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By CIARA CUMMINGS Click here for updates on this story     COBB COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL) — Felony charges against a 12-year-old Cobb County student have been dismissed due to the boy’s autism diagnosis. The judge in the case, along with the Cobb County assistant district attorney, both signed off on the dismissal in court Monday. The

By KIM ST. ONGE Click here for updates on this story     Illinois, USA (KMOV) — Illinois high schools resumed athletic practices Monday after several schools had to do a shortened or delayed season last year due to COVID-19. “It’s a really great time for our kids, for our school buildings to come back to life

By Liz Collin Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This year, marks a special anniversary for the last World War II survivor of the Memorial Rifle Squad. WCCO found out what Friday’s mean for Charlie Korlath and the poignant role he’s played for decades. It’s the way he’s started every Friday

By Jesse Sarles Click here for updates on this story     DENVER (KCNC) — Two people who went hiking on Thursday got lost in the northwestern Colorado wilderness and one of them wound up suffering from dehydration and hypothermia during their overnight ordeal. They were a mother and teenage son, and they got lost in Garfield

By KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story     FORT WORTH (KTVT) — Fort Worth ISD is “strongly encouraging” all students, parents and employees to wear masks when they come back to school, but the district isn’t going so far as temporarily requiring it like Dallas ISD is. Fort Worth ISD’s 2021-2022 school year

By WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Mayor Lightfoot declared a day of mourning and called for all flags to be flown at half staff after two Chicago Police officers were shot over the weekend, one of them fatally. A 29-year-old female officer was killed and a male officer

By Velena Jones Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Smoky skies blanketed the Sacramento region as the Dixie Fire continues to spread. Treelines were camouflaged in grey in Dutch Flat and Alta as residents tried to limit their exposure. “This is bad, this is really bad,” explained Sandy Bell. The air

By Howard Monroe Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A barrage of bullets in Philadelphia’s Washington Square West neighborhood sent three young people to the hospital. Police say a 19-year-old man and two 20-year-old men were all struck by gunfire. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Sunday. Over 60 evidence

By Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Shocking video shows the killing of woman on a Brooklyn street. The shooting happened outside an apartment building on Wednesday night. Police say the woman just walked up and opened fire, but no one knows why. No arrests have been made.

By WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — People on the Upper West Side are on alert after they said a man with a bogus sob story and check swindled young people out of money. Parents said it happened to their teens at a Citibank ATM on 72nd &

By Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story     WELLESLEY, Massachussets (WBZ) — Tom Parker was spending his 24th birthday Tuesday the best way he knew how. That’s on the ice in Wellesley, with his hockey buddies. “I’d say hockey is truly a huge part of my identity. I love it,” the Cambridge man

By Cameron French, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A small border town in Maine dealing with a nasty fly infestation is looking for answers, and a state official suspects the source lies in nearby Canadian poultry farms. The fly problem has made life a challenge for

By Albany Herald Staff Click here for updates on this story     ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Albany police have identified 9-year-old Nigel Brown as the victim of a drive-by shooting late Sunday night that fatally wounded the youngster as he slept. Albany police responded to a shooting call at around 11 p.m. Sunday on the

By Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Satellite imagery from NASA shows smoke from wildfires in the Siberian region of Russia have reached the North Pole in what the agency is calling “a first in recorded history.” The images from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

By Alex Heider Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A man was taken into custody after police say he set a fire at a Brentwood home that ended up killing his father. Nashville Fire responded to the fire at a home on the 5600 block of Valley View Road just before

By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story     MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A stolen Yorkie was reunited with its owners after it was discovered for sale online. According to police, the dog named Cookie was taken from a yard on Aug. 4. On Aug. 7, a family member found an ad on a

By Margot Kim Click here for updates on this story     MERCED, California (KFSN) — A Merced mother says she has a story she’ll tell for years to come. On Saturday, she was in labor and on the way to the hospital when she realized she was not going to make it. “You get that feeling

By KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story     CLOVIS, California (KFSN) — Two Clovis police officers were rushed to the hospital on Sunday afternoon after being exposed to fentanyl during an arrest. The incident happened at the parking lot of Trader Joe’s on Nees and Willow in Clovis just after 2:30 pm. The

By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The COVID-19 pandemic worsened existing disparities for ethnocultural communities in Canada, according to a new study that has researchers calling for more inclusive approaches to tackling unemployment, food inequity and housing insecurity. The research, published in the Canadian

By Dion Lim Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — An Asian American woman is sharing her story of being attacked, robbed and bitten by her perpetrators while out for a run in Pacific Heights last Sunday night. “I’m not safe in Pacific Heights I don’t know where I can be