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A man who fatally shot a teenage boy early Friday was killed by Philadelphia police officers who had responded to a report of a fight, authorities said. The incident happened shortly after midnight on Emerald Street, according to a release from the Philadelphia Police Department. As family members left their homes and formed a crowd

Every year, high school seniors anxiously wait for college admissions letters, hoping they get accepted into their dream schools. Ahmed Muhammad was one of them. So when Muhammad got accepted into Stanford University, he was delighted. “It was a dream come true,” Muhammad told CNN. “It still doesn’t feel real.” He will become a first-generation

Nashville residents woke up to a vehicle explosion on Christmas morning that authorities now believe was intentional. The blast injured at least three people, damaged dozens of buildings and left people shaken during what should have been a joyful holiday spent with family. It also dealt yet another challenge to the city’s first responders in

Click here for updates on this story     OREM, Utah (KSL ) — Stress can wear on people this time of year — especially in the middle of last-minute holiday shopping. Two days before Christmas, however, shoppers leaving the parking lot for Center Street just west of Orem Boulevard received some unexpected comfort from a man

Click here for updates on this story     ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald ) — The Good Life City has a Grinch with an apparent ear for music. Alex Reshetnichenko, the lead violinist for both the Albany and Valdosta Symphony Orchestras, who has been teaching orchestra in Albany for more than two decades, has been missing a

Click here for updates on this story     TEXARKANA, TX (KTBS) — For thousand of years, knives have been crafted using the art of bladesmithing. Thanks to Texarkana College, that ancient skill is being kept alive. Expert instructors are teaching students from around the world how to make quality, hand-forged blades. There’s five bladesmithing schools in

Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV ) — Honolulu police arrested a 35-year-old man on several gambling charges during a raid at one of two illegal game rooms in the Kalihi-Palama area. These are photos taken during Tuesday’s bust at a convenience store on Palama Street. Nine others were also cited

At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria’s Borno state on Christmas Eve, a local official said. “Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, killed seven people and abducted another seven, including a pastor,” Kachallah Usman, secretary of the Chibok local government area, told CNN on

Click here for updates on this story     ROCK ISLAND, IL (WQAD) — Spring Forward distributed more than 2,000 books and 800 meals to families in their after school programs during a holiday drive-thru event this afternoon. Families drove through St. John’s Lutheran Church in Rock Island throughout the day picking up goodie bags filled with

Click here for updates on this story     WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB ) — The man accused of killing his co-worker on the job made his first court appearance today. State Police arrested 19-year-old Elijah Bertrand in connection to the death of UPS driver Nathan Burk. His arrest came after a 15 hour manhunt. The state tried

Click here for updates on this story     MONTOURSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WNEP ) — Maya Wilbourn of Williamsport was on social media Thursday morning when she saw vehicles in her neighborhood were vandalized. “I immediately get dressed and run outside and I come out to this,” Wilbourn said. Two of Wilbourn’s windows were shot out with a

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT ) — With the windy wet weather that is in the forecast and COVID-19 restrictions limiting what people can do, many people are deciding to take part in something that can be done from the comfort of their car. Grace Griffaton met with the Millers

Click here for updates on this story     KITV (KITV) — Some people spent Christmas Eve to find the perfect present before time runs out. The Retail Merchants of Hawaii reports Christmas Eve is the last big shopping day of the year. Business owners KITV4 spoke with Thursday say they noticed a dramatic increase in foot

Click here for updates on this story     TUALATIN, Oregon (KPTV ) — Tualatin police are asking for the public’s help identifying an armed robbery suspect. On Wednesday, at around 11:25 a.m., police said a man entered the Local Coin Company, located at 19354 Southwest Boones Ferry Road, and robbed the store a gunpoint. Police said

Two headstones inscribed with Nazi swastikas that mark the graves of German prisoners of war have been removed from a veteran’s cemetery in Texas. The headstones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio feature an iron cross with a swastika at its center, along with an inscription in German that reads: “He died