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By Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story     CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — There’s a permanent change now inside Harrah’s Cherokee casinos in the mountains. Tribal leaders have voted to ban indoor smoking for good inside their facilities. Up until the pandemic shut things down in March of 2020, Harrah’s casinos in Cherokee

By Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Tiny organisms around the world are evolving to eat plastic pollution, according to a new Swedish study. Mass production of plastic has skyrocketed in the past 70 years, from approximately two million tonnes to around 380 million tonnes per year, with

By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — An analysis of thousands of children’s books published in the last 60 years suggests that male protagonists remain overrepresented, despite a higher portion of books now featuring female leads. To see whether gender bias still exists in American children’s literature, researchers

By Robert Chappell, for Madison365 Click here for updates on this story     BELOIT, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — A Beloit police officer shot a man identified as Hispanic on Wednesday evening. A Rock County dispatch shift supervisor confirmed late Wednesday night that a law enforcement officer had shot someone and that the state’s Division

By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville city worker has been honored for saving the life of a man who was considering suicide. In March 2021, Anthony “Buzz” Brown spotted a man standing on the Sand Hill Road overpass over Interstate 40. He stopped and

By Caitlyn Penter Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Multiple businesses in South Asheville are reporting that their windows have been shot out in recent weeks. Business owners say they’re speaking up about the issue to hopefully get some attention on it. “We came in Thursday morning and we

By Iyani hughes, Karyn Greer Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — A fatal car accident, 27 years ago, claimed the life of a Gwinnett County teen. Today one of the survivors tearfully thanked the neurosurgeon who saved her life. Rachelle Broom said it was always on her heart to thank the

By Stephanie Sierra Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Some car owners in the San Francisco Bay Area have been going to great lengths to avoid vehicle break-ins, even if that means risking it all. “I’m shocked,” said former San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Garret Tom. “There’s so much

By Mary Smith Click here for updates on this story     DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The reward money continues to grow for information on who set an innocent dog on fire on December 5th. “He was in a lot of pain. So, he was pretty down,” said Tina Lee, founder of Dog Days Rescue in

By Lauren Sennet, Meghan Packer Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — On Wednesday, the Atlanta Police Department released surveillance footage of a man who they say was involved in the Dec. 11 shooting at a northwest Atlanta gas station. Authorities are seeking the public’s help identifying the suspect seen in the

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     MANY, Louisiana (KTBS) — Drugs hidden in a shampoo bottle and coffee container were intercepted at the Sabine Detention Center Tuesday morning after jail staff and narcotics agents learned of the delivery by listening in on inmate phone calls. As a result, two inmates who