Click here for updates on this story OREM, Utah (KSL ) — Stress can wear on people this time of year — especially in the middle of last-minute holiday shopping. Two days before Christmas, however, shoppers leaving the parking lot for Center Street just west of Orem Boulevard received some unexpected comfort from a man
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For Christmas this year, Washington is giving the country more pain. Perhaps it is fitting that in the worst year in memory, the surprise prospect of a government shutdown and delayed economic relief hangs over holiday celebrations already made less merry by the pandemic. Maybe nothing better could be expected in a year that saw
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald ) — The Good Life City has a Grinch with an apparent ear for music. Alex Reshetnichenko, the lead violinist for both the Albany and Valdosta Symphony Orchestras, who has been teaching orchestra in Albany for more than two decades, has been missing a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, TX (KTBS) — For thousand of years, knives have been crafted using the art of bladesmithing. Thanks to Texarkana College, that ancient skill is being kept alive. Expert instructors are teaching students from around the world how to make quality, hand-forged blades. There’s five bladesmithing schools in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV ) — Honolulu police arrested a 35-year-old man on several gambling charges during a raid at one of two illegal game rooms in the Kalihi-Palama area. These are photos taken during Tuesday’s bust at a convenience store on Palama Street. Nine others were also cited
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, IL (WQAD) — Spring Forward distributed more than 2,000 books and 800 meals to families in their after school programs during a holiday drive-thru event this afternoon. Families drove through St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rock Island throughout the day picking up goodie bags filled with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB ) — The man accused of killing his co-worker on the job made his first court appearance today. State Police arrested 19-year-old Elijah Bertrand in connection to the death of UPS driver Nathan Burk. His arrest came after a 15 hour manhunt. The state tried
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The only woman on the federal death row may see her execution date pushed to when the administration of President-elect Joe Biden takes over, after a federal judge said Thursday the Department of Justice could not yet reset the date. Lisa Montgomery was scheduled to be executed on December 8 after she was convicted in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MONTOURSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WNEP ) — Maya Wilbourn of Williamsport was on social media Thursday morning when she saw vehicles in her neighborhood were vandalized. “I immediately get dressed and run outside and I come out to this,” Wilbourn said. Two of Wilbourn’s windows were shot out with a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT ) — With the windy wet weather that is in the forecast and COVID-19 restrictions limiting what people can do, many people are deciding to take part in something that can be done from the comfort of their car. Grace Griffaton met with the Millers
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Police raided the home of Russian activist Lyubov Sobol, a close ally of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, early Friday and took her in for questioning. “Today at 7 am the police came to Lyubov Sobol’s apartment,” Navalny’s team tweeted Friday. “Since 7:10 Sobol has not been in touch, and the cameras in her apartment were
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TUALATIN, Oregon (KPTV ) — Tualatin police are asking for the public’s help identifying an armed robbery suspect. On Wednesday, at around 11:25 a.m., police said a man entered the Local Coin Company, located at 19354 Southwest Boones Ferry Road, and robbed the store a gunpoint. Police said
Continue ReadingTwo headstones inscribed with Nazi swastikas that mark the graves of German prisoners of war have been removed from a veteran’s cemetery in Texas. The headstones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio feature an iron cross with a swastika at its center, along with an inscription in German that reads: “He died
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is leaning on familiar faces and old allies from his decades in public life as he builds an administration that will immediately confront a storm of extraordinary interlocking crises. With less than a month until the inauguration, Biden is walking a political tightrope — buffeted by competing demands from inside an increasingly
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (WOWT) — A special gift delivered on this Christmas Eve to a deserving veteran. It’s a thank you for risking his life 76 years ago. Mission accomplished for veteran’s advocate Mark Jensen who believed a B-17 tail gunner deserved recognition for action in World War
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Officials believe that a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville was an intentional act, according to a Metro Nashville Police spokesman. In a brief news conference Friday morning, spokesman Don Aaron said the department’s hazardous devices unit was headed downtown in response to a call about a suspicious vehicle when there was a “significant” explosion
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President Donald Trump has always liked to talk about how strong the economy was under his watch. Although judging a president’s economic performance can be difficult because there’s only so much he can control, Americans at large, and voters specifically, seemed to agree with Trump. If the economy were the only thing that mattered, he
Continue ReadingOver two dozen Texas babies celebrated the holiday in style this year, sporting handmade Christmas sweaters during their stay at the hospital. The newborns, who are at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s neonatal intensive care units across Texas, participated in what the hospital deemed its “TINIEST TEXANS™ Ugly Sweater Edition” event. “Even in the
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Police and fire officials are on the scene of an explosion in Nashville this Christmas morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Nashville Fire Department. “There is an incident involving an explosion. This is an active scene,” spokeswoman Kendra Loney told CNN. “Metro Nashville Police Department and Nashville Fire Department are on the scene.” Police
Continue ReadingJohn “Ecstasy” Fletcher, founder of the 1980s hip-hop group Whodini, died Wednesday at 56, according to a statement released by his family. In the statement confirming his death, daughter Jonnelle Fletcher called him “a most endeared, generous, and sincere soul.” “John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher was a beloved man, the life partner to Deltonia and ex-husband to
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