issue warnings to taking kids hunt for eggs. a local council woman arrested... minutes ago fellow city leaders met. say about the charges. a chilly start to spring. weekend's shaping up and your first look at the opening day forecast. a large portion of a local building comes crashing down, the second in less than a year. how local officials are working to prevent another. phone a cop! how a smart phone led police right to a suspected local purse thief. the cuban connection... as the u-s and cuba work on their relationship. the reds have maintained one for a century. find out how sot "this is fox19 now" as we enter spring... we've got

good evening - i'm rob williams. tricia has the night off.. chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer is here now with the forecast... weather now steve cam yikes! as i look at long term model that takes us as far into the future as 16 days apr 6 i get the feeling we are going to be very busy in the fox19 now weather center. and, to anticipate your question; yes! i see the possibility of snow on, before and maybe after opening day. a warming trend kicks in today and except for today and friday each day in the 7-day forecast has a high temperature in the 60s. we have to watch thursday for some heavy rain and thunder and the outside chance of a marginal severe thunderstorm cell. sunday for easter will be mild but each new model run increases the chance of showers. tonight, a more than hundred year old building in over

kentucky maybe small in population but it's no stranger to controversy when it comes to its administration. over the weekend councilwoman lisa cavanaugh was arrested on drug and assault charges. fox 19 now's frankie jupiter has been following the story and caught up with the mayor -- i'm interested in his reaction to all this. the doors are locked after tonights finance commitee meeting with council, and back to work a council woman just release from jail. councilwoman lisa cavanaugh is back on the job after

from jail today. tonight she attended a finance commit meeting with city council. i tried to speak to her earlier today about her charges. "i have no comment this is a personal issue and a personal problem and everyone has personal issues. unfortunately being on council, mine is public knowledge. but i have no comment" police say they were called to cavanaugh's home on a domestic violence call over the weekend. she's charged with fourth degree assault, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia charges. her husband john cavanaugh was also charged with fourth degree assault. we tried again to talk councilwoman cavanaugh when she arrived at the meeting. but she declined again saying that her arrest was a personal matter. "i'm sure you have a job. just because you're a reporter does your personal problems get aired all over" "if i was arrested on drug charges absolutely." "ok i understand that" the cold spring administration is no stranger to controversy. last year the city found its self at some points without a city manager, city administrative officer, city attorney and police chief. "does it concern at

"well sure it's a concern... but i think the citizens of cold spring feel the same way. that's all we know, that she was charged. whether she's guilty are not is left up to the court system." the mayor tells me legally cavanaugh cant be remove from council, unless convicted of a felony live in cold spring frankie jupiter fox19 now. tonight, a more than hundred year old building in over the rhine is stable, after it partially collapses this weekend. our megan o'rourke is live tonight to tell us what the city's stop more of these from crumbling. barricades are up around the building here at 12-33 walnut. the bricks that

black sent out this today...saying the owner is cooperating with he says stabilization plans are expected to be submitted on tuesday, with the but, according to department of inspections, not all compliant. and he tells me that's why they rely on residents look unsafe. up with some over says it's not about. "i guess i hope who ever taking care of it, i'm not really sure though, i've never really thought about it" 1 :18 "generally, any of the inhabited buildings i'm anything that has restaurarants or people living in it, ya know, i think that they are probably all up to code and safe. it's some of the more abandoned buildings that haven't been nessecarily kept up over the years that i'm a little more concerned about" and it seems for good reason... i did some checking and found in just the last year, there have been at least 2 other collapses in over the rhine. one on republic in june and another on race in october. now if you spot and

about an older building and the safety of the structure, city officials say you should always report to the department of housing and inspection. the best way they say is through the city's website or app. rl mo fox19 now. new at ten a man driving with 29 driving suspensions including two prior o-v-i's was on the road again. police in st. benard arrested 40-year- old allen gurton last night. police say he admitted to drinking and driving. this will now be his third such offense. he's in jail awaiting trial and is being held on a nearly 20 thousand dollar bond. president obama says this is a new day between cuba and the u-s -- but both he and cuban leader raul castro admit -- there are some pretty significant issues still standing in the way of better relations between the countries. obama says: "the embargo's gonna end. when? i can't be entirely sure but i believe it will end" president obama and president castro made

