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Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS, NV (KVVU) — As the sports world grabs their pens to fill out brackets for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, one Las Vegas chapel is launching a bracket challenge with a grand prize, but with a wedding twist. Chapel of the Flowers announced the

Click here for updates on this story     WEST NYACK, NY (WABC) — A local track club is getting creative in the pandemic by turning a shopping center parking garage into their own running facility. Most indoor tracks are closed and others have become vaccination sites, and with a harsh winter making outdoor track challenging, the

Click here for updates on this story     BALDWIN COUNTY, AL (WALA) — A Gulf Shores woman was arrested on an animal cruelty charge after officials say she took her neighbors’ goat and painted it without permission. Erica Marie Farmer, 34, was arrested for the crime. Farmer also faces a theft of property 2nd charge. According

One student was hurt in a shooting that is being called an “isolated incident” at Watson Chapel Junior High in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, according to the school district’s Facebook page. All students “are safe at this time,” the district reported. “The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and the Pine Bluff Police Department are on site to

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A former servicemember and co-founder of a veteran’s organization came to Atlanta to bring awareness to veteran’s mental health. Curtis Drafton, co-founder of the US Veterans Hall of Fame, walked 22-miles in metro Atlanta on Saturday; each mile represented the number of veterans who

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — A metro Atlanta mayor announced he may be battling a third round of cancer. Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary made the announcement during a city council retreat over the weekend. The mayor said that he is seeking further treatments and medical opinions and will know

Ethiopia on Monday rejected a call from the United States to pull regional forces out of the country’s Tigray region, and defended the deployment of some of those troops amid reports of human rights violations. The exchange between Ethiopia and the US comes after investigations were published by CNN and Amnesty International into the massacre

Click here for updates on this story     RICHMOND, TX (KTRK) — When Harrison Kincade decided he didn’t just want to play on a baseball team anymore, he wanted to learn how to own it, his dad Lamar was taken aback. Harrison had played nearly year-round, starting his athletic journey on the baseball diamond with t-ball.

Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 Coal Mines in Monongah, West Virginia. November 13, 1909 – 259 miners are killed in a

Here is a look at the life of Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Personal Birth date: March 13, 1956 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: James Dimon Father: Theodore Dimon, stockbroker Mother: Themis Dimon Marriage: Judith “Judy” (Kent) Dimon (May 1983-present) Children: Julia, Laura and Kara Leigh Education:

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON COUNTY, TN (WSMV) — Dramatic new photos show the rescue of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter from surging flood waters in Jackson County. The Jackson County-Rescue Squad posted on Facebook: Last night, shortly after 10pm, the Jackson county rescue squad along with JCEMS, JCSO, and JCCFD

Click here for updates on this story     WALLINGFORD, CT (WFSB) — More people in Connecticut are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Eligibility expanded to people aged 55 and older on Monday, along with educators and childcare workers. “Beginning [Monday], all Connecticut residents between the ages of 55-64 can make appointments and receive COVID-19

Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source. Timeline April 27, 1865 – The Mississippi River steamer Sultana explodes and sinks near Memphis, Tennessee, killing between 1,450 and 1,700 people. June 15,

Here’s a look at Nepal, a mountainous country on the southern side of the Himalayas of Southern Asia. It shares Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, with China. About Nepal (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 147,181 square kilometers (slightly larger than New York state) Population: 30,424,878 (July 2021 est.) Median

Click here for updates on this story     Toledo, OH (Toledo Blade) — It was early March of 2020. The coronavirus pandemic was intensifying throughout the United States when Shalini Kota took a trip to Ann Arbor to visit her parents. When she sat down for dinner with them, her father, Sridhar Kota, a University of

Here’s some background information about Brian Nichols and the Atlanta courthouse shootings. On March 11, 2005, 33-year old Brian Nichols escaped from the Fulton County Courthouse while on trial for rape, and killed four people. About Brian Nichols Birth date: December 10, 1971 Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland Birth name: Brian Gene Nichols Children: with Sonya