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• Lightning strike at Tour Championship causes fan injuries

  24-08-2019 23:42
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Lightning struck a pine tree right after play at the Tour Championship was suspended, and ambulances took five people from the golf course.The tree was located just off the 16th tee at East Lake. It struck the top and shattered bark all the way to the bottom on Saturday.A tournament official says the five people who left in ambulances appeared alert. He did not know their conditions.The five ambulances streamed into East Lake across the entrance of the driving range to the 1
  
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• Lightning strike at Tour Championship causes 6 injuries

  24-08-2019 23:42
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship where they were taking cover from rain and showered them with debris, Atlanta police said.The third round of the season-ending PGA Tour event had been suspended for about 30 minutes because of storms in the area, and fans were instructed to seek shelter. The strike hit the top of the tree just off the 16th tee and shattered the bark all the way to the bottom.Brad Uhl of Atlanta was
  
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• 19 year-old charged in 2018 homicide in west Columbus

  24-08-2019 21:53
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio-- A 19 year-old is charged for an alleged murder in 2018.Dannielle Rowe was found dead inside a home in the area of 154 North Central Avenue on May 21, 2018. An investigation revealed she suffered significant stab wounds and blunt force trauma.On August 24, 2019, Columbus Police announced they have charged Mark Duncan Jr. for the alleged murder last year.Duncan will be arraigned on charges on August 26.
  
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• Singer Eddie Money says he has stage 4 esophageal cancer

  24-08-2019 19:19
  
  NEW YORK — Eddie Money says he has stage 4 esophageal cancer. The singer known for such hits as "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight" says his fate is in "God's hands."Money's comments appear in a video released Saturday from his AXS TV reality series "Real Money." The full episode airs Sept. 12.In the video, Money says he discovered he had cancer after what he thought was a routine checkup. The 70-year-old whose real name is Edward Mahoney learned that the disease had sprea
  
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• "We're still here": Volunteers rebuilding homes 2 years after Hurricane Harvey

  24-08-2019 19:13
  
  It has been two years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. Along with Hurricane Katrina, Harvey stands as the costliest storm on record, with damage estimated at $125 billion.When Harvey struck on August 25, 2017, Houston had never seen anything like it. Bringing 60 inches of rain in five days, Harvey damaged or destroyed 300,000 buildings and homes. And two years later, long after most disaster response aid ended, the recovery is far from over.For Ollie Goss, who's lived in Houston fo
  
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• 2 dead, officer injured in Florida shooting

  24-08-2019 18:40
  
  MIAMI (CBS MIAMI) – The Coconut Creek Police Department is investigating a shooting that killed two people and injured two others including a police officer.The incident happened Saturday morning in the 4200 block of NW 57th Drive, according to the Coconut Creek Police Department.We are currently investigating a shooting scene in the 4200 block of NW 57th Drive. The suspect is in custody. Two people are dead at the scene. Another person was injured and transported to hospital. We also have
  
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• School of Rock celebrates grand opening in Gahanna

  24-08-2019 17:26
  Today, the School of Rock in Gahanna officially opened at 5225 N. Hamilton Road. Owner and general manager, Michael King, said they celebrated with live music, on-the-spot lessons, food, tours, door prizes and a ceremonial guitar smashing.After his daughter graduated in 2018, King said he felt it was right opening his own business to help other musicians follow their dreams.King said they focus of teaching guitar, base, drums, vocals and keyboard. He said he wants to help students learn how to p
  
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• North Market’s Newest Merchant Nears Opening

  24-08-2019 14:51
  North Market’s newest merchant, American Nut Company, will have its grand opening Monday, Aug. 26. The Columbus-based company is owned by Lisa Robitaille, and specializes in healthy “State Fair” snacks with a spin. Robitaille started American Nut Company in 2017 and began vending as a pop-up at North Market in early 2018. The company offered […]
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• G-7 summit in France a test of unity among world leaders

  24-08-2019 14:06
  
  BIARRITZ, France (AP) — Efforts to salvage consensus among the Group of Seven rich democracies on the economy, trade and environment were fraying around the edges even as leaders were arriving before their three-day summit in southern France.European Council President Donald Tusk said the summit in the seaside resort of Biarritz would be "a difficult test of the unity and solidarity of the free world and its leaders" and that "this may be the last moment to restore our political community.
  
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• 75 years later, US World War II veterans say: Never forget

  24-08-2019 13:59
  
  PARIS (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, they helped free Europe from the Nazis. This weekend, U.S. veterans are back in Paris to celebrate, and commemorate.Now in their 90s, these men aren't afraid to cry about what they saw in World War II. And they want everyone to remember what happened back then, so that it doesn't happen again."The veterans, all the veterans of World War II, I think we saved the world," said Harold Angle, who came to France with the U.S. 28th Infantry Division in 1944, a
  
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• 6-year-old Texas boy subject of Amber Alert, mother found dead

  24-08-2019 06:29
  
  WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — Police say a 6-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found dead along with his mother in a vehicle in a parking garage in Waxahachie, Texas.Waxahachie police say in a statement that the body of Phillip Weidemann, whose father reported him missing earlier Friday, was found along with that of his mother, Candace Harbin, who was wanted for kidnapping him. The boy's father, John Wiedemann, and Harbin were estranged.Police say the cause of death an
  
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• Buccaneers rally late, beat Browns 13-12 on rookie's FG

  24-08-2019 06:17
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Matt Gay kicked a 21-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining, giving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 13-12 preseason victory over the Cleveland Browns on Friday night.The rookie's game-winner capped a 16-play drive lasting more than seven minutes. Cairo Santos booted a 23-yard field goal in the third quarter and third-string quarter Ryan Griffin threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Leggett for the Bucs (2-1).Rookie Austin Seibert kicked four field goals for the Browns (
  
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• Victim identified in east Columbus homicide

  24-08-2019 01:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on the east side.Sergeant Shimberg of Columbus Police tells 10TV that Dalton Diaz was in a car and shot on Columbus Street around 6:45 p.m. Friday evening.Diaz then drove into the parking lot of the Driving Park Recreational Center.Diaz was pronounced at the hospital shortly after 7:00 p.m.There is currently no word on any suspects. This is the 69th homicide in Columbus in 2019.
  
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• 1 killed in east Columbus shooting

  24-08-2019 01:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on the east side.Sergeant Shimberg of Columbus Police tells 10TV that the victim was in a car and shot on Columbus Street around 6:45 p.m. Friday evening. The victim then drove into the parking lot of the Driving Park Recreational Center. The victim was pronounced at the hospital shortly after 7:00 p.m. There is currently no word on any suspects.
  
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• Columbus photographer takes photos of rainbow babies free of charge

  24-08-2019 00:41
  As a way to honor central Ohio rainbow babies or the first birth after a miscarriage, stillborn or neonatal death, a pair of Columbus photographers offer photo shoots free of charge to every month.Felicia and Erin with Irish Eyes Photography say after each experiencing pregnancy loss they wanted to give other women in the community the opportunity to celebrate the birth of a rainbow baby.“It doesn’t negate the ravages of the storm that proceeded it, it just gives that ray of joy and
  
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• Columbus police searching for missing 77-year-old man with dementia

  24-08-2019 00:30
  
  The Columbus Division of Police are searching for a missing 77-year-old man who suffers from dementia.Police say Harold Herrmann was last seen leaving his home on Alden Avenue around midnight Friday.Herrmann is described as a white male, 6 feet tall, 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.He was last seen wearing a tan pullover shirt, gray sweat pants and black shoes.If you see Herrmann, you are asked to call 911.
  
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