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Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department is collecting Mardi Gras throws for a local child fighting cancer. Ava Smith, 11, has Spindle Cell Sarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of cancer. Thanks to the help of Mardi Gras krewes, she will be riding in the Joe Cain

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, NE (KPTM) — Omaha Police say a man accidentally shot his friend while “playing” with a gun Tuesday night. Officers arrived at a home near 66th and Sprague Streets in Omaha to find a man with a gunshot wound. Police say an investigation revealed a group was

Click here for updates on this story     BETTENDORF, IA (WQAD) — The public is being asked to help a group of cats and kittens that were pulled from a Bettendorf home in February. According to the Scott County Humane Society, 21 cats and kittens were rescued from the home during the week of February 10.

It’s a cliché no US presidential candidate can resist: “This election is the most important in our lifetime.” But this year it might be true, because also on the ballot is the destiny of the Supreme Court, which decides where America stands on issues like abortion, gay rights and guns. If given a second term,

Click here for updates on this story     FARMINGTON, MO (KMOV) — Trooper walks with a slight limp, but otherwise you wouldn’t know the happy dog suffered unthinkable abuse. In February 2018, Trooper was shot, hit with a hammer and left for dead in a ditch in Farmington. He was discovered weeks later by Missouri K9

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — Clark County’s equestrian community says recent county code enforcements are targeting stables and threatening the industry with unrealistic standards that will force stables to close and impact horse owners, riders and other businesses. More than 150 people packed into Tuesday night’s county council meeting

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, PA (WPMT) — A new bill looking to legalize recreational marijuana is on its way to the house. It’s the latest string of bills looking to bring legal weed to Pennsylvania. State Representative Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) has introduced an updated legislation to legalize recreational marijuana. The legislation

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV ) — A crossing guard has died after he was struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning. It happened at about 8 a.m. near 54th Street and Leavenworth Road at Christ the King Parish School. The crossing guard was employed by Wyandotte County. 89-year-old Bob

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — There’s a new law on the books in Massachusetts that will create a state registry for caretakers who have abused people with disabilities. Gov. Charlie Baker signed Nicky’s Law on February 13. It’s named after a young man who had been abused by a

Conservative media personality Kaitlin Bennett didn’t announce she was visiting Ohio University. But hundreds of students showed up to protest her appearance. Bennett, a controversial activist who drew attention for taking graduation photos with an AR-10 rifle strapped to her back at Kent State University, said she was in Athens, Ohio, on Monday to film

Click here for updates on this story     OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) — A man is facing an attempted aggravated murder charge for allegedly trying to kill an Oregon City police officer. Beau Nichlas Wilcox, 31, shot at the police sergeant on Feb. 12 as the sergeant was responding to a domestic disturbance call at a

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Family and friends of the two men who killed each other during the tragic and deadly shooting at Walmart on Government Street Wednesday are still reeling from their sudden deaths. Monday, Mobile Public Safety Director said 44-year-old Seantatis Kirksey fired the first shot at

A New York Police Department detective died by suicide in Queens on Monday, the NYPD said. The detective, whose name was not released, was “an active member of the service,” Sgt. Lee Jones told CNN. Monday’s suicide comes after a somber 2019 for the nation’s largest force. An off-duty NYPD sergeant who died by suicide