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By MARISSA ARMAS Click here for updates on this story     DENVER (KCNC) — Wednesday was the first day of the annual conference for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano studies. This year the conference is in Denver and is celebrating its 51st anniversary. This is the first in-person conference the organization has held since

By KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story     CALIFORNIA (KCAL, KCBS) — A number of powerful storms that have hit in recent months have led to an unprecedented buildup of trash along the Southern California coastline. Mounds of debris could be seen all over Long Beach Wednesday evening, with yet another storm

By WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — It’s the end of an era at the Miami Seaquarium as its most famous resident, Lolita the orca, will soon be on the move. Where and when will be officially announced Thursday morning. Lolita, also known as Tokitae or “Toki,” has been

By JENNIFER MAYERLE Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Federal prosecutors just charged Charles Workman with defrauding homeowners of more than three-quarters of a million dollars in what they call a “swimming pool contracting scheme.” WCCO’s Jennifer Mayerle spoke with families who say Workman took their money, but never did the

By LI COHEN Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — As part of New York’s plan to limit its impact on climate change and the health and environmental issues that go with it, the state set out to identify “disadvantaged communities” that could use an extra financial boost to make that

By JASMINE PAYOUTE Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A new experience is roaring into the Philadelphia Zoo. Gigantic animatronic dinosaurs and larger-than-life insects are part of a new experience, Staying Power: Be Distinct or Go Extinct, opening this weekend. The exhibit is meant to bring you back in time, 100

By HEATHER LANG Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a series of hoax phone calls made to 911 centers on Wednesday that prompted numerous schools across the state to enter lockdowns or go into evacuation mode. Two of those schools are in the heart of Pittsburgh

By KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story     CALIFORNIA (KOVR) — There is growing pushback against a lawsuit that could change how the Forest Service fights fires from the air. A nonprofit environmental group is trying to stop the Forest Service from dropping retardant into water. They argue that under the Clean Water

By KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story     BENICIA (KPIX) — Officials in Benicia on Wednesday night warned residents and businesses to significantly curtail water use, after a hillside collapsed and damaged the main water line into the community. Around 8 p.m. the city announced it was implementing a Stage 4 “Critical Water

By Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Audrey Hale, the school shooter who killed three children and three staff members in a violent school shooting Monday, repeatedly trained at local gun ranges before the mass murder, WSMV4 Investigates has confirmed. Hale took three defensive handgun training classes at

By Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Three days after The Covenant School shooting took the lives of three children and three adults, people are demanding change. Parents and their children plan to gather at the Tennessee State Capitol on Thursday morning to advocate for stricter gun laws.

By Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — Two men were arrested for sex crimes after police say they forced a woman onto an abandoned bus and assaulted her in Kalihi, late Monday night. The alleged incident happened around 11 p.m. Monday. According to investigators, a 50-year-old woman was approached

By Alexandra Mae Jones CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto (CTV Network) — A small study is presenting evidence suggesting a strange possible outcome of a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy: higher risk of obesity for the child. Specifically, researchers observed a pattern of U.S. women who had COVID-19 at some point

By Tom Yun CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto (CTV Network) — A new academic paper pits legendary sprinter Usain Bolt against a 900-pound dinosaur to see who could run a 100-metre distance the fastest. The physics problem, as described in a paper published in the journal The Physics Teacher last

By Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story     CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A teenager in Cincinnati is going viral for his kindness after a woman got a flat tire while driving along Ronald Reagan highway. Sandy Wooten posted to Facebook, saying she caught a flat tire and was waiting on AAA to show up