Family is poised to be evicted for having too many children
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Continue Reading APD searching for rapper YFN Lucci in connection to shooting death
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Continue Reading Cherokee Nation announces first hunting, fishing reserve areas dedicated to Cherokee citizens
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Continue Reading Mobile Mardi Gras Porch Parade is on the way
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Continue Reading Restaurant owners say fight over fairness, principle pays off as curfew is lifted
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Continue Reading Milwaukee’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade canceled again for 2021
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Continue Reading Man charged in death of 4-month-old girl
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Continue Reading Oregon hopes to launch COVID-19 exposure notification app in near future
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Continue Reading Connecticut companies see sensors as game-changing technology
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Continue Reading Connecticut tech startup DineSafe helps prove restaurant cleanliness, safety
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Continue Reading A passion for baking led teen to compete on Food Network show
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Continue Reading If he wins Uganda election, Museveni will work with his seventh US president. Here’s how the US has helped him stay in power
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A Florida sheriff’s deputy who was just one shift away from retirement was killed Monday by a suspect in a fatal car crash, Hillsboro County…
Continue Reading Couple taking axe-throwing business on the road until Minnesota reopens
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Click here for updates on this story HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS ) — A dangerously close call for a Long Island man who…
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Continue Reading Former Pittsburgh Steelers cheer on 68-year-old superfan with cancer
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Continue Reading Florida manatee mutilated by someone who etched ‘Trump’ onto its back
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR ) — Federal wildlife authorities in Florida are looking for the person…
Continue Reading Resident drives military-style tank through residential streets
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Continue Reading 107-year-old woman receives COVID-19 vaccine
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Continue Reading Dentists say they should be higher on Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine distribution list
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Continue Reading UK COVID-19 variant detected in Maryland, couple in isolation
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Thieves steal $20K in cash from Utah Jazz before Bucks game
Police are investigating after thieves stole $20,000 in cash from members of the Utah…
Continue Reading Only about 2,000 people speak the Cherokee language fluently. The tribe is saving some vaccine doses for them
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Continue Reading Woman charged, along with boyfriend, in capital murder of her 8-year-old son in Irving hotel
Click here for updates on this story IRVING, TX (KTVT) — Irving Police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Leslie…
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Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (WDJT ) — Windows at the state Capitol were boarded up Monday as a…
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, will be tried separately from the other…
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Continue Reading Man accused of poisoning wife’s cereal with heroin heading to trial
Click here for updates on this story Genesee County, MI (WNEM) — A Genesee County man who is accused of poisoning his…
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Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will soon be the first “super” COVID-19 vaccination site in Orange County, California, officials said…
Continue Reading Texas lawmakers hope to expand medical marijuana programs this legislative session
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