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By Li Cohen Click here for updates on this story     MICHIGAN (WWJ) — Back-to-back days of severe weather brought widespread flooding across the Midwest – and even a tsunami on Lake Michigan. It wasn’t the typical kind of tsunami caused by seismic activity, but footage of the weather event showed how dangerous rising tides can

By Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Beloved piping plovers “Blaze” and “Pepper” welcomed three new chicks along Waukegan’s lakeshore, and it’s call for a “shell-ebration.” The Lake Country Audubon Society announced three of the plover’s four eggs hatched on Thursday after a highly anticipated 26-day incubation period. Piping

By Noel Brennan Click here for updates on this story     NORTH AURORA, Illinois (WBBM) — A west suburban woman is already counting down to 2041 because she can’t wait for the drone of the 17-year cicadas to fill her front yard once again. Suddenly, summer sounds less noisy in North Aurora. “They were loud enough

By Sharon Chin Click here for updates on this story     SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — More than three million people in the US live with epilepsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One Santa Rosa filmmaker is working to make sure they are seen and heard. When he was a teenager, Miles

By Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in ocean waters at 18 area beaches due to high bacteria warnings on Thursday, June 27. The warning covers the following beaches: Santa Monica

By Mike Darnay, Ross Guidotti, Chris Hoffman, Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cleanup is underway throughout the Pittsburgh area as several communities were hit with suspected tornado damage on Wednesday evening. Four tornadoes have been confirmed in the Pittsburgh area so far through surveys or debris signatures, National

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Opening night of the NBA Draft and another Baltimore success story is playing out in the first round as Carlton “Bub” Carrington was selected with the 14th pick. Portland made the selection, but Carrington was then dealt to the Washington Wizards

By John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A paddleboard and a dry bag belonging to a missing fisherman were found almost a dozen miles offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard said this Wednesday. Luciano Mercenari, 29, a skilled paddle boarder and fisherman left his home in the Cape Florida

By Shosh Bedrosian, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — New York City fire officials say a lithium-ion battery from an e-bike started a fire in Brooklyn that left four people hurt and a building badly damaged. Fire crews pulled the e-bike out of the burning building Thursday

By Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A desperate fight for life for a young woman in Montgomery County. She needs a lung transplant but has been rejected by most hospitals. Follow the tubing to 22-year-old Jen Dunlea, who’s in the fight for her life, hooked up to tubing

By Joe Fisher Click here for updates on this story     PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Retreat at Palm Beach closed its doors on Friday, one of at least three facilities in three states to shut down following the death of President and CEO Peter Schorr. Retreat shut down operations and discharged patients at its

By Kate Hussey Click here for updates on this story     PALM CITY, Florida (WPTV) — Many of you have asked us to look into the case of a missing bulldog on the Treasure Coast. Missing posters for Ralph the English Bulldog have been posted throughout Martin County and on social media. In many ways, this

By Joe Fisher Click here for updates on this story     PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Retreat at Palm Beach closed its doors on Friday, one of at least three facilities in three states to shut down following the death of President and CEO Peter Schorr. Retreat shut down operations and discharged patients at its

By Meghan McRoberts Click here for updates on this story     PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPTV) — A Port St. Lucie mother has been sentenced to 21 life terms in prison plus 800 years after being convicted of “evil and horrific” sex crimes against her children. In 2022, Assistant State Attorney Katy Reid said then-26-year-old Natalie

By Molly Hudson Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) — “Mother nature is cruel… and overwhelming,” said Melissa Youngblood, vice president of Home Trailer Park. Youngblood’s family owns this mobile home park on North 16th Street. “It’s like everything my great grandparents are building or have built just keeps getting taken

By Jill Lamkins Click here for updates on this story     COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) — Helping neighbors no matter where they are. In Council Bluffs, law enforcement is working to get those experiencing homelessness out of nearby flooded river encampments. Moving along this stretch of the Missouri, officers with the Homeless Outreach Patrol warn those

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     MONONA COUNTY, Iowa (KETV) — A levee on the Little Sioux River in Monona County broke on Tuesday. Monona County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Tuesday afternoon announcing the levee failure. The levee is at Peter’s Park along the Little Sioux River. Another levee in

By Cameron Sibert Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An office building on Britton Road in Oklahoma City was an indication of how destructive the storms were on Tuesday, when hurricane-type winds moved through the area. The building suffered extensive damage to its roof, windows were blown out and metal

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     STOCKTON, California (KCRA) — A woman and two children died on Tuesday after a man intentionally set their mobile home trailer on fire, according to the Stockton Police Department. A manhunt is now underway for the person believed responsible. Officers were called to the fire

By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story     POPLAR, California (KCRA) — A family of seven beavers was released into a southern Sierra Nevada watershed earlier this month, in a move reminiscent of historical ways tribes conserved water. On June 12, the Tule River Tribe, in partnership with the California Department of Fish