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The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet’s resignation in an address Friday, saying that responsibility for the scandal “ultimately rests with the incumbent Cabinet and nowhere else.” Under the scandal, around 10,000 families in the

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — No fans were allowed inside Bridgestone Arena for the start of the Nashville Predators new season Thursday, though there were a few exceptions. The six hero Metro Police officers who saved lives on the morning of the Second Avenue bombing were honored before puck

Click here for updates on this story     SPRINGFIELD, IL (WQAD) — Illinois lawmakers were at it before the sun rose January 13th. Quad City republican state senator Neil Anderson recording a Facebook message for constituents. Anderson saying, “5:06 a.m. and we have been in session in the Capitol since I guess 9:30 yesterday morning.” Anderson

Click here for updates on this story     RYAN BRESLIN (WSMV) — Financial relief can be hard to come by as the struggle continues through the pandemic, but there’s one program helping essential workers pay for childcare. The 2021 Pandemic Essential Employee Childcare Payment Assistance Program is through the Department of Human Services with the goal

Click here for updates on this story     WILMINGTON, New Hanover County (WLOS) — A North Carolina woman is accused of intentionally hitting another woman with her car, in a crime similar to one she committed nearly exactly three years ago. Wilmington Police were called to Moore Plaza to investigate a reported vehicle versus pedestrian crash

Click here for updates on this story     BALDWIN CO., AL (WALA) — Baldwin County Sheriff’s officials say on Wednesday, January 13, a deputy with the special operations unit stopped a rented 2020 Jeep Cherokee northbound on I-65 in Bay Minette. They say the vehicle was stopped for following too closely. According to authorities, during the

Click here for updates on this story     KENOSHA COUNTY, WI (WDJT) — Kenosha County prosecutors are requesting modifications to Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond. They filed paperwork on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The request comes after Rittenhouse was spotted in a Racine County bar with his mother last week after his arraignment. Rittenhouse is charged with shooting three

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — At the onset of the pandemic, the medical supply chain weakened as hospitals scrambled to fine personal protective equipment. When the coronavirus cases surged at the beginning of 2020, it crushed hospitals as people flooded testing sites. At a critical time when the healthcare

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A judge denied bond on Thursday for 29-year-old Rayshawn Bennett, also known as YFN Lucci, who turned himself into authorities and was booked into the Fulton County Jail Wednesday. On December 10, officers were dispatched around 5:20 p.m. following a person shot all on

Click here for updates on this story     LAVACA, AR (KFSM) — A man was arrested after showing up at the Lavaca Police Chief’s home and threatening to kill people. According to Anthony Sacco with the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office, a man, later identified as James Seaton, went to the police chief’s home Tuesday (Jan. 12)

US Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman has been hailed as an American hero for leading a growing mob away from the Senate chambers during last week’s attack on the Capitol. Now, a bipartisan trio of lawmakers wants to recognize Goodman with a Congressional Gold Medal for potentially saving lives on one of the darkest days

Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, OR (KPTV) — Law enforcement is prepared for “potential demonstrations and civil unrest” at the Oregon State Capitol in the week ahead. The Salem Police Department released information Thursday that protests may take place over the weekend and next week, leading up the inauguration of President-elect Joe

Click here for updates on this story     YORK, PA (WPMT) — On Jan. 14, Dr. Anita Chandra, of RAND Social and Economic Well-Being, a nonprofit research organization that seeks to improve the health, social, and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world, spoke with FOX43’s Jackie De Tore about the role that racism

Click here for updates on this story     LA PLUME, PA (WNEP) — Educators said there has been an explosion of interest. It was already popular but has become even more so in the past year during this pandemic: video game coding and esports. “It’s a way for kids to connect to still have fun, to

For the first time in more than 100 years, Lee-Jackson Day will not officially be celebrated in Virginia. The holiday, which was observed on the Friday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January, celebrated Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as “defenders of causes.” The event typically involved Civil War-themed parades, wreath

At least 34 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a 6.2-magnitute earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 1:28 a.m. Jakarta time, was six kilometers (3.7 miles) northeast of Majene city at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),