Devotion to community service defines pastor’s work
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Indianapolis police looking for suspects in the fatal shooting of five people and an unborn child
No arrests or suspects have been announced in what the Indianapolis police chief calls the city’s largest mass casualty shooting in more than a…
Continue Reading Former Wisconsin retirement fund leader with a penchant for aluminum collects his 2 millionth can
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Can you do 28 tricks in a minute? Two border collies named Wish and Halo can, and they have set the world record. Guinness World Records announced…
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 25: Covid-19, White House, Capitol riot, Brexit, Tacoma
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The Ugandan High Court has lifted the house arrest of Bobi Wine after security forces surrounded the presidential candidate’s home for ten…
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Continue Reading 15-year-old Louisiana girl fatally stabbed in apparent fight with 4 other girls in grocery store, police say
A 15-year-old girl is dead after police say she got into a fight with four other young girls at a grocery store in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The…
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Continue Reading Five people including a pregnant woman were killed in Indianapolis in the ‘largest mass casualty shooting’ in more than a decade
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181 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 181 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…
Continue Reading Arizona cat reunited with family after being lost in Oregon for several months
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Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to offense related to carjacking he talked about on Facebook
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Continue Reading Locals visit Hammerin’ Hank’s childhood home to remember Homerun King
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Continue Reading Historic Red Pony in Franklin sustains $300,000 in damage after massive fire
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Continue Reading Car meet up raises money for friend’s leukemia treatment
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Continue Reading Chicago school district delays in-class start after teachers union votes to continue remote work
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Continue Reading YouTube star Jojo Siwa opens up about her sexuality
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Continue Reading Downtown Asheville business owners light the way home for frontline, essential workers
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Continue Reading Police break up ‘illegal nightclub’ in the basement of a Massachusetts home
Police broke up an “illegal nightclub” with a full bar and waitress that had been set up in the basement of a Massachusetts residence…
Continue Reading Arkansas and Oklahoma deer hunters achieve record-breaking 2020-2021 harvest
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Continue Reading Detective injured, squad damaged during arrest attempt that started in a fast food parking lot
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Continue Reading Army vet who tended bar accused by FBI of conspiring in Capitol insurrection
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Continue Reading Hollywood screenwriter Walter Bernstein dies at 101
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Continue Reading 9-year-old donates purses to women in need
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Continue Reading Two-thirds of academic year lost on average globally due to COVID-19 closures: UNESCO
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — New figures from UNESCO shows that two-thirds of an…
Continue Reading The winning ticket in the $1 billion Mega Millions lottery was bought in Michigan
Don’t forget to check your Mega Millions lottery ticket, especially if you bought it in the state of Michigan. One ticket that matched the six…
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Eleven miners who were trapped in a gold mine for more than two weeks in eastern China have been rescued, Chinese state media reported. Authorities…
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Continue Reading Body cam video shows police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black man during a mental health check
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Local entertainment venues try to bounce back after COVID-19 struggles
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt the entertainment industry across the board. Deleta Skating & Family Fun Center and Tough Guy Lanes in Pocatello…
Continue Reading Chinese-Canadian alleged drug kingpin, accused of running one of the world’s biggest methamphetamine cartels, is arrested in Amsterdam
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The chief of police in Killeen, Texas, is defending an officer who shot and killed a Black man during a mental health check earlier this month.…
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Continue Reading 527 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 527 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…
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Local health officials reported 64 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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As the US set a new daily record for COVID-19 inoculations and states clamored for more vaccine supplies, Pfizer and the FDA said pharmacists and…
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Grizzly, 34, confirmed as Yellowstone region’s oldest known
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Thirty-three missing children were recovered this month in an anti-human trafficking operation led by FBI’s Los Angeles field office, the…
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Continue Reading Sheriff: 3 adults found dead at Wisconsin home
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Continue Reading Iowa fourth grader surprised with big donation to his food pantry
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Continue Reading Mega Millions ticket sold in North Carolina wins $2 million prize
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Continue Reading 17-year cicadas making their way into Tennessee