state from the neighboring countries to meet on cuban soil in 88 years... raul castro, cuban president "in order to mover forward toward normalization, it will also be necessary to return the territory illegaly occupied by the naval base in guantanamo." also protests were held ahead of the meeting... both on the island and in the u-s... underscoring major differences in the way each government views political speech and human rights. tomorrow the president is expected to speak directly to the cuban people and americans where there has been a great deal of skepticism about the recent diplomatic warming. the president's trip to cuba isn't the only thing making headlines. a new chapter in baseball's storied history is being written as an mlb team plays a cuban team in havana tomorrow. our ben katko is live at great american ball park. ben... the reds play a big role in baseball's

the reds aren't the team playing but... the franchise has a long relationship with island just 90 miles lot of it is right hall of fame. you can't talk history... and not talk about the and you can't talk about the cincinnati reds history... and not talk about chris eckes "it's a great, very rich history." it's a history dating back to the early 1900s when the reds took a monthlong postseason tour of cuba... and two players caught their attention. "in 1912 they became two of the first players of cuban origin to appear on a major league roster. armando marsans and rafael almeida where their names. it hasn't slowed down since. chris "more often than not, you had at least one cuban native playing for the reds going all the way back to 1912." the team's brightest stars are honored in bronze.

enshrined here at fame. all three are from cuba. "when you talk about tony perez, you're talking about arguably the most popular player that the reds ever have fast forward to a baseball... and a reds players. raisel iglesias is on the roster... fighting for a rotation spot. now ex-reds brayan pena... and aroldis chapman... they all defected from their home to chase the dream. chris "when you see them it's all the more face a lot of obstacles that a lot of other players don't have to face." to cuba tomorrow... the reds won't be there. but... perhaps their ready to write more history. favorite of cuba because of their interaction with the island and their willingness to bring players here and make them stars." the reds cuban roots run even

had their top farm club team in havana - the havana sugar kings. live at gabp... ben katko... fox19 now. march madness if you're a fan of a local basketball team - chances are your heart tonight is as broken as your bracket. sports director joe d is back from saint louis tonight with what's next for xavier. what's right now for this team is just trying to heal. i did ask one of xavier's seniors how you move on from a buzzer- beating loss. he said - "you wake up tomorrow and you keep living." the xavier locker room felt a lot like those cups. beaten down and helpless. another one of those gut punch moments for cincinnati sports fans... will be one of those 'one shining moments' we'll see on t-v for years. it is the first real buzzer-beater to the ncaa tournament... the question now is - how will we remember what felt like the most complete team in school history? trevon bluiett: "you

ever to come through xavier." remy abell: "i tried to leave everything i had in me out there on the court and it's just bad we had to come up short and to end like that on a game-winner? man, that's tough." now uc - and new information tonight about head coach mick cronin. multiple sources tell fox19 now there is genuine interest between cronin and the open job at unlv... and that this isn't a leverage play to get more money. more on that story later in this show. attorney general mike dewine has rejected yet the scary warning to parents... if you're planning an easter egg hunt this year.. plus - new developments as

unlock a terrorist's iphone... and the new products rolled out by apple... ahead of that possible battle .. with the fbi. steve chroma

leads have surfaced... on how to access information on the i-phone, belonging to one of the suspects, in the san berna-dino shootings... without forcing apple to create software to hack into the device.. apple says, this puts all apple

appear in court tomorrow... but the fbi has asked tomorrow's hearing to be cancelled in light of new information. there has been some movement in the case of a cincinnati man locked up in north korea. some are starting a movement to set him free but will it work. our michael baldwin has been looking into the case. michael what did you find? well its unlikely that the leader of north korea is going to listen but there is a petetion to free otto warmbier. whether it will work or not is anyone's guess but 15 years of hard labor won't be easy. as president obama is in cuba, there are those that hope he eventaully turns his attention to otto warmbeir. he's the cincinnait native who was in north korea and convicted of committing hostile acts against the state. you're looking at the video. the acts include stealing propaganda signs at the hotel he was staying at. probably a misdemeanor out here subject to a fine but there--the

now comes a petition drive to set him free. the petition is addressed to the president. and as of now, not many people have singed it. at the time of this report just 81 signatures. many were moved when the cincinnati native made his appeal for leniency but it didn't work. so what exactly is hard labor in north korea. not much video has been found but here's a photo we saw from the guardian. a awful. a 2009 story said, "prisoners are fed a few ounces of rotten corn and a kind of salt soup." the report in the goes on to say quote, "prisoners "lose their teeth, their gums turn black, their bones weaken and, as they age, they hunch over at the waist .

