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Click here for updates on this story     Las Vegas (KVVU) — A local visiting an off-Strip casino started their February by hitting a massive slot jackpot. According to Ellie Island Hotel, Casino & Brewery, the player, identified as David Frys, hit a jackpot for $905,754.63 while playing the Buffalo Grand slot machine. “I’ve been playing

Click here for updates on this story     Webster Groves, Missouri (KMOV) — No charges will be filed against the Webster Groves police officer who fatally shot a man on the interstate in May. Dash cam video of a shooting involving a Webster Groves police officer on I-44 in May was released Monday. The entire incident

The smallest known reptile in the world can fit on your fingertip. It’s known as Brookesia nana, or “nano-chameleon,” and it’s a blotchy brown lizard that usually doesn’t surpass an inch in body length. Before 2012, biologists didn’t know it existed. But the researchers who discovered it are still stumped as to why it stays

Ford Motor Company is best known for its cars, but in the Covid-19 pandemic, the manufacturer is branching out. Ford has received patent-pending approval for a new, clear respirator mask, the company announced Tuesday, one they expect to work just as well as an N95. “One of the things that’s missing during the pandemic is

Mars may seem like a still, frozen desert, but more evidence suggests that the red planet is active in subtle ways. The NASA InSight mission has helped researchers determine that the planet experiences Marsquakes, making it seismically active. And then there is the mystery of Recurring Slope Lineae, known as RSL, that have intrigued scientists

Click here for updates on this story     Lincoln, Nebraska (Journal Star) — Law enforcement agencies acted with deliberate indifference in their response to days of protest last year, culminating in a severe injury to a Lincoln woman, a federal lawsuit alleged Tuesday. Elise Poole, 19, took part in demonstrations for racial justice in Lincoln on

Click here for updates on this story     Dover, WI (Journal Times) — A house fire that killed seven cats and a guinea pig is still under investigation, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Racine County Communications Center received a 911 call from the 600 block of North Britton

A popular SoulCycle instructor is apologizing for “a terrible error in judgment” after getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Stacey Griffith, a New York-based instructor, said she drove one hour to Staten Island to get the Moderna vaccine, according to an Instagram post that has since been deleted but circulated online, credited to Griffith’s account. “Now I

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW ) — The Portland Board of Public Education unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday evening condemning a recent string of hate crimes targeting members of the LGBTQ+ community. People in Portland and South Portland have reported receiving threatening letters. Those letters appeared to target people who

Click here for updates on this story     Albuquerque, NM (KOAT ) — A record drought season in New Mexico has some farmers worried about how they are going to get produce in the grocery store. It has prompted the state’s engineer to issue a report telling farmers not to farm unless they “absolutely need to

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — An economic study found that Tennessee’s public-use airports contribute $40 billion to the state’s economy and support more than 220,000 jobs in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Transportation recently completed a year-long Statewide Aviation Economic Impact Study. “Tennessee’s 78 public-use airports are critical components of

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Fergus is back! The McKays’ 4-year-old Irish wolf-dog, Fergus, has been missing since Saturday night after another car rear-ended them with him in the vehicle. The poor pup crashed through the back window and then took off following the wreck. “He looked to be limping,”