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Hurricane may bring 10 inches of rain to parts of East Coast
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Steady rain drenched much of the East Coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, closing schools and forcing some people from their homes. And forecasters say the worst is yet to come....
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U.S. Postal Service releases ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ stamps
(CNN) – Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang are coming to postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service will begin selling stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Thursday....
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Titanic’s last lunch menu, from Money Boat, goes for $88,000
NEW YORK (AP) – The Titanic’s last lunch menu, saved by a first-class passenger who climbed aboard a lifeboat whose crew was said to have been bribed to row away instead of rescue more people, sold at...
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Report pinpoints safest cars for teens
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released an annual report Thursday on which cars are safe and affordable for teen drivers. According to the IIHS, it’s...
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Cell phones and breast cancer: Are they connected?
This report is from our sister station WKRN in Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – We carry our cell phones just about everywhere we go, but when we don’t have a place to put it, some women keep...
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Hurricane Joaquin sweeping across central, eastern Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) – Powerful Hurricane Joaquin pounded lightly-populated islands of the eastern Bahamas on Thursday, and forecasters said it could grow more intense while following a path that would...
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13 dead, including gunman, in shooting at Umpqua Community College
If you are viewing this on the WKBN app, click on the “Live Stream” button at the bottom of the screen to view the live video. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in...
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Facebook introduces video profile pictures, new mobile profile options
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Facebook will soon allow short videos to be used as profile pictures. The new feature is one of the new mobile-friendly features announced by Facebook Wednesday. The social network...
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Sherrod Brown speaks out on Congress budget battle
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKBN) – Congress avoided a government shut down on Wednesday, but legislatures are far from reaching a deal. Instead, they passed a temporary budget to keep the government running...
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Gunman opens fire at Oregon college; at least 12 killed
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A gunman opened fire at an Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least a dozen people before dying in a shootout with police, authorities said. The killer, identified only...
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US urges Russians to focus airstrikes on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (AP) – Pentagon officials urged the Russian military on Thursday to focus its airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State fighters rather than opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S....
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5 US service members among 12 dead in Afghan plane crash
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. defense official says 12 people, including five U.S. service members, are dead after the crash of a military C-130 transport plane in Afghanistan. The official says the plane...
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Winning $310.5M Powerball ticket sold in Michigan
THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) – Someone got more than a tank of gas when they played the Powerball lottery game at a gas station in southwestern Michigan. The Three Rivers West Shell station in Three Rivers...
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KC pitcher Guthrie remembers Oregon hometown after shooting
CHICAGO (AP) – Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie fondly remembers those days growing up in Oregon – riding his bike all around Roseburg, going to the local swimming pool and cheering on the...
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California high schools to learn ‘yes means yes’ sex policy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation aimed at making California the first state in the nation to bring lessons about sexual consent required at many colleges into high...
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US pipeline agency fines Exxon subsidiary $2.6 million
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Federal regulators announced Thursday they are assessing a $2.6 million civil penalty against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. for a 2013 oil spill in Arkansas. The Pipeline and...
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Bernanke, in new memoir, recalls Lehman’s ‘surreal’ failure
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ben Bernanke recalls the September weekend in 2008 when regulators sought desperately but in vain to save the investment bank Lehman Brothers as a “terrible, surreal moment.” “We were...
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Shooter at Umpqua Community College identified
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — According to CBS News, the gunman responsible for killing nine people and wounding at least seven others at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg is 26-year-old Christopher...
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Oregon mourns for Umpqua Community College
ROSEBURG, Ore. (KOIN) — Gov. Kate Brown was among hundreds who attended a vigil in Roseburg for the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting Thursday evening. A total of 13 people are...
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Photos: Shooting at Umpqua Community College
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