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Couple arrested in murder for hire plot

Click here for updates on this story     LATIMER COUNTY, Oklahoma (KFSM) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has arrested a wife and her husband in connection with a murder-for-hire plot. According to OSBI, Courtney Deatherage, 25, and her husband Dustin Deatherage, 26, both face solicitation of murder charges in connection with the plot.

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Volunteer Jam rescheduled for August

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — This year’s Volunteer Jam has been rescheduled to August. due to COVID-19 concerns. The 2021 Volunteer Jam: A Musical Salute to Charlie Daniels was originally scheduled for Feb. 22 at Bridgestone Arena, but has been moved to August 18. “As much as we are

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Body pulled from duck pond

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police are investigating after a body was pulled from the water in Edgewood Park. According to police, officers responded to the park around 8:46 a.m. after getting reports of a body in the Duck Pond. The New Haven Fire Department also responded to

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Carnival kicks off without parade

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — On what should have been the opening night for the big Boom Boom, COVID-19 knocking Mobile’s finest, the Conde Cavaliers, out of their headlining spot for the first time since 1977. The last time the entire Mardi Gras parade season was shelved was in

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Music teacher sentenced to jail time

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Former Lancaster music teacher, Timothy M. Sterner, 54, has been sentenced to prison for sexual misconduct after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student over a four-period. Sterner recently admitted to the criminal conduct in Lancaster County Court. He confessed to requesting sexual

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A Louisiana cemetery told the family of a Black deputy he couldn’t be buried there because it was only for White people

When Karla Semien went to a cemetery to pick out a plot where her late husband would be buried, it was as if she’d stepped back into the 1950’s. Her husband Darrell Semien, a sheriff’s deputy for Allen Parish, Louisiana, died on January 24 after being diagnosed with cancer in December, CNN affiliate KPLC reported.

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When Covid-19 vaccines are about to expire, health care workers must scramble to make sure they are used

Mechanical breakdowns. Bad weather. Expiration deadlines. The earliest phases of Covid-19 vaccine distribution in some instances have left doctors, nurses, and health officials scrambling to inoculate Americans. In the worst cases, valuable doses have been wasted or thrown out. However, quick thinking by practitioners mixed with a bit of luck have found them administering vaccines

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