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Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A sunny January afternoon took a dark turn this week at one of Omaha’s city parks. According to a police report, Wednesday afternoon around 4:45, a woman from Chicago was at Standing Bear Lake, sitting in her car in the parking lot off 144th

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A Nebraska man is living and breathing with a new heart today, a heart that was brought back to life and transplanted to replace his own. It’s a groundbreaking procedure doctors at Nebraska Medical Center successfully completed. It’s called donation after cardiac death, according

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Courtroom testimony on Thursday sheds light on what could have been the motive in the murder of a Nashville nurse last year. Caitlyn Kaufman, a nurse at St. Thomas, was on her way to work the night of Dec. 3 when she was shot and

Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — A new report released Thursday forecast more than half of Hawaii’s hotel rooms will remain empty this year and the industry blames COVID-19. The American Hotel and Lodging Association paints a scary outlook for Hawaii in its latest 20-page report. It says the Aloha State

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — On Friday, New Haven leaders gave a sneak peek at one of the mass vaccination sites that will help usher in a new chapter in the state’s response to the pandemic. The Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven is ready to serve

Elk teeth pendants may have been the jewelry of choice for at least one Stone Age group that lived 8,200 years ago. A Stone Age burial ground on a small Russian island revealed more than 4,300 Eurasian elk teeth pendants found in 84 separate burials. The placement of the pendants in these graves suggests they

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, MI (WNEM) — Flint resident Keri Webber and her family are permanently scarred from the lead in Flint’s water. To Webber, a slice of the $641.2 million settlement just adds insult to injury. “How do you put a price tag on a human’s life? I was told

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX, AZ (East Idaho News) — Police say the investigation into the death of Lori Vallow Daybell’s third husband is complete. Phoenix Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Mercedes Fortune confirms to EastIdahoNews.com that the review into Joseph Ryan’s death investigation has been finalized and that he died of natural

Click here for updates on this story     DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WXII) — A woman and her grandson encountered a wanted suspect on their front porch Thursday morning in Asheboro. Davidson County authorities are assisting Randolph County deputies in looking for the suspect who is accused of assault and leading a chase on Wednesday. Reports said

Click here for updates on this story     REXBURG, ID (East Idaho News) — A local woman took first place in a national competition and she’s walking away with a brand new Ford pickup. Marquee Ricks of Newdale was awarded the prize after the final round of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Discussion Meet held virtually

Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A 74-year-old man died after he was caught in the crossfire of a shooting Thursday evening in the Shawnee neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported around 9 p.m. when 2nd Division officers were notified about gunfire detected in the 600 block of South

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A homeless outreach organization is left without transportation because thieves stole parts from the Street Angels’ buses. “I started up one of the buses. It was really super loud. Well, something’s not right. So I was like, ‘We can take the other bus. Not a

Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A high-speed chase landed a suspect behind bars. State troopers said the person was driving under the influence and had a young child in the car with him. The heartwarming picture of state Trooper Gary Hightower of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol comforting the 2-year-old

Click here for updates on this story     DUNMORE, PA (WNEP) — Police in Dunmore are now looking for a man who was caught on camera, passing fake $100 bills to several businesses. In a surveillance picture taken at Cara Mia’s Deli on East Drinker Street, the man has visible tattoos on his hands. The photo

Scientists think they have discovered the undersea lair of a giant predatory worm that lived on the ocean floor some 20 million years ago and would pounce on unsuspecting marine creatures. Paleontologists from National Taiwan University believe the 6.5-foot-long burrow was once home to a worm-like predator that would surface from the seabed to ambush

Click here for updates on this story     CRESTON, Iowa (KCCI) — A Central Iowa mom wants others to take COVID-19 seriously after her son landed in the hospital with a rare, but potentially life-threatening complication from the virus. Eleven-year-old Jaxson Green is back home in Creston and doing well, but in November, he was in