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Click here for updates on this story     MONROE, Connecticut (WTIC/WCCT) — There’s little doubt people love to see holiday decorations, especially this year, with so much negativity surrounding COVID-19. But there’s a Monroe neighborhood where a certain decoration is making the waters a bit choppy. Chances are no matter what time of year you drive

The National Weather Service in Miami is calling for “falling iguanas” in its holiday forecast. Temperatures in South Florida are expected to drop into the 30- to 40-degree range on Christmas Day and into the weekend, creating conditions that may cause iguanas to suddenly drop out of trees, the NWS said on Twitter. Iguanas can’t

Click here for updates on this story     GREENVILLE COUNTY, South Carolina (WLOS) — Authorities in South Carolina have issued an Amber Alert for two children who were taken by their father Wednesday morning after he allegedly assaulted their mother. Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office initially received the call at 8:19 am regarding 26-year-old,

Click here for updates on this story     EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The families of Cedric Gibson, 28, and Alando Harris, 47, say so many questions remain regarding the circumstances of their deaths. Illinois State Police say the men were shot while traveling westbound on I-64 near mile marker 3 in East St. Louis in

Click here for updates on this story     MARYVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — If Santa should find himself in need of a backup reindeer on Christmas, Reindeer Retreat in Maryville has him covered. Mr. and Mrs. Claus were in the Volunteer State Tuesday checking in on some of the animals before Santa’s big night. The two went

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A fire at an extended-stay hotel on Antioch Pike late Tuesday night has displaced 115 people. Nashville Fire crews battled the fire that started on the bottom floor of the Stay Lodge hotel on Antioch Pike and spread into rooms on the second floor.

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — One person was shot and another grazed by a bullet during a shooting at a skating rink late Tuesday night. The incident happened around 11 p.m. at the Cascade Skating Rink on the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Drive in northwest Atlanta after

Click here for updates on this story     WATERTOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — State police are looking for a man involved in the murder of a UPS employee along Route 8 in Watertown. The suspect was identified as 19-year-old Elijah David Bertrand, who is also a UPS employee. Troopers announced that they will have a news conference

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A man, his two children and two pets were unharmed when they had to escape a fire at their southeast Portland apartment early Wednesday morning. Portland Fire & Rescue said crews responded to a reported fire at the Alder Royal Apartments, located in the

Click here for updates on this story     LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — The Lawrence, KS, Police Department is announcing the LKPD Special Victims Unit (SVU). LKPD says it has focused on the development of the SVU for over a year. It says the addition is part of the department’s commitment to a survivor-focused philosophy. The primary

Click here for updates on this story     NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Thick smoke and flames poured out of Bressler’s Garage service stop near Milton in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The fire broke after 11 p.m. Tuesday and quickly went to a fourth alarm. Several crews were called in to battle the flames

Click here for updates on this story     CARBON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Firefighters, state police, and a dive team in Carbon County scoured a reservoir near Weatherly on Monday for five hours after someone saw a deep crack in the ice and gloves left behind. Officials worried someone may have fallen through. What they didn’t

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Texas man flies to Lancaster County to attack his ex-girlfriend after she leaves the state to get away from him according to investigators. Tomas Martinez-Martinez, 35, was arrested Monday at BWI, on his way back to Texas, after attacking the woman in

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A dog was rescued from a barn that was engulfed in flames over the weekend, and a camera that was on top of one of the firefighter’s helmet captured the moment. This past Saturday, the Lititz Fire Company was dispatched to a barn

You know it’s been a remarkable year when a devastating global pandemic isn’t the only major story capturing people’s attention. In a look at CNN’s most-read digital stories of 2020, November’s historic US presidential election looms large. But the intensity of the year is reflected in the wide range of stories that captured the world’s

There’s officially nowhere to run: Covid-19 is now on every continent, with Antarctica recording its first cases. 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 to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Stimulus Just

News of the first takers of the desperately awaited Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine spurred some hope and excitement amid new lockdowns and spiraling infections in much of the US and the UK. But in Russia, one of the few countries already offering vaccines to a wider segment of the general public, the turnout in the first two weeks of “large-scale” vaccination has been less

Prospective jurors in the upcoming criminal trial stemming from George Floyd’s death were sent a questionnaire asking them to weigh in on Black Lives Matter protests and their views on policing. The 16-page questionnaire, filed in Minnesota district court on Tuesday, asks prospective jurors to answer how many times they have seen the video of

The Georgia college student who broke Covid-19 quarantine rules in the Cayman Islands to visit her boyfriend has received reduced jail time after initially being sentenced to four months in prison. The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal reduced the prison sentence of Skylar Mack, 18, and her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, to two months on