Turning pain into joy: Family’s light display honors late daughter
Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Cumberland Family is turning pain into…
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Duck rescued from dogs, gets new home for Christmas
Click here for updates on this story LINWOOD, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — One lucky duck has found a new home just in time for…
Continue Reading Plastic Army Women arrive just in time for Christmas
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Continue Reading World-renowned virologist warned in 2008 about future epidemics
Virologist and infectious diseases expert Nathan Wolfe warned 12 years ago that the world didn’t understand how to handle infectious diseases.…
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Continue Reading Metro Police gifting Christmas baskets to Nashville families
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — With Christmas less than 24 hours away, the Metro…
Continue Reading Two cancer patients’ selfless act brings joy to Children’s Hospital
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — An act of heartwarming selflessness allowed a donation at St.…
Continue Reading Animal therapy program helps kids deal with emotional, behavioral issues
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials at Eliada said connecting with…
Continue Reading Victims of Wednesday fatal crash identified
Click here for updates on this story HERSHEY, Nebraska (WOWT) — Three people including a child who died as a result of…
Continue Reading Body found in Spring Garden Township parking lot on Tuesday
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Continue Reading UPS driver charged with OUI after crashing delivery truck in Brunswick
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Continue Reading Tullahoma alderman won’t apologize for family Christmas party photo with Confederate flag
Click here for updates on this story TULLAHOMA, Tennessee (WSMV) — “I’m sorry but I just can not apologize, I will…
Continue Reading Beaverton man charged with aggravated possession, criminal sexual conduct in second degree
Click here for updates on this story GLADWIN COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Thomas Gray, a 54-year-old Beaverton man, was…
Continue Reading Buena Vista Twp Police investigating fatal Christmas Eve shooting
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Continue Reading Owner of Atlanta gas station, at center of months-long demonstrations, plans to sell
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Continue Reading $2,000 reward offered for information leading to suspect in fatal gas station shooting
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Atlanta Police are searching for the gunman who fatally…
Continue Reading Body cam footage shows fatal police shooting of unarmed Black man in Columbus, Ohio
Body camera footage released Wednesday shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in a garage within seconds of…
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Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth…
Continue Reading Bar attack suspect captured, charged with assault
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man accused of hitting a Houston bar employee in the…
Continue Reading US coronavirus deaths are projected to reach 567,000 by April, even amid vaccine rollout
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Continue Reading Houston mom wishes she could have done more for daughter killed in murder-suicide
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom, who says her daughter was in an abusive and…
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Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place:…
Continue Reading Bretz family’s Christmas quilts are colorful stories stitched together with memories, love
Click here for updates on this story PARK HILLS , Missouri (Daily Journal ) — Many families have a variety of Christmas…
Continue Reading Petitions for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are the most signed pleas of all time at Change.org
It’s been a challenging year: a global pandemic claimed millions of lives, a national reckoning on race put a spotlight on police brutality in…
Continue Reading Man convicted in brutal 1994 Marshall County murder granted work release
Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — One of the men convicted in the brutal 1994 killing…
Continue Reading ‘It means the world’: With help from Santa, airman reunites with siblings just in time for Christmas
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Continue Reading New Mexico woman facing felony charge for coughing on health care worker says she’s wrongly accused
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Continue Reading 5-year-old girl, dog who stayed by her side die in house fire in western Oklahoma, officials say
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Continue Reading Group lifts car off woman after 2 people struck at Quincy grocery store
Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Two people were struck by a vehicle Thursday in the…
Continue Reading Respiratory therapist bakes for his colleagues to unwind after long shifts with COVID-19 patients
Click here for updates on this story KEENE, New Hampshire (WMUR) — It has been a long, difficult year for front-line…
Continue Reading ‘My dogs were our heart and soul’: Fire kills 6 dogs, destroys home days before Christmas
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Continue Reading Fire Department responds to apartment fire with heavy smoke
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Continue Reading UW’s $125,000 contract with Ray Cross called for written report on diversity, but he never wrote it
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Continue Reading A judge rules that a Black defendant shouldn’t have to stand trial in a courtroom decorated with portraits of mostly White judges
A judge in Virginia ruled that a courtroom lined with portraits of White judges could impede a Black defendant’s right to a fair trial and…
Continue Reading Families hit the slopes before storm hits on Christmas
Click here for updates on this story NEW HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — This Christmas storm is shifting plans for ski…
Continue Reading Sheriff: 2 arrested for November burglary at Creswell City Public Works building
Click here for updates on this story LANE COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people were arrested Wednesday in connection with…
Continue Reading Oregon Zoo set to reopen Saturday with reduced hours, limited capacity
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After being closed for more than a month due to state…
Continue Reading New nighttime coyote hunting season set to begin January 1
Click here for updates on this story FAIRWAY, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — A new Kansas hunting season is set to begin at…
Continue Reading MPD long-term missing: 17-year-old Alizaia Sell
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Continue Reading Preparing for heavy rains in Luzerne County
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Continue Reading Driver in crash that killed 5 bicyclists extradited to Clark County
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Continue Reading Las Vegas officials to blow up 2020 sign to celebrate the New Year
Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — See you later, 2020. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors…
Continue Reading ‘Meter Buster Christmas Display’ makes dreams come true
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Continue Reading Singing together through technology: Music teacher’s song spurs hope across school district
Click here for updates on this story YORK SPRINGS, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — They sang 168 voices united. But what many…
Continue Reading Trash Club cleaning up neighborhood streets
Click here for updates on this story ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Garbage in the streets and alleys of Silver Lake…
Continue Reading Woman arrested after pursuit, infant found in back seat
Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — A 28-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on…
Continue Reading Eversource crews preparing for outages from holiday storm
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Continue Reading Man accused of killing coworker set to face a judge today
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Continue Reading Woman killed in random shooting was working toward dream career as firefighter paramedic
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Continue Reading Two families displaced from unrelated overnight fires
Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV Staff) — The Red Cross helped two families who were forced…
Continue Reading Catalytic converter stolen from bus used to transport people with developmental disabilities as reports of the costly crime increase
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Continue Reading 4-year-old girl battles leukemia at Christmas while her family battles COVID-19
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Continue Reading Suspect burglarizes woman’s fridge while she sleeps
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Continue Reading Ex-Prichard Police officer Johnathan Murphy who is charged with murder given 200k bond
Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabamba (WALA) — Update 12/23/2020: Ex-Prichard Police officer…
Continue Reading Woman’s passion for serving veterans sparked after helping two in need; Now feeds over 600 monthly
Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — About five years ago, an outreach director with the…
Continue Reading Around 200 toys were stolen from a Texas public housing complex. More than 2,000 gifts were donated to replace them
It was set to be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who…
Continue Reading Bradford County DA under investigation
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Continue Reading Cats left in taped box behind a dumpster in a snowdrift
Click here for updates on this story MESHOPPEN, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Three cats and eight kittens are sleepy and…
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The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations, the British government said in…
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An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald…
Continue Reading Their communities are deserted by pharmacies. Advocates fear this will lead to inequitable vaccine access
Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year. The…
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Continue Reading Ohio mayor calls for ‘immediate termination’ of officer who shot and killed a Black man ‘who had committed no crime’
The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday called for the “immediate termination” of a city police officer in the killing of a Black man…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 24: Pardons, veto, coronavirus, Brexit, police violence
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This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pardoned the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” saga of 2009 as part of nearly two dozen pardons and…
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Meghan and Prince Harry released a family Christmas card featuring their 19-month-old son Archie in his first public image in months. In the card,…
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Over two million people in California have tested positive for Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, more cases than in all but…
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Track Santa as he flies around the world on Christmas Eve
NORAD is focusing its formidable tracking systems on Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight delivering presents to children…
Continue Reading Border wall construction presses full steam ahead in final days of Trump administration
At a secluded spot in southeast Arizona, the San Pedro River flows north from Mexico and crosses the United States border, running under a majestic…
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Japan’s Supreme Court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of an 84-year-old man who spent almost half a century on death row awaiting…
Continue Reading South Carolina man sues city of Rock Hill, alleging police ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his house
A South Carolina man filed a lawsuit against the city of Rock Hill on Monday, alleging that police officers ordered him out of his house naked and…
Continue Reading Teachers and school employees will be in the next round of people to get a Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio
The next group of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Ohio will be the state’s teachers and school staff. Ohio teachers and school staff…
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry said he was troubled when he first heard of the movement to defund the police. “I thought, OK, this is going to be…
Continue Reading More kids are being left home alone, psychologist calls it another pandemic problem
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Continue Reading Covid Christmas without sister will be lonely for teen battling Leukemia at hospital
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Continue Reading Washington Football Team settled sexual misconduct claim against owner Daniel Snyder in 2009, per reports
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The global pandemic made 2020 an exhausting year, but for many people one thing brought some much-needed relief — animals. Shelters have…
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Here is a look at the life of Khaled Meshaal, former political leader of Hamas. Personal Birth date: 1956 Birth place: Silwad, West Bank Birth name:…
Continue Reading Taiwan reports first local COVID-19 case in more than 250 days
Taiwan has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus since April. The island has had one of the most successful pandemic responses…
Continue Reading Pay-it-forward drive at Burnsville Cafe serves hundreds; Owner hopes it continues into 2021
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Continue Reading IDES sends social security numbers of 11 residents to a random person
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Continue Reading Nurse battling cancer receives ‘best Christmas ever’
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Continue Reading Man in custody after police say he burglarized fridge while woman slept
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — According to the Mobile Police, On Tuesday December 22nd…
Continue Reading Superheroes surprise 5-year-old boy hospitalized for Christmas after he was hit in the head by a stray bullet
Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — Clareon Williams Jr. is only five years old, and he will spend…
Continue Reading South City man uses his cat’s litter box to fight back against porch pirates
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A south St. Louis man is fighting back in a creative way…
Continue Reading Widow speaks after husband gave up Jeep Cherokee, only to be shot dead by carjackers anyway
Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — In a heartbreaking incident in Bridgeport this week, a man gave…
Continue Reading Nine critically injured in Baltimore building explosion, partial roof collapse
At least 23 people were injured, nine critically, after a partial roof collapse and explosion Wednesday in downtown Baltimore, according to the fire…
Continue Reading Five suspects face charges in McDowell County home invasion, assault
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Continue Reading 3 arrested in connection to homicide near 58th and Ames
Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Three people have been arrested in connection to a…
Continue Reading Community mourns surfer killed in freak accident catching waves in shadow of Golden Gate Bridge
Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Haruwn Wesley had surfed the Fort Point wave break under…
Continue Reading Secret Santas caught red-handed; Neighbors welcome mysterious visitors
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Continue Reading Controversial housing development to be built on possible Mountain Lion habitat
Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was sent a…
Continue Reading Colorado micro preemie born in 2019 is thriving in 2020: ‘beat all the odds’
Click here for updates on this story PLATTEVILLE, Colorado (KCNC) — This time last year, the Winnes from Platteville…
Continue Reading Kentucky sisters lost their mom, dad and grandfather to Covid-19 within four weeks
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Continue Reading No fresh crab this Christmas as fisherman go on strike
Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — The year 2020 has been a bad for just about…
Continue Reading Pittsburgh police responding to reported assault find farm animals living in poor conditions in home
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Pittsburgh police found numerous farm animals living in poor…
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