2018 14:49
  
  Only in Australia could this feel-good story happen. A golden retriever named Asha is being hailed as a hero after comforting a lost baby koala through the night.Dog owner Kerry McKinnon says she woke up on Monday and found her 5-year-old golden retriever cuddling with a new friend. "It was quite early in the morning, and my husband yelled out to me to come have a look at something," McKinnon told News Australia. What she saw was her dog Asha lying perfectly still as the baby koala, or joey, snu
  
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• Trump says FBI has "free rein" in Kavanaugh investigation

  30-09-2018 14:34
  
  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were students at Yale has agreed to cooperate with an FBI investigation, her lawyer says, and President Donald Trump says the bureau has "free rein" to conduct the inquiry.Deborah Ramirez's lawyer, John Clune, said Saturday that agents want to interview Ramirez, who has alleged that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party in the early 1980s. Two other women have accused the appea
  
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• 3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes

  30-09-2018 13:48
  
  WASHINGTON — Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has an extensive history of involvement in legal disputes, including a lawsuit in which an ex-employer accused her of falsifying her college and work history on her job application.Legal documents from Maryland, Oregon and Florida provide a partial picture of a woman who stepped into the media glare amid the battle over Kavanaugh's nomination for the nation's h
  
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• Elizabeth Warren says she will take a "hard look" at running for president after midterms

  30-09-2018 13:36
  
  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that she would consider running for president at a town hall in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Saturday. "After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president," Warren said, to an extended standing ovation from her audience. This is the first time that Warren has publicly said that she is considering a presidential bid.Warren is considered a potential frontrunner in a Democratic primary race, along with former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. B
  
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• Chaos, stampede at Central Park concert after false alarm of gunshots

  30-09-2018 13:28
  
  NEW YORK -- Fearing possible gunshots, it took only the collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York celebrity music show Saturday to send thousands of spectators fleeing in panic. The NYPD has confirmed that the loud noise was actually a barrier near the stage that fell over, CBS New York reports. About 60,000 people had filled the park's Great Lawn for the eight-hour Global Citizen Festival. They listened to big-name personalities from Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo an
  
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• Buckeyes move up to No. 3 in AP poll

  30-09-2018 12:50
  
  After winning top-10 matchups, Ohio State moved up to No. 3 and Notre Dame rose to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll. For the second straight week, there was major turnover at the bottom of the Top 25.No. 1 Alabama and Georgia maintained the top two spots in the media ranking. The Crimson Tide received 58 first-place votes on Sunday. Ohio State moved past Clemson after rallying in the fourth quarter at Penn State. Clemson slipped to No. 4 after a close victory at home against S
  
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• Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors

  30-09-2018 10:31
  
  Rescuers in Indonesia were scrambling Sunday to reach trapped victims screaming for help from collapsed buildings, while looters risked entering an unstable shopping mall to grab whatever they could find after a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami that left more than 800 dead.People could still be heard calling out from the eight-story Roa-Roa Hotel which toppled as Friday's twin disasters swept through the hard-hit city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, said Muhammad Syaugi, the head of Indon
  
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• Typhoon bears down on Japan, areas hit by previous storm

  30-09-2018 10:27
  
  A powerful typhoon was ripping through Japan on Sunday and authorities were warning people to brace for heavy winds and rain in areas that include those devastated by a previous storm.Many flights were canceled at major airports throughout Japan, including Tokyo's Narita and Haneda, as Typhoon Trami approached. The storm destroyed power lines on the southwestern islands of Okinawa on Saturday.In its projected course are regions hit earlier this month by Typhoon Jebi, which caused landslides, flo
  
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• No. 4 Ohio St rallies in 4th to beat No. 9 Penn State, 27-26

  30-09-2018 06:02
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa.— Dwayne Haskins threw two touchdown passes in the final seven minutes as No. 4 Ohio State wiped out a 12-point deficit to beat No. 9 Penn State 27-26 Saturday night in another wild game between the Big Ten powerhouses.Trace McSorley had 461 total yards, including a career-high 175 rushing and threw two touchdown passes, and the Nittany Lions (4-1, 1-1) went up 26-14 with 8:00 left in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard TD plunge by Miles Sanders.The record-breaking crowd of 1
  
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• 2 men die in Wyoming construction site accident

  30-09-2018 06:02
  
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Two men have died after becoming trapped inside a trench on a construction site in Wyoming.Teton County Undersheriff Matt Carr says the deaths were the result of a "tragic accident."The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the two men were inside the trench on a home construction site Friday afternoon. The trench was between 12 and 15 feet (3.7 and 4.6 and meters) deep.Officials say the men likely suffocated after the trench collapsed, trapping them.Authorities ide
  
