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An explosion was bound to happen, after four years of incitement, conspiracy mongering, lying and pitting Americans against one another. And it happened on Wednesday in Washington, when an enraged mob sacked the US Capitol for the first time since the British in 1814. The violent invasion saw lawmakers cowering under their seats, police guns

The chaos at the US Capitol on Wednesday wasn’t the first time there’s been violence at one of the most iconic American buildings. For more than four hours, supporters of President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol in an attempt to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win.

Months after flames and unrest gripped Kenosha, Wisconsin, the decision by county officials to not charge the White police officer who shot Jacob Blake has renewed the city’s communal pain and racial divide. The Kenosha prosecutor’s announcement this week that Rusten Sheskey and other police officers would not face charges in connection with the shooting

Click here for updates on this story     STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Search efforts are underway to find thieves who stole a security camera that was aimed at finding a lost dog. Bruno, a Shih Tzu was last seen on New Year’s Eve after bolting out the door because of fireworks. Hound Hunters of NEPA and

Students and staff at the University of California, San Diego, can now get Covid-19 tests by picking them up — from vending machines. The self-administered tests, which are free for students and staff, became available at 11 locations around campus on January 2, according to the university’s website. Users can conduct their own nasal swabs

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WCBS) — Police have a suspect in custody after another woman was attacked in Brooklyn on Monday. Police believe the same person is responsible for attacking at least five women in a Bushwick subway station. Surveillance video shows a man pounce on a woman working behind

Plastic will be the likely calling card of our time on Earth when modern sites are excavated by future researchers. And plastic is leaving its mark at historic sites as well, according to a new study. Castell Henllys is the site of an Iron Age village in the Welsh Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It was

Click here for updates on this story     ANNANDALE, New Jersey (WCBS) — With their baby sister battling leukemia, five siblings stepped up to see if their bone marrow could be a match, and the results were unbelievable. Meet the Hewitt siblings — Justine, Kurtis, Morgan, Colin, Andrew and Ian. In September, 15-year-old Morgan, the baby

Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS (KTVT) — MIS-C is multisystem inflammatory syndrome and it develops in children with COVID-19 days and weeks after infection. With a lot unknown about its long-term impact on ones health, parents are warning others to be on a close lookout. One day Natalie Torrez was a joyful

Click here for updates on this story     NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A 16-year-old Montgomery County boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a 23-year-old woman inside her Norristown home. Police charged Victor Bell Jr. with third-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime and manslaughter. Officers found 23-year-old Diamond Rahatt suffering a gunshot wound

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — H&R Block is getting flooded with complaints after millions of stimulus checks wound up in the tax preparer’s hands instead of those of their customers. As the company sorts through what happened, we are hearing about other IRS messes too. CBS 2’s Lauren Victory talked

Click here for updates on this story     HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — Police are searching for a man after he allegedly threatened an employee with a gun, pushed down another after they both asked him to wear his mask correctly in an Arundel Mills Mall store. At around 4:20 p.m. on Monday, a store employee at

Click here for updates on this story     ELKTON, Md. (WJZ) — A Cecil County man earned the first-ever state record for the invasive flathead catfish, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Joshua Dixon caught a 57-pound, 50-inch long flathead catfish, or Pylodictis olivaris, on Dec. 27, 2020 while he was fishing near the

Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of the St. Sabina parish in Chicago, is “devastated, hurt” and angry after being asked to step aside after an allegation was made against him of sexual abuse of a minor, Pfleger said in a post on his Facebook page. In the post, the social activist said his “life is

Click here for updates on this story     GRANITE BAY, California (KOVR) — For the first time, we are hearing from the man who lives in the Granite Bay mansion that hosted hundreds in a New Year’s Eve bash, feared to be a super-spreader party. And we’re learning he’s also got a controversial past, with a

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco couple that got stranded in New Zealand due to coronavirus restrictions has been reunited with their dogs, Whiskey and Waffles after living nearly 10 months apart. Michelle Paulson and Eric Denman left the dogs with a dogsitter in San Francisco last

Click here for updates on this story     DAVIS, California (KOVR) — Donating your stool could get you a shopping spree. UC Davis is paying for poop for its latest study. The smelly study is giving 20 volunteers a $75 Target gift card for their trip to the golden throne. “I think ew, like that kind