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Missing toddler’s mother arrested

Megan "Maggie" Boswell, mother of missing toddler Evelyn Boswell, arrested for making a "false report," hours after she says she could not take a polygraph test because she is pregnant. WCYB's Maria Roberts reports.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB/NBC News) — Tennessee authorities have arrested the mother of missing toddler Evelyn Boswell. Megan “Maggie” Boswell was taken into custody Tuesday on a charge of making false reports. Evelyn Boswell was reported missing to the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services on February 18th. Family members said they hadn’t seen Evelyn…
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Search underway for missing fishing team members

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(WMC) Search crews have recovered a boat belonging to three people missing on Tennessee’s Pickwick Lake since Saturday. Authorities with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency say two 15-year-olds and a 43-year-old man were part of the Obion Central High School fishing team club tournament Saturday. According to Obion County Schools, the three missing boaters missed the tournament weigh-in Saturday afternoon…
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Ohio church pays off medical debt for 45,000 families

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(WLWT/NBC News) Ohio’s Crossroads Church says through the help of donations and an organization called Rest in Peace Medical Debt, they helped clear 45,000 families of medical debt. They bundle up debt from hospitals and buy it at a fraction of what’s actually owed. A total of “$465,000 was given for that and they can generally buy the debt one…
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CDC warns Americans: Prepare for Coronavirus

Officials say Americans should expect disruptions including school closings, working from home and delayed elective medical procedures. NBC's Sarah Dallof reports.
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(NBC News) — The Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans to begin preparing for a likely outbreak of coronavirus in the United States. The rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus, now officially named COVID-19, has been confirmed in more than three dozen countries around the globe, infecting more than 80,0000 people. South Korea has confirmed nearly a thousand cases, and…
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Skin cancer vaccine to expand human trials

Twenty patients with late-stage cancers will be eligible for the study focusing on the safety of the vaccine ImmuneFx. WFLA's Daisy Ruth reports.
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(WFLA/NBC News) Human trials of a skin cancer vaccine ImmuneFx will soon be expanded. Morphogenesis, the company behind the vaccine, is expanding its human clinical trials into two more types of cancer, including advanced Merkel cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Twenty patients with late-stage cancers will be eligible for the study. Morphogenesis CEO Patricia Lawman says the study…
Entertainment

Let The Good Times Roll! Mardi Gras underway in New Orleans

One of the nation's biggest parties is officially underway in New Orleans. NBC's Liz McLaughlin reports.
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (NBC News) — Mardi Gras is officially underway in New Orleans. The Fat Tuesday celebration draws more than 1.5 million visitors each year. One of the nation’s biggest parties, Mardi Gras marks a traditional time of excess before the fasting season of Lent begins. More: http://bit.ly/3ca8xdQ
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Body camera shows sobbing 6-year-old’s arrest

Video shows Florida elementary school student pleading for help as she's taken into custody at school during an arrest that lead to the firing of a police officer. WESH's Sanika Dange reports.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH/NBC News) — Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of a 6-year-old girl at an Orlando, Florida elementary school. The footage was released by the attorney of the family of the child. The video shows Kaia Rolle sitting with a woman inside of an office as Officer Dennis Turner walks into the room at Lucious and…
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DNA helps solve “Baby Michael” cold case

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(WRAL/NBC News) A North Carolina woman has been charged with murder in the death of a newborn found dead alongside a Cumberland County road nearly 21 years ago. Deborah Riddle O’Conner, 54, was charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Cumberland County jail. On March 3, 1999, a soldier found the body of a newborn…
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Weinstein guilty in split verdict

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(NBC News) Once one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein is now a convicted sex offender. A jury in New York found Weinstein guilty Monday on two of the five charges against him. Weinstein was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape, and not guilty of the most serious charges: two counts of…

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