rags, without soap, socks or underwear." the guardian reports that, "torture is common, there is no medical aid and the sanitation is horrible. they wear the torn uniforms of old prisoners and sleep crammed together in a room." we did reach out to otto's mother but she declined our request for an interview. some experts say warmbeir is being used as a pawn by north korea michael baldwin fox 19 now. you decide 2016 you decide 2016.. vice president joe biden... will be in town tomorrow... but the event is closed to the public.. a private fundraising breakfast will be held in downtown cincinnati... raising money for democratic senate candidate - and former ohio governor ted strickland. the cost... starts at 500 dollars per person. strickland will face senator rob portman.. in the general election. there may be some traffic delays around the area of fountain square because of the v-p's motorcade. a deadly shooting in a quiet neighborhood. and police say it started as a road rage incident. "pop, pop, pop, pop. like a firecracker." the shots rang out on a street full of families in fort

cell phone video captured the aftermath. one man was killed after some sort of fight. detectives do have one man in custody. this was the scene... after a two year old accidentally shot himself in the stomach. police say he boy was visiting georgia with his family ... when he got the gun out of his mother's purse. doctors performed surgery on the boy who is now listed in stable condition. lt. mark lavigne/ dekalb county police department "the mother is at the hospital, we're interviewing her. a second individual that was in the room, we're interviewing, at the scene, here. we will be impounding that car. we have secured a search warrant for the room." so far no charges have been filed. attorney general mike dewine has rejected yet another petition for marijuana in the buckeye state... the latest proposal would legalize marijuana for medical and industrial use in ohio... the one-thousand required signatures.. checked out... but dewine says the summary language to change the state constitution has some wording issues that need to be fixed.

that faceoff with the f-b-i was supposed to take place -- apple c-e-o, tim cook opened the company's first product launch of the year today, with a promise, to protect users' privacy and data. the long-awaited announcement by apple included a re-tooling of it's most popular i- phones and i-pads. apple introduced a smaller replacement to a four-inch iphone. it also unveiled a slimmed-down version of the ipad pro tablet. plus, apple announced a price cut and new bands for its apple watch. analysts say apple is trying to generate more excitement about a product lineup that has been losing some of its pizazz. sot stormtracker stinger steve cam yikes! as i look at long term model that takes us as far into the future as 16 days apr 6 i get the feeling we are going to be very busy in the fox19 now weather center. and, to anticipate your question; yes! i see the possibility of snow on, before and maybe after opening day. a warming trend kicks in today and except for today and friday each day in the 7-day forecast has a high temperature in the

and thunder and the outside chance of a marginal severe thunderstorm cell. sunday for easter will be mild but each new model run increases the chance of showers. the race for the white house... takes on israel.. the presidential candidates... laying

out their policy... for u-s and israel relations... coming up. 3 seconds nats rihanna and rih-anna taken by surprise at her cincinnati concert... the fan who's

return purchases so you don't get blocked from online stores. answers now about millions of tax dollars borrowed and never returned. fox19 now investigates what local officials plan to do about it. singing it's the local video seen around the world.... one man's moment with rihanna. you decide 2016 you decide 2016... all of the presidential candidates -- except senator bernie

addressing the nation's top pro- israel group.... natsound hrc entering verizon center greeted like a rock star, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton delighted the american-israel public affairs committee audience with her pledge to maintain the "qualitative military edge" israel enjoys over its neighbors. and her thinly- veiled attacks on g-o-p frontrunner donald trump. whose presidency, she warned, would be "unthinkable" for israel and jews. clinton says: "we need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday, and who knows what on wednesday, because everything's negotiable. well, my friends, israel's security is non- negotiable." trump describes himself as "pro- israel" but has said he would cultivate an air of neutrality with the palestinians, to advance peace talks. ahead of his own speech to aipac, he

secretary of state. trump says: "her policies obviously didn't work. all you have to do is look at libya. look at anything you want to look at and they haven't worked." trump's nearest rival, texas senator ted cruz, has pounded the new york real estate developer for the "neutrality" comment and promised to rip up the iran nuclear deal. ohio governor john kasich, who told a new hampshire audience last month that "permanent peace" in israel "doesn't exist". was the first of the republicans to address aipac this year. gov. john kasich/ r presidential candidate a kasich administration will work from the beginning to block and eliminate any form of intolerance bigotry racism or anti-semitism whether domestic or international, particularly in international bodies. ted cruz described israel as a beacon of light to the world.. cruz says: i understand that standing with israel benefits america. isreal is a liberal democracy that shares our values and loyal

