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• Hospital gives kids mini cars to drive into surgery to reduce fears and anxiety

  06-04-2019 23:52
  
  Surgery can be terrifying at any age — but one hospital is working to reduce patients' fears in a unique way. Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California, has two mini cars for its smallest patients to ride into operating rooms to help calm their nerves. Doctors Medical Center has two cars for its youngest surgical patients: a black Mercedes and a pink Volkswagen Beetle. The center purchased the first car, but the second was donated by an employee and her family. Employees of the center
  
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• Bald eagle shot and killed, $6K reward offered for information

  06-04-2019 20:18
  
  MONTICELLO, Ark.- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are conducting a joint investigation into the death of a mature bald eagle found in Arkansas March 28.The eagle was found dead near Tennessee Spur Road, west of Monticello in Drew County. Officials transferred the eagle to the Little Rock Zoo. Veterinary staff determined the preliminary cause of death as a gunshot wound. The female eagle’s body was found near a nest, and it is believed that the bird
  
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• US wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

  06-04-2019 19:52
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in government custody.The Justice Department said in a court filing late Friday that it will take at least a year to review about 47,000 cases of unaccompanied children taken into government cus
  
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• Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid

  06-04-2019 19:34
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas.Trump was scheduled to speak Saturday at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which supported his 2016 campaign and is preparing to spend millions on his 2020 effort.Jewish voters in the U.S. have traditionally sided heavily with Democrats, but Republicans are hoping to narrow the gap next year, in part
  
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• U.S. Postal Service Reveals New Forever Stamp Design Honoring Former President George H.W. Bush

  06-04-2019 19:20
  
  WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will issue a commemorative Forever stamp honoring former President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30, 2018, at the age of 94.The 41st president guided the United States through the end of the Cold War and drove the creation of a multinational coalition that successfully forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.An advocate for public service, Bush explained his vision of a nation of volunteers as "a brilliant diversity sp
  
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• Kim Kardashian West plans CBD-themed baby shower

  06-04-2019 19:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is "high key freaking out" about the arrival of her fourth child and wants nothing more than to Zen out at her baby shower.Hence, her planned CBD-themed bash, the reality star and makeup mogul told E! News.There will be massages and a tea ceremony with crystals, she said while promoting her new line of sunglasses. The baby, the second boy for Kardashian West and husband Kanye West, is due soon. It's her second by surrogacy.Kardashian West said she's done
  
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• Top lawyer latest to probe death of Ohio teen trapped in minivan

  06-04-2019 18:12
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A prominent civil rights attorney is the latest to seek answers into what happened a year ago when a Cincinnati teenager became trapped in his family's minivan near his school and died after making two heartrending appeals to 911 for rescue.Al Gerhardstein has in recent weeks made sweeping records requests to the city and police about the failed response April 10, 2018, to Kyle Plush's calls . The 16-year-old student eventually suffocated from having his chest compressed
  
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• Police: Man pulled from lake at Yoctangee Park in Chillicothe

  06-04-2019 17:33
  
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -The Chillicothe Police Department is investigating a male body pulled from the lakeat Yoctangee Park Saturday morning.According to the Chillicothe Gazette, police were called at 8:21 a.m. to the gazebo and fountain after two people planning to fish found a body in the lake.The cause of death remains under investigation.Police have not released the identity of the man at this time.This is a developing story. Refresh 10TV.com for updates.
  
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• Ex-US Sen Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings of South Carolina dead

  06-04-2019 16:40
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 97.Family spokesman Andy Brack, who also served at times for Hollings as spokesman during his Senate career, said Hollings died early Saturday.Hollings, whose long and colorful political career included an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, retired from
  
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• Fire destroys historic Ohio inn, an Underground Railroad stop

  06-04-2019 15:52
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A fire has destroyed an historic Ohio inn that served as a stop on the Underground Railroad used by slaves to escape to Canada.The three-story brick Old Stagecoach Inn in North Georgetown in northeastern Ohio was built in 1822. North Georgetown Fire Chief Ed Reidenbach told the Canton Repository firefighters found heavy smoke when they arrived not long after the restaurant closed Thursday night.The State Fire Marshal is investigating.Reidenbach says at a tunnel ran bene
  
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• 25 local governments sue over California marijuana delivery

  06-04-2019 14:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — California has entered a potentially landmark legal fight against some of its own cities over one of the most basic questions in the nation's largest legal marijuana market: Where can you buy it?Beverly Hills and 24 other local governments sued California regulators Friday to overturn a rule allowing home deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. Ultimately at issue is who is in charge: the state bureaucracy that oversees the market or loca
  
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• Boeing cutting production rate of troubled 737 Max jet

  06-04-2019 14:26
  
  Boeing will cut production of its troubled 737 Max airliner this month, underscoring the growing financial risk it faces the longer that its best-selling plane remains grounded after two deadly crashes.The company said Friday that starting in mid-April it will cut production of the plane to 42 from 52 planes per month so it can focus its attention on fixing the flight-control software that has been implicated in the crashes.The move was not a complete surprise. Boeing had already suspended deliv
  
