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Click here for updates on this story     SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — An extension of Santa’s workshop exists in Scranton’s Pinebrook section at the production facility for BMC Toys. Workers there have spent months making and then shipping the highly anticipated line of Plastic Army Women. The owner promised they’d be ready by this Christmas. “As

Virologist and infectious diseases expert Nathan Wolfe warned 12 years ago that the world didn’t understand how to handle infectious diseases. “I believe in 50 years when people look back at this period of history they’re going to say, ‘They ran around trying to control diseases. But, they just didn’t get it,’” Wolfe warned Anderson

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — With the status of stimulus checks hanging in the balance many families are in dire need of help that can’t wait. One Atlanta family got the help it needs thanks to a local organization and Good Samaritans. “A lot of people stepped up to help,

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — With Christmas less than 24 hours away, the Metro Nashville Police Department wants to make sure families in Davidson County have a happy holiday. Metro Police are making a Christmas cheer in a basket from food to toys to help hundreds of families have

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — An act of heartwarming selflessness allowed a donation at St. Louis Children’s Hospital to go a long way. Elsa, 10, has battled leukemia on and off for more than five years and is no stranger to Children’s Hospital. This year, when Northwestern Mutual chose

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials at Eliada said connecting with animals is often more effective than traditional therapies. The agency has goats, pot bellied pigs and even a llama that help kids deal with emotional and behavioral issues. Students said developing a relationship with those animals can

Click here for updates on this story     HERSHEY, Nebraska (WOWT) — Three people including a child who died as a result of a car accident on I-80 Wednesday have been identified by the Nebraska State Patrol. The driver, Edgar Navarro, 24, and passengers Idayalid Bautista, 25 and Alexa Navarro, 4, of Westminster, CO were the

Click here for updates on this story     YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Police are investigating after the body of a man was found in a parking lot in Spring Garden Township on Tuesday. 39-year-old Lonny Neiman III was found on Dec. 22, around 12:20 p.m., in a parking lot behind an address in the 700

Click here for updates on this story     BRUNSWICK, Maine (WMTW) — A UPS driver has been charged with operating under the influence after crashing his delivery truck on Route 1 near Cooks Corner in Brunswick Wednesday evening. Police said the truck hit the guardrail, skipped over it and hit the fence on the other side

Click here for updates on this story     TULLAHOMA, Tennessee (WSMV) — “I’m sorry but I just can not apologize, I will not apologize for attending a party on my own time, not as Alderman Amacher but as my Dad’s daughter and my brother’s little sister,” said Alderman Jenna Amacher as she addressed the other Alderman

Click here for updates on this story     GLADWIN COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — Thomas Gray, a 54-year-old Beaverton man, was charged with aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and criminal sexual conduct in the second degree according to the Gladwin County Sheriff’s office. The Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office received information about a possible juvenile sexual

Click here for updates on this story     BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WNEM) — Police are investigating after they found a man shot and killed in his vehicle on Christmas Eve. On Thursday, Dec. 24 at 2:52 a.m., officers from the Buena Vista Township Police Department were sent to 636 S. 29th St. for several shots

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — The owner of a gas station that was at the center of racial controversy is now selling his business. Following 66 days of non-stop demonstrations outside the Exxon gas station off Flat Shoals Rd, organizer Joe Jones is pleased that the owner is planning

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Atlanta Police are searching for the gunman who fatally shot 43-year-old Denard Bell at a gas station over the weekend. Police say Bell was pumping gas around 1:50 a.m. at the Shell gas station on the 2000 block of Sylvan Road. When officers arrived

Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek; Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University, masters and Ph.D, anthropology Religion: Muslim Other

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man accused of hitting a Houston bar employee in the head with a glass has been arrested, Houston police chief Art Acevedo tweeted Thursday. “This suspect has been apprehended and charged with assault, bodily injury,” Acevedo said. “Proud of the work of @houstonpolice

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom, who says her daughter was in an abusive and toxic relationship, says she wishes she would have done more to help. “I regret that. I will all my life because I saw the signs,” said Claudia Sanchez. “I didn’t do anything