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INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A MASSIVE PLANT EXPLOSION IN PARKERSBURG. THE AMES TOOL FACTORY EXPLODED FRIDAY MORNING AND FIRFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON SCENE TRYING TO DOUSE THE BLAZE.

TRAGEDY IN HARPER’S FERRY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE MARYLAND HEIGHTS OVERLOOK WHEN HE FELL TO HIS DEATH. PARK RANGERS ARE INVESTIGATING.

HUNTINGTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON CAVALIER DRIVE. ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED. AUTHORITIES SAY IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.

A NEW STUDY FINDS THAT AUSTIN’S “NO KILL” POLICY HAS HAD A 157-MILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY. THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STUDY SAYS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS THE RESULT OF INCREASED EMPLOYMENT WITHIN...

A MURDER SUSPECT IS MISSING. KEVIN WAGUESPACK’S MURDER TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO START THIS WEEK, BUT HE CAN’T BE FOUND. WAGUESPACK IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND, CATHERINE DYER, IN 2015. WAGUESPACK WAS OUT...

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS WILL BE IN AUSTIN TODAY. HE’LL SPEAK AT THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. SESSION IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE...

THE BULLS LOST THEIR SEASON OPENER 117-101 TO THE TORONTO RAPTORS.

THE CUBS WON’T BE REPATING AS WORLD SERIES CHAMPS. THE CUBS LOST TO THE DODGERS 11-1 IN GAME FIVE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. L-A ADVANCES TO THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES SINCE 1988.

A NEW APPLE STORE OPENS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO THIS AFTERNOON. THE 27-MILLION-DOLLAR FLAGSHIP STORE IS IN THE 400 BLOCK OF MICHIGAN AVENUE. IT REPLACES THE FORMER MAGNIFICENT MILE STORE. DOORS OPEN AT 5 P.M.

GOVERNOR RAUNER SAYS THE PROPOSED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH CENTER IN THE SOUTH LOOP WILL BE AN ECONOMIC BOON TO THE STATE. THE GOVERNOR JOINED MAYOR EMANUEL YESTERDAY TO UNVEIL PLANS FOR THE ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION...