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By Nick Bohr Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Milwaukee police and fire investigators are trying to find whoever started at least 16 fires Tuesday morning on the city’s north side. One fire started in garbage carts pulled between two homes, which could have been a catastrophe as the flames

By Amy Fleury Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — A driver fleeing from a retail theft crashed into a car Tuesday evening, injuring a 6-year-old child, Milwaukee police said. Police said they responded to a call for retail theft at Home Depot on 124th Street. They said the suspected thief

By Sarah Fili Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — It’s been nearly a year since Omaha Police Officer Tami Phillips was ambushed in her cruiser while responding to a call. A jury recently found James Wilson guilty of attempted murder for the attack. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in July.

By Kolby Terrell Click here for updates on this story     NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A veteran who visited a Norman nursing home to play the piano for its residents decided to take matters into his own hands to get a new one. While visiting friends at the Norman Veterans Center, Jack Oak stumbled upon a

By Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Oklahoma City will expand its boundary lines again after the city council voted to annex land in hopes of attracting a large employer. The city will annex 320 acres of Canadian County southwest of Yukon as well as the Clarence

By Joe Espy Click here for updates on this story     FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — A former Naples Airport U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer pled guilty Tuesday to stealing cash from arriving international airline passengers while he was on duty. According to the State Attorney’s Office, from mid-2023 to early 2024, 43-year-old William Timothy

By Alexia Tsiropoulos Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — NASA has landed in Fort Myers for the first time! At Florida Gulf Coast University, they are using technology to work with future scientists to analyze water quality. “We are looking for people to make an impact on the

By Maricela De La Cruz Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Hundreds of acres of land were charred as the Excelsior Fire burned through Sacramento County over the weekend. The flames ripped through nearly 900 acres of vegetation, and evacuation orders were in place. By Monday, crews had contained

By Breana Ross, Greg Ng, David Collins Click here for updates on this story     SPARROWS POINT, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore filed a court petition in an effort to prevent crew members onboard the Dali cargo ship from leaving the U.S. The crew of the Dali is stuck on board in a constant state of uncertainty,

By Ophelie Jacobson Click here for updates on this story     GREENFIELD, Iowa (KCCI) — It’s been four weeks since a deadly tornado tore through Greenfield, damaging parts of the Adair Country Memorial Hospital. The facility didn’t take a direct hit, but signs of destruction are visible all around. Catherine Hillestad, CEO of the Adair County

By Alyssa Munoz Click here for updates on this story     ROSWELL, New Mexico (KOAT) — Thousands of people have been evacuated out of the Village of Ruidoso as the South Fork Fire continues to grow. The chaos forced people out of their homes and some who had just arrived in town. “We came out here

By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story     GREENWOOD, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenville teenager has been arrested in the case of a South Carolina woman found dead on the side of a road with her small children, deputies said on Wednesday. Capt. Josh Hood, with the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office, said

By Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story     GREENWOOD, South Carolina (WYFF) — A Greenwood, South Carolina man and admitted drug dealer hid more than 150 grams of illegal drugs inside hand grenades, officials said Tuesday. More news: Upstate teen charged with DUI after crash that killed bicyclist, police say Cory Gerald Bell,

By Metia Carroll Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Three Texas men have been cited in connection with the illegal possession of an alligator in the New Orleans French Quarter. On May 30, the men were seen at Esplanade and Dauphine with the alligator. Nearly a month later, the Louisiana

By Damon Maloney Click here for updates on this story     CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Juneteenth has only been a federal holiday since 2021, following a decades-long movement to recognize the end of slavery in the U.S. Regennia Williams, Ph.D., started diving into Juneteenth’s origins when she became an adult. “Abraham Lincoln issues that Emancipation Proclamation, effective

By Drew Scofield , Jonathan Walsh Click here for updates on this story     CLEVELAND (WEWS) — Newly released body camera footage from Mayor Justin Bibb’s crash shows his driver telling a Cleveland police officer that he drove through a red light to get to an emergency meeting. When News 5 reached out to the city

By ALEX BROWNING, TYNISA SENIOR Click here for updates on this story     MIRAMAR, Florida (WSVN) — Over a decade later, a family is one step closer to closure in the brutal 1980 mystery murder of a former South Florida firefighter. On October 21, 1986, William “Billy” Halpern was brutally murdered in his Miramar home. He

By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The sounds of life have come back to a nearly century-old Milwaukee middle school that’s sat vacant for more than 15 years. It’s re-opening with a new use to the community. Thomas A. Edison Middle School got its start at the corner