charity it is rather vital national security interests of america. bernie sanders, the first jewish american ever to win a presidential primary, is a no- show at a-pac this year, citing a scheduling conflict with a foreign policy address he's giving in utah. leading republican presidential candidate donald trump meets with lawmakers on capitol hill. a small group of g-o-p congressmen, lobbyists and d-c power brokers meeting for lunch today ... exact details on what was discussed was not released... but many lawmakers say it was a productive discussion that touched on a variety of issues affecting america. trump's meeting came on the same day he released a list of potential foreign policy advisors. police have now charged the man who they says caused a deadly accident on the combs hehl bridge last night. 35-year old cory lippmeier rear- ended 41- year old scott petredis around 9-30.

was pronounced dead on the scene taken to the treated and now sits in jail. he is charged with vehicular homicide. some people who borrowed your the city of under the gun tonight. the city's taken the first step to foreclose on 12 handed out--all taxpayers and business owners. we broke this investigation three weeks ago--an shows the city let a dozen loans...just sit in default. investigative reporter jody barr is live in lawrenceburg tonight--and jody--the city's now going after these tax dollars? they are-- just days after our investigation exposed this problem--the city sent the first round of default notices to two borrowers--who together--owe the city more than 5 million dollars. just three days ago--the city

foreclosure on the rest. "what about the credit rating? i got a default letter here--are you guys going to send this immediately to the credit agency?" weldon: "to answer your question, specifically, no. we will not report you to a credit reporting agency." even though lawrenceburg dentist, dr. peter zaharakos' $100,000 was supposed to be paid off three years ago--the city hasn't told the credit bureaus. but--last friday--the city did send him a default notice--giving him 60 days to pay his loan off. he's never missed a payment. zaharakos is one of about 10 borrowers the city's now trying to collect overdue loans from. the city lent $16 million in the past decade--only two loans have been paid off. "i don't think this is going to come to a surprise to anybody, but the city entered into a line of business they really didn't have much expertise in."

play banker--handing out loans to spur economic development. when the loans became due--the city did nothing to collect them. "the ball was dropped." the city sent 30 day default notices to steve linkmeyer--who owes the city $3 million. the city also sent greg davis a 30 day notice--davis owes nearly $2 million--most of it spent on renovating this corner of high street. if linkmeyer and davis fail to pay their loans off within the next two weeks--the city says it'll foreclose. not part of the plan--the city says--is any forgiving any of the outstanding balances--the city wants every penny owed. "we're not in a position to forgive anything." the city now admits--it failed at banking--and wants the $16 million in loans repaid and has promised to never lend another tax dollar. zaharakos: "no more loans?" weldon: "no

here's where this stands tonight: the city's given each borrower a deadline to pay these loans off--or the city could foreclose. but--there's a catch. if some of these borrowers can't get a bank to lend them the money to pay these loans off--the city has another option for them. but--the city is keeping that option a secret tonight--refusing to tell the people gathered here at this public meeting--what that option is. so--it doesn't sound like this will be over anytime soon? no. parents are being warned to look for discarded syringes... before you let your kids hunt for easter eggs in parks...

northern kentucky heroin impact response taskforce... is warning parents that the heroin epidemic and discarded needles... are creating real dangers for children. be sure and look for needles anywhere you plan to allow the kids to hunt eggs. the second case of zika.. has been reported in kentucky.. after a person returned to the commonwealth after traveling to an affected country... in the caribbean. the male patient, who experienced zika-related symptoms lives in western kentucky and has fully recovered from the illness. if you are traveling in affected areas... health officials warn you to take precautions against mosquitos. rihanna got the surprise of her life from a fan at a show at u-s bank arena this weekend... at the singer's "anti tour" she stopped while performing the song: "four, five seconds" to lean, and let a fan sing. take a listen. fan, "terah jay," belted out the

caught rihanna, off guard. rihanna thanked him, for helping her out. ohio officials have launched an advertising campaign aimed at attracting visitors to the state's tourist destinations. the campaign started today and includes that 30 second t-v spot, along with print

