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By Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago Police on Monday night were warning anyone walking downtown or in the South Loop to stay alert after a series of attacks and robberies. Investigators have linked those attacks and robberies to a group of teens. They have happened to people

By Andria Borba Click here for updates on this story     FREMONT, CA (KPIX) — Afghan expatriates who live in the Bay Area tell KPIX 5 they are receiving disturbing images of the sudden Taliban takeover of their native country from relatives still living there. There are 60,000 Afghans in the Bay Area, many who reside

By TOSIN FAKILE, JOSEPH WENZEL Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A new executive order signed by Governor Bill Lee will allow parents to opt-out of local school mask mandates. On Monday Gov. Lee signed executive order 84, which will give parents and guardians the ability to “opt their child

By FOX 12 STAFF Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, OR (KPTV) — Governor Kate Brown is calling on Oregon superintendents, school board members and education leaders to not “jeopardize” the return to full-time, in-person learning this fall by violating the state’s indoor mask requirements. Most school districts in the state are moving

By Miya Shay and Briana Conner Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The most diverse city in the country is poised to open its arms to welcome refugees escaping the Taliban in Afghanistan. Houston and Houstonians have always opened their doors to refugees, including several thousand Afghan families that are

By WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is accused of breaking into her mother’s apartment Monday night and stabbing her to death. It happened at an apartment complex on Willow Place Drive and Misty Willow Drive in northwest Houston near the Willowbrook area. Detectives believe the

By Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story     GRATIOT COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A teen from Gratiot County who pleaded guilty to killing his sister has been sentenced to probation. Corbin James Redman was sentenced on Aug. 16 in the Gratiot County Circuit Court by Judge Shannon Schlegel. He pleaded guilty to one

By Ryan Breslin Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Evictions in Tennessee continue to rise since the CDC moratorium ended in July. Even though a new moratorium was issued by the CDC, that does not apply in Tennessee because of a ruling by a sixth circuit federal court. The ruling

By Stephanie Baumer Click here for updates on this story     MADISON COUNTY, Illinois (KMOV) — Several suspects are in custody believed to be linked to a tri-county burglary ring in the Metro East. In late July, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office began investigating an influx of burglaries and car thefts that had common denominators and

By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story     BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Buncombe County judge has sentenced a man convicted of trafficking heroin/opium to more than five years in prison. The district attorney’s office tweeted Tuesday that Jeffery Hall received an active prison sentence of 70-93 months and must pay

By JASON SILLMAN, KIM POWELL Click here for updates on this story     MESA, AZ (KTVK) — More than three-quarters of a million American service members have been deployed to Afghanistan in two decades. Now, many wonder if their sacrifices were wasted. It’s been so hard for everyone to watch what’s unfolding in Afghanistan. But for

By JASON SILLMAN, KIM POWELL Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK) — For the first time in history, a water shortage has been declared on the Colorado River, a source of water for approximately 40 million people in western states, including Arizona. Years of severe drought conditions made worse by climate

By Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, MD (WBAL) — Help is already pouring into Haiti, some coming from Baltimore, after Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake that left more than 1,200 people dead. A Maryland couple who was on the front lines for the last earthquake in 2010 is reaching out again.

By KMOV.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Metro Transit says it is preparing to reduce bus routes in September. Like many businesses, the agency says it is struggling to fill job openings. The shortage is impacting its driver and mechanic openings. For more information on job openings

By Christine Stanwood Click here for updates on this story     EDMOND, OK (KOCO) — An Edmond mother is upset after she says her daughter contracted COVID-19 just two days after the start of the school year. She now hopes Edmond Public Schools will follow Oklahoma City Public Schools’ lead by requiring masks. The mother named

By Jackson Kesecker Click here for updates on this story     MONTEREY COUNTY, CA (KSBW) — The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office solved a 40-year-old murder case involving the 1981 murder of a 30-year-old Central Coast woman. On Oct. 15, 1981, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office went to Sonia Carmen Herok Stone’s home in the Carmel Point

By Bianca Beltrán Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — The events unfolding in Afghanistan have been difficult to see for veterans who served there. Vincent Morales joined the Army after the Sept. 11 attack. His last tour in Afghanistan was in 2012. He served on a NATO team training

By FOX 12 STAFF Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, OR (KPTV) — The mortgage foreclosure moratorium issued during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended until the end of this year, Governor Kate Brown announced Monday. The moratorium, which now expires on Dec. 31, allows Oregonians to stay in their homes if they

By ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story     Puna, HI (KITV) — Hawai’i Island Police are investigating a dog attack in Puna over the weekend that injured three elderly people, all in their 80s. “This is one of the worst dog bite cases that I’ve seen in 20 years,” Hawai’i Police Department Captain

By Nancy Laflin Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — It is one of the worst things Albuquerque Public Schools has ever been through. Police say a 13-year-0ld boy brought a gun to school and fatally shot another student. The criminal complaint just filed in the case says in the hours