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• Target teams up with Disney to open shops

  25-08-2019 22:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Target is hoping to bring the magic of such characters as Mickey Mouse and Elsa to its own customers by opening permanent Disney shops at a cluster of stores starting this fall.As part of the collaboration with The Walt Disney Co., the Minneapolis-based discounter says it will open 25 Disney-branded stores start on Oct. 4, with 40 additional locations opening by October 2020.Target is also launching a Disney-focused online experience on its site on Sunday. And it's planning
  
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• Kanye West hosts service honoring Dayton shooting victims

  25-08-2019 20:03
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Musician Kanye West hosted a Sunday Service in Ohio in support of those affected by the recent mass shooting.A large crowd gathered at the service in a park in Dayton. The event featured choir singers and was also attended by comedian Dave Chappelle.Chappelle, who resides in nearby Yellow Springs, was scheduled to host a special block party and benefit concert later Sunday in Dayton for those affected by the shooting. That event was expected to feature national and loca
  
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• Fire officials: 7-year-old dies in fire at home

  25-08-2019 19:46
  
  LORAIN, Ohio — Fire officials say a 7-year-old girl has died in a fire at her Ohio home.Lorain Fire Department officials say the house fire began shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday in the northeast Ohio city roughly 30 miles west of Cleveland. They say the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.Fire officials say the other five people who were inside the home when the fire broke out were able to escape without injury.Officials didn't immediately release the girl's name.The investig
  
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• Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary

  25-08-2019 16:51
  
  WASHINGTON — Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman and tea party favorite turned radio talk show host, announced a longshot challenge Sunday to Pres.Donald J. Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020, saying the incumbent is "completely unfit" for office and must be denied a second term."Somebody needs to step up and there needs to be an alternative" among Republicans, Walsh told ABC's "This Week," adding that "the country is sick of this guy's tantrum. He's a child. ... He lies ever
  
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• Extinction bites: countries agree to protect sharks and rays

  25-08-2019 14:55
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean's most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup.Three proposals covering the international trade of 18 types of mako sharks, wedgefishes and guitarfishes each passed with a needed two-thirds majority in a committee of the World Wildlife Conference known as CITES
  
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• "Twinfluencers" multiply on social media

  25-08-2019 14:27
  
  Being a twin can be a big plus for social media influencers of all ages. At the 2019 VidCon convention for video creators, there was an entire entire panel devoted to creating twin content."There's definitely a fascination with twin creators," said Adam Wescott, a partner at Select Management Group in Los Angeles, whose clients include the popular YouTube twins Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight. "I think because you get a little bit of that twin magic — like can they actually read each others'
  
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• Columbus police offering reward for information leading to two credit card thieves

  25-08-2019 13:24
  COLUMBUS -- Police are searching for two credit card thieves who used the cards at various locations around Columbus in July.On July 12, the two suspects used two stolen credit cards at a Family Dollar in Columbus and a Walmart in Westerville. It was then used at a Macy's at Easton and several Target and Dollar General locations around Columbus.The misuse of the credit cards resulted in monetary loss to the victim.The credit cards used were obtained through a theft from the victim's motor vehicl
  
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• Ohio man killed in Marion County crash

  25-08-2019 12:43
  
  Marion County, Ohio - Troopers with the Marion Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash Saturday night. It happened just after 11 p.m. at Mount Olive-Green Camp Road just west of Patton-Riley Road. Authorities say 60-year-old William B. Imbody was driving west on Olive-Green Camp Road when he lost control of the car. He veered off of the road, hitting a rock, a mailbox, a telephone box, and a tree. He did not survive the accident.OSHP says Imbody had not been wearing
  
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• Shooting near Ohio State campus prompts university alerts to students

  25-08-2019 08:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A shooting in a parking lot near Ohio State University's campus prompted the school to send alerts warning students of a possible active shooter.Buckeye Alert! Active attacker reported on the OSU Columbus campus. Secure in place: Run, Hide, or, as a last resort, Fight! Police responding. More info soon— OSU Emergency Mngmnt (@OSU_EMFP) August 25, 2019
  Columbus police say someone shot and wounded a 21-year-old man in the thigh in a McDonald's parking lot across from c
  
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• 1 injured after shooting near Ohio State campus

  25-08-2019 08:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police have confirmed that one person was shot at or near the McDonald's located on North High Street near the campus of the Ohio State University Sunday morning.A Buckeye Alert was sent out to notify students and staff.Ohio State police told 10TV there was no shooting on the campus of OSU.Columbus police said officers were called to the area of High Street near Woodruff Avenue and East 18th Avenue around 1:30 a.m.The person who was shot walked into Grant Medical Center
  
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• Tropical Storm Dorian forms in Atlantic, likely to grow

  25-08-2019 05:01
  
  A newly formed tropical depression has strengthened into the fourth tropical storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Dorian is moving west and could reach hurricane strength Tuesday when it nears the central Lesser Antilles.At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, the storm's center was located at about 635 miles east-southeast of Barbados and was moving west at 14 mph. Maximum sustained winds were clocked at 40 mph.No watches or warnings ha
  
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• Licking Heights student killed in crash in Pataskala

  25-08-2019 03:35
  
  PATASKALA, Ohio—A teenager who attended Licking Heights High School is dead after a car crash Saturday morning in Licking County.Licking Heights Superintendent Philip Wagner said an upperclassman student was killed.The West Licking Fire Department said one person was killed and one person was injured when a pickup truck rolled over on Mink Road between Haven's Corner and Cable Road around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. “Our community grieves with the family as they cope with this tragic loss,"
  
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