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• Officials: 1 dead, at least 6 injured in Dallas crane collapse

  09-06-2019 23:12
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas fire rescue official says one person has been killed and at least six injured when a construction crane fell on an apartment building during a storm with high winds.Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans told reporters at a briefing on the accident that a woman in the apartment building was killed when the crane cut a gash in the apartment building, apparently slicing through some of the apartments.No other details were immediately available.Dallas was under a seve
  
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• Crane collapses during storm in Dallas, killing 1 woman

  09-06-2019 23:12
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm toppled on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring five other people, two of them critically, a fire official said.Crews searching the Elan City Lights building found the body of a woman inside after the crane collapsed and ripped a large gash into the side of the five-story structure, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said during a press briefing."The building itself
  
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• Massachusetts man walking across the country for veterans makes stop in Columbus

  09-06-2019 18:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A veteran from Massachusetts who is walking across the country to be a voice for veterans made a stop in Columbus.William Shuttleworth is a former educator in Maine for 40 years. He also is a proud veteran that served in the United States Air Force from 1970 to 1973 and then two years in the Air National Guard.He left his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on May 15 to walk across the country for veterans. So far, he has walked 880 miles."One out of four homeless individu
  
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• Thousands of AEP customers without power in parts of central Ohio

  09-06-2019 17:02
  
  COLUMBUS - Thousands of American Electrical Power customers are without power Sunday morning.The AEP's power outage map shows approximately 4,774 customers are without power in Franklin County.5th Avenue Area Outage:
  Crews are working to complete the repair now. Power is expected to be restored within an hour.
  For updates, download the AEP Ohio app or check our outage map at https://t.co/yvAlNxnwEp. Thank you for your patience.— AEP Ohio (@AEPOhio) June 9, 2019
  AEP has not said what caused
  
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• Panic at DC pride parade sends people running

  09-06-2019 14:49
  
  WASHINGTON — A panic caused by a mistaken belief that a gun had been fired during a pride parade in the nation's capital sent people running through the city's streets, authorities said. Police said some who fled had minor injuries and seven were taken to hospitals."As the officers were going to the scene, there was a crowd of people going away from it and some of the individuals in the crowd said there was a man with a gun and that someone had fired a shot," said Guillermo Rivera, a comma
  
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• Family offers reward to find man's killer

  09-06-2019 13:53
  REYNOLDSBURG, Oh. - It's been more than two years since James Stennies was gunned down in April of 2017 at the Miracle Car Wash in Reynoldsburg.Police said it's unlikely he was targeted or robbed since his attacker didn't take his wallet, phone, keys, or car.His family is offering $50,000 for information about his killer."I'm really just hoping this can serve as an incentive to someone who can bring forth some useful information," said Gail Stennies, James' sister.Gail said her brother graduated
  
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• One dead after ATV crash in Jackson County

  09-06-2019 13:35
  
  JACKSON COUNTY, Oh. - An 18-year-old woman has died after an ATV crash near Oak Hill in Jackson County Saturday night.Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said a 17-year-old man was driving the ATV with passenger Karlee Didelotte when the ATV traveled off Franklin Valley Road and overturned, throwing both of them off.The driver was flown to Holzer Hospital in Jackson for minor injuries before he was flown to Saint Mary's Hospital.Karlee Didelotte, who is from Bidwell, died on the way to the hospit
  
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• Rally held to end gun violence in central Ohio

  09-06-2019 04:53
  Dressed in orange shirts and holding signs, dozens of central Ohioans took part in a rally at Westgate Park with a goal to end gun violence.The ‘wear orange’ weekend is part of a national campaign highlighting Gun Violence Awareness Day.“One hundred people a day are dying from gun violence in America,” Tara Talgar, a volunteer with the Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action said.“It breaks my heart that it still happens, and we aren’t doing enough to stop it.&rdqu
  
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• Central Ohioans rally for Gun Violence Awareness Day in Columbus

  09-06-2019 04:53
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dressed in orange shirts and holding signs, dozens of central Ohioans took part in a rally at Westgate Park with a goal to end gun violence.The "Wear Orange" weekend is part of a national campaign highlighting Gun Violence Awareness Day.“One hundred people a day are dying from gun violence in America,” said Tara Talgar, a volunteer with the Ohio chapter of Moms Demand Action. “It breaks my heart that it still happens, and we aren’t doing enough to s
  
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• Kroger recalling certain beef products from some stores due to possible E. coli risk

  09-06-2019 02:53
  
  Kroger is recalling certain beef products from some of its stores due to potential E. coli contamination.The products included bone-in ribeye steaks, boneless ribeye steaks and in-store produced ground beef. The items will have the following labels: Kroger beef product recall labels. (Kroger)
  Customers who purchased these items from April 23 through June 7 should not eat the product and should take it to the store for a full refund. Kroger says the affected stores are in the Cincinnati area, nor
  
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• Federal judge orders gorilla's return to Cincinnati Zoo

  09-06-2019 02:34
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge has again ordered a California group to return a male silverback gorilla to the Ohio zoo where he was born.U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled Friday in San Francisco that northern California's Gorilla Foundation must transfer 37-year-old Ndume to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Thursday.Zoo officials sought to bring Ndume home after Koko, the gorilla famed for learning sign language, died last June and left Ndume by himself. He was loan
  
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• Another Triple Crown surprise: Sir Winston takes Belmont

  09-06-2019 01:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Winston gave the Triple Crown another unexpected turn, rallying to capture the Belmont Stakes on Saturday in a 10-1 upset.The win gave trainer Mark Casse the final two jewels in the showcase for 3-year-old thoroughbreds. He won the Preakness with War of Will, who was expected to battle favored Tacitus in the 1 1/2 mile Belmont.Instead, Casse's other's colt took the lead after a ground-saving ride by Joel Rosario and held off Tacitus by a length. Long shot Joevia finishe
  
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