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Click here for updates on this story     NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman was charged with drunk driving after she plowed into a building in New Britain overnight. Veronica Melendez, 39, of New Britain, was charged with driving under the influence, operating a motor vehicle under suspension and traveling in an improper lane, according

Here is a look at the life of former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Personal Birth date: May 21, 1959 Birth place: Greensboro, North Carolina Birth name: Loretta Elizabeth Lynch Father: Lorenzo Lynch, Baptist minister Mother: Lorine (Harris) Lynch, school librarian Marriage: Stephen Hargrove (2007-present) Education: Harvard College, A.B., 1981; Harvard Law School, J.D.,

Click here for updates on this story     LIBERTY, Missouri (KCTV) — Authorities are investigating after a female inmate suffered a medical emergency at the Clay County Detention Center and later died. It happened about 2:20 p.m. on May 3. The inmate was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. The victim’s name

Click here for updates on this story     WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WLOS) — According to Winston-Salem Police, the man involved in a standoff with officers on May 5th, was found dead. Officers were called to the 500 block of Lockland Avenue, near Wake Forest Baptist Health, around 1:00 p.m., after a disturbance call. Investigators said a

Click here for updates on this story     DOVER, Craven County, North Carolina (WLOS) — Family dogs alerted an eastern North Carolina family to a fire in their home Thursday morning. Fort Barnwell Volunteer Fire Department Chief Greg Milligan said five people were in the home on Highway 55 West in Dover, four children and one

Click here for updates on this story     SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia (WGCL) — As the sun rose Wednesday, daybreak shed light on the destruction in Sandy Springs. “We heard stuff hit the deck. We looked over and our neighbors got a tree on his roof. We end up getting two on ours…and our other neighbors had

Click here for updates on this story     COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A Cobb County man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to strangling his girlfriend at her Cobb County home. The incident happened on August 23, 2018, according to a spokesperson with the Cobb County district attorney’s office. Officials said Christopher

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A Gwinnett County mother wants an investigation opened after she says a man targeted her child on Snapchat, requesting to be her ‘sugar daddy.’ Teresa asked CBS46 News not to share her full name but she wants to share the full story. This

A urologic surgery resident in Pennsylvania is raising money to help India as it battles a horrific Covid-19 outbreak. Ruchika Talwar, a 28-year-old resident at the University of Pennsylvania, said she and a group of area physicians have raised almost $500,000 in one week to help send supplies directly to state-run hospitals in India that

US President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday it would support the easing of patent rules on Covid-19 vaccines, potentially expanding global supplies, as a devastating wave envelops India and calls grow louder for rich countries to narrow the gap with the developing world. Biden had promised to support such waivers as a candidate ahead of

Click here for updates on this story     EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Canada is sending as many as 25,000 vials of the antiviral remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical COVID-19 situation in India. A plane equipped with the remdesivir vials and 50 ventilators

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Following Wednesday’s announcement that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12 and up, provinces are now deciding how their vaccine rollouts will reflect this information moving forward. Although Health Canada has announced their approval based on recent clinical trials,

Asian Americans are often labeled as a singular group, but the fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith — and their complex history and cultures are often glossed over. While they have been in America since the nation’s infancy, Asian Americans continue being harmed by stereotypes like the “model minority” as

A French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month said in a video that emerged on social media Wednesday that he had been kidnapped by a jihadist group and pleaded for help from French authorities. CNN has been unable to independently verify the video and it was not clear when it was filmed. In the

In Nepal, a situation is unfolding that looks chillingly familiar. Covid-19 cases are skyrocketing, hospitals are overwhelmed, and the country’s Prime Minister is pleading for help from other nations. Nepal is now reporting about 20 daily Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people — about the same number as India was reporting two weeks ago. Last weekend,

The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that allows for firing squads to carry out death penalty sentences and makes electrocution a more likely means of execution. The potential change in South Carolina law comes as states nationwide have hit barriers executing those on death row due to problems administering lethal injections,