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Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Friends of fallen deputy Adam Gibson are remembering him as funny, someone who brought a sense of calm in the middle of chaos, and most importantly, a family man. Michael Ussery is still processing after learning his brother-in-arms and groomsman at his wedding, 31-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — A 9-year-old girl has died after being shot in the head in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning. The shooting happened around 11 a.m. on the 2300 block of North Bouvier Street. Philadelphia Police say the young girl was shot once in the right side

Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A group of nurses held a public demonstration demanding a hospital set to close for an unknown amount of time stay open in Los Angeles during a surge in COVID-19 cases that is overwhelming the local healthcare system. Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles

Click here for updates on this story     DENVER (KCNC) — Bells tolled and an amber light washed over Denver’s City and County building on Tuesday afternoon as part of a nationwide memorial to those who have died from COVID-19. City buildings across the country illuminated at exactly the same time. Pat Duncan of Denver, who

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Whitney Thompson’s son’s elementary school teacher’s assistant called her a nut. The Chicago mom, dealing with tensions over in-person learning, reached out to CBS 2 after receiving what she calls an alarming text from the teacher’s assistant, who works in her son’s third-grade classroom.

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — A Pennsylvania doctor believes an inexpensive drug that prevents transplant patients from rejecting their new organs helped her beat coronavirus. A Boston University professor is hoping to help her prove it. Dr. Negin Griffith knew she had turned the corner on COVID-19 when she

Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KCNC) — Every morning, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers feed bighorn sheep in the Rampart herd in Colorado Springs, to prepare for a conservation relocation effort. And they get to observe some classic family dynamics when the herd comes for breakfast. They shovel apple pulp

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was not among the nearly 150 people President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted sentences for early Wednesday morning. Pugh, 70, asked outgoing President Donald Trump to commute her three-year sentence for wire fraud. The ex-mayor enriched herself with more

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — After a loved one became a victim of sexual assault, a Maryland family has made it their mission to prevent it among teens. Five years ago, Erin Levitas died from cancer at age 22. A senior in college, Levitas was about to head to

Click here for updates on this story     Kochville Township, MI (WNEM ) — Police have identified the victim of a shooting at Hooters in Kochville Township. A passerby heard shots fired at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and saw someone running away from the scene, Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel said. A male victim

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Connecticut’s governor announced that he has been appointed co-chair of the National Governors Association’s Pandemic and Disaster Response Task Force. Gov. Ned Lamont called it one of three task forces that are being created by the NGA to coordinate and lead bipartisan state and

Click here for updates on this story     BOSSIER CITY, LA (KTBS) — A fire science program launched by the Bossier Parish Community College is further evidence that community college is no longer just for people getting started with their higher education journey. Many career professionals are attending school to enhance their current skillset. Chris Chadwick

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Arizonans are one step closer to buying legal recreational weed after voters approved Proposition 207 this past fall. As of Tuesday afternoon, 40 of the state’s 131 medical marijuana dispensaries had submitted applications to the Arizona Department of Health Services to sell recreational marijuana. “We

Click here for updates on this story     GLENDALE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Every day, firefighters risk their lives to keep us safe. COVID-19 has only made that risk even greater. Just ask Glendale Fire Department Captain Anthony Valverde. “If you’re having a hard time breathing, and I know you’re positive for COVID, I’m still gonna do

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — A Phoenix man has been arrested on multiple charges after police say he impersonated a cop and kidnapped and robbed two women he had followed from a casino. Isaac Castro Gonzales, 38, faces a number of felony charges, including kidnapping, armed robbery and impersonating an

Click here for updates on this story     CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Nurses are coming out of retirement to help keep the vaccine rollout on pace as it expands to include more people eligible for the shot. “When word got out that we were providing vaccines here at St. Elizabeth, we had retirees wanting to come back

Click here for updates on this story     Ottawa, Ontario (CTV News) — Pfizer Canada is pitching the federal government to bring in new tax breaks and change related corporate tax policies, suggesting the feds need to do more to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to invest domestically in a post-pandemic world. Specifically, Pfizer is proposing that in

Click here for updates on this story     SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — Nineteen fires broke out overnight in the Santa Cruz mountains following severe winds knocking down powerlines and another igniting from the remaining embers of the CZU Lightning Complex fire. However, this time around, crews had some wet weather on their side. “One thing

Click here for updates on this story     SILVER CITY, New Mexico (KOAT) — A PNM meter reader is being credited for saving a woman’s life after he noticed something awry at a routine meter read. According to a release from PNM, Luis Apodaca and the homeowner had a previous agreement that she would put her

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will take another big step on his road to recovery in the NFL concussion protocol on Wednesday. Mahomes – who was injured in the third quarter of the AFC Divisional game – is slated to be on

Click here for updates on this story     MANSFIELD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — With its spring semester starting today, UConn announced that it had found 76 active COVID-19 infections in returning students. Most of the cases were asymptomatic, with 56 discovered in at-home tests mandated by the school. Another 20 positives involved students who had

Click here for updates on this story     WACO, Texas (Waco Tribune-Herald ) — A 21-year-old Baylor graduate student and Waco native on the cusp of graduation died from COVID-19 complications Sunday, leaving behind a community to mourn and imagine what she might have accomplished next. Alicia Martinez is the first Baylor University student to die

Click here for updates on this story     BEATRICE, Nebraska (Beatrice Daily Sun) — On a chilly Tuesday morning, roughly 40 Nebraskans hauled and unloaded 30 trailers full of cows to the Beatrice 77 Livestock barn to help the Niss family from Pawnee City. The family’s patriarch, fourth-generation farmer Bryce Niss, 35, died in a rollover

Click here for updates on this story     LAPORTE COUNTY, Indiana (The Times) — A trooper took quick action when he realized an expectant mother was about to give birth in a semitrailer on the Indiana Toll Road. At 12:30 p.m. Friday Trooper Thomas Maymi was on duty on the Indiana Toll Road near the 52-mile

Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — It’s a familiar household phenomenon: The buildup of plastic shopping bags that always seems to grow and often sits untouched. Retired teacher Becky Topil noticed plastic bags building up in her house during the pandemic and was determined to find a better

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — On the eve of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris’ inaugurations, they invited Americans across the nation to come together to remember those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The death toll in the United States hit 400,000 Tuesday. They hosted a ceremony