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Continue Reading 73-year-old man bitten by shark while snorkeling at Ka’anapali Beach
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Continue Reading St. Louis City orders 4 bars to close for at least 30 days
Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, MO (KMOV) — Four St. Louis bars have been ordered to close for 30 days…
Continue Reading Family needs answers after man murdered outside work
Click here for updates on this story Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — A mourning family is pleading for help finding the person who…
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After a big breakfast at a Colorado restaurant, a generous customer left employees a $1,400 tip and a message that said “COVID Sucks!”…
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For as many foes as the superhero fends off, Batman has a formidable team of supporters starting with his sidekick Robin, Gotham City Commissioner…
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Police are investigating vandalism and an explosion at a church in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County on Saturday. Police were called to…
Continue Reading Police are investigating an explosion at a Los Angeles church
Police are investigating vandalism and an explosion at a church in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles on Saturday. Police were called to First…
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Rioters again took to the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Thursday — the first full day of Joe Biden’s presidency — to let the…
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Continue Reading At least 1 in 3 COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic, study suggests
Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A review of 61 studies and reports comprising more…
Continue Reading How Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men
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Click here for updates on this story SALEM, OR (KPTV) — Thieves stole a trailer with items intended for an expansion of…
Continue Reading He took sanctuary in a church more than 3 years ago. He just returned home because of a new Biden policy
A Salvadoran immigrant who spent more than three years in sanctuary on the grounds of a North Carolina church headed home on Friday. José Chicas,…
Continue Reading Is a Pennsylvania county extra lucky in lottery winnings? Statistics say so
Click here for updates on this story PALMERTON, PA (WNEP) — Friday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions was at $1…
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Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of the detained Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, has been detained in Moscow on the sidelines of a protest held in support of…
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Idaho Falls man dies in Aberdeen crash
An Idaho Falls truck driver died in a crash at Aberdeen Friday…
Continue Reading Protests in support of jailed opposition leader Navalny sweep across Russia
Hundreds of people have been arrested as protest rallies in support of detained Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny swept across Russia on Saturday, in…
Continue Reading History teachers revisit their curriculum after the Capitol riots
Brianna Davis was listening to a documentary of famous people reading the Declaration of Independence with her class when news broke of the riots at…
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The 18-month old niece of Bobi Wine’s wife has been safely evacuated from their residence, where she had been under house arrest with the…
Continue Reading A Michigan marijuana dispensary is offering a free joint to anyone who gets a Covid-19 vaccine
Last year brought many lows and few highs, but a marijuana dispensary in Michigan is hoping to change that. To help stem the coronavius pandemic,…
Continue Reading The Mega Millions jackpot is $1 billion — but your odds of winning it all are 1 in 302.5 million
The Mega Millions jackpot — drawn Friday night — is no longer in the millions. The jackpot is estimated to be worth a staggering $1…
Continue Reading Georgia man charged with scamming nearly $1 million from grocery store
A Georgia man was arrested and charged with scamming almost $1 million from a grocery store and using it to buy clothes, guns and cars, police said.…
Continue Reading Accused of abandoning two babies in the US, this Chinese celebrity has sparked a national debate about surrogacy
At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China’s most popular actresses after shooting to fame a…
Continue Reading America’s allies, listen up: It’s still America First
His predecessor tweeted insults and made menacing threats against America’s allies but US President Joe Biden proved just as formidable for…
Continue Reading Two educators in the same Georgia school district died within hours from Covid-19
A school district in Georgia is mourning the loss of two educators who died within hours of each other from Covid-19. Dana Johnson and Cynthia…
Continue Reading Loyal dog waits for six days outside hospital for her sick owner
They say a dog is a man’s best friend — and that was definitely the case for one patient of a hospital in northeastern Turkey, whose…
Continue Reading National Guardsman holds music classes from the back of a Humvee while protecting the US Capitol
National Guardsman Sgt. Jacob Kohut spends his days fulfilling two duties: serving to protect the Capitol building and holding band class online as a…
Continue Reading Fearing deportation, he took sanctuary in a church more than 3 years ago. Today he walked out
A Salvadoran immigrant who spent more than three years in sanctuary on the grounds of a North Carolina church headed home on Friday. José Chicas,…
Continue Reading Bus heading to the Grand Canyon crashes, killing one and injuring dozens
At least one person was killed and multiple people were injured when a tour bus bound for the Grand Canyon crashed Friday afternoon in northwest…
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Hearing set for motions to dismiss or change venue in Vallow-Daybell case
A Fremont County judge has released a date to hear Lori Vallow-Daybell’s and Chad Daybell’s motion asking the court to transfer their case to another…
Continue Reading California man injured in apparent shark attack off Maui
A 73-year-old California man snorkeling off Maui’s Ka’anapali Beach on Friday morning was apparently bitten by a shark, according to the…
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