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• Seized North Korean cargo ship sought for Otto Warmbier's death

  06-07-2019 23:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of Otto Warmbier have filed a claim for a seized North Korean cargo ship in a bid to collect a multimillion-dollar judgment in the Ohio college student's death.Attorneys for the Warmbiers said in a court filing Wednesday they have a right to the assets after North Korea failed to respond to their wrongful death claim.The Warmbiers say their son was tortured after being convicted of trying to steal a propaganda poster and imprisoned for months.He died days after
  
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• Tracking severe weather moving through parts of central Ohio | July 6, 2019

  06-07-2019 23:22
  
  Doppler 10 Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Live Radar | Weather Warnings | Updated ForecastSaturday evening outlook: Showers and storms are possible Saturday evening and any rain that falls will be heavy. We’ll also see the threat for isolated damaging winds. Rain tapers off through the early part of the overnight and it’ll be mostly cloudy and muggy with patchy dense fog late.___8:00 p.m. Update: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Athens, Morgan, and Washington County until 8:30
  
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• 3 children, 1 adult hospitalized after being pulled from car in Columbus pond

  06-07-2019 18:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three children and one adult have been hospitalized after being pulled from a vehicle in a pond, according to the Columbus Division of Fire.Batallion Chief Steve Martin said a vehicle went into a pond near Shore Boulevard West and Lakeside North on Saturday.Deputy Chief Shawn Koser said bystanders heard calls for help just after 12:15 p.m. and called 911.Initial reports were that everyone was out of the car but soon learned there were still people in the water.Bystanders jumped
  
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• 1 dead after car enters Columbus lake; 3 children hospitalized

  06-07-2019 18:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is dead and three children were hospitalized after a car holding five people entered a Columbus lake Saturday afternoon.According to Columbus police, a 39-year-old woman was attempting to park a Toyota Highlander when she lost control and drove into the lake on Shore Boulevard, just north of Kingsland Avenue at the Hartford on The Lake apartment complex.Deputy Chief Shawn Koser said bystanders heard calls for help just after 12:15 p.m. and called 911.Columbus police
  
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• 'Like the world was ending': Shopping plaza blast injures 21

  06-07-2019 18:35
  
  PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.The blast flung debris widely along a busy road in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses and cars were damaged. Though firefighters found ruptured gas lines afterward, authorities said it was too early to determine a cause."We thought it was
  
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• Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 20, 2 seriously

  06-07-2019 18:35
  
  PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.The blast sent debris flying along a busy road in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses were damaged."We thought it was thunder at first, and then we felt the building shake and things started falling. I looked outside and it was almost like the world was ending," said
  
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• Authorities: Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 21

  06-07-2019 18:35
  
  PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) — A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.The blast flung debris widely along a busy road in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses and cars were damaged. Though firefighters found ruptured gas lines afterward, authorities said it was too early to determine a cause."We thought it was
  
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• Ohio hometown of first on moon ready to launch 50th celebration

  06-07-2019 17:26
  
  WAPAKONETA, Ohio — A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son's history-making walk 50 years ago this month.The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend "summer moon festival" to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations. Tens of thousands of visitors — the biggest crowds here since Armstrong's post-mission homecoming — are expected.There will be hot air balloons, '60s-themed evenings, concerts, rocket launches and a visit from five othe
  
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• 1 injured in southeast Columbus shooting

  06-07-2019 17:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - One person is injured after a shooting in southeast Columbus, according to police.Officers were called to the 4200 block of Kimberly Parkway just before 11 a.m. Saturday.A police dispatcher said the shooting happened outside.One person was taken to Mount Carmel East in critical condition, according to police.Police at the scene aid that person's condition was upgraded to stable.Police said they did not have suspect information.
  
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• Local group meets daily to work out, help each other overcome everyday life challenges

  06-07-2019 16:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — F3 is a group of men, ages 18 and up, that meets every morning to work out and support each other.The national organization began in North Carolina in 2011 and made its way to Columbus March of 2017.A spokesperson for the group, Rob Meyers, said it's a way for men to overcome feelings of loneliness, depression and just wanting that sense of brotherhood again.He said it's fathers, husbands and sons getting together to do various workouts every morning, boot camp style.One o
  
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• Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco says has been diagnosed with leukemia

  06-07-2019 16:21
  
  Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco told Dominican news station CDN 37 he has been diagnosed with leukemia.Carrasco has been sidelined since June when he was placed on the injured list following what was announced at the time as a blood condition.In June, the team said Carrasco had been feeling lethargic for weeks, and he is taking a leave of absence to "explore the optimal treatment and recovery options." In the interview with CDN 37, Carrasco said he is receiving treatment and the leukem
  
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• Doctor reveals dirtiest places in your home

