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Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Nicole Doxtator, 30, was sentenced to two years and one day in prison following her conviction for mail fraud and aggravated identify theft on Jan. 14. Officials say Doxtator, who committed the offenses in connection with her position as an economic support specialist with Milwaukee

Click here for updates on this story     LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KFSM) — Arkansas State Representative Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville) has introduced a bill that would exempt feminine hygiene products for sales and use tax. If passed, this bill would make tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar feminine hygiene products tax-free items. Pilkington

Click here for updates on this story     WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — They say necessity is the mother of invention. That’s what’s what is driving doctors and researchers in our region during this crisis. Dr. Mark Poler has been busy researching and helping find new ways to deal with Covid 19 and cope with the country’s

Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A Lincoln man ended up in jail after getting stuck in the driveway of the rural home he’d allegedly just burgled, according to Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday at a home near Pawnee Lake on Northwest

Click here for updates on this story     STILLWATER, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — This is the story of Will and Karen. It’s an ongoing love story. Decades ago, two young folks working in a college athletic department bonded over their love of sports, music, movies and each other. The band U2 was a mutual favorite. Early

A letter from a descendent of Italy’s wartime King, apologizing for his ancestor’s role in enabling Mussolini’s fascist policies during World War II, has been criticized by historians and Jewish groups after several decades of silence from members of the disbanded royal family. Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, the great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III, wrote

The US is awash in rough weather: California may see record-breaking rain and snow this week, and an EF-3 tornado blew through Alabama, killing one, injuring dozens and leaving untold destruction. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need

The stay-at-home order in California has ended, but a top Los Angeles health official worries that another spike could be on the horizon as Covid-19 variants spread and the supply of vaccines struggles to meet the demand. State officials in California, a recent epicenter of the pandemic in the US, lifted the regional stay at

The investigation into the house fire that led to former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s death is now concluded, the New London, Connecticut, Police Department announced Tuesday. Police said they found “no criminal violations and/or aspects in association with” the November 18 fire. Hsieh’s death was announced in late November by a spokesperson for DTP Companies,

Police arrested a man recently honored as a local 2020 Paramedic of the Year after Polk County, Florida, law enforcement officials alleged he “set up the circumstance” that led to the theft of three Covid-19 vaccine doses meant for firefighters. Paramedic Joshua Colon, 31, is accused of forging vaccine screening and consent forms for three

January has already become the worst month for US Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, there have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The grim milestone underpins the growing demand from

Seoul’s former mayor died last year in an apparent suicide after his secretary accused him of sexual harassment. Now, an investigation by a human rights watchdog in South Korea has found that her accusations were credible. In a report released Monday, the independent National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) found that former mayor Park

The Wisconsin hospital pharmacist who in December allegedly removed 57 vials of Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage because he believed the vaccine could harm people has signed a plea agreement “acknowledging that he was guilty” of trying to make the vaccine ineffective, the Department of Justice said. Steven Brandenburg, 46, is charged with two counts