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By Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — An Atlanta Police Department officer is recovering in the hospital after being shot while responding to a burglary on Marietta Street. Police believe the shooter was a security guard. It happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday after police were called to

By Kendall Keys, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story     GENESEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — Class was back in session for a Genesee County elementary school after more over than a dozen students came down with an unknown illness, sending some to the hospital. All students have recovered, but one parent whose child

By KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The push to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri pushes forwards as two bills in Jefferson City aim to legalize it sooner. One bill to legalize the personal use of marijuana for adults passed Wednesday but it needs to make it

By Lauren Trager Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A local mom is terrified after she learned the minivan she recently bought to carry her growing family could spontaneously explode. Jaime Adamski is about ready to give birth to twins. She already has a toddler and a pre-teen, so getting

By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A black bear in Asheville decided to go for a quick swim, and it was all caught on video. Elaine Bailey says her family was having dinner when she noticed the bear crossing the Swannanoa River, which runs behind her

By Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story     COLUMBIA, South Carolina (WLOS) — South Carolina’s options for execution have caught the attention of anti-death penalty advocates across the country after the use of firing squad was signed into law. “We’re playing God,” said Randy Gardner, the brother of the last person executed by

By Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story     SWAIN COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Swain County Schools were placed on lockdown Thursday morning after school officials say they were notified of a potential threat. In a statement released to News 13, school officials say at approximately 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning a teacher at

By Ted Scouten Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — Thomas James, who was recently exonerated after spending 30 years behind bars, received a huge welcome at the Miami Brightline station on Wednesday. Dozens of employees cheered as he walked in. He spent all that time in prison for a murder he

By Tyler Fingert Click here for updates on this story     DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — Police say technology making it extremely easy for 28-year-old Gregory Turner from Mobile to secretly record his coworkers after they say he put a camera in a bathroom. “We haven’t had anything with this specific type of camera and I imagine

By Dillon Thomas Click here for updates on this story     BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Criminals sharing abortion-rights sentiments targeted a church in Boulder Tuesday night, smashing windows and spray painting Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder. The Catholic church, and the Archdiocese in Denver, said the vandalism to the property will cost thousands of

By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story     AMHERST, Massachusetts (WBZ) — UMass Amherst is looking into who sent a new racist email to Black students and groups on campus. Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said the email with “deeply racist, hateful language” received Tuesday was similar to one sent to Black students back in

By Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A man has been sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison after he shot his friend in the head while playing with a handgun, according to Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. The victim survived the through-and-though

By Amanda Becker Click here for updates on this story     PEWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Three years ago, members of Agape Community Church’s congregation thought they were saying farewell to the Old St. Mary’s Church building that they had occupied for years. CBS 58 was at the last mass. But Senior Pastor Florin Docea says it

By Olivia Wieseler Click here for updates on this story     SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska (Star-Herald) — With some encouragement from his mom Jacqueline and dad Daniel, Theodore de Peyer, of Scottsbluff, used his sixth birthday as an opportunity to give rather than receive. “We said how about instead of some presents this year, we do a donation