  06-07-2019 15:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Public places are known for harboring germs that make people sick. But your home is also a haven for bacteria that can lead to many illnesses."Germs are really smart and they can be resilient," says pediatrician Dr. Seuli Bose Brill, who recently blogged about the topic.Germs can be found in places you might not clean as much as you should."We know that germs can live for a long time on surfaces. For example, the flu virus can live 1-2 days and staph can live for hours to days,"
  
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• Democrats oppose Ohio primary election on St. Patrick's Day

  06-07-2019 14:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some Democratic lawmakers are objecting to a proposal to push back Ohio's presidential primary to St. Patrick's Day, arguing it could disrupt or hinder voting.Particularly concerned are House members from the Cleveland area, which has one of the country's biggest St. Patrick's Day parades. Democrats have asked Ohio's elections chief for more information about the change, including whether some polling places would be unavailable or inaccessible on the unofficial holiday.Th
  
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• 11 people displaced after house fire in Lancaster

  06-07-2019 14:29
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio - Eleven people have been displaced from a home in Lancaster after an early morning fire on Saturday, according to the fire department.Firefighters were called to the home in the 200 block of Perry Street around 4:15 a.m. because the back of the house was on fire.The fire department said no one was hurt.The Red Cross was called to assist seven adults and four children, according to the Lancaster fire department.Investigators said there were no working smoke detectors in the home.
  
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• Migrant child drawings depict jail-like scenes of detention

  06-07-2019 13:22
  
  MCALLEN, Texas — In one drawing, stick figures sleep on the ground under blankets watched by other figures with hats. Another picture has frowning stick figures behind what appears to be a chain-link fence. One shows two toilets in a small room. All of the drawings include imposing jail-like bars covering most of the canvas.They were done by children asked to depict their experience in Border Patrol custody and photographed by an American Academy of Pediatrics volunteer last week. Their re
  
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• Former Violet Township fire chief passes away

  06-07-2019 12:18
  
  Former Violet Township fire chief John Eisel passed away on Friday.Eisel retired from the fire department in 2014 and was named the director of operations for the township.Eisel was on vacation with his family at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky when he died, according to a post by the fire department online.The fire department said Eisel was taken to Wayne County Hospital in Kentucky where he was pronounced dead."John lived his daily life to its fullest and was always high on life. He was one of the
  
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• U.S. hails talks with Taliban, denies troop withdrawal window

  06-07-2019 11:56
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. official says the latest round of talks with the Taliban - now in their second week - has been "very productive," while strenuously denying Washington sought a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of its estimated 14,000 troops from Afghanistan.A member of the American negotiating team in Qatar's capital, Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office and talks are being held, told The Associated Press Friday that the U.S. "definitely did not offer" an 18-mont
  
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• Ross County Sheriff's Office looking for missing teenager

  06-07-2019 11:19
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 17-year-old boy.The sheriff's office said Devahn Six ran away from a home on Dry Run Road on the night of July 4.He is 6-feet 3-inches tall and weighs 240 pounds.He has brown hair and hazel eyes.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the sheriff's office at 740-773-1185.
  
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• Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake

  06-07-2019 05:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks.The Friday night quake — preceded by Thursday's 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — was the largest Southern California quake in at least 20 years and was followed by a series of large and small aftershocks, including a few
  
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• Magnitude 6.9 earthquake felt in Southern California

  06-07-2019 05:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on Southern California's strongest earthquake in 20 years (all times local):9:40 p.m.Authorities are now reporting injuries and damage from a big earthquake that was felt throughout Southern California and into Las Vegas and even Mexico.The quake that hit at 8:19 p.m. was given a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 to 7.1, but the measurements were still being calculated.It followed Thursday's 6.4-mangitude quake that at the time was the largest Southern California quake i
  
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• Trump weighs executive order to add census citizenship query

  06-07-2019 03:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Friday it will press its search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is "very seriously" considering an executive order to get the question on the form.Trump said his administration is exploring a number of legal options, but the Justice Department did not say exactly what options remain now that the Supreme Court has barred the question at least tempor
  
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• Trump promises order aimed at lower prescription drug prices

  06-07-2019 00:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising an executive order that he says is intended to enable the U.S. government to pay lower prices for prescription drugs.Trump says his administration soon would announce a "favored-nations clause," where the amount paid by the government for a particular drug would not exceed the lowest amount paid by other nations or companies.Prices in other countries are often lower because governments directly negotiate with manufacturers.Trump mention
  
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• Stores deny allegations of price gouging after Dayton-area tornadoes

  06-07-2019 00:11
  DAYTON, Ohio — A month after an EF-4 tornado ravaged the city of Dayton and surrounding communities, it’s clear that recovery could take some time.Contractors are still re-stringing power lines and blue tarps still cover many of the roofs ripped off by the storms.However, there is still part of the storm’s aftermath that is shrouded in mystery — were storm victims taken advantage of in the days after the storm?It depends on who you ask.In response to an open records reque
  
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