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By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     DEDHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Police in Dedham are sharing tips for keeping animals out of your chimney after two baby raccoons were rescued from a resident’s fireplace. “Their eyes aren’t even open yet – they are likely just two weeks old!” police posted to Facebook

By HANK TESTER Click here for updates on this story     KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (WFOR) — It is almost like clockwork, and most always early morning, that Cuban migrants try to reach Florida. On Tuesday, 25 of them landed on Key Biscayne. A federal law enforcement official confirmed, as they put it, “a maritime smuggling event.”

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Louisville Metro Police officers helped out a young mother in need of safer equipment for her child, according to a post on LMPD’s Facebook page. Second Division officers met the mom seen in the photo above and discovered that her child

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — There has been a lot of discussion about naming rights with Heinz Field now becoming Acrisure Stadium. Primanti Bros. Says the Steelers rejected their offer of unlimited pastrami in exchange for the rights to name Heinz Field “Primanti Brothers Field.” So

By Jossie Carbonare Click here for updates on this story     PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — The town of Palm Beach is looking to ban smoking on its beaches and public parks. A meeting with council members is underway now to discuss a long list of agenda items, including the smoking ban ordinance. The main concern

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PALM COAST, Florida (WESH) — A former Flagler County school bus driver charged with child neglect and DUI, accepted a plea agreement Monday, that will send him to prison for 18 months. Mark McNeill was arrested in February on those charges. The sheriff’s office says

By Heather Waldman Click here for updates on this story     YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (KCRA) — As the Washburn Fire continues to burn, firefighters and conservationists are focused on protecting some of the oldest trees in the state of California. The fire has been threatening the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees on the southern

By NICK CATLIN Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The ABQ BioPark announced the death of a chimpanzee named Thunder. He died from complications from an infection of Shigella bacteria, according to the zoo. Thunder died on July 9 after signs of gastrointestinal illness earlier in July, Thunder was

By Caroline Reinwald Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — The family of a man shot and killed over the weekend said he died trying to break up a fight outside a bar. Christopher Irving, 30, died. Milwaukee Police Department said the fatal shooting happened on Saturday morning, just before 2:00,

By Audrey Goodson Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A railroad bridge went up in flames because of a nearby grass fire Tuesday morning in Oklahoma City. Authorities said a grass fire caused some railroad ties to catch fire near Southwest 15th Street and Agnew Avenue. Oklahoma City Fire

By Jatara McGee Click here for updates on this story     MASON, Ohio (WLWT) — An escaped inmate has died after being shot by officers during a SWAT situation at a hotel in Mason. Twenty-seven-year-old Thomas Cromwell was incarcerated at the River City Correctional Facility on charges of assault and child endangering. Cromwell and another inmate,

By TODD MAGEL Click here for updates on this story     ALTOONA, Iowa (KCCI) — An Altoona man is being called a hero. He saved the life of his next-door neighbor in a fire that killed her husband. “I told her to grab onto me and I just pulled her out,” Tyler Warner said. Warner was

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the death of a 13-month-old baby boy from the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood who was attacked by a dog. New Orleans police responded to a call around 6:46 p.m. on Monday in the 5500

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     HINGHAM, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A young child is being credited with saving a painter who was working in an upstairs bedroom when a massive fire broke out Monday in a Massachusetts home. The boy, his nanny and the painter were in the home at 4

By KIM DACEY Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A delivery driver stopped a would-be carjacker and held him down until police get there. It happened Sunday in Little Italy. Workers said the incident could have been much worse, but it’s been a rough few weeks at RYMKS Bar and

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     VENICE BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The tents have returned to Venice Beach, almost exactly a year after the world-famous boardwalk was cleared. Dozens of tents are back up, after nearly 200 people were matched with housing when the encampment was cleared last summer. This

By Rick Sallinger Click here for updates on this story     ADAMS COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — The COVID-19 pandemic not only took its toll on patients but also on the staff of hospitals and other facilities. Now the need for nurses can be described as critical. Adams County is making a big investment to help hospitals

By SHAWN CHITNIS Click here for updates on this story     PLEASANTON, California (KPIX) — Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world. Changing demographics have brought the English bat and ball game to East Bay, where there is a plan to build a cricket field at a local sports park. “He tried

By ANDREA LUCIA AND KELSY MITTAUER Click here for updates on this story     ROUND ROCK, Texas (KTVT) — More Texas school districts are expressing interest in a program to arm their employees following the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the state’s law enforcement licensing agency. The Texas Commission on Law

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A woman is being sought by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department after being accused of stealing more than $50,000 worth of valuables from a man’s apartment. Surveillance cameras show the victim and the woman walking into the apartment building in the