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The annual prize, in its inaugural year, will be awarded to one work of fiction. For the next few months, 20 books remain in contention — including works by Jesmyn Ward, Roxane Gay and Lisa Ko.

People in Sutherland Springs gathered Wednesday not far from the church where a gunman shot and killed 26 people and injured 20 others. At the vigil, Vice President Pence offered his condolences.

Children of color in Ohio fair far worse than their white peers when it comes to well-being and opportunity in the state. The findings come from the latest Kids Count: Race for Results report. The report from the non-partisan Annie E. Casey Foundation uses 12 indicators to compare childhood well-being across states. The indicators cover a range of outcomes in education, health, and economic areas, like 4th grade reading proficiency and teen pregnancy rates. In Ohio, African American children score far lower than their white, Asian and Latino peers.

Jeff Murphy is the fourth man to die while searching for a treasure chest reportedly buried somewhere in the Rockies by eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn.

The gold medal game will air live in the U.S. on Wednesday night. The two rivals have repeatedly faced off to decide Olympic and world championships over the past 20 years.

The service was held as authorities continue a manhunt for the 22-year-old Moroccan believed to be the driver of a van that plowed into pedestrians on a popular promenade.

In June of 2012, Trendon Franklin, a 20-year-old African-American with a college scholarship and a budding boxing career, was gunned down on the streets of Brooklyn, devastating the community of Brownsville where he grew up. Award-winning playwright Kimber Lee is an amateur boxer herself and discovered Franklin's story on a boxing blog. Lee wanted to make sure Franklin's story didn't simply become a statistic. "The fact that there wouldn't be any marches for this kid. There probably wouldn't be any candlight vigils," Lee said.

Hours before President Trump is expected to unveil details about his proposed tariff on steel and aluminum imports, Ohio's senators are expressing their reservations. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Senator Rob Portman said the President should narrow the scope of his proposal, which the President has said will involve a 25 percent tariff on all imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. Portman argued for a more “surgical” approach, which would rely on tougher enforcement of existing trade laws.

President Trump placed a congratulatory call to Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday, two days after an election marred by ballot-box stuffing and forced voting.

Investigators spent months searching for the owner of the elaborate treehouse hidden in a national forest near Seattle.