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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

By CARLOS GRANDA Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is facing a new allegation of deputies assaulting an inmate in a county jail. Surveillance video shows the inmate as sheriff’s deputies start to attack him. Jose Romero, an attorney representing the inmate’s family,

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — A child was rescued at the end of a chase involving a stolen car in the downtown and South Los Angeles areas Monday night. The chase began around 8:35 p.m. when the stolen Dodge was spotted on Figueroa Street

By JESSICA DE NOVA Click here for updates on this story     ORANGE, California (KABC) — An Orange County family is preparing for a clinical trial in hopes doctors at Stanford find a cure for their 7-year-old daughter’s rare pediatric brain cancer and other children with the same diagnosis. Cellphone videos show Sarah Valdivia on her

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — Three former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC) were convicted on Monday for assaulting an inmate and then attempting to cover up their crime. Jason Tagaloa, 31, Craig Pinkney, 38, and Jonathan Taum, 50, were each found guilty