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Click here for updates on this story     NAPERVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) — With most high school sports on pause, one Naperville North teacher who has a background in racing found a great way to keep kids busy. As CBS 2’s Matt Zahn reported Thursday night, the teacher, Gregory Ditch, got some help from a NASCAR team.

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — How’s this for an attention-grabbing headline: the Chicago Archdiocese kills deer. While factually true, there’s more to this story. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory reports it all started with a viewer tip from an animal lover who walks the grounds of a Catholic cemetery.

How can a $20 bill be worth over $57,000? Because of a printing mishap. The “Del Monte note,” a rare $20 banknote with a banana sticker on it, is currently for sale through Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auction house. Currency collectors are paying close attention and breaking previous bidding records with their offers, according to

Federal guidelines recommend that smokers under the age of 65, considered high-risk for severe Covid-19 symptoms, be eligible for the vaccine in early phases of distribution, frustrating essential workers lower in the priority line. New Jersey and Mississippi are currently offering the vaccine to smokers under the age of 65, and several other states have

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — Did you know that 56% of Floridians own a pet; 40% are dog owners and 24% own cats. Now imagine being able to talk to your pet, not a one way conversation, but really understand what they are saying when they bark or meow. It’s

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — Less than two weeks after losing its beloved giraffe Pongo, Zoo Miami is mourning the loss of Toshi, a black rhino who had become one of the most beloved animals in the history of the zoo. At nearly 44 years old, Toshi was believed to

Teacher Naseeb Gill has been through a full range of reactions since the pandemic closed down in-person learning 10 months ago. She scrambled to set up virtual lessons for her fifth-grade language arts students in the spring. By fall, she was excited about returning to the classroom, but on just her second day back she

Click here for updates on this story     NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (WFSB) — So many businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, and here in Connecticut, it’s no different. A New Britain college student is looking to save a popular college bar/restaurant after hearing about its struggle to stay open. Melissa and Kenneth Cook, owners

The numbers are in. The hottest seven years in recorded history are: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Notice a trend? As 2020 smashed hurricane and wildfire records, doing $90 billion worth of damage in the United States alone, new data shows last year neck-and-neck with 2016 as the hottest year in recorded

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Champlin Police Department has issued what it calls a friendly reminder after a “romantic entanglement” needed to be broken up in a busy parking lot. The police department posted the reminder to social media Wednesday morning and has since garnered over 1,000 likes and