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OHIO

Six die, officer injured in crash

A police cruiser responding to a robbery report, lights flashing and siren blaring, struck a car at an intersection northwest of Ohio's capital Friday, killing six members of a family and injuring an officer.

Police said cruiser dash-camera video shows the victims' Toyota Corolla had a red light when it reached the intersection and came to a stop.

Chief Robert Oppenheimer identified the dead as driver Eid Badi Shahad, 39; his wife, Entisar W. Hameed, 31; and their daughters, ages 2 to 16. The family, refugees from Iraq, came to the United States three years ago, said a caseworker for Community Refugee and Immigration Services. The officer, Shawn Paynter, joined the department five years ago. - AP

CALIFORNIA

Transit strike

San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers. A 30-hour negotiation with a federal mediator failed to find accord on rules involving when schedules are posted, whether workers can file for overtime when they have been out sick, and how paychecks are delivered. - AP

KANSAS

Plane crash kills 2

A traveling faith healer and his pilot died Friday when their small Texas-bound plane crashed soon after takeoff from a Kansas airport, authorities said. Sheriff Jeff Easter identified the victims as Edward Dufresne, 72, who said he could cure cancer, and pilot Mitchell Morgan, 49, both of Murrieta, Calif. - AP

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