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By CHRISTIAN COLÓN, EVAN SOBOL Click here for updates on this story     Connecticut (WFSB) — A near year in Connecticut means new laws will be made official as the clock strikes 12. From an improvement in paid family and medical leave to no more student religious exemptions for vaccines, law experts share what’s changing at

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 20-year-old Milwaukee woman is accused of driving drunk twice on the same day. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, around 3:13 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, a deputy observed two vehicles traveling “unusually close together” on I-41 southbound

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     KENOSHA/RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — With snowfall predicted in southeast Wisconsin, snow emergencies have been declared in Kenosha and Racine beginning Saturday, Jan. 1. Kenosha’s snow emergency will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, and go through 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3. Racine’s snow emergency will begin

By Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Milwaukee law enforcement asks that people ring in the new year safely. Both the Milwaukee Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will have extra patrols out Friday night. “It’s important that we start the New Year’s out with the right

By Curt Yeomans Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Residents in unincorporated Gwinnett County are facing delays in getting their trash picked up, and county officials say COVID-19-related staffing issues at two solid waste haulers are to blame. The county announced that Republic Services and Waste Management/Advanced

By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story     BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is going high-tech against crime. The sheriff’s office said on Twitter Thursday, Dec. 30, that it is launching a new crime scene investigation (CSI) unit and is looking to hire three crime scene investigators.

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     STUART, Iowa (KCCI) — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating after a deputy shot and injured a suspect at the end of a police pursuit. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, a Stuart Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle due

By Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Marylanders miles out from Curtis Bay had their homes shake Thursday as a coal dust explosion at a CSX facility caused the scare, felt across the harbor. Baltimore City fire crews responded to the explosion Thursday morning. According to city fire

By Josh Morgan Click here for updates on this story     DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (WCGL) — A teen was found dead at an Airbnb rental property in Douglasville early Friday morning. Douglasville Police say the responded to a home on Deering Court just after midnight. When they arrived, they found a large group of people and several

By Bob Mayo Click here for updates on this story     MONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — He’s finally released. COVID-19 kept John Bernheisel, 65, of Penn Hills, hospitalized in UPMC East for two months. His close calls included being put on and off a ventilator twice. He spoke with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 as he was released

By Brittany Hope Click here for updates on this story     COLFAX, California (KCRA) — Thousands of customers in Placer County have been without power since early Monday morning, due to damaged equipment and downed power lines from the recent winter storm. Pacific Gas and Electric Company does not have an estimate as to when power

By Maggie Krajewski Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — ABQ BioPark officials have announced that a second Asian elephant calf has tested positive for a deadly virus. This news comes less than a week after 3-year-old Thor died from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV). Thor’s older sister, 8-year-old Jasmine, tested

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A rise in COVID-19 spread in the community pushed Walmart to temporarily shut the doors for two of its area stores. Walmart announced Thursday morning, Dec. 30, it would temporarily close the Walmart stores located at W. Silver Spring Dr. and at