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By Soyoung Kim Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — A man known as the jogger rapist was released early Friday morning after spending 36 years in prison. Richard Gillmore gained the title after police said he jogged through neighborhoods looking for his victims. He admitted to raping nine girls and

By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Asheville City Schools board voted in favor of temporarily utilizing shuttered Asheville Primary School as a cold-weather shelter – but there was one condition. The shelter is contingent on clearing up zoning issues.

By Melanie Nagy, CTV National News Vancouver Bureau Chief Click here for updates on this story     ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CTV Network) — Behind a blueberry field in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, there is an unremarkable barn where something remarkable is being made. A small team of welders headed by 53-year-old Kevin Stone is putting the finishing touches

By Adrian Ghobrial, Correspondent, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Warning: This article contains references to addiction and suicide. Like so many parents, Liz Ritchie hangs an ornament on her family’s Christmas tree for each of her children. As she hooks her son Jack’s to a branch,

By KERRY BREEN Click here for updates on this story     FLORIDA (WFOR) — A man was seriously injured when he was bitten by an alligator in a Florida pond, officials said. The man was washing his hands in a pond in Sanibel, Florida, at around 11 a.m. on Thursday when the alligator bit him, the

By KEVIN RINCON Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Brooklyn hospital network has been under a cyberattack for nearly a month. Doctors, nurses, and other staff are now relying on pen and paper, as work continues to get everything back online. On Nov. 19, One Brooklyn Health, which is

By SIAFA LEWIS Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (KYW) — The mayor of Atlantic City on Thursday called the living conditions at Stanley Holmes Village Apartments “inhumane.” Mayor Marty Small Sr. revealed the findings of an inspection at the housing complex. Residents of the housing complex have told CBS

By KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After 20 years, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium will get a new name. The change won’t be too drastic though. The zoo said it’s refocusing its partnership with PPG and will drop the company from its name, becoming the Pittsburgh Zoo

By KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story     OAKLAND (KPIX) — More than 13 months after toddler Jasper Wu was killed in a freeway shooting in Oakland, authorities on Thursday announced three gang members had been arrested in the case. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said Thursday that the November 6, 2021

By TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (The Advocate) — The Los Angeles restaurant manager who admonished gay actor Drew Droege and his male date for showing affection in public has been fired. Droege and his date were at the El Compadre restaurant in the Echo Park neighborhood Monday evening

By CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (The Advocate) — Major movie studios are dropping the ball on LGBTQ+ representation in films, according to LGBTQ+ group GLAAD. The organization’s tenth annual Studio Responsibility Index saw the percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive films, including racial diversity and screen time, drop. The study measures

By WNEM Digital Click here for updates on this story     GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A 36-year-old man has been arrested after grooming a victim, barricading her in a house, and sexually assaulting her over a period of three weeks, according to Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson. The victim, a 20-year-old woman, was walking down

By Kurt Erickson Click here for updates on this story     JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — When inmates in Missouri’s prisons pose a security threat, they sometimes are served a loaf-like concoction that one state lawmaker says she wouldn’t feed to a dog. Food or Punishment Nutraloaf, a product from the cafeteria of the

By Jay Kenney Click here for updates on this story     TORRINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — Route 8 northbound in Torrington was closed early Thursday morning because a tractor trailer ended up hanging off an overpass. Dispatchers said they received calls for a motor vehicle collision that involved the tractor-trailer between exits 45 and 46 around 5

By Andrew Wegley Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — After decades of planning, more than two years of construction and an outdoor ceremony amid the bracing Nebraska winter Wednesday morning, Lincoln’s South Beltway is, at last, open to traffic. The opening of the 11-mile stretch of roadway that

By Eliza Kruczynski, Olivia Kalentek and Marcy Jones Click here for updates on this story     OLD SAYBROOK, Connecticut (WFSB) — An Old Saybrook police officer was arrested and placed on administrative leave for using a police database to look up a woman’s personal information. Old Saybrook police said Patrolman Josh Zarbo was accused of illegally

By Drew Marine Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After three shootings outside of high schools in the last month, Portland police said they’re talking with Portland Public Schools about reintroducing school resource officers to keep students safe while they’re in the classroom. At a news conference with city leaders