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Valentine’s Day At Home: Celebrating During The Pandemic

More Americans may be spending Valentine's Day at home this year, but that doesn't mean it has to be boring. NBC's Liz McLaughlin reports.

(NBC News) — More Americans may be spending Valentine’s Day at home this year, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. OkCupid dating expert Melissa Hobley recommends making your at-home date special by setting the scene. “You can find fun decor everywhere right now,” she notes. Ditching the work-from-home sweats is important. “Take time to get dressed up,…

“One Chicago” Offers Unique Sneak Peek

The trio of "Chicago" dramas return tonight, and fans can get an interactive bonus on the "One Chicago" YouTube channel. NBC's Mark Barger reports.

(NBC) — “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD” and “Chicago Med” return tonight with all new episodes. Fans of the “Chicago” dramas have a chance to check out the shows’ http://bit.ly/2MLtfcu”>”One Chicago” YouTube channel starting today at 5 p.m. Eastern. It offers a warm-up for tonight’s new episodes from each of the series. Wednesday’s content will include a one hour fan event…

6-Year-Old Driver Steals Truck, Strikes Home

One person was injured when the pickup truck slammed into a Glendale, Arizona home. KPNX's Tram Mai reports.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (NBC News) — A person suffered minor injuries after a 6-year-old took their parents’ truck for a joyride and crashed it into a house down the street in Glendale, Arizona, Tuesday morning. “A neighbor actually called me in the morning at 6 a.m. and woke me up because she says there’s a car in my parents’ house,” said…

Sanitation workers rescue kidnap victim

(KLAF/NBC News) A 10-year-old girl kidnapped taken from her New Iberia, Louisiana neighborhood Sunday is back with her family thanks to the quick actions of two sanitation workers. The girl’s family reported her missing in the early afternoon, and after a search of the neighborhood and a tip that she may have been seen getting into a vehicle, an Amber…

Paris Hilton campaigns against “Youth Center” abuses

(KSL/NBC News) Paris Hilton testified in Utah’s Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee Monday, advocating for a bill that would increase transparency and proposes to end abusive practices in the state’s congregate care programs. The bill proposes that youth treatment centers “may not use a cruel, severe, unusual, or unnecessary practice on a child, including: a strip search;…

Video evidence takes center stage in Trump Impeachment trial

(NBC News) In a singular moment in American history, the second impeachment trial of former President Trump began Tuesday. From the start it thrust the Senators sitting in judgment back to January 6th when a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol. Those Senators, in some cases, were seated at desks that were ransacked by rioters. They’re now tasked…

Idaho officer “Mistakenly” shoots armed homeowner

(KPVI/NBC News) An Idaho Falls man is dead after he was shot by a police officer who mistook him for a suspect who ran from a traffic stop. Idaho Falls Police Chief Bryce Johnson say it began when a Bonneville County deputy pulled over a car and one of the two people inside ran from the scene. Idaho Falls Police…

App brings Underground Railroad back to life

(WRDE/NBC news) A new app is offering visitors to Maryland’s Eastern Shore a virtual tour of the Underground Railroad. With the Harriet Tubman Byway app, you will be able to experience first hand what Tubman’s journey looked like in the 1850s at sites spread across two counties. The app features a virtual and augmented reality experience featuring audio from a…