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A 3-year-old’s lemonade stand made over $700 for a Wisconsin police K9 unit

GERMANTOWN, Wis. — A 3-year-old girl lit up her Wisconsin community after she donated hundreds of dollars to her local police department’s K9 division, all through the power of lemonade. It started out as just a way to keep a little girl busy. Molly Stephens was hosting a three-day yard sale at her home in Germantown, and needed an activity to keep her daughter, Lainie, occupied during the day. She came up with the idea of a lemonade stand, thinking it would be […]
This is the California prison where Felicity Huffman wants to spend her 14-day sentence

DUBLIN, Cali. — Now that Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in a massive college admissions scam, attention has turned to where she’ll spend her time behind bars. In federal court in Boston on Friday, Huffman’s attorney requested that the the actress be allowed to spend her 14-day prison sentence at a federal correctional institution in Dublin, California, a “low security” correctional institution with 1,235 female inmates in Alameda County, about 35 miles […]
Couple abandoned adopted 8-year-old daughter after changing her age to 22

An Indiana couple is facing neglect charges after detectives say they abandoned their young adopted daughter and moved out of the country. Detectives filed charges against Michael and Kristine Barnett on Wednesday, following a five year investigation. According to charging documents filed with the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office, the couple adopted a little girl from the Ukraine in 2010. The little girl told detectives she has a form of dwarfism. The little girl told detectives that she lived with the […]
He was so nervous about the first day of school, so his Wisconsin school bus driver held his hand

WISCONSIN– We’ve all been there. The first-day-of-school jitters. For one Wisconsin student it started on the school bus, last week. Axel started 4K last week, which is a pre-kindergarten year for kids 4 and under in an elementary school setting. His mom, Amy Johnson, wanted to mark the occasion by taking a picture of him on the school bus. Instead of a smile, Johnson got tears and a red face. “He was super excited to go, but when the bus […]
Tennessee gives scholarship to boy bullied for his homemade T-shirt, welcomes him to the Class of 2032

Most elementary school kids don’t have their college plans firmed up, but the University of Tennessee super-fan who was bullied for his homemade T-shirt can mark that off of his list. “In recognition of the fourth-grader’s Volunteer spirit, the university has extended an offer of honorary admission for him to join the Class of 2032,” the school said in a statement. “In addition, he has been awarded a four-year scholarship covering his tuition and fees beginning fall 2028 should he […]
Google Earth helps find body of Florida man missing for 22 years

For over two decades, William Moldt’s family was left with unanswered questions about his disappearance. Now they can have closure — all because of a startling discovery made while browsing Google Earth. Moldt, who was 40 at the time, seemingly vanished from Palm Beach County, Florida, on November 7, 1997. That evening, he called his girlfriend from a bar to tell her he would be home soon, according to CNN affiliate WPTV. Shortly afterward, he was seen leaving the bar, alone and getting […]
Another threat to the Bahamas and Florida as new tropical system brews

BAHAMAS– A brewing storm system is posing a new threat to the northern islands of the Bahamas hit hard by Hurricane Dorian, and meteorologists say it could likely become a tropical storm over the weekend. Teams searching for the hundreds of people missing in the aftermath of Dorian will face heavy rain and tropical-storm conditions by late Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. The disturbance, located about 235 miles southeast of Great Abaco Island, was officially named Thursday as Potential […]
Plane carrying 326 passengers to Mexico diverted after pilot spills coffee

FRANKFURT, Germany– A transatlantic flight was forced to divert to the Republic of Ireland because a pilot spilled a cup of coffee on the aircraft’s controls, it has emerged. According to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, the Airbus A330-243, operated by Condor, was traveling from Frankfurt in Germany to Cancún in Mexico on February 6 when it was forced to jettison fuel and divert to Shannon airport. The 49-year-old pilot, who has over 13,000 hours of flying experience, had been […]
Multiple people stabbed at workplace in Tallahassee, Florida Wednesday

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Police have a suspect in custody as they investigate a stabbing incident Wednesday morning at Dyke Industries in Tallahassee, Florida, a police spokesman said. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has received six people from the stabbing incident, the provider said. “They are currently being evaluated by our medical team,” the hospital said. Dyke Industries manufactures doors and is “the largest online retailer of wood, steel and fiberglass exterior, interior, storm and patio doors and door products in the US […]
The North Atlantic right whale will soon be extinct unless something is done to save it, researchers warn

The fate of the increasingly rare North Atlantic right whale has always been left up to humans. Once hunted nearly to extinction, their population is sharply declining again. Any hope for their survival, researchers say, demands immediate action. A new report from Oceana, a non-profit ocean advocacy group, says unless protections are put in place, the North Atlantic right whale will die out. “At some point, if trends continue, recovery will simply become impossible,” researchers wrote. There are only 400 of them […]
Loud sex mistaken for fight leads to gunshots at Maryland Days Inn Hotel

Townson, MD (WMAR) — Police responded for a fight inside a hotel room, then it turned out it was just two women having loud sex, it ended with a security guard getting shot at. That’s what charging documents say happened Monday afternoon at the Days Inn Hotel in the 8700 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson. It all started when two clerks working at the front desk of the hotel got a call from one of the rooms. During […]
Team USA loses again at FIBA World Cup, guaranteeing worst major-tournament finish

CHINA– The slide for Team USA men’s basketball continues. A day after losing to France in the quarterfinals, the Americans fell to Serbia 94-89 at the FIBA World Cup in a consolation game in China on Thursday, losing back-to-back games for the first time in international play since 2002. With the loss, Team USA can finish no better than seventh — making it the worst finish for the country in international tournament history. The previous worst was finishing sixth in […]

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