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By Krista Tatschl Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — “I can’t believe he’s gone. I can’t do this all on my own.” Karen Olson of Kansas City hugged her 24-year-old son, Sidney, and looked across her lawn in the 5900 block of Northeast Albany Avenue. Her yard is covered

By Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story     SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — California State Parks says a man is dead after being pulled out of debris Monday. It was called out to Sunset State Beach at around 11:30 a.m. for reports of a man under debris. He was pulled out by emergency

By Ryan Arbogast Click here for updates on this story     EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Florida (WBBH) — As Burmese python sightings continue across South Florida, local trappers are looking into new ways to track down the invasive reptiles. Mike Kimmel, a python hunter, guide and YouTuber, has pioneered a new way of locating the notoriously sneaky

By Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story     EAST BAY TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — An Illinois man was killed when a snowmobile he was riding on crashed into a powerline structure in Grand Traverse County over the weekend. The crash happened just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, off a marked snowmobile

By Jeff Todd Click here for updates on this story     DENVER (KCNC) — It was a very special holiday season for an Aurora resident recovering after a unique surgery. Doctors push the limits to treat patients, especially during this time of year. Anna Aist speaks to CBS Colorado at her Aurora home ahead of Christmas

By Mekialaya White Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO (KCNC) — Many Coloradans are busy being Santa’s elves, purchasing and furiously wrapping last-minute gifts for their loved ones. However, holiday purchases can rack up quickly, adding to the increasing nationwide card debt problem. “The financial burden on credit cards has reached a crisis

By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story      CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago man was released from prison more than 30 years after he was wrongfully convicted of murder. Hilton Keller had been in prison for the armed robbery and murder of music and game store owner Ollie Jones on

By Stephanie Wade Click here for updates on this story     WILL COUNTY, Illinois (WLS) — An Illinois State Police trooper was hit and killed in the southwest suburbs on Monday. The crash happened around 9:42 p.m. on the southbound lanes of I-55 near Blodgett Road in the Channahon area. Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns, 35,

By JT Moodee Lockman Click here for updates on this story     HARFORD COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — An emoji designed and proposed by a group of Harford County Public School students has been approved for global use, district officials announced. The students from the Science and Mathematics Academy at Aberdeen High School first submitted a proposal

By JT Moodee Lockman Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dave Portnoy, the President of Barstool Sports, stopped at a Baltimore pizza shop this week for a review and committed to gifting the owner $60,000 to keep the store open for another year. In a video posted to social media Monday,

By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story     ISANTI, Minnesota (WCCO) — It’s the season of giving, and a retired pastor has teamed up with Twin Cities firefighters for a special overseas delivery. A couple of years ago, Pastor Lee Scheumann started Hand in Hand Logistics near Isanti, a nonprofit that delivers a

By Joe Donlon, Zak Spector Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — It seems that Apple Watches are everywhere these days—looking around, they can be spotted on wrist after wrist. So it may seem like a brave choice for two Chicago entrepreneurs to launch a company making old-fashioned mechanical watches—when many of

By Natalie Goldstick, Chrissy Amaya Click here for updates on this story     OAK LAWN, Illinois (WBBM) — An Oak Lawn man’s packages were stolen from his front step—so he turned into a detective and tracked down the pickup truck involved. But he said local police told him there is not much they can do. Jason

By Darius Johnson Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two Chicago Fire Department paramedics were attacked and robbed overnight Sunday into Monday, but the medics succeeded in taking down the robber. The medics were not armed, and they did not know if the robber had a gun. Nevertheless, they managed to

By Andy Sheehan Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman who lives in Ambridge who was working in the World Trade Center in New York City on 9/11 has been denied compensation by a fund set up to help the families of victims and survivors. Joyce Ceasar was on the

By Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Just shy of his 70th birthday, Denzel Washington has a new line to add to an already impressive résumé. The legendary actor was recently given a minister’s license at a church ceremony in Harlem where he was also baptized. There is