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By GINA MARTINEZ Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — American gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton is currently in the ICU battling a “very rare form of pneumonia,” her daughter said on social media. On Tuesday, the Olympic gold-winning medalist’s daughter McKenna Kelley asked for prayers and donations for her ailing

By Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story     KEIZER, Oregon (KPTV) — Two former high school students in Salem-Keizer Public Schools are suing the district after claiming they were sexually abused by a former teacher. Salem-Keizer Public Schools said four different organizations, including law enforcement, conducted investigations into Joshua Rist regarding two separate

By Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland man is celebrating his freedom 25 years after a wrongful conviction in the mid-1990s enhanced how long he would spend behind bars. For more than two decades, Danyale Gill sat in an Oregon prison on a 44-year sentence. Though

By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — Multiple suspects stole multiple vehicles from a dealership in South Windsor overnight, according to both police and the business owner. It happened at Mike and Tony Auto Sales & Service on John Fitch Boulevard around 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, police

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — An Atlanta mother is facing a murder charge after her infant daughter was taken to the hospital unresponsive, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Doneish’a Speight was charged with murder and first degree cruelty to children after she found her child

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The Atlanta Police Department officer who Tased a man during a traffic stop has been fired. The man later died and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ruled the death a homicide. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum announced Tuesday that officer Kiran Kimbrough

By La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story     SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A Saginaw mother is pleading for help to find justice for her murdered son. Cortez Hampton, 15, was found shot and killed in an abandoned house in July. His mother said she believes she knows who pulled the

By Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Nashville Police have arrested a man in connection to the fatal shooting of a man found badly burned in the trunk of a car off a South Nashville road in late September. Police said Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia is charged with

By Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man formerly employed at a Rutherford County middle school is facing more than ten charges of sexual exploitation of a minor following an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. On Sept. 25, TBI agents began investigating an account user

By Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story     O’FALLON, Missouri (KMOV) — The O’Fallon Police Department credits training and compassion after an officer’s quick thinking helped bring a teen suffering a mental health crisis to safety. On Tuesday afternoon, O’Fallon police officers responded to the Sonderen Street overpass after receiving a call about

By Stephanie Usery Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, Missouri (KMOV) — A woman from Dupo, Illinois, is accused of escaping from police custody after she jumped from a police vehicle in Manchester. Charging documents state Amber Nichols was arrested at Academy Sports at 14260 Manchester Road on Oct. 8 after she left

By Eric Naktin Click here for updates on this story     KAILUA, Hawaii (KITV) — Raising children requires countless challenges including keeping them out of harms way. Monday night a parent potentially avoided being a victim of a crime along with her daughter on Oahu. A seven year old girl was leaving Kailua District Park with

By Michelle Meredith Click here for updates on this story     SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A bear was spotted over the weekend on the streets of a subdivision in Seminole County. Signs are going up to help folks get free help and report neighbors who are repeat offenders, so to speak. “I scared him off,”

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     HARDIN COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Iowa man has died after being struck by a gunshot while hunting coyotes on Sunday. Mark Arends, 53, of Alden, was hunting with friends on private property in Hardin County Sunday night, according to a news release from the

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa (KCCI) — When it’s game night, Pleasantville’s Jury Ellis leads the football team and the marching band. Ellis is a senior captain on the football team and the drum major for the marching band. He also plays the saxophone. “He’s a great kid.

By Kourtney Williams Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — The fight to stay alive for Jewish families living in Israel continues. The safety room looked similar to the one that sits in Jonathan and Deborah French’s basement. The small room with mattresses on the floor acts as a hideaway

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     ST. TAMMANY PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — Officials in St. Tammany Parish are working to determine what a milky substance, seen on the surface of Moonraker Lake in Eden Isle, is. Testing has reportedly determined that the substance is not flammable and is pH neutral, meaning

By Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Some members of a Maryland running group have their eyes set on Baltimore’s big race this weekend. A Tribe Called Run brings together people who are on the move, no matter if it’s fast or slow. “We’ve built an amazing community

By Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Students at Morgan State University returned to class Monday for the first time since the Oct. 3 mass shooting on campus. The shooting injured five people. All of them have since been released from the hospital. With classes and many homecoming

By Bradley Davis Click here for updates on this story     FLOWOOD, Mississippi (WAPT) — Hartfield Academy’s hard-hitting linebacker Chris Jones experienced an impact Friday morning he says he’s lucky to walk away from. “I remember losing control. I started to spin, and then I closed my eyes. All of a sudden, I was rolling,” Jones