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The year is half over and 2023 is already one of the most impressive ever in video games. Stellar titles have hit the shelves nearly every week along with some solid original projects. “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” leads the way by somehow making a perfect game even better and ultimately refining a paradigm shift in its gameplay and approach. Meanwhile, “Street Fighter 6” and “Diablo 4” have gone back to the past iterations to come up with an approach that polishes and streamlines winning formulas while also introducing daring new elements that haven’t been seen in either series.

NEW YORK — When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bears, and Froot Loops that appeal to kids.

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In a column devoted to news from south Lima, the Lima Times-Democrat reported Nov. 15, 1900, that U.S. Army Private Charles E. Fuller had arrived home the previous evening after a seven-week journey from the Philippines.

LIMA — The Lima Area Concert Band will cap off this year’s Star Spangled Spectacular again with a fireworks show at Faurot Park.

ADA — Ohio Northern University’s Patriotic Pops Concert will return at 7 p.m. Sunday on the lawn in front of the school’s McIntosh Center.

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LOS ANGELES — In Los Angeles County, a baby dies nearly every week from accidental suffocation, the most common form of unintentional death of infants under 1 year old, according to the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect. But these deaths can be prevented.

TAMPA, Fla. — A new store selling reused home goods recently opened in Tampa.

It’s a common concern among men who are diagnosed with testicular cancer. Will I be able to have children in the future?