Israeli strikes on Gaza continued for the 10th consecutive day Wednesday, as pressure builds for a ceasefire to halt the conflict. Four Palestinians, including a local journalist, were killed and 10 others wounded in a series of raids launched by Israeli warplanes on different areas of Gaza on Wednesday, according to the official Palestinian news
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Click here for updates on this story FORSYTH County, Georgia (WGCL) — Parents, students, and community members packed a Forsyth County Schools board meeting to express concerns and admiration over the district’s decision to adopt a diversity plan. “Your strategic plan called DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion will fail for one very very specific reason,
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The attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. are asking the Department of Justice to intervene after a North Carolina district attorney said that deputies would not be charged in connection to his fatal shooting. “We certainly got neither transparency nor justice today,” the attorneys said in a statement Tuesday. “We request that the
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Click here for updates on this story FREMONT COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A school bus driver admits he slapped a 10-year-old girl in a dispute over how she was wearing her face mask. It happened in April in Fremont County and was captured by surveillance cameras. Some may find the video disturbing. The video, which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Blowtorches and a brazen daytime theft – suspected catalytic converter thieves were caught in the act in South Sacramento over the weekend. It was the wake-up call people in a South Sacramento neighborhood near Fruitridge Road weren’t imagining on early Sunday morning. Cellphone video shot
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Click here for updates on this story WINTERS, California (KOVR) — The discovery was a shock. Eugene and Ann Breznock’s investments, worth $275,000 in their June Charles Schwab statement, gone, replaced with a column of zeros. “It’s just pure theft!” Eugene Breznock said. Because the Winters couple didn’t touch their account for three years, or
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Nearly three years after the body of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was found in a cornfield, the farm worker charged with her murder is set to stand trial on Wednesday when opening statements begin. Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, went missing after an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18, 2018, sparking an extensive
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Several cows needed to be corralled in Waterford overnight. Early Wednesday morning, police said they had to chase a big cow and two calves at the Waterford Country School. Police said the animals somehow got out and gave officers a good run for their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Indiana (WLS) — Volunteers were out searching a fourth day for a missing 12-year-old boy with Autism in Hammond, Indiana on Tuesday. “I think by now he’s hungry, tired and looking for a familiar face to connect with,” said volunteer Kimberly Sorrell, a volunteer. Kyrin was last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GARDNER, Illinois (WLS) — The family of a 13-year-old girl said an attack at her school in Gardner, Illinois left her face bloody and bruised. The girl’s mother is furious after she said her daughter was bullied, then beaten. “It makes me happy to know that I have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Police in Oakland believe multiple shooters fired an estimated 70 rounds with high-capacity weapons at the party bus in a 21st birthday celebration that took a tragic, fatal turn early Tuesday on an Oakland freeway. Oakland police said they believe multiple shooters targeted the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former Marine drugged and prostituted hundreds of women in Jacksonville and the greater Onslow County area. Earlier this month, Jesse Marks, 40, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Assistant U.S. Attorney
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville police are investigating a hit-and-run incident after someone made several attempts to run over a man, but ended up running into a cart with his belongings instead. The Asheville Police Department (APD) says a witness caught the incident on camera. Video shows
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — A restoration project at a Kansas train station uncovered buried treasure … sort of. The renovations have been going on for several years at the old Santa Fe Depot, now an Amtrak stop, in East Lawrence. The station was built in 1955 and is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — As catalytic converters thefts continue rising across the country, a local auto shop is getting creative to make it more difficult for thieves to steal the expensive car part. Derrick Kilgore said his surveillance camera outside his Benton Park home captured thieves cutting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Ikea Canada has issued a recall for select dishes after the company received reports of some of these products breaking, leading to a possible burn risk. In a notice issued on Tuesday, Ikea Canada said it was recalling the Heroisk and Talrika style
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — More than 46 per cent of Canadians have been vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday afternoon, putting Canada on track to surpass the U.S. in the proportion of the population vaccinated with one dose this week.
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Israeli warplanes continued to pound Gaza on Tuesday and rocket fire into Israel resumed after a brief lull, as Palestinian protesters hit the streets in cities across the West Bank and elsewhere. Thousands gathered in various towns in the West Bank, including Ramallah and Hebron, on Tuesday after a number of Palestinian groups, including Hamas
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Ongoing lumber shortages may put a dent in new US home construction, but the housing market is still red-hot. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1.
Continue Reading While many African nations are grappling with barely sufficient supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, others are destroying thousands of unused shots. Kenya is just one of the countries that has used up more than 90% of its stock of Oxford-AstraZeneca doses, supplied by vaccine-sharing facility COVAX. The East African nation is just weeks away from joining
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