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Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Parents in Minnesota and Wisconsin are pushing for equal treatment for their kids. Currently people with certain disabilities like Down syndrome can be denied an organ transplant due to outdated laws. WCCO shares how families are taking their fight to lawmakers to make transplant discrimination

Click here for updates on this story     SAN RAFAEL, California (KPIX) — Students Rising Above scholars are exceptional achievers at home, at school and in their communities but this week’s scholar Nehemias Gramajo Signor is all that and more. He’s also a hero because he saved a life. Gramajo Signor is always on the move.

Click here for updates on this story     DALLAS (KTVT) — A Dallas ice cream shop, Howdy Homemade, almost lost it all during the pandemic. It’s run by special needs adults, all hired by shop owner, Tom Landis. “We hire the people that we consider are best for the hospitality industry, and those are the ones

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A dramatic Facebook video shows the aftermath of what police call an attempted child luring incident. CBS 2’s Marissa Parra on Sunday broke down the chain of events – including the arrest and the woman who chased down the suspect. Hason Reynolds, 43, has been

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Edson So pointed out his busted lip along with bruises and cuts on his neck and chest. He was outside with his wife in South Sacramento when someone drove by shooting him with paintballs. It happened Friday at around 12:30 in the afternoon. So

Click here for updates on this story     DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — A driver died Monday after a tree fell on their car during severe storms in Douglasville. Douglas County firefighters responded to an emergency call about a tree on a car and a possible occupant inside around 10:36 a.m. on Campbellton Street between Woodrow Avenue

Click here for updates on this story     LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Hundreds are expected at a wake Monday for NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos, who was killed in the line of duty when he was struck by an alleged drunk driver on the Long Island Expressway last week. The viewing began at 2 p.m.

Click here for updates on this story     BUTLER, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Multiple law enforcement agencies rushed to a Bates County home on a what they were told was a deadly shooting. However, what they found was an elderly woman who was clueless as to what they were talking about. The Bates County Sheriff’s Office received

Just days after Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a relaxation of mask requirements, Brookline, a town just outside of Boston, doubled down on its more restrictive mask mandate. As of April 30, masks are no longer required outdoors in Massachusetts when social distancing is possible, according to a news release from the governor’s office. The

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that subway service in New York City will return to a 24/7 schedule on May 17 as the state and neighbors New Jersey and Connecticut open up their economies by lifting most curfews and capacity restrictions at restaurants and other businesses. About a year ago, the Metropolitan Transportation

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — In his short life, four year old Teddy Prive has spent much of his life in hospitals after being diagnosed with an extremely rare form of leukemia at only 4 months old, undergoing a bone marrow transplant before turning three. “He’s been on a

Some stars live fast and look beautiful doing it before they die young in a brilliant explosion. AG Carinae, a blue giant star located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, is one of those stars. This bright star’s explosive infamous temper tantrums are part of what make it so scintillating. The Hubble

Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. About Sudan (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States. Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 18.3 years Capital: Khartoum

Click here for updates on this story     GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — A local boy is cleaning up area beaches and inspiring others to also join in. 5-year-old Oliver Caver is on a mission to clean up area beaches. This weekend is all about West Beach Pass in Gulf Shores. And when it comes to

Here’s a look at the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, which killed 224 people. Terrorist group al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombings. Facts The bombings took place eight years to the day after US troops were ordered to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of

Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Tourists are starting to come back to San Francisco and numbers show the thieves are as well. Neighbors near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts say car thefts right now may be worse than they’ve ever been. Reported crimes are up in other tourist

Click here for updates on this story     GRANITE BAY, California (KCRA) — Unauthorized bike trails and jumps are a growing concern in California state parks, according to rangers. In a remote area of the Granite Bay State Park, rangers, biologists and maintenance workers recently bulldozed and raked the site of numerous dirt jumps and trails.

Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — It’s the start of Teacher Appreciation Week and students are releasing a thank you note through song. Donald Gee went to Johnston High School. His mom is a Des Moines teacher, but this thank you goes beyond Iowa’s borders. “Thank You Teachers” is

Click here for updates on this story     CLARKSVILLE, Indiana (WLKY) — A healthy newborn baby was surrendered early Sunday morning to a baby box in Clarksville. Safe Haven Baby boxes provide a place for mothers who may not be ready for parenting to give up their babies anonymously. According to the organization, the child was