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By Sasha Lenninger Click here for updates on this story     SANTA FE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Every year, inmates serving their sentences with the New Mexico Corrections Department raise money and give back to a charity of their choosing. “We’re trying to change the perception of people that are coming out of prison, going home.

By Katie Dowd Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KSBW) — A commercial fisherman was busted in San Francisco for attempting to hide thousands of pounds of illegally caught fish, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced last week. Investigators from the department witnessed the angler unloading burlap sacks of fish

By Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — A New Orleans combat veteran who was injured in the Bourbon Street terror attack is undergoing surgery Tuesday. Adam Coste, originally from New Jersey, was injured in New Orleans while walking home on New Year’s Day on Bourbon Street. According to

By Pamela Comme Click here for updates on this story     NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — For two weeks, a 1977 sailboat sat stranded on the shores of New Smyrna Beach, becoming an unlikely focal point for locals and tourists alike. “It was just different for here, ’cause you see that down on the Intracoastal,

By Anne Shannon Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — It was business in the front and party in the back during the Mullet Contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Hundreds of mullet maniacs came to show off their ‘do on Monday. “This is all new,” Dawn Bodenberg said. She was

By Madeline Carter Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — While some people are dreading this week’s snowy conditions, others are taking advantage of the situation to have a little family fun. On Monday, WLKY’s Madeline Carter checked out two of the most popular places in Louisville to go sledding. The

By Jamie Azulay Click here for updates on this story     OAKLAND, Maine (WMTW) — Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Charette died unexpectedly in October 2014 when the haunted hayride she was on crashed at Pumpkin Land in Mechanic Falls. In the decade since that crash, the Charette family has turned their unimaginable pain into positive change. Cassidy’s parents

By Samson Tamijani Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — While most huddle inside from the cold, a small crowd prayed outsideSaint Francis Children’s Hospital on Jan. 5 for a four-year-old boy fighting for his life weeks after a nearly fatal car crash. “He’s a little spitfire, rowdy as can be.

By Samson Tamijani Click here for updates on this story     GLENPOOL, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Persis the Comfort Dog dug a legacy from helping trauma victims and first responders across the south for almost three years and now lends a helping paw to New Orleans. 2 News first met the golden retriever in 2023 at her

KJRH, PERSIS COMFORT DOG, FACEBOOK, LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES, CNN, PERSIS COMFORT DOG/FACEBOOK By Samson Tamijani Click here for updates on this story     GLENPOOL, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Persis the Comfort Dog dug a legacy from helping trauma victims and first responders across the south for almost three years and now lends a helping paw to New

By Jackson Stoever Click here for updates on this story     BARRE, Vermont (WPTZ) — A Milton family is thanking the community for the outpour of support Monday after their son collapsed during his basketball game at Spaulding High School on Thursday. Sixteen-year-old Dominic Barcomb, a Milton High School sophomore, hit the gym floor, and his

By Joshua Davis Click here for updates on this story     WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — There were some tense moments in the courthouse. Day 1 of a hearing to overturn the convictions in the murder of NBA star Chris Paul’s grandfather just wrapped up. There was a lot of back and forth between the defense,

By Tia Maggio Click here for updates on this story     SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — More than 200 dogs were found living in deplorable conditions just outside Atlanta, Friday. Photos from the scene show trash scattered everywhere and floors covered in what appears to be mud but is actually feces. Volunteers Rebbecia Jones and Yvonne DeDaviess

By Mackenzie Stafford Click here for updates on this story     EL PASO COUNTY, Colorado (KRDO) — After a Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on New Year’s Day investigators have been trying to piece together the clues as to why Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger did this. Livelsberger was a

By Paige Reynolds Click here for updates on this story     FALCON, Colorado (KRDO) — It has been four years since protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol, in an attempt to derail the certification of the 2020 election. Many destroyed federal property and assaulted police officers in the process. President-elect Donald Trump, who Congress formally certified as

By Sam Schmitz Click here for updates on this story     RACINE, Wisconsin (WISN) — A Racine County Jail inmate has been charged following a deadly assault of another inmate, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office. The assault happened on Dec. 31 around 12:15 p.m. In the initial release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office,

By James Stratton Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Sharing some “difficult news” with donors in an email on Dec. 16, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says investigators uncovered roughly $1.7 million in fraud. Recently unsealed search warrants, obtained by 12 News Investigates, say Catholic Charities’ former finance director

By Mauricio Maldonado, Anna McAllister Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — An 18-year-old honors student at Florida International University, charged with terrorism-related offenses for allegedly posting bomb threats on social media, claimed Monday that his Instagram posts were intended as a “joke.” “It was a joke, it was supposed to be

By Tom Wait Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES COUNTY (KCAL/KCBS) — Mailbox Toluca Lake and its owner, both staples of the Los Angeles County neighborhood, have been implicated in Nashville’s biggest drug bust. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the nondescript mom-and-pop shop, known for providing secure mailboxes and herbal remedies

By Nick Lentz, Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 36-year-old Hopkins mother has been sentenced to over three years in prison for second-degree manslaughter in the death of her 9-year-old daughter following an asthma attack. A Minneapolis judge handed down the 41-month sentence to Rachel Modrow on Monday,