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By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story     ANAHEIM, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Wish you were back on the bayou? Well, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride at Disneyland can take you there as it officially opens Friday, Nov. 15. With over a one-year closure, it’s a reopening and reimagining of the previous Splash Mountain

By Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT (WWJ) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continued her annual tradition Thursday of pardoning a turkey ahead of Thanksgiving. This year’s turkey, Aidan Cluckinson, is named in honor of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl defensive end and Michigan native Aidan Hutchinson. Nearly 4,500 entries were submitted during

By Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Posters touting an apparently unauthorized Jeremy Allen White look-alike competition in Chicago this weekend have been popping up on social media. Flyers around the city confirm a Jeremy Allen White look-alike contest will take place on Saturday in Humboldt Park, on the

By Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest and formerly fastest roller coaster, has been retired along with the Green Lantern roller coaster as Six Flags Great Adventure makes room for two new roller coasters at the New Jersey theme park. After

By Steve Maugeri Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek stunned fans when he revealed two weeks ago that he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at just 47 years old. And, statistics show more people under 50 are getting the diagnosis, including one woman who

By Beth Germano Click here for updates on this story     FITCHBURG, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A man was seriously hurt Thursday morning when a bus filled with passengers slammed into a terminal in Fitchburg. “I was in disbelief on what had happened. It happened very quickly,” said Ariana Paine, who was on the Montachusett Regional Transit

By Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WBZ) — Court hearings for alleged high-profile customers of a Massachusetts brothel network will be open to the public, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday. Last November, three people were arrested and accused of running the sex ring out of upscale apartment buildings in

By Kaicey Baylor, JT Moodee Lockman Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore woman is heartbroken after she said her cats were inside her car that was stolen from the Canton neighborhood on Tuesday. Officers responded to S Chester Street around 8:20 p.m. where a woman reported that she had

By Marvin Hurst Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS (KTVT) — Brandi Botello isn’t sure how she will get her pet spider monkey back. The 29-year-old said Dallas Police stripped her of “Jorgie Boy” during an alcohol-related crash where Botello disputes she was the passenger. The primate was in the car during the

By Adam Duxter and David Schuman Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After more than a decade behind bars, Edgar Barrientos-Quintana is a free man. He had been serving a life sentence for a murder the county’s top prosecutor now says he didn’t commit. “You know it’s going to happen. The

By Daisy Kershaw Click here for updates on this story     FORT WRIGHT, Kentucky (WLWT) — A Fort Wright mom of four battling an extremely rare cancer is now helping in the fight for a cure. Five years ago, Kristy Seither was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Cancer. She says it is so rare that most patients are

By Gladys Bautista Click here for updates on this story     BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A Jackson-Olin high school senior and student-athlete was remembered Wednesday as an “upstanding student” who was “a favorite of the administration” and “a favorite of his peers.” “Ready to graduate, ready to embark upon life and find his path to, you

By Shayne Wright Click here for updates on this story     PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — These days, Mike Vitanza, 67, has a lot on his plate. “I’ll spend two hours on the treadmill at 13 minutes, trying to get it down to 12,” said Vitanza. After working 33 years on Wall Street, he says he

By Cyreia Sandlin Click here for updates on this story     WATERTOWN, Wisconsin (WISN) — A community is mourning the sudden death of a college student in Watertown. Hannah Glass, who had a severe peanut allergy, died after eating a brownie last week. She was only 19-years-old. It was standing room only at Calvary Baptist Church

By Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — The only Michelin-starred taco stand from Mexico is partnering up with a Wicker Park taqueria for a limited time—and foodies are excited. They are so excited, in fact, that they have been waiting in line for up to four hours. Taquería

By Mike Beaudet Click here for updates on this story     MIDDLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — In bogs all over southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, a native fruit has thrived for generations: cranberries. But to local cranberry farmers like Cass Gilmore, a third-generation owner of Benson’s Pond in South Middleboro, the future is murky. But at harvest

By John Atwater Click here for updates on this story     MARBLEHEAD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Parents in Marblehead are asking the courts to step in, worried that a teacher strike stands in the way of their kids’ championship dreams. “On Tuesday, I filed an emergency injunction in Lawrence Superior Court,” said Jon Wales, whose two sons

By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Eight days passed without any sign of Krysta Franco’s beloved cat Charlie, when her phone rang. Within moments, she had hope again that she may get her pet of 8 years back, only to learn that feeling was based on

By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story     YUKON, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Yukon police arrested two men after a high-speed chase in Canadian County that involved multiple tactical vehicle interventions and collisions with police cars. The pursuit began in Yukon and involved a pickup truck believed to be connected to an oilfield theft

By Kolby Terrell Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A Vietnam veteran in Norman received his Purple Heart on Veterans Day, 56 years after being wounded in battle. “Today, we have the honor of officially awarding Mr. Jimmy Ohlheiser his Purple Heart,” said an ODVA speaker. This Purple Heart