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A car fell into this collapsed culvert due to heavy rains on Tommy Butler Road in the Causeyville Whynot area of Lauderdale County, Miss., Friday, Dec 28, 2018. No one was hurt in the accident. The National Weather Service posted flash flood watches and warnings for much of the South from Louisiana into southwest Virginia. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)

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Water rescues in South, heavy snow in Midwest

by John Seewer Associated PressDecember 29, 2018

Tom Wolikow, right, holds his daughter Annabella alongside his father John, left, at their home Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in Warren, Ohio. Even though unemployment is low, the economy is growing and U.S. auto sales are near historic highs, GM is cutting thousands of jobs in a major restructuring aimed at generating cash to spend on innovation. GM put five plants up for possible closure, including the plant in Lordstown. Tom Wolikow is a General Motors employee who is currently laid-off....

Not just jobs riding on fate of GM plant

by Angie Wang Associated Press, Tom Krisher Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressNovember 29, 2018

This Tuesday, July 3, 2018, photo shows a building in Columbus, Ohio, that years ago housed a medical clinic operated by Dr. Richard Strauss. Brian Garrett says he was sexually assaulted by Strauss at the clinic in 1996. Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, joined Ohio State in 1978 and was on the faculty and medical staff. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Ex-athletes say Ohio State doctor groped, ogled men for years

by Kantele Franko Associated Press, Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressJuly 6, 2018

Demetrius Pitts in a police photo from February 2016.

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FBI: Man scouted for July 4 attack at parade in Cleveland

by John Seewer Associated PressJuly 2, 2018

Samantha Dement-Graham shovels her neighbor's sidewalk on University Avenue in Dubuque, Iowa, on Dec. 29, 2017. Cold arctic air dipping further south than usual prompted Omaha, Nebraska, officials to cancel a New Year's Eve fireworks show as a three-day deep freeze chills celebrations in Iowa and Nebraska. The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous weather conditions as a deep freeze sets in with expected temperatures in some locations dipping near records not seen in more than 130 years. (Eileen Meslar/Telegraph Herald via AP)

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Cold snap creates headaches at home, on highways

by John Seewer Associated PressDecember 29, 2017

In this Oct. 16, 2017 photo, the Streetsboro police department's first drone flies in Streetsboro, Ohio,. Streetsboro Police purchased a drone this year and trained their first drone pilot officer in October, becoming one of hundreds of agencies across the country adopting the technology. They say they can't afford a helicopter, but a drone provides many of the same capabilities at a fraction of the price. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

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Drones become crime-fighting tool, but perfection is elusive

by John Seewer Associated PressNovember 3, 2017

FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, the water intake crib for the city of Toledo, Ohio, is surrounded by an algae bloom on Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Researchers are working on creating an early warning system that can spot when algae begins showing up on hundreds of lakes across the U.S., using real-time data from satellites that already monitor harmful algae hotspots on Lake Erie in Ohio and on the Chesapeake Bay along the East Coast. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

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Lakes may soon have early warning for toxic algae

by John Seewer Associated PressJuly 30, 2017

In this July 12, 2017, photo, clean water, left and muddy water from the construction of a multi-state natural gas pipeline seep into a creek in New Washington, Ohio.

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Dakota Access developer’s new pipeline rankling regulators

by John Seewer Associated PressJuly 20, 2017

Harambe, a western lowland gorilla who was fatally shot Saturday to protect a 3-year-old boy who had entered its exhibit, is shown in June 2015.

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Zoo to reopen gorilla exhibit with higher barrier

by Dan Sewell Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressJune 2, 2016