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Click here for updates on this story     PRICHARD, Alabamba (WALA) — Update 12/23/2020: Ex-Prichard Police officer Johnathan Murphy appeared today in front of Judge Zohgby for his bond hearing. The state was asking for 250k bond, no possession of firearms, and for the defendant to not to be employed as a law enforcement officer or

Click here for updates on this story     FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — About five years ago, an outreach director with the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Clinic called Antioch for Youth and Family about two homeless vets they were planning to place in an apartment. They told Antioch the men had nothing, not even a fork. Charolette

It was set to be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who live at one of the city’s largest public housing complexes — and then, staff say, most of those gifts were stolen the night before they were supposed to

Click here for updates on this story     TOWANDA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Sources tell Newswatch 16 that the Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search at the private law office of Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman on Tuesday. That source also tells us Salsman is under investigation for accusations of inappropriate behavior while he was acting

Click here for updates on this story     MESHOPPEN, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Three cats and eight kittens are sleepy and hungry after a long night in the cold. Police in Meshoppen said the cats were found around 6 p.m. Tuesday off Copper Head Lane, a rural road. The cats were left behind in a snowdrift near

The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations, the British government said in a statement Thursday. The breakthrough averts a much-feared “no-deal” scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines. “Deal is done,” read a statement

Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year. The community, Sykes said, has no pharmacies or grocery stores within walking distance. And many of her neighbors don’t own cars and suffer serious health conditions such as obesity and diabetes. “If they’re

The biggest question this time of year is wondering where you can get a last-minute gift or recipe ingredient during the holidays. This year, most stores are closed for Christmas Day but are open Christmas Eve for any final shopping or curbside pick-up orders. Also, while most of these restaurants will be open nationwide, make

The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday called for the “immediate termination” of a city police officer in the killing of a Black man who was described as a guest at the home where he was shot and “had committed no crime.” Speaking at a press conference hours after attending the funeral of another black

This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts continued to safely travel to space, despite the pandemic, and even embarked on historic launches. And they taught us how to handle

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pardoned the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” saga of 2009 as part of nearly two dozen pardons and commutations on Wednesday. Richard and Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty in 2009 after telling authorities that their aptly named 6-year-old son Falcon was inside a silver helium balloon that took off from their

Editor’s Note: Bella’s voice has been digitally altered to maintain her anonymity. Bella says her unplanned pregnancy made her mother so furious that she beat her. She had no idea that the 19-year-old had begun exchanging sex for cash in order to help pay for food for her three younger siblings and two cousins, who

Meghan and Prince Harry released a family Christmas card featuring their 19-month-old son Archie in his first public image in months. In the card, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex focus their attention on a light-haired Archie as the family is surrounded by their two dogs, a miniature home and lush greenery. A small Christmas

Over two million people in California have tested positive for Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, more cases than in all but a handful of countries. The state’s grim new milestone — 2,002,494 cases as of late Wednesday — comes as ICUs are near or at full capacity across the state. California hit

NORAD is focusing its formidable tracking systems on Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight delivering presents to children around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada, has activated its official Santa Tracker. You can follow his sleigh

Japan’s Supreme Court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of an 84-year-old man who spent almost half a century on death row awaiting the hangman’s call over the murder of a family of four, his lawyer told CNN Thursday. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada — declared the world’s longest-serving death row inmate by Guinness