Click here for updates on this story TULARE COUNTY (KPIX) — A suspect has been arrested after about 42,000 pounds of pistachios were stolen from a Central California farm this month. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says, during a routine audit recently, the Touchstone Pistachio Company discovered that thousands of pounds of pistachios had gone
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — It isn’t unusual for staffers with the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority to put in late nights during the College World Series. But this year, the crew has been up late on cleanup duty because of problems with tracking down workers for the
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COLUMIBA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday night, Rosetta Walton got a knock on her door from the contractor working next door. He came to warn her a tree limb may fall on her car, but before he left her driveway a large branch fell and severely injured him, Walton said. Columbia police were sent to Cook Avenue
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Downed trees have been one of the biggest problems, with several limbs and entire trees knocking over power lines. Storms went through Mid-Missouri late Sunday, bringing high winds with it and dropping several inches of rain.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — An 80-year-old Lincoln man has been arrested after police say he shot his wife in the head on Sunday morning, leaving the 78-year-old in critical condition at an area hospital. Lincoln Police Department Officer Erin Spilker said the man, John Kotopka, was
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — On this Father’s Day, I couldn’t help but shine a light on a moment my college roommate at Morgan State University, Michael Baker, will never forget. A moment any parent would cherish — seeing their child win a silver medal in their Special Olympics debut.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOCA RATON, Florida (WPBF) — Hundreds of dead fish are floating in or washed ashore at a Boca Raton lake, and people in that neighborhood said the smell has been unbearable at times over the last few days. While the city of Boca Raton and Lake Worth Drainage
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As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings, shootings continue to plague the nation, with 10 mass shootings occurring in the US since Friday night. Seven people were killed and at least 45 were injured in the shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). Among the victims
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With its thick, toxic atmosphere and temperatures hot enough to melt lead, Venus seems like a dead planet. New research, however, suggests the planet could still be geologically active. And the kind of activity taking place on Venus could provide scientists with a better idea of what’s happening on planets outside of our solar system
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN With its thick, toxic atmosphere and temperatures hot enough to melt lead, Venus seems like a dead planet. New research, however, suggests the planet could still be geologically active. And the kind of activity taking place on Venus could provide scientists with a better idea of what’s happening on planets outside
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BATH, Maine (WMTW) — A Bath woman and her 400,000-plus followers on TikTok gave a ‘life-changing’ gift to a local waiter and dozens of Maine kids. Meredith Steele, known on TikTok as @babiesofsteele, has done a number of Venmo challenges with her followers over the past several months,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRHAVEN, Massachussets (WCVB) — A Massachusetts man says he received a Father’s Day gift he never would have imagined, a lost hard hat of his that washed up more than 2,000 miles away from home. Conrad Roy Jr., of Fairhaven, says he lost the hard hat in 2014
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOORE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Imagine walking more than 17 miles to get to work in the scorching heat – KOCO 5 introduced you to Donte Franklin, who makes that journey every day to get to his job at Buffalo Wild Wings. Now, some good Samaritans are stepping up
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Fire crews and good Samaritans battled a blaze Sunday that sparked at a tire shop in north Sacramento and spread to a nearby church. The tire shop, called Unique Tires & Wheels, is on Del Paso Boulevard near Evergreen Street, according to the Sacramento
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — June 21 marks 40 years since Wayne Williams was arrested in connection to a series of murders between July 1979 and May 1981, better known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Williams, who was only convicted of the murders of two adults, was linked to a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Sam Boje knows a thing or two about flags. He noticed that the flag pole in his neighbor, Barbara Miller’s yard hadn’t flown a flag in a few years. “The flag pole has really, basically for the last three years or so just been
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Technology is bringing Des Moines history alive. Each headstone in a cemetery represents a life and a story. Sadly, many of those stories are being lost in time. But there’s something new popping up in Des Moines’ Woodland Cemetery that’s bringing those stories
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Two employees of a Meriden chrome plating company were taken to Bridgeport Hospital on Monday after a fire broke out and acid gas was released. It happened Monday morning at CRC Chrome, located on Pratt Street. Just before 1 p.m. on Monday, Meriden Fire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PROVO, Utah (KSL) — With just one hand, a 10-year-old Provo girl with the music bug refuses to be held back. “I love the violin because it’s a part of me, it’s relaxing. I just get the violin or the piano and I play one of my favorite
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Ethiopians headed to the polls Monday for a controversial election being carried out amid an ongoing conflict and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country’s northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is facing his first real test at the ballot in what is Ethiopia’s first multi-party election in 16 years, albeit one riven with
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