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Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A video released by the Baltimore Police Department Friday shows the harrowing rescue of a woman and a child from the Inner Harbor last month. Southern District officers were called to the waterline just behind MedStar Harbor Hospital on Dec. 13 in the 3000 block

Click here for updates on this story     MCKINNEY, Texas (KTVT) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly beat his mother to death at their home in McKinney, police said. Police said they were called to a home in the 700 block of Donelson Drive at around 1 a.m. Sunday by the boy’s

Rescue teams in Norway are still hoping to find survivors more than five days after a deadly landslide hit the village of Ask, 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of the capital Oslo, according to the country’s police. “We are still in a rescue operation, which means that we can still find survivors,” Roger Pettersen, Police

As years change, so too do the rules we live by. 2020 saw massive protests over police brutality, economic insecurity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and extreme weather events that again signaled the gravity of the climate crisis. And across the country, state legislatures and local jurisdictions responded to those and other issues with

Click here for updates on this story     VENICE, Florida (WBBH) — Divers found two Columbian Mammoth tusks in the Gulf of Mexico just off of Venice’s coast. Ryan Picou and Blair Morrow both found the mammoth tusks while diving in Venice. Picou said he first saw the mammoth tusk he found 20 feet away and

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire in New Haven. Crews responded to the scene on Saltonstall Avenue early Monday morning. They said that while one woman, age 49, was killed, the situation could have been much worse if

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connectitcut (Hartford Business Journal) — The National Institutes of Health awarded a research grant to Connecticut Children’s Hospital to study risk factors for COVID-19 complications in children. Connecticut Children’s is one of eight entities nationwide to receive NIH grants for research projects focused on identifying children at

Click here for updates on this story     FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — George’s Restaurant in Fort Smith posted to Facebook on Sunday (Jan. 4) feeling positive after one man generously “paid it forward,” inspiring a chain reaction of kindness. The restaurant said it was honored to have been a part of the pay it forward

Click here for updates on this story     GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Gallatin business owner who wishes to remain anonymous donated more than $17,000 to pay off overdue utility accounts in Gallatin. On New Year’s Eve, “Ms. Claus” donated more than $10,000 on New Year’s Eve to pay off past due Gallatin Department of Electricity

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Let’s face it: 2020 was a year most people will be happy to have behind them. The Mount Hope Estate & Winery — home of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire — has come up with a novel idea to mark 2020’s passing. The Lancaster

As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. Alongside a deadly pandemic, 2020 also delivered reminders of the severity of the climate crisis facing the world — droughts, floods, heatwaves, wildfires and hurricanes continued to disrupt life for communities across the globe,

Click here for updates on this story     TOWNSHIP OF TAYLORSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — A Wilkes County woman who was helping an 8-year-old child after a deadly crash in Alexander County became injured when she was hit by a pickup truck. North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers say they responded to the crash Saturday around

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Chicago Public School teachers bundled up from head to toe to teach their students remotely Monday morning. The teachers reported to school, but refused to step inside- opting instead to teach from outside as many said they still did not feel that it was

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Over the next month, St. Louis City will roll out a new and innovative program meant to help alleviate the strain on 911 dispatchers and potentially save lives. “At the end of the day this is about saving people’s lives so we want

Click here for updates on this story     BURLINGTON, Vermont (WPTZ) — At the start of a new year, you may find yourself cleaning out your closet. But have you considered where you could donate all your old items? Karen’s Kloset in Essex Junction and Shalom Shuk in Surlington are just two local thrift stores asking

Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque city council is preparing to look at an ordinance that will focus on hair discrimination. It’s called the CROWN Act. CROWN is an acronym for creating a respectful world for natural hair. Bantu knots, locks, afros and even box braids are just

After an overall unfavorable year filled with uncertainty, one Florida fire department ended 2020 by responding to an ironic last call: a dumpster fire. As they were counting down to the New Year, Brevard County firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in the community of Viera. There, they found an actual dumpster

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — In a year filled with sadness, the comeback of former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith was one of the positive remarkable stories. Smith returned to the game after nearly having his leg amputated following a gruesome injury in November 2018. Seventeen surgeries