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Click here for updates on this story     WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — The William County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday they have arrested an elementary school teacher for sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Spring

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has condemned his own country’s rulers in a video recorded by the director of a US-based charity, saying “they want to destroy the people of Tigray” with actions of “the highest brutality and cruelty.” Abune Mathias, a native of the northern Tigray region who lived in exile

Click here for updates on this story     FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois (KMOV) — A fight between roommates in the Metro East turned deadly, police said. According to police, Carlton Underwood, 48, got into a fight with his roommate 39-year-old Thomas Turner on Potomac Drive in Fairview Heights, Illinois at 7:30 p.m. on April 30. During their

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An Ontario man has been reunited with his wife and family after spending 120 days in the hospital following a battle with COVID-19. Craig Wilson, a retired fire captain from Whitby, Ont., has spent roughly four months in hospital with severe health complications

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The North Carolina Department of Public instruction is calling for more teachers to come to the state. The agency teamed up with teach.org to release a new public service announcement, calling more people to the classroom. “I believe it’s kind of like a

Click here for updates on this story     TRENTON, North Carolina (WLOS) — The man accused of dousing his girlfriend with nail polish remover and then setting her on fire made his first court appearance Friday. Jeromy Wiggins of Kinston faces several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and burning personal

Click here for updates on this story     TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — Police say teens were detained after reports of people dancing around with what appeared to be an AR-15 and handgun near a mall. Officers responded to a report of three young men on top of the parking garage at the Washington Square Mall at

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada reached a new milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination effort Friday, logging more than 400,000 doses in a single day. Canada administered a total 400,489 doses of combined first and second doses Friday, according to CTVNews.ca’s vaccine tracker. Numbers released by the federal

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — While many Canadians have been able to breathe a sigh of relief over the COVID-19 vaccine, there are some people who look at the shot with a sense of impending doom. Those with needle phobias, one of the more common phobias people tend

Click here for updates on this story     SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — The Oregon Health Authority has confirmed that at least 74 people who attend or are connected to People’s Church in Salem have tested positive for COVID-19. OHA began investigating the outbreak on April 6. Scott Erickson, the senior pastor, said it was a combination

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Joe Hall has a long recovery ahead of him. “[I have a] partially collapsed left lung, two lower vertebrae fractured,” Hall said, on top of five broken ribs, a broken collar bone and head trauma. Hall spoke to FOX 12 from his Legacy Emanuel

Click here for updates on this story     OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — Olathe North High School’s head baseball coach was placed on administrative leave Friday and could be fired as soon as Monday because of comments to a player the night before that the district calls “totally unacceptable.” Olathe Public Schools announced the action against coach

At least 25 people have been killed and 52 others wounded in an explosion near a high school for girls in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) said the blast happened close to the Sayeed-ul-Shuhada School in the Dasht-e-Barchi area on Saturday afternoon. MOI spokesperson Tariq Arian said the number of casualties

Two people were killed and three others injured Friday in Missouri when gunfire erupted at a gathering in the St. Louis County city of Kinloch, police said. Willoid Williams told CNN affiliate KMOV that he was in the area for a “neighborhood celebration” at a park that started “peaceful and beautiful” and then turned violent.

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The joy of snow days is no more for New York City public school students. Instead of building snowmen and finding little hills to sled down, students in grades K-12 will be expected to log onto their digital devices for classes — a change attributed to the success of remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

A Southern California air quality board voted Friday to require large warehouses to drastically cut diesel emissions in an apparent first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce pollution in the nation’s smoggiest region. “About half of the air pollutants that contribute to smog come from the goods movement industry, with the largest source being heavy-duty trucks heading to