featuring the new "ohio. find it here." brand... all pointing out ohio favorites.. including cincinnati's rhinegeist brewery... the television ad is expected to air in the cincinnati, cleveland, columbus, dayton, lima, toledo and youngstown. it'll also run in detroit and pittsburgh. amazon wants you to know... if you bought a kindle before 20-12, you need to update them now! tomorrow- amazon will disconnect all kindle models released before 20-12 from the internet... unless you've updated the software. if your kindle isn't up to date, you will no longer be able to access the kindle store or to the cloud. kindles connected to wi-fi may not have to worry. automatically sleep mode and connected to wi-fi. warning for amazon users.. could cost you account and all of your prime benefits! plus - a bunny brawl... ahead of easter.. video of one easter shopper.. is going

and - would the bengals trade a-j mccarron? marvin lewis answers that question at the nfl meetings coming up.

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was hopping mad over the weekend. it's not exactly clear what caused him to start throwing punches. and it was just steps away from the bunny's photo studio. the man playing the legendary bunny even lost his head in the battle. the brawl lasted about 30 seconds, before security pried the group apart. kids at r-rated movies? not... if they're under 6. normally, the rule for an r rated movie is, that kids under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian, to watch a film. not under the new, regal cinemas rule. no child under six, will be allowed... period. and happy birthday twitter.

site is celebrating a decade today. the first tweet was sent on this day in 2006 by founder, jack dorsey. the platform's unique 140 character format has been inviting users to express themselves ever since. and this is cherry blossom season in washington. and even the chilly weather is not stopping the trees from blooming. the national park service says temperatures are expected to stay above freezing tonight, and allow the buds to open on schedule.

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it does have its limits! simply money's nathan bachrach is here with a warning about what happens--when you return too much to amazon! simply money a computer programmer named greg nelson is crying foul--after amazon canceled his account for what it called "excessive returns". and he's far from the first! nelson says he ordered 343 things from amazon all told, and returned 37 of them. he says the returns were justified, but amazon nuked his account anyway.

music streaming, the ability to download books on his kindle, and his remaining gift card balance! amazon says cancellations don't happen often, and is tight-lipped about its process for deciding who's made too many returns. based on feedback from other customers who've been through this, that threshold may be returning 10% of what you've ordered. the simply money point: don't abuse amazon's return policy. and if you do need to return something defective, take a picture of itso you can make your case for that return later, if amazon asks. for fox 19 now and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. sot "steve weather animation" steve chroma key yikes! as i look at long term model that takes us as far into the future as 16 days apr 6 i get the feeling we are going to be very busy in the fox19 now weather center. and, to anticipate your question; yes! i see the possibility of snow on, before and maybe after opening day. a warming trend kicks in today and except for today and friday each day in the 7-day forecast has a high temperature in the 60s. we have to watch thursday for some heavy rain and thunder and the outside chance of a marginal severe thunderstorm cell. sunday for easter will be mild but each new model run increases the chance of showers. steve gfx sot "sports open"

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pretty basic answer with me at this point." joe hplaz/gfx that's mick cronin one-year-ago this month. and - that's typically his answer to any question about his future. but... multiple sources tonight tell fox19 now sports that mick cronin is genuinely interested in the open job at unlv... and that these rumors aren't just a leverage play for more money. tonight - coach skipped his radio show in montgomery. i can confirm coach was on campus earlier today... but... a university spokesperson told

show because of recruiting. joe hplaz/gfx cronin is under contract at uc the next five years. we did contact uc he told us he didn't speculation with any comment. this is now the basketball talk in this town... because the games are now done. wisconsin knocked out xavier on a buzzer-beater sunday night in saint louis... beat uc in the bearcats loss to terry nelson played on this city's last final four team. still ahead...

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today at the nfl's meetings... marvin lewis today told pro football talk that the bengals will not trade a-j mccarron. he will stay andy dalton's back-up. if you though this hit from the bengals playoff loss looked like a penalty... you're right - at least now you are. the nfl today said this hit on giovani bernard made them change their rules. the refs didn't throw a flag on this one because they say ryan shazier didn't quote "line up" for the hit. now - any time a player leads with the top of his helmet it will be flagged. it's two weeks from opening day and i'm wondering if cody reed might make this team. might be a long shot - but the kid can really pitch. two scoreless innings so far. night game tonight for the reds and padres. tricia 4-shot steve's tracking the next 24 hours.. tricia cam don't forget we're always tracking

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