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Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Two months after a deadly crash out of the Omaha metro, a Nebraska State Trooper has helped a man honor four members of his family who died. Trooper Dakota Wilson was driving past the crash site on Highway 75 near Union when he saw

Click here for updates on this story     BARTLETT, Iowa (WOWT) — Just two years after being rocked by the historic 2019 flood, another round of devastation for one family in Southwest Iowa. A Monday night fire destroyed the Anguiano’s barn, taking with it more than 10 horses and their dog is still missing. “If she’s

Click here for updates on this story     NEW BERN, Craven County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former Ft. Bragg Private is facing more than 12 years in prison after authorities said he took his 12-year-old “girlfriend” out of the state in a fake kidnapping. James Peele has been sentenced for transportation of a minor with

Click here for updates on this story     LINN COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a man was sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty of 22 counts of sex abuse-related crimes. Michael Ray Long, 37, from Junction City, was convicted for sexually abusing two young girls when they were eight and twelve

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — To help equitably vaccinate the public against COVID-19, UW Health is partnering with community organizations serving communities of color for population-specific vaccination clinics, the health system announced Tuesday. On Monday, the health system partnered with The Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — Dane County’s next sheriff says he hopes to reduce the jail population and restore fractured relationships in the community. In an interview for the Madison365 daily news podcast It’s Only 10 Minutes, Kalvin Barrett said he wants the department to stay

Click here for updates on this story     BROWARD, Florida (WFOR) — A ShotSpotter alert has led to the arrest of two convicted felons and the seizure of illegal drugs and a stolen gun. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony held a news conference on Tuesday morning to explain how the ShotSpotter technology allowed his deputies to

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Hundreds of New York City public housing apartments are getting a makeover. It’s part of a public and private initiative to improve the image of affordable housing, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Monday. Many public housing tenants have been plagued by rundown kitchens and bathrooms,

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois and Indiana are still out of work. They spend every day looking for a job – more than a year into the pandemic. Just when they think things are looking up because they get an interview – they

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Another random assault has been caught on camera. Police say a 75-year-old woman was punched in the face on a Harlem sidewalk as she was walking to Easter Sunday dinner. “No exchange of words. Just one hell of a punch to the face. It

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Police and Cook County prosecutors say Antonio Butler is an 18-year-old carjacker who recently went on a crime spree. As CBS 2’s Chris Tye reported Monday night, that wild day reportedly included robbing a judge, ramming a handful of police cruisers, and boasting about it

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — All Northeastern University students will be required to have the COVID vaccine by the first day of classes for the fall semester, the school announced Tuesday. “In order to get herd immunity, we need to get a maximum number of people possible vaccinated,” Ken Henderson,

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing a bill to ban transgender girls from competing in women’s school sports teams. The “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” bars anyone assigned male at birth from competing with female players. Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) is a sponsor of the bill,

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The body of an Upper Darby pregnant woman, who had been missing since last week, was found in a wooded lot in Southwest Philadelphia overnight. Philadelphia police say the body was identified as 21-year-old Dianna Brice who was last seen last Tuesday and was four-and-a-half

Click here for updates on this story     CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Cincinnati Zoo’s first zoo babies of 2021 are undergoing swim lessons. The two little blue penguin chicks, Mars and Rover, hatched in January. The penguins are also called fairy penguins due to their tiny size. A little penguin torpedoes through the middle of a school

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We may not talk about it as much with the pandemic, but the opioid crisis continues. An estimated 10.1 million people abused opioids last year. Now doctors are looking for alternatives and using prescriptions less. “If you can prevent somebody from ever turning to opioids,

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The statue of Captain John O’Donnell no longer stands in Canton Square in Baltimore City as of Monday night. The statue, which depicted the slave-owning merchant, came down later in the evening, months after community members and leaders petitioned for its removal. Baltimore City Mayor

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The city is launching an investigation and clean-up efforts after “abhorrent racist graffiti” was spray-painted onto a football field house. The football field is used by the Southside Bears, a local youth organization that gets kids of all ages in the neighborhood together. Inside the

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — An alleged incident of anti-Asian racism against a San Francisco sports bar posted on TikTok has been vehemently denied by the owner of the family-owned establishment, who first spoke exclusively with KPIX 5 and is now getting death threats and a flood of negative

Click here for updates on this story     YORK TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Police in York County says a police impersonator is on the loose. York Area Regional Police received a report of someone in a black BMW pulling someone over Sunday evening on Pauline Drive in York Township. The car had flashing red and blue

Click here for updates on this story     PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — A campus victory celebration Monday afternoon for the returning champion Stanford Women’s Basketball team was subdued and distanced because of COVID. But a small and enthusiastic crowd of supporters greeted the team as they paraded around campus in convertible cars. “It’s awesome! It’s

Click here for updates on this story     OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KMBC) — Frustrated parents filled the hallways at Blue Valley School District’s central office building in Overland Park on Tuesday morning after the abrupt cancellation of a hearing to discuss the district’s mask mandate. A group convened for a hearing Tuesday morning after a parent

Click here for updates on this story     ATTLEBORO, Massachussetts (WCVB) — A bizarre incident that happened inside an Attleboro store earlier this year was captured on video. The multi-surveillance camera video allegedly shows Rick Woodruff crashing his vehicle through the doors of the Hobby Lobby on Newport Avenue in February. Woodruff backs his vehicle up,

Click here for updates on this story     GILMANTON, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A Gilmanton teenager has been credited with saving a life after a virtual call for help from over 800 miles away. Caden Cotnoir, 13, was on the social media app TikTok watching a livestream of a West Virginia boy riding his four-wheeler when