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• Judge again halts high-capacity magazine sales in California

  06-04-2019 14:25
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday halted sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines in California, giving state officials a chance to appeal his order last week that allowed their sale for the first time in nearly 20 years.U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez barred further sales until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers whether to reinstate the state's ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets.But the judge said those who bought the extended magazines since
  
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• Pipeline opponents ask judge to strike down Trump's permit

  06-04-2019 14:19
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — Opponents of the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline asked a federal court Friday in a lawsuit to declare President Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the project in a bid to get around an earlier court ruling.In November, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled that the Trump administration did not fully consider potential oil spills and other impacts when it approved the pipeline in 2017.Trump's new permit, issued last week, is intended to cir
  
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• FBI: NY man threatened to kill Minn. Congresswoman

  06-04-2019 14:14
  
  NEW YORK — A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar's office in Washington D.C. last month.Authorities did not say when Carlineo was arrested.Omar is among the first of two Muslim women to serve in Congress.The FBI said in a criminal complaint Carlineo called her a "terrorist" and threatened to shoot her.The bureau sa
  
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• 35 citations issued during checkpoint in south Columbus

  06-04-2019 13:42
  
  COLUMBUS - The Franklin County DUI Task Force made no DUI arrests but issued 35 citations on other violations.On Friday, April 5, between 8:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. the task force held a checkpoint at US-23 and Dolby Drive in south Columbus.Officials stopped 961 people total, issuing 22 driver's license violations, and arrested one person on felony drug charges.They also impounded 9 vehicles.For further information on the Franklin County DUI Task Force contact (614) 525-6113.
  
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• Police locate driver and car in fatal hit-skip crash of 62-year old woman

  06-04-2019 13:38
  
  Columbus, Ohio-Columbus Police have located the man and the vehicle involved in a fatal crash last week.Police say a male was driving a Cadillac STS on March 31 and struck and killed 62-year-old Garnet Louise Jones of Columbus.The hit-and-run crash happened near Driving Park Community Recreation Center in southeast Columbus.Investigators say evidence identified the Cadillac on the scene and shows Jones was hit by a car and dragged from the area of East Whittier Street and Fairwood Avenue to the
  
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• Jury rejects Harry Reid lawsuit against Ohio fitness band maker

  06-04-2019 11:57
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury in Las Vegas flatly rejected former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's lawsuit against an exercise band maker he blamed for injuries — including blindness in one eye — he suffered when the stretchy device slipped from his grasp and he fell face-first a little more than four years ago.After eight days of testimony, the eight-member civil trial jury deliberated about an hour before declaring that Reid never proved the first of 10 questions they were asked to decide: t
  
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• Avengers help unveil $5M donation for seriously ill children

  06-04-2019 11:41
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Some of Marvel's top Avengers have assembled to support a $5 million donation to benefit seriously ill children in hospitals around the globe.Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd and Brie Larson helped unveil the donation of money and toys to benefit charities and children's hospitals at Disney Resort in Anaheim, California, on Friday."More than any time, it's a time to give back to these courageous kids who inspire us," sa
  
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• Blue Jackets clinch playoff spot after 3-2 win over Rangers

  06-04-2019 04:07
  
  The Columbus Blue Jackets are heading to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.The team clinched a playoff spot from their 3-2 shootout overtime win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Friday night.The teams finished in a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation.PURE #CBJ JOY pic.twitter.com/NiihuNWuQT— x- Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 6, 2019
  
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• Woman helping with missing loved ones hopes Timmothy Pitzen story will help in long run

  06-04-2019 03:22
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — While the hearts of Timmothy Pitzen's family broke over the news a man claiming to be their missing loved one turned out to be a hoax, those who make it their mission to find missing persons are also taking a hit."I started the page just to try to bring publicity to the missing," said Lori Davis.Davis started the Missing Person From Ohio Facebook page back in 2011 to be a source of comfort to families in Ohio going through the unimaginable. Her main focus is keeping the fa
  
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• 1 adult, 2 children taken to hospitals following crash in Hilliard

  06-04-2019 02:33
  
  HILLIARD, Ohio — An adult and two children have been taken to hospitals following a two-vehicle crash in Hilliard Friday evening.It happened shortly after 5 p.m. at Main Street and Luther Lane. Hilliard police say the vehicle carrying the adult and children overturned and an officer and witness helped pull the children to safety.Police say the two children were taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in serious condition and the adult was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital in an unknown
  
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• Massachusetts nurse adopts baby left alone in hospital

  06-04-2019 00:56
  
  A nurse in Massachusetts always wanted to be a mother but thought her opportunity had passed. Then she realized her dream could come true in a very unexpected place — work.Liz Smith is the senior director of nursing at Franciscan Children's in Boston, and it was there that her life changed forever. Approaching 40 with no children of her own, Smith had recently learned that having a baby through IVF would not be an option for her."That was a bad day," she said in an interview posted on the
  
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