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• Thousands in Central Park panic after barrier collapse

  30-09-2018 05:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fearing possible gunshots, it took only the collapse of a police barrier at a politically charged New York celebrity music show Saturday to send thousands of spectators fleeing in panic.About 60,000 people had filled the park's Great Lawn for the eight-hour Global Citizen Festival. They listened to big-name personalities from Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to Janet Jackson and John Legend who all urged spectators to get involved in the
  
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• Man killed in New Hampshire police shooting

  30-09-2018 05:49
  
  EPPING, N.H. (AP) — Officials say a police officer in New Hampshire has fatally shot a man.The state Attorney General's office said in a statement that the shooting occurred Saturday night in Epping on Route 101. No officers were injured.Officials did not immediately release additional information.Epping is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Manchester.
  
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• Garden provides place to mourn Las Vegas shooting victims

  30-09-2018 05:38
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An image of Angelica Cervantes' son donning a black-and-yellow security guard T-shirt is one of dozens of smiling photos tacked to walls in a Las Vegas garden decorated with ribbons, cowboy boots, horseshoes and rubber bracelets.Cervantes visits every other week to gaze at the photo that has withstood the desert sun for almost a year, and to ask her son, Erick Silva, to watch over her, his stepfather and his siblings. "Cuidanos," she begs him, sometimes tearfully.Silva was
  
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• Large emergency drill expected Sunday near Polaris Mall

  30-09-2018 03:49
  Hundreds of first responders will saturate the 11-hundred block of Polaris Parkway Sunday morning for a full-scale training exercise. Police say the drill won't impede the flow of traffic, but people heading out for their morning coffee or church services shouldn't be alarmed if they see armored cars or a bomb squad heading down the road.The training exercise is funded by a federal grant and JP Morgan Chase is opening its doors to first responders to build a partnership and work side by side to
  
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• Musk out as Tesla chair, remains CEO in $40M SEC settlement

  30-09-2018 03:27
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have agreed to pay a total of $40 million and make a series of concessions to settle a government lawsuit alleging Musk duped investors with misleading statements about a proposed buyout of the company.The settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission allows Musk to remain CEO of the electric car company but requires him to relinquish his role as chairman for at least three years.Tesla must hire an independent chairman to oversee th
  
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• Teen attacked by shark at Southern California beach

  30-09-2018 03:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 13-year-old boy skin diving for lobsters was attacked by a shark Saturday along the Southern California coast but was quickly pulled from the water by other divers and flown to a trauma center, authorities said.The boy was in critical but stable condition more than nine hours later at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, spokesman Carlos Delgado said.The boy underwent surgery but no other information about him, including his name, was released.The boy suffered traumatic
  
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• Many women line up in support of Kavanaugh

  30-09-2018 02:51
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As the Senate is divided on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, so too are women across the country.Female voices have echoed throughout the U.S. Senate this week demanding male senators justify their support for Brett Kavanaugh's U.S. Supreme Court nomination despite an allegation of high school sexual assault.But other women have spent hours calling Senate offices in support of Kavanaugh, condemning what they saw as an anti-Republican ploy that's damaged no
  
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• Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush dies at 84

  30-09-2018 02:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-influenced sound influenced generations of musicians, has died. He was 84.His longtime manager Rick Bates says Rush died Saturday of complications from a stroke suffered in 2003.Rush was a key architect of the Chicago "West Side Sound" in the 1950s and 1960s. His first recording in 1956 on Cobra Records, "I Can't Quit You Baby" reached No. 6 on the Billboard R&B Charts and catapulted him to fame.He won a
  
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• Trump urges supporters to vote in wake of Kavanaugh hearing

  30-09-2018 02:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday turned his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh into a rallying cry for Republicans to vote in November, saying they can help reject the "ruthless and outrageous tactics" he says Democrats used against the judge."We see this horrible, horrible, radical group of Democrats. You see what's happening right now," Trump said at a rally with thousands of supporters in West Virginia. Trump won the state in 2016 by 42 percentage points
  
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• Ex-cardinal accused of sex abuse living near Kansas school

  30-09-2018 01:33
  
  VICTORIA, Kan. — The friary in remote western Kansas that is now home to a disgraced former U.S. cardinal removed from ministry by Pope Francis over allegations of sexual abuse is just one block from an elementary school.The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., confirmed in a statement Friday that ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick is living at St. Fidelis Friary in Victoria, a rural town of about 1,200 that lies more than 250 miles (402 kilometers) west of Kansas City. The Friary is within a bloc
  
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