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Big Island police charge 17-year-old with terroristic threatening after allegedly making social media threat

By Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story     HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — Hawai‘i Island police have arrested a teen for making threats via social media. The 17-year-old was arrested and charged with second-degree terroristic threatening after a reported threat he made using social media towards a Waiākea High School student in Hilo. The

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High hopes: Cherokee tribe says ‘yes’ to exploring legal recreational marijuana use

By Denise Pridgen Click here for updates on this story     CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The polls on the Qualla Boundary have closed and members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. The unofficial 2,464 to 1,057 vote Thursday does not directly legalize marijuana use

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Limited action in Canada as U.S. fights company to recall 52 million airbag inflators

By Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As U.S. officials take further steps to recall at least 25 million vehicles over airbag inflators that can explode and shoot shrapnel into drivers, their Canadian counterparts lack the authority to demand a similarly sweeping recall and expect

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Wildfires, droughts and heat waves: A look at the hottest summer on record

By Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As Canadians grapple with the most severe wildfire season in the country ever, exacerbated by unprecedented heat waves worldwide, recent findings from the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service reveal that June, July and August were the warmest

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‘I went into a rage’: Complaint details moments before, after attack on UW-Madison student

By Kyle Jones Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wis. (WISC) — MADISON, Wis. — A criminal complaint filed Thursday in Dane County provides a clearer timeline in what prosecutors called “one of the most horrific sexual assaults in recent memory.” Brandon Thompson, 26, of Brooklyn is charged with first-degree sexual assault causing

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