Author: John Seewer
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Louisiana father kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting at house, police say
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two houses, authorities said, shaking a Shreveport neighborhood in one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in more than two years. Those…
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8 backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California’s Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation’s deadliest in nearly half a century, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities said the skiers had little time to react. “Someone saw the avalanche, yelled ‘Avalanche!’…
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There’s no timeline on when flight cuts will ease up after the government shutdown ends
Airlines have canceled more 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts late last week, mostly to ease demand on control towers that are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown. Although the government appears to be moving to reopen in the coming days, airport disruptions, flight cancellations and economic losses…
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NTSB opens probe of rail operator Norfolk Southern
OMAHA, Neb. • Federal investigators announced on Tuesday a special investigation into rail operator Norfolk Southern following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February and several other accidents, including the death of a train conductor just hours earlier Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said it will begin a broad look at the…
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NTSB opens probe of rail operator Norfolk Southern
OMAHA, Neb. • Federal investigators announced on Tuesday a special investigation into rail operator Norfolk Southern after a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February and several other accidents, including the death of a train conductor just hours earlier Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said it will begin a broad look at the…
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Trump: East Palestine train derailment response a ‘betrayal’
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio • Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a “betrayal” during a visit to the village where residents and local leaders are increasingly frustrated more than two weeks after the disaster. Trump, wearing his trademark red “Make America Great…
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Ohio governor facing primary: No pandemic response regrets
COLUMBUS, Ohio • GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he has no regrets about his response to the coronavirus pandemic even if Republican voters who thought he went too far are angry enough to vote him out in the upcoming May primary. DeWine, 75, is running for a second four-year term, which he has said…
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Friendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BOSTON • Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home. They gathered to say goodbye to a guy they called one of the nicest people they’d ever known — a devoted family man…
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Virus still throwing theme park attendance for a loop
TOLEDO, Ohio • Theme park operators who spent months installing hand sanitizing stations, figuring out how to disinfect roller coasters seats and checking the temperatures of guests at their gates so they’d come back in the midst of the pandemic are finding many reluctant to return. Some parks have reduced operating days, slashed ticket prices,…
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Ohio gun reform urged as Texas Democrats balk at Trump visit
DAYTON, Ohio • Ohio’s Republican governor bucked his party to call for expanded gun laws Tuesday and some Democrats in Texas told President Donald Trump to stay away as both states reeled from a pair of shootings that killed 31 people. A racist screed remained the focus of police investigating the massacre at a Walmart…