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Click here for updates on this story     ROBBINS, Illinois (WBBM) — In south suburban Robbins on Sunday, some kindhearted people made Christmas brighter for a little girl going through about the toughest time one could imagine. Jourdynn Lofton, 5, got a surprise visit and lots of presents from Santa, from Robbins police officers and firefighters,

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A flood of mail, a historic boom in online shopping, and a huge snowstorm on the east coast are all making a mess of holiday shipping. An estimated 6 million packages a day are piling up in retailers’ warehouses. On time delivery rates for the

The European Union has authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with the first phase of the bloc’s mass vaccination program to begin later this week. The move finalizes the recommendation of the European Union drugs regulator, who, just hours before, had granted the vaccine a conditional marketing authorization and paved the way for it to become

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson held an emergency meeting with ministers on Monday, after fears about a new coronavirus variant discovered in the country prompted a chaotic border shutdown and saw British travelers shut out from dozens of countries in Europe and around the world. Alarm over the new variant, which was first identified in

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Montgomery County have charged a suspect who they say assaulted an on-duty, uniformed Montgomery County police officer while waiting in line at a Chipotle restaurant in Rockville. The suspect, Nyziere London, 21, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and

Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WJZ) — They can’t have you there in person, so the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is bringing their holiday performance to you. Gather the family and bust out the computer, iPad or any device that connects to the internet, and prepare to get in the holiday spirit with

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Officers arrested a teenage suspect after a car was stolen at gunpoint in southeast Portland Sunday night, police said. At 9 p.m., officers responded to a reported armed carjacking in the area of Southeast 30th Avenue and Southeast Bybee Boulevard. At the scene, the

A Houston postal worker delivered more than just the mail to a mom recovering from Covid-19 with her two sons. She left a care package with canned soup, crackers, cookies and other goodies last week on Lisette LeJeune’s porch. “It warms my heart to see such a caring gesture from a stranger,” LeJeune told CNN.

Click here for updates on this story     Missoula, MT (KPAX/KAJ) — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is expanding its recommendation to not eat any fish from the Clark Fork River below Missoula, saying there are too many pollutants for safe consumption. FWP and other state agencies issued recommendations seven years ago telling people it

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Canadian man learned the man who tried to abduct him years ago, was Michael Devlin. Devlin was sentenced to 74 life sentences and 170 years of federal time after the 2007 kidnapping of Ben Ownby and 2002 kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck. Kevin

Click here for updates on this story     Missoula, MT (KPAX/KAJ) — The City of Missoula is working to turn a property on the Superfund list into housing. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) approved $36,000 in Tax Increment Financing on Thursday to complete cleanup of the site in Midtown. The city will also need to get

Click here for updates on this story     Idaho Falls, ID (East Idaho News) — Opening an MMA gym was never Weston Barnes’ plan, but he’s grateful for the opportunity. He opened Team Lionheart MMA at 510 2nd Street in September. Barnes is a retired UFC fighter and he tells EastIdahoNews.com interest in the sport has

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Country music artist Tucker Beathard is honoring the memory of his brother, Clay Beathard, by helping others this Christmas season. Nearly a year ago, Clay Beathard was stabbed and killed outside a Midtown bar. Tucker Beathard spoke only with News4 on Tuesday about an

Click here for updates on this story     RURAL SCOTT COUNTY, IA (Quad-City Times ) — Country music plays from a radio as Robb Ewoldt steers his big white Chevy pickup down gravel and paved roads to two hog confinement barns about 12 miles from his home place. Feed and water flow into the hogs’ troughs

Click here for updates on this story     MICHiGAN, USA (WNEM) — A family is mourning the loss of their son after he drowned in a pond. First responders were sent to a home in Shepherd on Dec. 19 at 2:55 p.m. for a 4-year-old boy that fell through the ice on a pond. Michigan State